The Greeks had arranged marriages and often times the daughters, without a brother, would be married to a close relative such as a cousin or uncle. She would then pass on her father's inheritance to her spouse. ... His daughters played no significant role in the play but he was worried about them and who would take care of them after he was gone. ... Her father sent her overseas to marry a King and the king tamed her and groomed her into an ideal queen. ... The role and subjection of women in Chaucer's stories have changed greatly from Beowulf and King Oedipus. ...

• Word Count: 1539
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1127
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1678
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Although the question being asked is obvious, the father is asking the male audience how they are going to answer this in years to come. ... My father was no coward, but had been reluctant to leave his family. ... Soon after this incident my father joined the army." ... It would seem to show a mother and her young daughter who is probably not that long married, both have sacrificed love the mother her husband, and the daughter her father and husband also. ... A good example is the story of the German "Kadavar Factories" which where said to house the corpses of British soldiers who were boile...

• Word Count: 2585
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1740
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

provides a unique outlook on western prairie life in America during the late nineteenth century, as the story is told from the perspective of a successful women. ... Alexandra is the eldest of four children, and the daughter of a Swedish immigrant who perhaps held unrealistic notions of his ability to tame American land. ... Her intense pioneer spirit and loyalty to her father is unwavering. ...

• Word Count: 702
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She loves her father and stays with his family to be near him, but she is forcibly married off to a shoemaker. ... Stories of ice cream" (Hosseini 7). ... At the possibility of a daughter he recoil. ... Cheryl Benard highlights how the importance of having a son in the Afghani society is, when women are punished for giving birth to a daughter. ...

• Word Count: 1256
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 955
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 2288
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

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! ...

• Word Count: 3110
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

There should be more story lines depicting a woman president, and how she would handle the likes of Osama Bin Laden and world terrorism, or how she governed the efforts of the latest space shuttle mission that failed, and saved the lives of all of the passengers on board. ... In Jenn Schreve's essay, "Honor Thy Daughter", she brings new light to my issues with Disney. ... Her father was to go, but he was ill, and in order for her father to save face, she posed as a son. ...

• Word Count: 1671
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The first part is the story about Leonte's jealousy which brings the destruction to his royal family. ... The love between Florizel and Perdita, the reunification of Leontes with his lost daughter and wife bring to the play a perfect ending. ... Under the superficial story of adultery and husband's jealousy, we conclude it is about conflict between men and women. ... Besides, we notice the relations between father and son, king and officials are all on friendly terms. ... As Hermione's daughter, perdita is almost a copy of hermione. ...

• Word Count: 2824
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School