In the story "Girl," a mother is teaching her daughter a lesson on how to carry herself appropriately to be accepted and please not only men, but also society as a whole. ... This double standard is clear throughout the story. ... Some of the female roles depicted in this story are, "wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap...this is how you iron your father's khaki pants so they don't have a crease; this is how you grow okra far from the house...this is how you sweep a corner; this is how you sweep a whole house; this is how you sweep a yard" (...

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Robert Browning's 1842 poem My Last Duchess influenced by the strict roles in relationships of the Victorian Era and patriarchal society, tells a story of a young man's unhelpful love. ... " "Though his fair daughter's self, as I avowed At starting, is my object. ... The idea of a marriage being a business transaction between the man and the father of the daughter was taken into further depth as these quotes explain how he agreed to the father to marry his daughter. ... In conclusion Robert Browning's 1842 poem My Last Duchess, influenced by the patriarchal societ...

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Why ghost stories repeatedly shows us that the family is a site of trauma and conflict. Discussing how and why the ghost story genre focuses on dysfunctional families. ... The father does not tell anyone of what he seen to keep the order of the house as it is, also he could be scared of people saying that he is no longer sane. ... This brings me to the conclusion that the writer of the story probably is female. ... Abuse of a female character is represented when we see 'lord Furnvills' horrible treatment towards his daughter 'Miss Maude' for tarnishing the family by opti...

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Mary Matalin is a mother of two daughters, and wife to James Carville, who is a member of the opposing political party. ... In the article Mary Matalin recalls a trip to the Middle East, when she first called home to find out that both of her daughter's hamsters had died. ... The article is titled, "A Year of Loss, a Year of Love," and it tells the story of the Soulas family. Tim Soulas was a 35 year old husband and father, who worked on the 105th floor of Tower One, and was working on the tragic day of September 11th. ... One mother naturally took the more stereotypical male role, an...

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Fathers are just as dominant as boyfriends or husbands in many cases. They expect strict obedience from daughters and often become enraged or very upset when rules are broken or their expectations are let down. ... Abuse is the repercussion of the daughter's disobedience for whatever actions lead upset the head of the family. ... Through the main character in the book, ideas are expressed and shown through both simplistic and complex stories. These stories shed light on how living, as a Latino in a Latino American society would be daily. ...

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Beauty does not go to the knight in shinning armor nor the one her father wants her to marry. ... Beauty's willingness to take her fathers place in the Beast's castle proves her love to be so passionate that she would give up anything for him. ... In some forms of this fairy tale the father sacrifices the daughter, it is not a decision made by Beauty. ... The other story is based around the selfishness of the prince. ... Overcoming her terrors is part of the moral or lesson in this story. ...

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Henrietta is Sofia's youngest daughter, whose father is not Harpo, but who is nevertheless Harpo's favorite. ... His father Mr. ________ explains to Harpo that Sofia is making him less of a man and that he needs to beat her. ... Mr. ______ thinks that way because his father had treated his mother that way. ... Celie and the other women in the novel talk to each other and tell each other stories that allow them to fight back oppression and dominance. ... The men in the story are very cautious about their masculinity. ...

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Maggie is a romantic character and a dutiful daughter and sister she is devoted, tender and longing to give and receive love. ... As you read Maggie's story, the connections we can draw between her life story - particularly its often-unfulfilled ambitions - and Victorian constructions of femininity. ... This can bee shown by looking at Maggie and her impetuous and violent behaviour has been likened to that of her fathers- stressing the theme of heredity and her anomalies as a woman with masculine character traits. ... Maggie's desire for "masculine" knowledge is related using images ...

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Maggie is a romantic character and a dutiful daughter and sister she is devoted, tender and longing to give and receive love. ... As you read Maggie's story, the connections we can draw between her life story - particularly its often-unfulfilled ambitions - and Victorian constructions of femininity. ... This can bee shown by looking at Maggie and her impetuous and violent behaviour has been likened to that of her fathers- stressing the theme of heredity and her anomalies as a woman with masculine character traits. ... Maggie's desire for "masculine" knowledge is related using images ...

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Abigail Adams" account stands as a testimony to the birth and political maturation of the U.S while Mary Todd's story gives insight into the more factional nation of Civil War years. ... Her father preached a more softened form of Puritanism that reflected the growth of more diverse religious practices of the Great Awakening period of early 1740s. ... (Akers 8), as a daughter of a minister and because her family was well-off, Abigail was never short of books. ... (Baker 114) And while Abigail Adams concerned herself about educating daughters, Mary was equally concerned in obtaining best...

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He introduces Otama, who is the daughter of a candy dealer, and Okada, who is a medical student at Tokyo University. ... Otama's father had troubles finding a mate to marry his daughter, but one day he allows Otama to marry a police officer. ... This can refer to the context of the story because of the role that women has in those times were very strict and they were supposed to make whatever their parents said, or if they were married what their husband said. ...

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Since wives are essentially betrothed to a man through their mothers, any siblings that the mother conceives will also belong to the same man: "At the time of the girl's puberty ritual, her father selects a man and gives him a ceremonial spear, as a sign that any girls his daughter may be delivered of later will eventually become wives of that man" (Potts 89). ... Women tend to be disgusted my sex, as there is no interest in this society for the women to have any pleasure: "Mothers do not teach their daughters about sex, except with an aura of pain and disgust . ... The bible is filled wi...

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She instead charges off to join the army in the place of her father and takes her life in her own hands, rather than sitting around dreaming of romance. ... The story of Mulan is a unique. ... Mothers are absent in far greater numbers than either fathers or mothers of the pre-Little Mermaid era. ... Significantly, it's the heroines " Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, and Jane " who are almost invariably being raised by single fathers with no sign or mention of a mother or mother figure, ever. ... The one non-absent mother is Mulan's, but she only plays an inoperat...

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These ancient stories entertained the masses and often taught children morals and how to act and think. ... Maybe their influences are harmless, but embedded in the story are some dangerous and damaging stereotypes. ... Gretel, not Hansel, defeated the witch; and for every clever youngster son there was a youngster daughter equally resourceful. ... This story reiterates that the idea of being beautiful is also to be powerful. ... Even in Rapunzel her father was caught stealing and therefore had to give up his first born, he remained blameless as he was doing it for his wife! ...

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