Essays on Betrayal

Introduction

While the beginning of a relationship may feel exciting and effortless, long-term relationships are determined by application of efforts and compromising luxuries by both the partners in the relationship. Couples are advised to build healthy relationships during their early stages of dating all in a bid to solidify the foundation for a long-term relationship. This can be achieved by devising strategies that appreciate and respect partners by observing the little things a partner does or says. Exploring one another’s interests is also a good plan to know a list of things that couples can enjoy together while in Continue reading...

Dishonesty is one of the most challenging things that occur in relationships. It is so challenging that it brings out a sign of betrayal to the relationship, which happens especially when the relationship incorporates a man, and a woman who intend to marry in the near future or are already into marriage. Dishonesty and betrayal breaks relationships by cheating, lying, and manipulating. Relationships cannot be built on lies. Neither can it survive without trust and respect. Ideally, morals are among the most important elements of life according to the themes of the American dream. Engagement of this behavior fully Continue reading...

Introduction

A raisin in the sun cannot be complete without the influence of people who are outside of the Younger family. Every character that is introduced ion different scenes in the book has a fundamental part to play in how the different themes are developed. They make the themes in the book have a real effect, and the audience can tell that the themes are universal concepts that happened to the people in the society. The book reverberates around an African American family that struggles to have their mark in a world that is full of atrocities and adversaries that Continue reading...

According to statistics, 40%–50% of all first marriages and 60% of second marriages in the United States end in divorce (Hawkins, and Fackrell 41). But what makes half of all married couples break up?
First and foremost, divorce occurs because of lack of responsibility and unrealistic expectations. When young people fall in love and marry they expect their future life to be like in fairy tales without any effort from their sides. But soon they discover that happy marriage demands hard every day work.
The second reason for divorce is lack of commitment. In contemporary society choice and Continue reading...

The new live action movie of Maleficent is reworking of the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty with the villain taking the main role and the ever happy Princess Aurora taking a backseat. It slowly delves into the background story of why Maleficent came about to be the way she is-an evil witch who cast a spell on baby Aurora. Without getting into the details of every dialogue here we are going to look into some elements, character relations and compare the review of two critics.

The elements/relationships that are going to be written about here are

- Setting of the movie
The movies boundaries are between two worlds, the Kingdom Continue reading...

In a lifetime of every pair, there may come a time when their relationship reaches a breaking point, wherein the partners all but separate from each other. The reason for the once tenacious relationship to show the signs of breakdown is infidelity, whether it be the one that affects married or unmarried couples. There is a two-way scenario of how their relationship progresses. Either it falls apart or a partner cheated on by the loved one seeks ways to mend the relationship. It may be to save children, valuable relations or both that men and women decide on staying Continue reading...

Interpersonal Communication Theories and Infidelity

Interpersonal Communication Theories and Infidelity
Infidelity is a common problem found in many relationships and marriages. Whether couples are married or dating, straight or gay, it appears that 48% of couples are unfortunately bound to experience a period of infidelity . Many believe that infidelity only brings on episodes of conflict between the couple, followed by an inevitable breakup or divorce. They do not think there is any way through infidelity, or that there is any other type of communication involved. However, interpersonal communication is far more complex than that, and the couple can become mired in several different theories Continue reading...

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The book An American Betrayal: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears finds its basis in the historical context of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The dispute between the two groups took place with President Jackson Andrew leading the Americans and Ross John leading the Cherokee Indians. Smith attempts to give an account of the events following the aforementioned Indian Removal Act of 1830through the eyes of the Cherokees. The Red Indians felt betrayed by the white man and as a result, tension mounted between the two opposing sides and eventually led Continue reading...

Verbal images related to the themes of love and jealousy in the later tragedies, "Othello" and "Antony and Cleopatra" help to understand the psychology of the characters, to penetrate into the patterns of these powerful passions. These images are very different from the metaphorical style in the early tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" – where they transmit power to suddenly erupted spontaneous feeling, which seems something sacred to the heroes. Romeo’s first words addressed to Juliet, express awe in this metaphor:

If I profane with my unworthiest hand

This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
Juliet responds, encouraging a Continue reading...

Arthur Miller’s iconic play Death of a Salesman is rife with symbolism, rich characters that welcome in-depth study and debate, relationships between different characters that warrant close examination and themes and motives that range from statements about the American Dream and socioeconomics to the importance of place, feminism, gender roles and familial relationships. One of the most prominent themes in Death of a Salesman is that of betrayal. Arthur Miller thoroughly and effectively examines betrayal and the different forms it can take. Betrayal and abandonment, a form of a betrayal, characterize nearly all of the significant relationships in Continue reading...

