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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In Othello, William Shakespeare creates powerful drama from a marriage between the exotic Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona that begins with elopement and mutual devotion and ends with jealous rage and death. Shakespeare builds many differences into his hero and heroine, including race, age, and cultural background. Yet most readers and audiences believe the couple's strong love would overcome these differences were it not for Iago, who...
2) Othello
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
PASSIONATE LOVE IN A PREJUDICED WORLD
In Shakespeare's most intimate tragedy, director Bill Rauch explores racism, religious bias, xenophobia, and the more disturbing aspects of relationships in the context of our society's ongoing struggle with polarizing differences.
Consumed by their bigotry, those who praised the Moorish general Othello's military successes now reject his marriage to Desdemona. The newlyweds are determined to overcome
...Series
Shirley Temple collection volume 8
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A bitter southern father turns his back on his family after the Civil War; can his sweet granddaughter make him return?
5) Iris
Publisher
distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal--to the elder Iris--slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's.
8) Marriage
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Marriage is a warm, sometimes funny, sometimes moving, always revealing look at the need for togetherness and the joy of love in a difficult world. Married couple Ian and Emma negotiate the insecurities, ambiguities hopes, and fears, and the risks and the gifts of a long-term intimate relationship.
11) The waiting city
Publisher
eOne
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A young couple's marriage is put to the test when they arrive in India to pick up their adopted daughter and find the arrangements have not yet been finalized.
Pub. Date
2016
Language
Greek
Description
Twenty year old Orsa is passionately in love with second mate Spyros, which she dares not reveal to anyone, least of all her domineering mother, Mina. Her energetic younger sister, Moscah is determined to leave Andros and escape a typical woman's fate on the island: marrying sailors. Without considering the girls' desire to love, Mina conspires to wed the girls to the wealthiest suitors.
16) The swearing jar
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
It is a rare and miraculous thing to find your one true soul mate. Carey soon learns that finding two of them can pose an even greater problem.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
During her duties as a lady's companion, Emily meets her employer's nephew, Lord James Walderhurst. Accepting his marriage proposal, Emily finds solace in the company of Walderhurst's nephew and his glamorous wife, after Lord James leaves to rejoin his regiment. Emily, alone with the Osborns, increasingly comes under their control. She begins to fear for her life.
20) Marnie
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A woman robs her employers and changes her identity. When her next boss catches her, he forces her to marry him. This version has been digitally remastered.
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