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A temptation is an act that looks appealing to an individual. It is usually used to describe acts with negative connotations and as such, tends to lead a person to regret such actions, for various reasons: legal, social, psychological (including feeling guilt), health, economic, etc. Temptation also describes the coaxing or inducing a person into committing such an act, by manipulation or otherwise of curiosity, desire or fear of loss.

Derivation

Though at present used in many non-religious connotations, the term has implications deeply rooted in Judaism and The Old Testament, starting with the story of Adam and Eve and the original sin. Many non-Western cultures had no precise equivalent until coming into contact with Europeans; for example, Jesuit missionaries in Brazil, translating the Lord's Prayer into Old Tupi, had to use the Portuguese word tentação, since Tupi had no word expressing "temptation" in that sense.

Contemporary use

"Temptation" is usually used in a loose sense to describe actions which indicate a lack of self control.

Temptation is a common recurring theme in world literature. Temptation has repercussions for even the strongest.

"Temptation" is something that allures, excites, and seduces someone. Infatuation can also lead to temptation as someone might do something for love in spite of one's better judgement.

In advertising, "temptation" is a theme common to many of the marketing and advertising techniques used to make products more attractive.

External links

Article about Temptation in Marketing

Category:Core issues in ethics Category:Social psychology

Name	Rosie Webster
Introducer	Mervyn Watson
Caption	Helen Flanagan as Rosie Webster (2010).
Series	Coronation Street
First	24 December 1990
Years	1990—
Classification	Present; regular
Home	11 Coronation Street |home previously = 4 Coronation Street
Father	Kevin Webster
Mother	Sally Webster
Sisters	Sophie Webster
Halfbrothers	Jake Webster (deceased) Jack Dobbs
Grandfathers	Bill WebsterEddie Seddon
Grandmothers	Alison WebsterElsie Seddon
Aunts	Debbie WebsterGina Seddon
Uncles	Carl Webster
Cousins	Paul Seddon (once removed)Nicolette Seddon (twice removed)
Occupation	Promotions Girl
Portrayer	Emma Collinge(1990–1999)Helen Flanagan(2000—)

Rosie Webster is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. The character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 24 December 1990.

Casting

Since Rosie was 10 days old and for most of her pre-teen years, the character was played by child actress Emma Collinge. She played Rosie in various minor storylines, most notably portraying the effect that parental separation has upon a child, leading to a spell as a school bully. In January 2000, the press announced that Collinge would be departing the serial "to devote more time to gymnastics". "Budding actress" Helen Flanagan was recast in the role. Nine-year-old Flanagan, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, joined the soap on 23 January 2000. Flanagan discovered she had been chosen just a few days before Christmas Eve 1999, but she was not permitted to reveal this to anyone for two weeks. In 2000, her mother Julia Flanagan commented, "She was really thrilled to get the part and she was bursting to tell people but she just couldn't. The Coronation Street people had asked us not to tell anyone, so we had to keep quiet. The hardest bit for Helen was not telling her grandad because he's such a fan of the programme. When he did find out, he was absolutely thrilled. She is loving every minute. She's met most of the cast and is still very excited about it all."

Character development

Personality and identity

When portrayed by actress Collinge Rosie's appearance was that of a normal young child with unstyled, tied up hair.

In 2004, the character tried carving herself an identity by going through a goth phase, dressing in black, wearing black make-up and dying her hair jet black. The storyline was part of Rosie's romance with Craig Harris (Richard Fleeshman), with both characters spending afternoons in Rosie's bedroom listening to a Dutch metal band called 'Stench of Death' and counting down the days to the apocalypse". Flanagen commented on about her character's favourite band sums her character up, at the time of 'the goth stage' stating: "I hate all that Goth music such as Marilyn Manson and HIM that Rosie seems to like. Her favourite rock band are called Stench Of Death -that says it all. In 2008, Flanagan revealed to The Mirror that she disliked her character's goth attire: "I’m used to being a goth, seeing as I had to dress as one as Rosie for so long. It was all so unflattering - really unfeminine, long black skirts down to the floor and horrible jackets." She also said in another interview that she hated black mini skirts she used to wear.

Transformation

The character went through some personality changes in 2007, with her appearance becoming more glamorous and her behaviour became more manipulative and troublesome. Flanagan commented, "She’s gone from being a real innocent, experimenting with being a goth and having a sweet relationship with Craig, to being a real minx." Speaking about her character's new appearance she said: "I like to look sexy, but not tarty. Luckily, I do pretty well as Rosie - she's a glamorous girl, kind of a sassy secretary, so it's all pencil skirts, which I love, and a lot of low-cut tops. I don't want people looking at my boobs or want to be known for my boobs, but Corrie is a family show so thankfully they never go too far with it."

