Profumo Affair

In his 2001 film entitled Lantana, director Ray Lawrence provides a dramatic look into the consequences of jealousy and infidelity in relationships. The film focuses primarily on two couples, Leon and Sonja, and John and Valerie, whose relationships are both seemingly in the midst of their own downward spirals. As the story unfolds and the issues affecting each of these relationships are uncovered, the film paints a vivid picture of the different ways that such themes can quickly bring ruin to

having an affair. Although this is a correct interpretation, after a second reading, much more is apparent. “Bliss” is a story of the revelation of a vibrant young woman, of criticism of society, and of sexual revolution. In order to fully comprehend the work, we see that significance comes from small details. A tree is the major symbol in this piece, and the details assist in understanding why the pear

Kate Chopin's  "The Storm" focuses on two simultaneous and related storms, one a fierce tempest of the natural world with the expected rain, wind, lightening, and thunder, the other a cyclone of the mind and heart which results in an short love affair between the two main characters. With her husband Bobinot and her son Bibi stranded in town by the storm, Calixta finds herself at home alone when an old lover, Alcee, rides up. The storm, the worst in two years, drives the two indoors, where, though

engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. At first, the person who hires him is a facade to the real wife of the chief engineer. The original intentional for hiring him was to find out if the chief engineer was having an extramarital affairs with someone else; he was not. As time goes on, the plot thickens with the chief engineer mysterious dying from a supposed suicide. Yet, undeterred J.J took it upon himself with the help of the actual chief engineer wife Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway)

a party. She introduced herself to him and they got married a year later. Ted has realized his wife is cheating on him with their building contractor. She is using him for his wealth. Before their marriage was going great but now Ted is having an affair with a girl named Lily he met at an airport, who is also a major character of the novel as she is going to help Ted murder his wife. 2.) One healthy aspect of Miranda and Ted’s relationship is that they tend to get along quite well and never argued

Summer Reading 1. Capturing the Main Point of Essays The Signet Book of American Essays offers a selection of works written by many different authors. The purpose of four of them follow: Abigail Adams writes “Letters to John Adams” with regard to give him political advice and advocate for women’s rights and representation in the newly formed government. Albert Einstein’s “On Education” encourages various fundamental aspects of teaching in order to suggest how to structure the learning process to

In her short story “Sexy”, Jhumpa Lahiri characterizes the meaning of the word sexy. The main character, Miranda, becomes involved in an affair with a married man named Dev and becomes infatuated with the relationship. Although Dev calls Miranda sexy, she does not realize the meaning of the word or her relationship’s state until her co-worker’s nephew calls her sexy as well. After Miranda listens to her co-worker’s nephew, her perspectives begin to develop and change because of his influence.

period, churches in America were instrumental to the way people lived. The churches had a big influence on people’s perception of women. Due to the large influence of Catholics, Anglicans, and other Protestant churches, people believed that having an affair outside of marriage was a taboo and ungodly. Also, that belief played a major part in restricting or keeping women away from voting until a constitution amendment empowered women to exercise voting rights. Married women symbolize perfection and most

Set in Cultural Revolutionary times, Serve the People ! is the story of Wu Dawang, a General Orderly for an army Division Commander. Dawang is from a poor village in the middle of nowhere, where he worked as a farmer. His mother kept him in school until he was sixteen, so he is better educated than most. She wanted him to have a better chance at escaping peasant life. Dawang gets married and begins a career in the army, but he has higher goals to realize, having promised his father-in-law that he

novel we are given a first hand look at how Mrs. Pontellier deals with these conflicts and in the end, her final decision. Edna Pontellier poses as a double-minded character struggling with the inclination to satisfy her own desires by carrying out an affair that has been on her mind or to satisfy society by remaining faithful to her current family. When we first meet Edna Pontellier, we can notice that she has a strong