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Abstract
The institution of matrimony is the one which has to wade through many troubled waters and thereby is considered to be one of the most volatile and sensitive relationships which is quite often threatened by infidelity. For instance, in today’s world, we get to see marriages falling apart like a house of cards and the culprit of these mishaps are more often not the infidelity of one or both of the partners. It is quite natural for a married couple to lose interest in each other’s personalities which if often perceived to be the root cause Continue reading...

History

Napoleon was a betrayer of the revolution who was overcame by personal ambition that he forgot the main principle of the revolution which was liberty and equality.
The French revolution began in 1789 when the peasants felt irritated and betrayed and decided to take action against the oppressive government. After ten years of war, Napoleon Bonaparte began his liberation for France however, his liberation turned to be a dictatorial government which he aimed to rule over Europe.
The French revolution was meant to bring equality to the people. However its turn to dictatorship by one general napoleon Bonaparte was Continue reading...

Introduction

The book Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is a book based on themes surrounding war. Betrayal, separation, heroism and hope are some of the enduring themes throughout the book. The setting of the book, Greek island of Cephalonia, a previously un-adulterated island, primes the book on exposing the atrocities war and tragedy are capable of on the human condition. It soon becomes apparent that in the face of adversity, the human condition is frail and is prone to cave in under pressure. The author exposes these vulnerabilities through some extra-ordinary happenings such as the betrayal of Mandras by Pelagia, the Continue reading...

As Lewis is inclined to believe, we as human beings are not entitled to ‘right to happiness’ or at least not legally or morally while stepping at someone else’s contentment. This is an opinion that, I too, subscribe to. As she supports her argument, and to which I agree, if you have a right to something, legally, you are allowed to you use any possible means to achieve it as long as you do not tread on other people’s rights. But what she vehemently differs with is the use of legal human liberty to marriage and divorce, Continue reading...

Literature

A significant part of the Inferno by Dante evidently has a strong emphasis on political commentary particularly on the political scene of the Florence of fourteenth century from which he had created enemies and was exiled. His political views consequently play an important role in the arrangement of the context of his work. This he does through a number of varied assertions. He begins by condemning all his political enemies to suffering and turmoil by scattering them in the different rings of hell. His enemies from Florence constitute the largest number of sinners almost by half. Filipo Argenti for Continue reading...

Final Film Critique Tyler Perry Temptation Confessions of a marriage counselor

Introduction
I have chosen a newly released film by film director Tyler Perry; Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor. This film was distributed by Lionsgate and released in theaters on March 29, 2013. As stated above the film was written and directed by Tyler Perry. While there were a number of high-profile actors and actresses within this film the main ones for this movie were Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Lance Gross, Vanessa Williams, Brandy Norwood, Ella Joyce and Robbie Jones (Imdb, 2013). Temptation was a romance drama film that was filled with fickle love emotions and scenes that will keep you Continue reading...

Introduction

Fatal attraction is a 1987 film that revolves around the family of a young lawyer Dan Callagher (Michael Douglas). Dan is husband to Beth (Anne Archer) and father to a six-year old daughter Ellen. All is well within Dan’s family until he meets a lady, Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) on a weekend when Dan’s wife and daughter are out of town. Dan and Alex proceed to have an affair. While for Dan it was meant to be a one-off affair, Alex clings to Dan to a point of spying on him. The situation goes beyond control and Continue reading...

The dictionary definition of moral integrity is “steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code” (American Heritage Dictionary, 2009). To my mind, that speaks primarily to a sense of ethics; people have to decide upon what they believe is right and wrong, and style their life after that definition. For the most part, that dictionary definition is correct, as there is no one universal sense of morality – one simply has to act on what they believe is right. To that end, I would revise the dictionary definition of moral integrity, appending its existing definition with the phrase “without Continue reading...

Introduction

It is fallacious to argue that technology has effect on human relationships. The fact of the matter is that technology affects human relationships in different ways, some negative and others positive. I posit that the effect that technology has on ones relationship depends on the manner in which one use technological devices.

Discussion

The internet has both positive and negative effects on relationships. Internet infidelity is one area of concern for hordes of people, particularly its effect on existing relationships. Compared to other forms of infidelity, internet infidelity is easier to hide and proliferate. This is because of the asynchronous Continue reading...

Commonly referred to as cheating, unfaithfulness and having an affair, infidelity is the tendency of one partner in such an intimate relationship as a marriage to violate relationship norms creating sexual rivalry and jealous. Such tendencies include such things as kissing, suggestively touching and having sex with other people outside marriage. In the Rose and John case study, Roberta Wilson gives the story of a sweet marriage turned sour. In the story, Rose met 27-year old John at the age of 22. At that time, the two were young, enthusiastic and full of life. Rose developed exceptional admiration for Continue reading...

