From the time Anne Frank went into hiding until the time the Nazis captured her family, many changes took place. Through this time, she changed physically and emotionally, her relationships also changed particularly of that with her mother. ... Anne Marie Frank was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany, the second daughter of Otto and Edith Frank. ... Instead of growing closer to her mother at that time, she grew away. ... She came to realise why her mother didn't feel like a real mother "She says that she sees us more as friends, not her daughters. ...

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The theme that stands out the most in Jamaica Kincaid's "Annie John" is the mother-daughter relationship. Kincaid accurately portrays how adolescence can strain these relationships by explaining and giving insight into mother- daughter relationships. ... By the time Annie turns twelve, she starts to go through some changes which many teenagers normally goes through. ... She says, "Like mother like daughter....

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Rahel's "frightened eyes" look back at Ammu as she realizes that her mother's love is dispensed only when Ammu feels Rahel is worthy of her time (107). As a mother, Ammu is expected to love and protect her child no matter the circumstance but instead Ammu breaks the love law between mother and daughter. ... By verbally harming her daughter, Ammu prevents the growth of their relationship. ...

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In Gabriel Garcí Márquez's novel Love in a Time of Cholera, Florentino Ariza is a passionate man who's love for Fermina Daza has him wait for over fifty years before he can pursue her properly. ... After his wife's death, he decides to make enough money to set his daughter, Fermina, up as a great lady. ...

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Dietrich plans a day to go shopping with Nola because Nola needs a few things for school, however, her real reason is because, "mother and daughter need time together" (169). ... Dietrich prefers to spend time alone with her daughter and, "she believed Nola preferred to be alone with her" (171). ... Dietrich reflects on the time when she was pregnant with Nola. ... That was a happy time in for Mrs. ... Seeing her daughter cry, Mrs. ...

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The first time I was pregnant, I hoped I would have a son. ... That time, I thought about why my parents were poor. ... At that time, I couldn't understand her heart. ... I wish that my mother lives a long time. Therefore I shall have plenty of time to return my love to her. ...

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The Chinese-American daughters try their best to become "Americanized," at the same time, casting off their heritage while their mothers watch in dismay. ... She explains, " 'Only one kind of daughter can live in this house. Obedient daughter!' ... She means that any daughter should follow her parent's request without questions, not like the American daughter who follows her own mind. ... A simple misunderstanding of their parent's love for them would in time influence the children's behavior and attitude. ...

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The first introduction to "good nature" is Cordelia, King Lear's youngest daughter. ... Her father, King Lear, is about to step down as king and divide his throne among his three daughters. Lear has his daughters compete for their inheritance. ... Regan and Goneril, Lear's older daughters, use flattery to prove their love. ... He is very brash and quick-tempered, which is not necessarily a good trait, but at the same time not necessarily purely evil. ...

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The first introduction to "good nature" is Cordelia, King Lear's youngest daughter. ... Her father, King Lear, is about to step down as king and divide his throne among his three daughters. Lear has his daughters compete for their inheritance. ... Regan and Goneril, Lear's older daughters, use flattery to prove their love. ... He is very brash and quick-tempered, which is not necessarily a good trait, but at the same time not necessarily purely evil. ...

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Three of her poems are: For my Daughter, Woman to Man and The company of lovers. Centre on themes such as love, time, birth, death and the purpose of life in these poems. ... In the first poem for My Daughter Judith Write explores the ideas of time brings change, time is inevitable and children grow up and separate from their parents. What Judith Write is talking about when she says time brings change which means that when she gave birth to her daughter she slowly over the years she changed and developed, Then she left home and moved into her own house with her boyfriend. Also when she is ...

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At the time the play was written anti-Semitism was rife due to myth and the infamous trial of the Queen's physician, Roderigo Lopez who was accused of treason. ... Actor's interpretations changed over time however, as have critics. ... O my daughter!" ... Through this Shakespeare was playing on the myths surrounding Jews at the time such as blood libel, which would have excited a negative Elizabethan response. ... "All your money shall be left to your daughter." ...

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Slades self- pity has been intensified with the loss of her husband and she has a harder time dealing with grief than Mrs. ... (Pg. 382) She now has a hard time finding purpose in her life. "In living up to a husband all her faculties had been engaged; now she only had a daughter to live up to."... (pg.383) While Alida and Grace sit on the terrace, Alida begins to reminisce about the last time they were in Rome together as young women. ... Ansley has more than the letter as a memento of her love for Delphin: she has a daughter. ...

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This is of the time she had seventeen gentlemen callers in one day while she was living in Blue Mountain. ... At one time she demands Tom to chew his food properly. ... Her daughter, Laura seems to be the shy type but Laura herself knows when one does not have a chance at something. ... Her further fear is of her daughter ending up single for the rest of her life. She does not want to believe that her only daughter is a disheartened and a lonesome woman who finds contentment among a world of glass figurines. ...

