Summary of the Wedding Dance by Amador Daguio

In the opening scene of “Muriel’s Wedding”, directed by P.J. Hogan, ideas of searching for self-worth and one’s identity are explored through the setting, Tania’s wedding. This is symbolic of new beginnings, which is what drives the plot and the character, Muriel, who is seeing herself and a new identity through engagement and marriage.

The lovers are in love with themselves being in love. They love each other, but are more preoccupied with being seen as lovers. They often feign mild hatred. She is extremely aware of being watched and plays with the audience for sympathy in their plight and ccasionally flirts with spectators.

The poem then transitions to the post-marriage life of the couple in stanza two. In lines eight through ten, the speaker states that she is too shy around her husband. Not only does she not smile, but also she does not answer her husband when he calls her. This shows that the speaker's life took a great emotional transition, as she is overly shy and feels uncomfortable around him. However, around the middle of the second stanza, the speaker transitions into another stage of

In the story “The Wedding Gift” the protagonist is Kezia Barnes. She is an orphan taken in at the age of fourteen by the Barclay’s as a worker. In the beginning of the story Kezia is well-mannered, naive and very quiet. In the text it says, “She was a meek little thing, as become an orphan brought up as a house help in the Barclay’s home.” The Barclay’s behavior towards Kezia is that they treat her, as if she is less of a human in the house. An example of this is when the Barclays’s fixed an arrange marriage for Kezia with someone much older than her, for their own good. Although, Kezia was not very fond of the decision. She remained quiet. As the story evolves, Kezia becomes rebellious. During their journey to Bristol Creek, due to a brutal

She is realizing that she will have freedom through her husband death and whispers over and over, “free, free, free!” Her unhappiness is not with her husband, it is her rankings in society and becoming a widow is her only chance she has to gain the power, money, respect, and most of all freedom.

In the Wedding of Zein by Tayeb Salih, the ability of diverse groups of Muslims to come together and celebrate Zein’s wedding reveals the power and strength of community in Islamic culture. Despite divisions amongst the community throughout the book, Zein is able to interact with all factions of the village, regardless of their standpoint. Zein is portrayed in the book as a group of one. Zein is isolated as a group of one because of his constant openly berating if the imam. Although he can sometimes appear as an outcast because of this, every group in the village still appears open and understanding of him thanks to his open personality and likeability. The turning point in the story, which leads to a closer community, is when Zein chokes Seif-a-Din for hitting him over the head with an axe. Seif-a-Din decides to put his former life behind him and become more devout to his religion and closer to Islam. Ultimately, after this event, the whole village becomes closer and more united, with a greater sense of cohesion amongst the village. Zein’s wedding represents the coming together of the community despite the differences of religious belief and modernist and traditionalist viewpoints. The Wedding of Zein reveals the ability of Islam to bring people together, even despite their minor differences. At the center of this is Zein, an example of how one person and their desire to good for others has the ability to touch so many diverse people and forge a bond that ties them all

And when «she knows it's happening: that thing, that connection» between them, when she dances for him and «making him fall in love with her» she says to him: «We've got all we need. We don't need love. Don't diminish yourself – don't reveal yourself as a sentimental sap. You're dying to do it, but don't. Let's not lose this.» (p. 231). She knows she's driving him nuts, she knows that her rejection of his feelings makes him want to attach to her sentimentaly even more. She dances for him and teaches him what life really is. She – a 34-year-old illiterate janitor, teaches him – colledge proffessor, ex-dean, a member of highest rank of society class, what life is all about.

She has such blind trust in her lover that nothing will come between them. In the end they ride off into the sunset on white horses which add to the fantastical elements because it is an example of over-the-top romanticism.

The third stanza goes on to describe her continued success and accomplishments as time passes on. "She hung up her diploma, went abroad" as line 9 states, describes her graduation and the continuance of her education. She goes to a more refined, prestigious school abroad. This is symbolic to how much opportunity she has that has set her apart from others. She in fact continues her education as at that time most women probably did not. Lines ten through twelve, "Saw catalogues of domes and tapestry... learned to tell real Wedgwood from a fraud" depicts her extensive knowledge of all topics. She is exposed to lavish thing often such as tapestries and is so familiar with Wedgwood that it is practically of second nature to her. She returns back to her home and weds a man who is on par with her level. We can see that he also is successful and comes from an affluent background as Kay writes in line fourteen "A bright young man whose pearl cufflinks were real." We then learn about their ideal lifestyle they share together- an ideal marriage, an ideal house. But we learn that their children infact do not live an "ideal" life. Infact, they are "lonely children." Although this woman has many luxuries to keep her mind off her inner void,

In the novel The Member Of The Wedding is about how the family has to go through difficult faces.

The relationship between a father and his son is an essential and unique one, creating both memories and chances for many life lessons., it is quite common for a son to follow in his father’s footsteps. In the poem, “a story” by Li-Young lee, the poet uses point of view, structure, as well as diction to display the complexity of the relationship between a father and his son caused by the maturing of the son and the father’s fear of losing his son.

“That’s why they were only taking a few things at a time; they weren 't really coming for ivory and paintings. They wanted me!” Even when she wasn’t in her room she was always afraid of something. “I always dreaded that my parents would divorce. It was my third biggest fear, right next to the fear that one of them would get abducted by heartmen on the road to Sugar Beach, or my first fear, that I would get sucked into the lagoon by neegee.” Out of all three fears only one seemed to happen. Her parents relationship finally came to an end after a lot of fighting, disagreement, and cheating. “Daddy, I hold your foot, don’t leave us. Daddy, please, I beg you” she cried that day. From then on, except the servants and cook, “it was only women at Sugar Beach.” Even after dealing with something so hard in her life that wasn’t even what affected her the most.

?I simply can?t see you doing it. You haven?t the experience. You know why he?s marrying you don?t you? You haven?t flattered yourself he?s in love with you? He admitted?he just cannot go on living there alone?? This makes her feel even more insignificant which is portrayed through her thoughts in the novel and her speech, especially towards Maxim. The attitude of self-degrading belonging to the narrator accurately reflects the corresponding convention of the romantic genre.

“Later that night when Thomas roller over and lurched into her, she would open her eyes and think of the place that was hers” this proves the point that she cannot even express herself sexually because she does not feel as if she has control in the situation.  Her mind wanders elsewhere, in a place where she is her own master, instead of what is reality. Additionally, the main character’s husband shows some selfish tendencies in the fact that he may not notice his wife’s discontentment with his affection.  However, this may also present the lack of communication between man and wife and therefore may cause a sense of isolation from her husband.

In both pieces she wishes to be detached from love and responsibility, yet as the poem progresses, she has a change of heart, almost an epiphany.