The love of Romeo and Juliet remains the ideal for true love even today. Years have passed since the time of Shakespeare, but for some reason, we still strive for the love depicted in his stories. It seems that the reason for this is the certain fall of modern society. People are now more eager to buy new things, rather than fix the old; they are now more acceptable to betrayal and divorce is now more common than elections.
It was not as easy to buy new and beautiful things in the past. They were not only expensive, but Continue reading...

Enchi Fumiko – Skeletons of Men and Love in Two Lives

Enchi Fumiko’s seminal short story is the classic case of jealousy between a man and a woman and which ends up almost overcoming both of them in a maelstrom of hate and deception. Shizuko is a headstrong and creative woman who sees herself wasting away by the domineering nature of her husband who had no real time for her yet wanted to control her in every aspect of her life. However the story takes a different turn when Shizuko discovers the letter hidden in her grandmother’s Obi ( a form of Japanese dress) where there were protestations of Continue reading...

- How does Iago ultimately convince Othello of Desdemona's infidelity? Is it convincing? Why do you think Othello thinks it is? Iago ultimately convinced Othello of Desdemona’s infidelity by making up a story about Cassio. Iago narrated to Othello that while Cassio and him were sleeping, Cassio started sleep talking and started calling Desdemona’s name. Cassio began kissing and caressing Iago, imagining that Iago is Desdemona. One thinks that the story of Iago is quite believable considering that Othello is beginning to doubt Desdemona’s fidelity already. Furthermore, Iago had to remind Othello that Cassio served as Continue reading...

The definition of “repression” has been widely contested among psychologist for the past years. Webster dictionary had given a it a definition of being “a process by which unacceptable desires or impulses are excluded from consciousness and left to operate in the unconscious” or simply saying the placement of a unacceptable taught in a far area in our unconscious mind where it can’t be easily retrieved. Sigmund Freud in his book An Outline of Psycho-Analysis tried to investigate further how one gets repression, their behaviors and therapy treatments. Years later, Jennifer Freyd tried to do the same when Continue reading...

The creative world or the world of one's fantasies is inevitable connected with its author - the person that creates it, on whose experiences and personal perceptions it is based on. In this context, creation of everything requires the presence of the author, and it depicts part of the author's personality within the creation itself. Thus, it can be argued that personality of the author is present in all of his creations. On the other hand, some works are more descriptive of author's perception than others. This phenomenon can be explained either by the degree of author's participation in Continue reading...

Frame narrative form

A frame narrative or a frame story is a story or narrative that contains another story or several other stories within the main story (Richardson 159). The main part of the narrative is usually introduced which sets the precedence of the other stories that build up the entire story. The proceeding stories are usually smaller but part of the main narrative introduced at the onset of a particular story.
Frame stories are a convenient for the purpose of setting up the entire story as a whole. This technique helps to juxtapose the individual stories into one. The smaller stories Continue reading...

Because MacBeth spans such a broad range of characters, living, dead and otherwise, it is able to present a unique portrayal of the human condition. Like many of Shakespeare’s plays, the first few scenes presage the events to come. By the end of the Third Scene we know the state of the war, the status of Macbeth in the King’s esteem and have received the prophecies of the three weird sister, two of which have already come true. Although MacBeth’s Queen is often condemned by her contributions for MacBeth’s corruption, it is clear from the Continue reading...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet features one of the most complex, interesting and tragic cast of characters ever depicted on the stage and in Western literature. However, of particular interest are the women of the play - depicted solely by Hamlet's mother Gertrude and love interest Ophelia. In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, the dystopian future of "The Party" is seen through the eyes of Winston Smith and his lover, the seemingly-prim Julia. Far from the stereotypical damsels in distress, these characters are strong, complex and multifaceted. In this paper, we will examine these characters in detail to show just how interesting Continue reading...

Introduction

The book is a narrative by a drug dealer who has established a flourishing dealing in London but is planning to quit the illegal way of life and subsequently live like a perfect gentleman. The plan to retire is however halted by two assignments relating to a stolen ecstasy consignment. A German who wants the stolen shipment recovered also wants revenge taken on any person who had played any part in the stealing. Jimmy prince who is a linchpin in the story assign the narrator the task of recovering the stolen drugs and also locate the missing daughter of Continue reading...

The problem of marriage and infidelity has been widely discussed for a long period of time, and I believe that it existed as long as marriage has been. In different epochs and countries there was a certain formed attitude to this issue, but in today’s democratic world people decide on their own how to behave and what to believe in. In this essay I want to present my understanding of marriage and monogamy, as well as of the infidelity question.
I’m sure that the most successful and happy marriages are founded on love. If you get married Continue reading...

