This is evident by the actions of Odysseus's son, Telemachus. Telemachus not even being able to remember his father before he went off to war, still had this enormous sense of pride that he was the king's son. Once urged by Athena, Telemachus went as far as to leave his mother, and sail across the sea to Pylos to talk to king Nestor about his father. ... "I am your father- the Odysseus you wept for all your days, you bore a world of pain, the cruel abuse of men."" ... Odysseus spent ten years after the war in Troy trying to reach his home to be with his wife and son. ...

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The mother had a small income, and father had a small income, but not nearly enough for the social position which they had keep up" (225). ... The mother more sour than ever blame their unfortunate circumstances to her "unlucky" father. ... Paul and Uncle Oscar arrive to an idea to give the mother some money, without her knowing it came from her son. ... Hester, still preoccupied with her usual worries not recognizing her son's plea. ... The uncle's words of hypocorism, subsequent to his bid: "My God, Hester, you"re eighty thousand to the good, and a poor...

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Primarily, Willy is a middle class business man whose dream is for him and his son to become successful and rich. ... Moreover, Biff fails the whole time and Willy is disappointed with him because he does not try to succeed as his father did. As a result, Willy believes that he is responsible for his son's failure. Willy does not realize that his son does not have the same dreams as he does: "He had the wrong dreams, all, all wrong" (138). ... Besides that, she loves and cares about him: "attention must be paid" (act 1) Linda states to her son that Willy's life is in danger. ...

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Once that man's rule was over, his throne would be passed down to his sons and then their son, etc. ... The women were to be housewives and obey their husband and even their own sons. ... Confucianism believed that there were five main relationships between people: 1) ruler and subject, 2) father and son, 3) husband and wife, 4) older brother and younger brother, and 5) friend to friend. ...

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He is married and has four pentagonal sons and two hexagonal grandsons. ... The mathematicians and the trade's man like our narrator, his sons, and his grandsons. ... On the other hand, it is the Law of Nature that a male child shall have one more side than his father, so that each generation has the opportunity to move up on the scale of development and to join the noble class. ...

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Women were subordinate to men and children answered to their parents, but mainly their father. ... Five links were stressed: three family links (father and son, elder brother and younger brother, husband and wife), one political link (ruler and subject), and one social link (friend and friend)." ...

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The father was often strict and was obeyed by all without question. The children were taught to respect their father and always spoke politely to him. Very few children would dare to be cheeky to their father or answer him back. ... Some mothers taught their children to read and write and sometimes fathers taught their sons Latin. ...

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Fist Gulliver states, "my father had a small Estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the Third of Five Sons (15). ... He is not going to inherit any of the family fortune (or lack of) when his father passes away. ... Gulliver's father "sent [him] to Emanuel-Colledge in Cambridge, at Fourteen Years old" and he "resided three Years, and applied [himself] close to [his] studies (15). ...

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Doria's father left when she was a little girl because he wanted to have a boy but Doria's mother became infertile after Doria was born. ... When I think of all the girls who get pregnant their first time, not even on purpose Dad, he wanted a son. (Guene 2) Doria does not respect her father at all for leaving her and her mother. She is now forced to provide for both of them, rather than her father helping to bring in the majority of earnings. ... By not having a father in the house, it is hard for Doria and her mother to create any income to support the two of them. ...

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In the novel, Great Expectations, class is a central theme as it was set in the 1820s when class divisions were very strict. It was very important where you stood in social classes. You would be looked down upon if social classes had mixed. It was thought that class was just about the money and ab...

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Jay Gatsby James Gatz is a man who has his mind on only his dreams of returning to the love of his life, and will go to any means necessary to get himself to this goal. The reader comes to know this man as Jay Gatsby, the fabulously wealthy resident of West Egg. From the views of Nick Caraway the ...

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George's father, Mr. ... Emerson and his son, is in the church. ... George offers no apologies for his father; ".. he is kind to people because he loves them; and they find him out, and they are offended, or frightened." (45). ...

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Since the founding fathers created the Declaration of Independence, the idea that all men have the right to life, liberty, and a pursuit of happiness plays a key role in the dream of wealth and the ideologies of society in the 1920s. ... The only people to attend the funeral are Nick, Gatsby's servants, and Gatsby's father, Henry C. ... Gatz is proud of his son regardless of what he had done and saves a picture of his house. ... This links to the American dream and how the founding fathers had promised to present their citizens with unrestricted freedom to pursue their dreams, no ma...

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Despite the importance of Othello to the Venetian state, Brabantio (Desdemona's father) is both horrified and dismayed at his daughter's willingness and desire to marry a dark-skinned person. ... The Duke of Venice, the most authoritative and powerful figure in the play, promised Brabantio to punish the offender "yea, though our proper son/Stood in your action- [1.3.68-69] Yet upon realizing the offender was indeed Othello, the much-needed general, sharply changes his attitude to that of sympathy to Othello and respect. ... Although Othello's dark-skin automatically places his r...

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During class last week, we watched three video clips concerning practices in other countries that most Americans find atrocious. The subjects of the videos were: the Untouchables and the caste system in India, honor killings, and suicide bombers. All three practices are, on the most part, accepted...

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In Secret Daughter, when Sarla recalled the moment when her son Krishnan decided to go aboard and study, saying in the novel, "[s]ixteen family members travelled together, caravan style, in four separate cars to the airport 'Don't worry, papa. ... He made a terrible mistake, killing an innocent person under the illogical assumption that he was avenging his father's death. ...

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Introduction Pride & Prejudice was written by British author Jane Austen in 1796-1797 and was first published in 1813. Plot The essence of the story is the antagonism between Mr. Darcy, a wealthy single man who believes Elizabeth to be beneath him, and Elizabeth, who upon being insulted at a dance by Darcy refuses to associate with him in any manner. Eventually through a family crisis, each over come their opinions of one another from their first meeting and fall in love. Significance of the Title The significance of Pride & Prejudice is that the two main characters of the novel, D...

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