Flanagan later revealed to Digital Spy what drives her character. When asked about if her character is driven by money, she said: "I think she's attracted to the power and money. Rosie knows that she can use her womanly wiles to get what she wants. In the long run, she wants a life away from Weatherfield. She wants to be rich when she's older and aspires to be like Carla - gorgeous, sexy and wearing designer clothes." adding "It's not wholly about the money. She's more driven by glamour and power." She also spoke how the character can be 'a bit of a bitch' but she does have a heart. During the time of the character's compensation storyline, the plot saw her buy shares in the factory and go on to design her own range. Of this, an official of the show commented about the character: Helen's had some harrowing storylines so it's nice for her to do something a little lighter. Rosie went through hell when she was kidnapped. But she has bounced back and, as long as she's got some money in her pocket, she feels able to start again. She's determined to make it big - and men's underpants are something she knows a lot about!"

Storylines

1990-2006

Rosie is born on Christmas Eve 1990 to Kevin and Sally Webster. Sally doesn't realise she has gone into labour and doesn't get to the hospital before giving birth in the back of Don Brennan (Geoffrey Hinsliff)'s taxi on Rosamund Street.

Rosie is a happy child, not giving her parents any trouble until Kevin leaves Sally for Natalie Horrocks (Denise Welch). After that, she becomes a troubled child and goes through a bullying phase at school. She seems to grow out of it, quite quickly, but is never really happy, due to Kevin and Sally's turbulent romantic lives.

Wanting better for her daughter, Sally encourages Rosie's ambitions to go to stage school but just as Kevin and Sally take her to the school for her audition, she gets cold feet and changes her mind. Sally later discovers at a school parents' evening that Rosie is disruptive at school because she finds the work too easy so Sally enrols her at Oakhill Grammar School.

Sally pushing Rosie as hard as she does backfires when, to afford Oakhill's fees, Sally gets a job as PA for Ian Davenport (Philip Bretherton), the father of one of Rosie's friends. The Davenports and the Websters become friendly when Rosie makes friends with their daughter and starts socialising, leading Ian to offer Sally a job. Before long, Ian and Sally begin an affair, which Rosie discovers and Sally blackmails her not to tell her father. Disgusted with her mother, Rosie distances herself from her.

Rosie goes through a goth phase and gets romantically involved with Craig Harris (Richard Fleeshman). Rosie and Craig are banned from seeing each other after Sally discovers that they are sleeping together and worried Rosie would get pregnant, forces her to take the morning after pill. Rosie goes on the contraceptive pill, but when Sally finds out, she phones the police but they refuse to take any action against Craig. Sally drives Rosie at high speed to the moors to teach her a lesson but loses control of herself and the car; both nearly die and, later on, Rosie has a second near-death experience when she is hit by a car. Craig's caring attitude towards her persuades her parents to accept their relationship. However, the romance ends in October 2006 when Craig is left alone in Weatherfield and despite attempting to elope to Berlin, Rosie realises she can't leave her family, so Craig goes alone.

2007—

In 2007, Rosie leaves school and begins working at "Underworld," as a personal assistant (PA). Initially, it is just meant to be a summer job. However, Rosie proves to be efficient at the job. As such, Carla Connor (Alison King) offers to make it permanent and Rosie agrees, not wanting to return to school. Rosie fancies her boss, Liam Connor (Rob James-Collier), but he already has a girlfriend so she moves on to teacher John Stape (Graeme Hawley). They begin an affair and she goes to Weatherfield High to do her A-Levels, as John works there. He asks her not to, knowing he is risking his career if he has an affair with a pupil, but she ignores him. Fiz Brown (Jennie McAlpine), John's girlfriend, guesses that John is hiding something and thinks he is sleeping with Sally Webster as she is obsessed with him but discovers on Christmas Day, that he is sleeping with Rosie, due to swapped Christmas presents. Rosie and Fiz fight and Kevin attacks John. Fiz dumps him but John calls the police and has Kevin arrested for assault. Realising the trouble she has caused, Rosie ends things with John and he goes to teach in a boys' school.

John returns in July 2008, wanting Fiz back. They reconcile briefly but Fiz dumps for him a second time so he kidnaps Rosie after seeing her kissing a boy, Saj. John blames Rosie for his problems. Attempting to scare her into leaving Weatherfield, he takes her hostage in his cab and condemns her for destroying his life. Rosie is terrified but unharmed. He eventually takes her home and once safe, she verbally abuses him and refuses to pay the fare. She is furious that Sally and Kevin refuse to believe her version of events as Lloyd Mullaney (Craig Charles) saw her shouting at John.