Radicalism

Radicalism is the whole process of revolutionizing or transforming the general structure of a country or region politically, socially or religiously. It involves various processes which may include wars against colonialism. The change takes place radically from all sectors. Radicalism is mostly evident in the political sector where most of the countries’ political set up changes completely (Barbara 1975). Radicalism has been witnessed in America and some Far East countries including Russia. Our area of concern in this paper is radicalism in Russia.

Radicalism in Russia created a ripple in historians’ brains and this was due to the way Continue reading...

The word infidelity is a tremendously strong one that awakes your worst feelings. It is associated with ancestral ideas of sin, punishment and obviously fear. If you are the victim of infidelity you will probably experience the most negative and painful emotions a human being can endure, ranging from a sense of unfairness, to treacherous betrayal, abandonment, fear and last, but not least, a nameless shame and humiliation. However, no matter what our personal judgment and values may dictate, marital infidelity is an undeniable reality, a cross-cultural practice that is present in all societies and times, although with different Continue reading...

The story “The Invisible Man” by Wells is a masterpiece in terms of its content and organization. This story involves a scientist named Griffin who uses his knowledge to beat the refractive index of light. After this landmark discovery, Griffin is able to make himself invisible. However, things become sour when Mr. Griffin is unable to re do his discovery. Due to this drawback, Griffin hires a fellow scientist named Thomas Marvel who ends up betraying him and causing him to lose his own life.

The major incidences in the plot of “the invisible” man is when Mr. Griffin Continue reading...

Abstract

The paper discusses the story of Medea in the Euripides’ play. The work also provides a brief description of the play’s plot and then focuses on the ambivalent position of Medea in it. She is both the victim and the aggressor. The paper explains in detail in what circumstances Medea behaves like a villain and where she appears to be only a victim of the cruel rules of the society. Quotations from the play are used to support the ideas expressed in the paper.

The Medea is one of the most well-known plays of the ancient times. It Continue reading...

Betrayal of the people by political elite, which is the central theme in William Shakespeare’s play, The tragedy of Julius Caesar will always remain a major concern in the modern world. For this reason, this play will forever continue to be relevant to the curriculum.
William Shakespeare portrays the political elite as self centered individuals who betray the very people who elected them into leadership positions. Presidents and leaders make empty promises that they fail to fulfill.
The death of Caesar further demonstrates this, as the Roman citizens’ object to the killing of their charismatic leader, who is Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

Since the beginnings of human civilization people have struggled to determine and establish rules of morality, principles of conduct, and values of ethical thought. Whether you believe that one’s value and best “goodness” can be achieved through religions or some ethical philosophies, there are just some behaviors that are perceived as “bad form.” One such ethical conundrum involves the concept and act of “cheating.” When people hear the word “cheat,” they, generally, assume it is referencing one of two things, adultery in a marriage or relationship or dishonesty in the classroom. In the modern society, both, are considered Continue reading...

Divorce has become a trending topic around the world because of many cases of divorce. If the trend continues, at least 50 percent of marriages are going to end in divorce. Divorce is a legal right that terminates a marriage and the legal rights and obligations between married couples. Divorce has become a common phenomenon across the globe and it is affecting many parents and children (Clarke-Stewart 12). There are several causes that can lead to a divorce as well as a lot of effects resulting from the divorce.
There are many causes of parent’s divorce since marriages Continue reading...

An article published in a 2002 edition of The Modern Language Review noted that there is a growing belief among scholars that Sir Gawain is a misogynistic figure who descends “to the level of a churl capable of abusing the ladies of (the Green Knight’s) household” (Morgan, 265). Indeed, Gawain’s rant, which takes place near the end of the classic medieval poem, is part of an ancient literary tradition that reaches into the distant past. And yet Gawain is also a contradictory figure, a knight errant critical of women in the story and yet a hero who Continue reading...

In Susan Hayward’s summary of David Bordwell in “Classical Hollywood Cinema,” the author relates how the dominant ideology of American culture in the 1930s and 1940s was often conveyed in the films of the era. This particular genre of film follows a narrative tendency towards literalism and dramatic formula over nuance and complexity: “The narrative of [classical Hollywood cinema] reposes upon the triad ‘order/disorder/order-restored,’ also known as disruption/resolution” (Hayward 82). Through these styles of filmmaking, a consistent, accessible reality is created in which to impart the dominant ideology of the time. In the case of The Best Years Continue reading...

‘Instructor’s Name’

Book: The count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo is a novel written by Alexandre Dumas and was first published in the year 1844. The plot of the story was expanded by Dumas in collaboration with ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. Along with the ‘Three Musketeers’, this novel is one of the most anthologized works of Dumas, and as critics opine the novel has become a permanent fixture of Western literature.
Dumas was a French novelist and dramatist, and during his lifetime he produced a number of literary outputs like dramas, novels, memoirs, travelogues and historical studies. Mostly self-educated, Continue reading...