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…. When Dave^s wine glass smashes we see that it is time to move on. This action has been likened to the Jewish tradition of breaking glass at a wedding ceremony: a symbol of great change occurring. Stanley Kubrik himself is Jewish, which makes this parallel…

…, ‘the dream of flight’s an anguish’. It was easier to believe that all relationships failed in the end, ‘and at every wedding ceremony I saw the shadow of that albatross – divorce’. This gave him the reason and motivation for avoiding the pain of relationships…

…some occasions such as weddings, funerals, and religios festivals, where a Greek woman was expected to play prominent public role. Clothes for women were normally made from available matirialy ¡© wool or flax- and these clothes were made at home. The most…

…never does anything to display exceptionalism in order to achieve this higher status. Instead he tries to imitate the trappings of the life he desires. Rather than proceed with a wedding ceremony, Drout invents a marriage to Carrie in order to elevate his…

…of self-pity and despair after Miss Taylor married, which for him will always present a dark day in his life. Emma puts every effort in her tries to make him feel better after this wedding, yet this only leads him to become an even more twisted idea of Emma's…

…evident in detective fictional characters, but their author’s as well. Joseph Hansen, a prolific author of homosexual detective fiction, is married to a woman and leads to what appears to be the all American life. In a traditional wedding ceremony Hansen…

…then as a last resort, his sword. Several years later, a fully-grown William Wallace (Mel Gibson) returned to his old home to start a family of his own. The evening of his return he went to a wedding in the village where he met that same little girl from his father…

…. It was Custom of a Jewish woman to go out in public with a head covering. Most religious women still cover their heads, especially in synagogues, at weddings and religious ceremonies. The Jewish head covering is a cultural tradition, not a religious one. Muslim women…

…forfeited his right to a burial when he decided to betray his homeland. If someone committed treason against the United States today he would not be given more than a common burial ceremony, no matter what his standing was in society. Even in the face…

…life of the Japanese. It is not uncommon for a Japanese person to pray for luck at shrines, marry in a Protestant church, and have a Buddhist funeral ceremony. Buddhism originated in India in the 6th century BC. It consists of the teachings of the Buddha…