Vow

Love’s Labor’s Lost (1598) by William Shakespeare shows a humorous “battle of the sexes” among members of the aristocracy. The women and men are playing the same game and both stand to lose pride; even still, the women are presented as more mature in the fact that they recognize the game for what it is. This game is not altogether without serious undertones, either, as both men and women show an inability to properly communicate. As for how serious this “battle” is, the characters seemingly do not stand to lose much. The men do have vows to keep, but they are easily worked around once the men realize that they are all in love. After these vows are dismissed, the men enjoy this battle as a game more than anything else; the same holds true for…

I, as an anesthesiologist, vow to do my job to the best of my ability. I will understand the great risk of my job and will not take it lightly. I will conduct my behavior professionally. I will respect every one of my colleagues how I want to be respected. I will take responsibility for all of my actions and/or mistakes no matter how big or small. I will not joke around or horseplay while doing my job. I will listen and respect my superiors. I understand that each time I care for a patient, they…

A Realistic Romance Nomination of the movie The Vow (2012) This movie is about a husband’s “True, mature, compassionate love” for his wife, who has retrograde amnesia after she goes through a car windshield during an accident (Shelley). Before the wreck, the couple appear to be in the honeymoon stage in their marriage. After the wreck, Paige (Rachel McAdams) awakes asking if Leo (Channing Tatum)-husband, is her doctor. Her actual doctor explains, Paige cannot remember the last 5 years of her…

just wants to relax. Most audiences tend to return to romantic comedies and superhero flicks. You may be compelled to do the same; but first check out Vows. There are many things to appreciate in this fourteen minute short. From the set design of sleek, modern life to the beauty of the Hebrew language. While the subject matter is a heartbreaking one, it cannot be denied that it is wonderfully done. The use of the extreme close-up in the film is incredibly meaningful to the story. The entire…

The second character that I chose was Paige from the movie The Vow. In the movie The Vow the main character Paige gets into a car accident which leaves her in a coma. Soon after Paige wakes she learns that she is suffering from retrograde amnesia which leads her to find out that she has no memory of the last five years of her life. Because Paige suffers from retrograde amnesia she does not remember her husband Leo, she forgot she dropped out of law school, she didn’t know that she stopped…

“. . . [Jephthah] did with her according to his vow that he had made” (Judges 11:39b1). The tragedy and confusion of the account of Jephthah lie in the fact that Jephthah, not only fulfilled his unfaithful vow, but the fulfillment of that unfaithful vow resulted in the killing of an innocent life, his daughter. To provide further background into the account, a brief summary of the problem text from the book of Judges will follow. Jephthah, a man appointed leader of Israel by the Gileadites2 to…

Article Review of Jahāngīr's Vow of Non-Violence by Ellison B. Findly Within Jahāngīr's Vow of Non-Violence by Ellison B. Findly, we find an argument not for some broad unrecognized period in Jahangir's life, but for a glimpse of personal development that focuses on the importance of non-violence not only in regards to people but animals hunted for sport as well. Ellison Findly points to a vow made by Jahangir in 1618 where he proclaims, “Sixteen or seventeen years ago I had vowed with my God…

memory is when I attended college the first time two years ago. From what I can remember and recall is that I was very nervous and anxious at the same time to start at a new school and new beginning. I remember having a hard time adjusting into my new school “College of Staten Island”. One thing I can clearly remember was the first class I attended. Memories don’t have to be clear there just like long flash blacks. Two ways to better understand memory from my perspective is I’m going to use my…

Introduction The Carpenter’s have started their story to a worldwide audience reaching an estimated 400 million people who have either seen read or heard their story. They are also a feature biography among books such as Chicken soup for the couple souls. Dr. Carpenter and his wife have spent the past 12 years interviewing globally and presenting as national speakers. They are also the authors of the New York Times 31 Best Selling Book, “The Vow” - the True Events that inspired the Movie. Their…

The 2012 popular romantic film The Vow, directed by Michael Sucsy, and 2005 well regarded Australian novel The Story of Tom Brennan, written by J. C. Burke, both capture and explore similar key themes. The Vow follows Leo and his wife Paige after a tragic car accident causes Paige to lose all her memory of her life with Leo. The Story of Tom Brennan follows Tom whose brother, Daniel, is sent to jail after causing a car accident while under the influence of alcohol. Both texts, that display the…