We will contrast the ideals of insight and principle, to the ideals of violence, thoughtlessness, unfaithfulness, and ravenousness, and examine why in this particular tale, good did triumph over evil. ... Marge represents Divine-figure that teaches the spectator the importance of 7 positive ideals to live by; faith, hope, charity, fortitude, justice, temperance, and prudence. ... The psychopathic serial killer Gaear Grimsrud, is the ideal embodiment of sheer wickedness, a Diabolic-figure. ... The painstaking provider of the home is the wife, Marge, and homewards, the husband is the "Suzie...

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As seen in document H, drunkards were not thought highly of, and though wives were still struggling for equality, society did not look kindly on the drunken husband who beat his family. ... Abolitionists used the papers enlisted to create democratic ideals to support their cause and as a result aided in the growth of democratic ideals in the common man. ... As a result people were able to see how America's democratic ideals were strong and unshakable. ... American's saw their country and used its democratic ideals and their own to reform their country and make it better. These ref...

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She yearns to earn her own keep, to work like a man', taking up copying work that she hides from her husband, deriving a guilty pleasure from defying some of the social expectations of females, which dictate that the husband is the master of the household, as well as the sole breadwinner. ... Through Torvald's shallow' ideals of women working and unappeasable pride, which are repellent to the audience, he criticises the social ideal of the economically dominant male of that era. ... Through Nora's epiphany and intellectual liberation, Ibsen represents the long-ignored ...

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In my grandmothers family in Pakistan her family consist of her husband, her son, her daughter-in-law, and her grandkids. ... Most families in Pakistan prefer living with numerous family members like their extended families in which they portray that as their ideal structure. Where as in New York I have seen most people have developed or taught to develop that a nuclear family is an ideal structure, a 60-year-old idea where a family consist of a mother, a father, and their children. Even though this family structure is considered ideal but it is seen minimal. ... In those previous conversatio...

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Common to both ideologies are the ideals of the beneficent sage(the perfect- or any event the superior- man who benefits society by his example) and such associated ideas as the principle of harmony or identification with the universe, conformity to the pattern of cosmic change, beauty of the natural order (as opposed to artifice) and obedience to natural law. ... The former has stressed clearly defined moral or social ideals and codes of behavior. It has affirmed the value of rites and principles ("li") and, in particular, the duties resulting from the five primary social relationship-"sovere...

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In the modern era there has always been an idea of what the "proper"" or "ideal"" roles should be of a man and women. ... Starting off with the ideal role of a man in modern society, when one think of a modern ideal man an image will appear in most people's mind and it is highly likely that all of the images are similar. This "ideal " man is most likely to hold a successful career with a stable family. ... The concept of an ideal man proved to be quite simple with it only being two aspects of life, physical and financial. ... Things such as women has fewer legal rights than men, women wou...

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The fixation on wealth, in every aspect of the play, details the values, which are synonymous with ideals of having "not just all one needs, but lots of money, lots-. ... Similarly the concurrent exploration of freedom (for Nora) is eventually defined through each act, to eventuate an epiphonic realisation of her husband, and the society in which she lives. ... Being that The Standard opinionated: "It would be a misfortune were such a morbid and unwholesome play to gain the favour of the public- (Because of the ideals of existentialism, post-modernism, and fundamental societal rebell...

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Finally, Imoinda's heartrending death is enacted by her husband as part of his plan to take revenge on the white men who betrayed him. ... As a "heroic wife, " she wholeheartedly obeys her husband, "for wives have a respect for their husbands equal to what any other people pay a deity " (54). In this act, therefore, Imoinda embodies the ideal wife and the pinnacle of femininity "more willing to die by the hand of her husband than to have her virtue threatened by strangers. ...

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Firstly, the societal attitudes and ideals towards marriage differ vastly in these two periods. In Pygmalion, which had been created in the context of the late 19th century, marriage had moreso of being seen as an economic relationship in which women were dependent on their husbands for financial sustenance. ... However, in Pretty Woman, which is created in the context of the late 20th century, the marriage ideals of Pygmalion had been transformed to that of spiritual unity and love, to suit the 20th century responder. ...

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Shakespeare's depiction of each simultaneously establishes cultural ideals of women and challenges the justice of them. ... Her obedience to Othello's commands was the accepted act of wives during the time period, and any actions against the husband were viewed as wrong. ... Emilia's actions toward her husband and comments at Desdemona's actions show her active role in the play. ...

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Helena desperately longs to get back to the lavish suburban life she had before her husband was sent to jail. ... Helena's decision to continue her husband's work means she is willing to put her family in more jeopardy. ... She transformed from a happily married wife with a family, to a drug dealer, supporting her husband's business. ... When Helena's husband, Carlos Ayala, is arrested for his involvement in illegal drug trading, she forms a plan to become involved by continuing her husband's line of work in order to keep her ideal lifestyle. ... Helena's addicti...

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Many of his plays are so remarkable, not necessarily because of the complex issues they raise, but rather the ideals they "challenge-. Shakespeare's tragedies are notorious for starting with one or more noble figures that go against the dominant social meaning systems only to have them eventually fall into submission to these ideals and beliefs. ... When Emelia is tending to her in Act IV scene iii, Desdemona asks Emelia if "thou in conscience think/ that there be women do abuse their husbands/ In such gross kind?... Yet as though she were following in the footsteps of her husband, in t...

