Over all in this first chapter I get the feeling that the author wanted to let the reader know that the puritans believe religion was not morality and morality shown in company of others was not the same morality that God saw. ... "When husband and wife neglect their duties they not only wrong each other, but they provoke God by breaking his law" (pg. 30). The government and the entire society were both subjected by the laws of God. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

America is supposed to be the land of the free, where everyone's equal, and the laws don't discriminate. ... Laws are created or changed every day, and they become accepted by Americans. ... There are hundreds of laws pertaining to married couples and their benefits. ... Homosexual marriage will lead to the end of sexual morality and the family union some may say. With the high availability of pornography through the Internet and at the local corner store sexual morality is al ready declining. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In both Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, we see the controversial subject of morality versus the law. In Ibsen's story, Nora breaks the law in order to save her husband's life. ... There are exceptions to everything, even the law. Unusual circumstances can sometimes justify one's disobeying the law. ... This theme of breaking the law for good applies to modern times as well. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In several countries today, the law of prohibited homosexual couples to legally marry still exists. Many public opinions regarding the issue of same sex marriage often are criticized based on issues of morality according to the religious beliefs which makes this issue becomes one of the culture wars that cause by gender difference since they do not fall into the heterosexual category. ... While the law prohibited homosexual couples to legally marry, the couples then do not receive benefits like the heterosexual couples even when they already live together or when they, themselves, believe to ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She loses all sense of morality by hurting others in her futile attempt to join the ranks of Tom's social class. ... Gatsby surrenders his morals by breaking the law to earn the riches he thinks will buy her love but it is done for nothing, Daisy was not won over with his new wealth. ... Jay Gatsby, a wealthy young man who has earned his wealth through breaking the law as an effort to win back a lost love. ...

• Word Count: 892
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• Grade Level: High School

She loses all sense of morality by hurting others in her futile attempt to join the ranks of Tom's social class. ... Gatsby surrenders his morals by breaking the law to earn the riches he thinks will buy her love but it is done for nothing, Daisy was not won over with his new wealth. ... Jay Gatsby, a wealthy young man who has earned his wealth through breaking the law as an effort to win back a lost love. ...

• Word Count: 897
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• Grade Level: High School

Even if he was harassed, if he was a man of virtue and morality, he could have done a wiser thing than killing because self-defense does not only fall upon the act of murder. ... That definitely violates the moral law. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They were also educated on conduct, and before they were married, they had to learn "the four virtues of a wife: morality, proper speech, modesty, and diligence." ... Laws were made for divorcing a wife. ... Marriage laws became more severe under the Tang dynasty. These laws made sure that women were subordinate to men. ... If the parents-in-law killed the daughter-in-law, they would be jailed for only three years." ...

• Word Count: 2634
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It involves a multi-layer relationship between neighbors and other elements in the community, and it is so regarded by the Chinese as the top issue of the morality of human kind. ... The first law issued after the foundation of the People's Republic of China was the Law of Marriage in 1950. ...

• Word Count: 9974
• Approx Pages: 40
• Grade Level: High School

None of the answers are simple to these hot button topics; for the most part they are complex and hover in a grey area of morality, tradition, and history. ... Religions are no longer deciding laws, in most areas, obviously excluding many countries still today that are based off of religions, that one can get arrested for, so it is not a big deal and does not affect those who disagree with a religions ruling, it is the religions' right to their doctrine. ...

• Word Count: 2516
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• Grade Level: High School

Early Roman law described women as children, forever inferior to men. ... The preservers of the old south put the southern lady on a pedestal where she would act as preserver of southern religion and morality and as an inspiration to her husband and children. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Tonni Morrison's novel Sula is about two young black girls who become very close friends but soon depart after taking different paths through life. The two young girls grew up in a town in the hills of Ohio called the Bottom. The town received its name from a slave owner who disliked the land and ...

• Word Count: 2894
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School