Did you know that sibling rivalry stems from within one child not necessarily the interaction between two siblings? ... The rivalry stems from within a child who fears that in comparison to his siblings he cannot win his parents" love which in turn is like lighting the match to a bonfire of sibling rivalry. ... The fairy tale of "Cinderella" portrays the exact outcome every child is envious of and many dream of. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Therefore, the sympathy within this selected passage indicates a pathetic tone. ... Antigone's ongoing dreams of a marriage that never materialized reveal her shattered aspirations caused by Creon's immoral civil laws. ... The sparagmos imagery of the young couple's death, further exemplifies the tone of pathos within the passage. ... The pathetic tone within the tragedy, Antigone, leads to the universal theme of how one should value intimate relationships over civil laws. ... Toward the end of the play, Creon admits that he, "learned through the blood and tears" of the i...

• Word Count: 1318
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Generally it is most teenagers' dream to have a successful future while married to someone they have gotten to know, feel they are compatible with, and most essentially, genuinely love. ... However, in some rural areas in Ghana, the youth have their dreams shattered by their parents because the parents rather feel as though it is their right or obligation to find a partner they deem suitable for their son or daughter. ... Most arranged marriages will obviously not have happiness within it as a result of ...

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Within the first few lines of the opening scene, the audience is confronted with a man in obvious mental distress and forced to ask; is he mad or merely exhausted? ... He is consistently falling into the same traps as his father; exaggerating about his position within the company, clinging fanatically to the ideal of economic success at all costs. ... This seems to represent a very male-orientated version of the "American Dream", and Miller explores this further through some of his male characters. ... Biff is also a part of this, longing for a simpler, rural life, and Willy's last-ditch ...

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The crucial element of the inclusion of the role of the mother in the book is that it allows Shelley to comment about the role of the mother within a male-dominated society. ... The inclusion of Frankenstein's mother in the story is not only significant in demonstrating the important role of the mother within the family unit and within society, but it is also important in revealing aspects of Frankenstein's character. Frankenstein's dream is the most blatant aspect of the novel that does this. ... The importance of the mother within the family is also furthered by the introdu...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although that dream is easy to achieve, more than likely it will be shattered. ... I believe that a major contributor to the moral and social decay within American society is the breakup of the family unit. ... Research evidence has shown that marital distress and conflict within a marriage causes a wide range of negative effects on the children of the feuding spouses (Gottman 4). ... They would range from easy transition to cohabitation, managing budgets, birth control methods and prevention of sexual transmitted diseases, the changes within a woman during and after pregnancy, managing ange...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Her dream of being beautiful, understood, and accepted-all of which she has imagined in terms of being white-is shattered, and her mind is occupied with thoughts of persecution, impending death, and imperative self-restraint. ... She tells, for example, of bone-weary cotton pickers caught in economic enslavement within the general impoverishment of African Americans; a threat to Uncle Willie's life by the Ku Klux Klan; the complete segregation in Stamps, with its resulting ignorance and prejudice on the part of both whites and African Americans; a confrontation between Momma and some raci...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Family is a concept that evokes strong emotions within every human being. ... The desire to be part of a family is very strong within us. ... Because of this flexibility, same-sex raising adopted children tend to be older, more educated, and possessing greater financial resources than other adoptive parents (Gates et al. 3) It is every parent's dream that his or her child be the model of perfection. ...

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Not all families can be seen as equal, which impacts the relationships within them. ... She has always struggled with bad luck and was unable to find love, foregoing her family's dream of her marrying a Greek man and making lots of Greek babies. ...

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Within 24 hours of having handed the baby over to the Sterns, Mrs. ... For the women who wanted to act as the surrogates, it served as a good source to earn a substantial amount of money, while helping a couple realize their dream of having a child. ...

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What are the key qualities and characteristics that make up a woman? There are many ideas and opinions that people believe women should and should not be, according to 17th-19th century ideas. All of these notions have brought on many debates and arguments for hundreds of years on what exactly is a...

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It is 10:30PM on Sunday November 30, 2002 and Tom is driving his nineteen-year-old daughter Amy to Penn Station. She must return home tonight to her mother in Marlboro, New Jersey "his formerly stable residence. There is a tension permeated with sadness in the New York City air and both Tom and Amy ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate