He is shown as a man who consistently wants control, as shown throughout the use of the word "bond". ... The word "bond" is powerful language of the law and portrays Shylock as a dignified human being. ... Shylock's bond has an extreme condition to it: "for an equal pound of your fair flesh" (Act I scene 3). ... He loses his land, possessions, and is forced in the end to live his worst nightmare: Conversion to Christianity, as a result of getting cheated out of his bond to Antonio. ... To conclude, in the end Shylock gets his religion, family, money, possessions, bond, dign...

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Parents who lack the ability to bond will often display rejection towards a child. The parent is usually unable to form a bond with the child. Many abused children are told that they are unwanted and are often blamed for the family problems. This leaves the child feeling as though they add nothing to the family (Emotional Abuse, 1996). ...

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"(Lynn) After Crystal's tragic death her family opened up a Domestic violence Shelter called "The Crystal Judson" center which is also a resource center to help other women get help who are being abused. ... The YWCA is a temporary "safe house" with individual rooms that can house up to thirty families at any given time, and it also has a separate building next to it where women are sometimes court ordered for counseling. ... Regardless if these women are court ordered or seek help on their own, there will always be an undeniable bond that these victims share surr...

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The act is again a proof for the obsession of female purity in which a woman's body becomes a symbol of honor and pride for husbands and families. ... Dandicat reveals that the bond between mother and daughter is strong and intense. ...

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An issue in New Zealand that has been gaining a lot of press in recent years has been the astronomical rise in child abuse by family members. ... It is especially relevant to New Zealand society where family abuse is a significant issue. ... A belief and tradition in the De la Garza family was that the youngest daughter should stay at home, never marry and look after her mother until she dies. ... It was only after Roberto's death that Tita herself questioned the restraints placed on her by her mother and rebelled against them, and in doing so breaking loose of the bond that bound her ...

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Some feel that child labour is morally wrong and that children should not work, no matter how poverty stricken their families are. Some large corporations support child labour, and argue that it is good thing because it gives families who are poverty-stricken a source of income and keeps production prices low. ... What he used to do was, to take a match stick and fill the cut with the match stick powder then he would set fire to it with another match so that my skin and blood would bond together, I would cry for my mother then he would beat me again." ... Due to the fact that the children do ...

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The author mainly covers the relationship between his family. His main focus point is the bond between his mother and him. ... His brother's starts to take their mother side and start to treat David as non-member of the family. ... Dave's purpose of writing these books was to tell the world, how he was treated like many other kids are treated in the families. ... Celebrities such as Anne Heche and Roseanne regularly appear on talk shows and in print discussing their dysfunctional families. ...

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We will also Touch upon the basic question of this report, and that is, "How has child abuse changed over the last 100 years and what effects has this had on the family?... It is clear that families are undergoing a number of important structural changes: families are smaller than in the past, with fewer children and sometimes with only one parent; parents have children at a later age; more couples live together without the bonds of matrimony which was accepted as a sacred bond so few years in human history. ... When they are taken into the hospital it is usually be a secondary m...

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Some individuals misuse or misapply the bond of sanctity of many of the relationships in their lives. ... Varying levels of bullying exist within family and social relationships. ... There is an old adage that says that one should never go into business with one's family members. Similarly , it is believed by many that one should never lend money to one's family members. ... This is a simple example of how family members are bullied by other family members when money is in the equation. ...

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Victims are often judged for not leaving their abuser and not trying to escape the horrible relationship, but what critics don't understand is that victims develop a "traumatic bond" with their abuser and become dependent on them because they are isolated from everyone else. ...

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The idea of inequality goes even as far back as Aristotle when he stated: The universe resembles a large and well-regulated family, in which all the officers and servants, and even the domestic animals, are subservient to each other in a proper subordination; each enjoys the privileges and perquisites peculiar to his place, and at the same time contributes, by just that subordination, to the magnificence and happiness of the whole. ...

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• Grade Level: High School