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Menander, an ancient Greek playwright, was an influential playwright of his time, focusing his plays on what critics call "New Comedy." ... He is afraid to ask Knemon for his daughters hand in marriage. ... Sostratos represents the moral ambiguity of the upper class during this time period. ... In an article by University Press Inc about Culture and Society in ancient Greece it said that women in this time period were not involved "public life or in politics.... In this scene Sostratos spends as much time in his asides speaking to the audience as he does speaking to the girl. ...

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As a women, she has very little value, and as the third daughter, even less. ... The language between the two, calling each other "boy, lad, and Numncle" indicates they have known each other for a very long time. ... Lear comes to a painful realization about his daughter's selfish greed. ... To save Lear from himself, the fool had to save him from his daughters. ... The reason he could isn't about love or loyalty; Cordelia was Lear's daughter. ...

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Proposing a test of his daughters' adoration, King Lear asks them each to describe how much they truly love him. ... Goneril, Lear's eldest daughter, is the first female character to speak in the play. ... In time, however, her true character becomes apparent, and could not be in further opposition from her response. ... Regan, the King's middle daughter, proves to be the most fierce and brutish of all Shakespeare's female characters. ... Because of this honest and pure daughter, Lear realizes his past mistakes. ...

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As time went by, Daisy matured and Andrea began to forget about the man who once held her, and introduced Steve into their lives. ... Three years following the birth of her daughter, she received a call from Steve saying her mother had passed away. ... Daisy attended the funeral on her own, not wanting her husband or daughter to meet the man who separated her and her mother. ... The tearing woman of thirty drove home and smothered her daughter with love when she saw her porcelain face. Salt water coursed down her cheeks into her daughter's hair. ...

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"I hope she"ll be a fool, that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful fool" which she is talking about her daughter. ... The point of this quote is that, that daughter, should grow up being beautiful because a lot of rich man will look at her appearance and marry her and she does not have to use a brain, that is all she needs in life is her appearance. ... If he truly loved Daisy, he would be at home, taking care of her and the daughter. ... He tried to impressed her by, throwing parties without showing his face, buying the mansion next to her house, and when ...

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On trial for murder today is the sorceress Medea for the death of her two children, King Creon, and his daughter Cruesa. ... (Euripides 121) She explained to the council that she didn't want to hurt Jason or the kids, but she felt the only way Jason would give her the time of day was to hit him where it hurts. ... I asked Medea, "Then why the reason to kill King Creon and his beautiful daughter Cruesa?" ... In his attempt, he only manages to kill himself and his daughter. ... I have come to the conclusion that Medea is guilty on all four counts of murder; for the death of Jason'...

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Ophelia, a character from the play Hamlet written by William Shakespeare, is the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes, and lover of prince Hamlet. ... Her father, Polonius, is too busy trying to have everyone like him so he uses his daughter as a pawn. Her bother, Laertes, spends his time in other countries with various women when Ophelia needs him. ... Of course he loves his daughter, or so it is believed; but instead of loving her, and letting her be happy, he uses her to get what he wants. ... He would rather have King Claudius like him than his own daughter, so he makes her read a love ...

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Catherine Sloper, a simple minded daughter II. ... He believes time and distance will open his daughter's eyes to Morris" true character. ... Austin Sloper shows a great deal of avoidance to his daughter Catherine. ... Catherine greatly admires her father but at the same time is afraid of him. ... In a short amount of time Mr. ...

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The day my daughter's father left me was the day I realized it was never true love. ... Don't worry about kissing your partner all the time. ... After having my daughter's father leave me, I knew what I needed in a man to find true love. ... The right person is out there for every single person, it just takes time. ... I myself thought I would never find someone who would love me unconditionally, or love my daughter like she was his own. ...

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Cornelia is Granny daughter and at the time when Granny was sick Cornelia was annoying her because she was talking about her sickness right in front of her and also about other times that her mother spanked her. ... In the story she talked about a time she had to dig postholes herself for a hundred of acres of land. ... She hears thunder and see's lighting she thinks of her daughter Hapsy. ... But I can't, it's not time. ... In Grannie's last few moments her daughter Cornelia said You'll see Hapsy again. ...

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Ingred loves her daughter but never asks her what she thinks so therefore doesn't know her daughter too well. Such as she does not know of her daughter's yearning for a father. ... He goes to all of her readings, and asks her out each time. ... One time, there was a knock at her door, and it was Barry. ... Throughout this time, Astrid keeps in touch with Adam. ...

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This moral blindness condemns his relationship with his most beloved daughter Cordelia, at the start of the play. ... On disowning Cordelia, he utters, "We have no such daughter, nor shall ever see That face of hers again". Lear shows himself to be a vindictive man in pride, as in a few sentences he unravels all his love for his most beloved daughter, publicly and absolutely. ... Cordelia has good insight, and understanding her sisters for truly what they are, she knows what they are capable of and says, "Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides". ... He discovers that Cord...

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