After Rosie discovers that Carla and Liam Connor (in-laws), are having an affair in May 2008, Carla bribes her to keep quiet. Attempting to seduce Carla's fiance, Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien), Rosie books a hotel room for them and, in revenge for him turning her down, shows him her mobile phone footage of Carla and Liam kissing. Tony is furious and threatens Rosie to make sure she keeps quiet, going on to kill Liam in revenge. Rosie subsequently vanishes, and a police investigation is launched. After she has been missing several weeks, it emerges that John has kidnapped Rosie, keeping her in his late grandmother's attic. He promises to free her but doesn't. Rosie escapes when Fiz goes to the house and accidentally finds her. John is arrested and Rosie comes home, to her family's relief. He pleads guilty to kidnap and is sentenced to two years in prison.

On 3 December 2008, Maria Connor (Samia Smith) learns about Liam and Carla's affair at Carla's wedding to Tony. Sally tells Maria after Carla insults her family. Rosie tries to stop her but Sally shows her the video clip from Rosie's mobile phone. The next day, Rosie tells Maria that Tony knew about the affair. When Carla and Tony return from honeymoon, Carla warns Rosie not to cross her again.

Later that month, Rosie spots an opportunity to make some money from her kidnap ordeal. She sells her story to the local papers and poses for some racy photographs, which she posts on her Myspace page. On Christmas Eve, Rosie's 18th birthday, Kevin and Sally are disgusted to learn this. When they come home, they are stunned to find Rosie has slept with neighbour Gary Windass (Mikey North). She thinks they are in a relationship but he moves on, flirting with Tina McIntyre (Michelle Keegan), leading to a fight between the two girls when Tina mocks Rosie's kidnap.

In June 2009, Rosie is shocked to get a visiting order from John Stape and, calling in sick to work, goes to the prison to see what he wants. She is overjoyed when John tells her that he is giving her £150,000, as compensation for what he put her through. With some of the money, she buys a PGO Cevennes, a French sports car, and invests in shares at Underworld.

In September, Rosie is dumped by her boyfriend, Luke Strong (Craig Kelly), while her parents are on holiday in Lanzarote. After resuming their relationship, Luke gets his revenge for Rosie setting him up to be dumped by Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh), by conning her out of her fortune. He offers to sell her his 60% share of Underworld, making her the boss. However, on 19 October 2009, Luke leaves town with her money. Rosie discovers what Luke has done when the solicitor phones and tells her that Luke didn't actually own any shares in the factory. She phones her bank to stop the transaction but is too late, making her realise that she has lost £90,000.

In December 2009, Rosie demands £50,000 from John saying that if he doesn't pay up, she will scream out of the cafe saying he attacked her. John firmly states that she isn't getting any money from him, Rosie runs out of the cafe screaming and her grandfather Bill (Peter Armitage) comes to her rescue. John is later arrested that same night. He is released the next day and it is revealed to all in The Rovers Return that Rosie had fabricated the story. Rosie apologizes, and the Websters and the Stapes agree to call a truce on their feud.

On Christmas Day 2009, Sally discovers she has breast cancer; however, she and Kevin keep it secret for a while as they don't want to upset the girls during Christmas.

In January 2010, Rosie becomes a topless model, much to her parents' anger. After Kevin and Sally become angry with Rosie and Sally throws a glass of water in her face, Rosie confides in Sophie that she and her parents just had a massive row and they had completely overreacted. Sophie tells Rosie that she has noticed tension between the couple for a while and is worried they will split up. Rosie and Sophie confront their parents together and Sally tells them she is ill. Rosie is going to have a breast enhancement, to further her modelling career; however, Kevin persuades her not to go through with it with Sally having breast cancer.

Rosie is extremely supportive of Sophie when it is revealed that she is in a lesbian relationship with Sian Powers (Sacha Parkinson). When Rosie discovers that Sophie is going to run away with Sian, she lends her money and tells her to keep in touch. After this she and Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas) bring her and Sian home, much to the relief of Kevin and Sally. After this, Rosie begins to see Jason in a new light as he comes to her rescue and redecorates the kitchen after she accidentally sets fire to it. When Rosie ropes Jason into a modelling shoot, passions are ignited between the pair and they sleep together in October 2010. After this they soon begin a relationship.

In December 2010, Rosie is devastated following the revelation that Kevin is the father of Molly Dobbs' baby son Jack, following a clandestine affair they had during the previous year. When Sally angrily orders Kevin to leave their home, Rosie stands by her mother and tells him to leave forever.