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The regimen prescribed by her husband and brother was one of the myriad acceptable treatments recommend for hysteria. ... It follows, then, that the treatment; submission; anti-intellectualism; and relegation to women's' domestic sphere, was only a husband and a doctor's word away. ... She is there to show us how John's ideal woman behaves. ... The narrator has been denied her own humanity, by her husband, her brother, even by other women to the point that, finally, she denies it herself. ...

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The Christian settlers thought that Native Americans were savages and that they had very different religious ideas but by comparing a popular Native American creation myth named "The World on the Turtle's Back" with Genesis it is possible to see that both religions are based on the same ideals and values. ... The woman decides she wants some bark from one of the roots of the tree and her husband even knowing it is forbidden he gives in. ... Filled with curiosity, the wife looked into the hole and fell out of the Sky-World and their gods didn't try to save her since she and her h...

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The Koran also makes it clear that a wife had the right to ask for a divorce from her husband on the same grounds on which a husband could ask to divorce his wife. ... A wife was to eat only after her husband had finished, and she had to eat from his dirty plate. ... When women in India married, it was customary for their families to give a dowry to the girl's husband and his family. ... Also, Indian husbands cut off the ears and nose of their wives if they left the house without their prior permission. ... The ideal role model for this custom was Sita, Ram's wife, who was requir...

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It seems that the wounds that the author are referring to is the mourning of her first husband and her current state as a widow. ... In addition, there is much in the Qur'an that discusses the importance of a woman providing sex for her husband, "Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth, when or how you will (2:223)-(___). ... It seems that during the controversy of the affair, very misogynistic ideals are displayed and that the situation represents an excellent example of hegemonic suspicion. ... Following the affair and divorce of Hafsa and Muhammad, the intervening of the a...

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Within ten days, the perpetrator was identified as Shane Stant, an amateur hit man hired by competing skater Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eckardt, and ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly. ... The perceived contrast between athleticism and femininity places women athletes in a double-bind; they cannot meet both the ideals of femininity and the norms of sport. ... To be competitive on ice and off in the competition for commericial endorsements, women figure skaters (still officially referred to as "Ladies" under U.S. and ISU rules) must meet popular ideals of feminine beauty (Feder, 1994). ... Bu...

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Rosamond's sensitive and spoiled personality is shown through dialogue in the beginning of the passage when she asks her husband if he has "not asked Papa for money " which demonstrates how she tries to find the easy way out of things while also proving what a spoiled woman she is for asking her father for money, although she is an independent adult herself. ... The dialogue allows the reader to understand how different the ideals of solving a problem are to the couple. ... These contrasting ideals that the couple have between each other is what causes them to get into matrimonial argumen...

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Christina Rossetti's poem, "A Rose Has Thorns As Well As Honey," does not fail to provoke an interpretation of the ideal woman as each flower she introduces to the reader represents a type of woman. ... As the poem continues, we find that all ten flowers preceding the holly fall short of being the ideal woman for these various reasons. ... Honesty implies a woman who will speak her mind, even when her husband may not like what she has to say or feels pricked by her words. ...

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First, the freedom of sex in the narrative is a direct result of the ideals that accompanied the plague. ... While we most certainly see a direct correlation between the plagues "free" ideals and the stories of the Decameron it is also evident that there are some cultural norms of the era, which are having an effect on the text. ... For example, looking at the tenth story of day five there is no talk of lust or love in the marriage which takes place but rather that it was "to improve the low opinion they had of him (husband) (433)." ... For example in day two, story eight we hear, " The fac...

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There is also some tacit criticism of the way in which white teachers and clergy try to impose their views and ideals over the top of centuries of tradition and tribal lore without thought towards the consequences. ... John Jarratt's anthropologist may have been important to the stage play but is totally irrelevant here, as are the sub plots dealing with a pair of tv reporters shooting in the township and the sexual tensions between Katie and her idealistic teacher husband (Lewis Fitz-Gerald). ... Meanwhile, Kate, the schoolteacher's wife, is having an affair with Tony, a sensual A...

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George is drawn as a traditional husband, charismatic in the workplace but insensitive and generally unemotional at home. ... As befits the 1950s patriarchy, he appears to have the ideal life. ... Her relationship with her husband is based on compromise and forgiveness as well as love, as her willingly principles has permitted her to understand and not judge her adulterous spouse and accept her self-seeking daughter. ...

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Unfortunately, Matilda loses the necklace and she and her husband, Mr. ... Even though it takes Madame Loisel and her husband ten years to pay off the debt to replace the necklace, she continues to believe the night of the ball was her moment of glory. ... Individuals who appear on television shows can generally be viewed as a real, but is really the illusion of an ideal life. ...

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George is drawn as a traditional husband, charismatic in the workplace but insensitive and generally unemotional at home. ... As befits the 1950s patriarchy, he appears to have the ideal life. ... Her relationship with her husband is based on compromise and forgiveness as well as love, as her willingly principles has permitted her to understand and not judge her adulterous spouse and accept her self-seeking daughter. ...

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These contrasts, mainly of gender stereotypes within the play, emphasize the idea that Jason is the ideal husband of reason and logic, while Medea possesses traits of preposterous behaviour and is oblivious to the expectations of a civilized world. Women of Corinth were expected to be obedient for "Obedience - and in marriage that's the saving thing, when a wife obediently accepts her husbands will" (Euripides 17). ... This quotation illustrates the fear that may be embedded in Medea while she tries to adapt to her new home in order to please her husband Jason, a man of order. ... Therefo...

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