Rosie left the Websters' house on the 23rd December 2010, as she couldn't stand the fact that Kevin has baby Jack inside the house. She moved into 11 Coronation Street, to live with boyfriend, Jason.

Reception

Jon Wise of The People commented on the character saying: "Her character has evolved from teenage Goth to saucy minx and superbitch."

References

External links

Rosie Webster Fan Page for Rosie Webster

Rosie Webster at ITV soaps

Category:Coronation Street characters Category:Fictional models Category:Fictional characters introduced in 1990

Name	Maxi Priest
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Max Alfred Elliott
Born	June 10, 1961Lewisham, London, England
Instrument	Vocals
Genre	Reggae, Reggae fusion, Lovers Rock
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter
Years active	1982- present
Associated acts	UB40
Label	CharismaVirginEMI
Performed with	Shabba Ranks, Shaggy, Sly & Robbie
Url	maxipriest.com

Max Alfred "Maxi" Priest (born 10 June 1961) is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with a R&B; influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion, and became one of the first international successes who regularly dabbled in the genre as well as being one of the most successful reggae fusion acts of all-time.

Career

Born in Lewisham, London, Maxi Priest is the second youngest of nine children. His parents moved to England from Jamaica to provide more opportunity for their family and he grew up listening to gospel, reggae, R&B;, and pop music. His music is sometimes closer to R&B;, and pop, than to reggae music itself. His uncle, Jacob Miller, a reggae icon, was the frontman in the popular reggae group Inner Circle and his son, Ryan Elliott, was a member of the boy band Ultimate Kaos.

Priest's musical career began with him singing on the South London reggae soundsystem Saxon Studio International, after which some independent single releases followed. His first major album was the self-titled Maxi Priest (1988) which, along with his cover of Cat Stevens' "Wild World", established him as one of the top British reggae singers.

He is one of only two British reggae acts (along with UB40) to have an American Billboard number one: "Close to You" in 1990. A duet with Roberta Flack, "Set the Night to Music", reached the American Top Ten in 1991. His duet with Shaggy in 1996, "That Girl", was also a hit in the United States, peaking at number twenty.

In the latter half of his recording career, Priest has favoured working alongside other artists, both established and up-and-coming. He has worked with Sly & Robbie, Shaggy, Beres Hammond, Jazzie B, Apache Indian, Roberta Flack, Shurwayne Winchester, Shabba Ranks and Lee Ritenour.

It was reported in some newspapers in the Birmingham area, including the Birmingham Mail on 13 March 2008, that Priest would be replacing Ali Campbell as the new lead singer of UB40, and that he had recorded a cover of Bob Marley’s "I Shot the Sheriff" with the band, based on information from "an unnamed source close to the band." Priest had joined UB40 on tour in 2007, culminating in sell out shows at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Solihull in December. Another local newspaper, the Express & Star that had reported that Priest would be the new UB40 frontman, included a statement from band spokesman Gerard Franklyn which contradicted the claim, stating "Maxi is collaborating with the band to record material but he won't be the new lead singer, that will be Duncan Campbell, the brother of Ali and Robin Campbell. He will only be appearing with them for this new recording."

Maxi has often been regarded as the best artist of the decade. Managed by Toby Ludwig at 21st Century Artists, Inc.

Discography

Albums

You're Safe (1985)

Intentions (1986) #96 UK

Maxi Priest (1988) #108 US; #25 UK

Bonafide (1990) #47 U.S.; #11 UK

Fe Real (1992) #191 U.S.; #60 UK

Man With The Fun (1996) #108 US

CombiNation (1999)

2 The Max (2005)

Refused (2007)

Compilations

Best of Me (1991) #23 UK

Collection (2000)

Singles

References

External links

Official website

Maxi Priest at Wenig-LaMonica Associates

Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:Black British musicians Category:British reggae musicians Category:Converts to the Rastafari movement Category:English male singers Category:English people of Jamaican descent Category:English Rastafarians Category:Lovers rock musicians Category:People from Lewisham Category:Reggae fusion artists Category:UB40 members

Name	Helen Flanagan
Birthname	Helen Joyce Flanagan
Birthdate	August 07, 1990
Birthplace	Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Deathdate
Occupation	Actress, model
Yearsactive	1999 - present

Helen Flanagan (born 7 August 1990) She attended Cannon Slade High School, and was often bullied as a child is a British actress, playing Rosie Webster in Coronation Street since January 2000.

In the 2006 British Soap Awards, Flanagan was nominated for the Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress, losing to Ellis Hollins.

References

External links

Helen Flanagan Fan Page for Helen Flanagan/Rosie Webster

Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:English child actors Category:English soap opera actors Category:People from Bury