In my grandmothers family in Pakistan her family consist of her husband, her son, her daughter-in-law, and her grandkids. ... Most families in Pakistan prefer living with numerous family members like their extended families in which they portray that as their ideal structure. Where as in New York I have seen most people have developed or taught to develop that a nuclear family is an ideal structure, a 60-year-old idea where a family consist of a mother, a father, and their children. Even though this family structure is considered ideal but it is seen minimal. ... In those previous conversatio...

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"Death of a Salesman may center on personal and family breakdown but it also involves contradictions in national American ideals." ... Beneath this, however, the structure of American society as a whole is analyzed and the ideals of the nation held up for review. ... In many ways these themes in the play are underpinned by the recurring theme of American ideals, and the way in which Miller contradicts these ideals with what the audience can see on stage. ... Willy is clinging so hard to the ideal of the family that it is, in a way, adding to his alienation. ... While unable to match Willy'...

• Word Count: 1911
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As tabulated by Collins (1998:64) "The traditional family ideal projects a model of equality. ... This statement is appealing to any family, but certainly is an ideal. ... It is the story of a suspicious disappearance of the brilliant and jealous character, Amy Dunne, on the day of her wedding anniversary to husband Nick Dunne. ... She carried out this act to make an attempt at putting her innocent husband in jail. ... While this ideal isn't intended to be a negative, it's obstructing Toula's efforts in using the life course approach. ...

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George is drawn as a traditional husband, charismatic in the workplace but insensitive and generally unemotional at home. ... As befits the 1950s patriarchy, he appears to have the ideal life. ... Her relationship with her husband is based on compromise and forgiveness as well as love, as her willingly principles has permitted her to understand and not judge her adulterous spouse and accept her self-seeking daughter. ...

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A good place to start is for the family to agree upon who in the household is in charge of the fiances (typically a husband, wife or a parent). ... The perspective here is of a family, which has a husband and a wife with two kids who go to school. ... However, the more important, or should we say the most important mannerism in order to have financial stability is the will and the energy to exercise the ideal budget in the family. ...

• Word Count: 949
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George is drawn as a traditional husband, charismatic in the workplace but insensitive and generally unemotional at home. ... As befits the 1950s patriarchy, he appears to have the ideal life. ... Her relationship with her husband is based on compromise and forgiveness as well as love, as her willingly principles has permitted her to understand and not judge her adulterous spouse and accept her self-seeking daughter. ...

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Once the female agrees to carry the couple's child and give it to them once it is conceived, the surrogate is inseminated with the husband's sperm, usually by means of artificial insemination. ... Given the description, one would think surrogate motherhood was an ideal solution for a couple that wanted to have a child but was unable to conceive naturally. ... In ideal terms, the "normal" family would consist of a mother, a father, and children that were naturally conceived and raised by both biological parents. ...

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Through a strong sense of community and history/tradition, ignorance of the global force, idealised notions of "normalcy", links to "the house" and "the land" and family values, the Kerrigan family were able to retain their "local" ideals, and thus retreat from the global. ... The whole family comes along, including Tracey's new husband Con, which acts to re-emphasize the loving bond and unity within the family in spite of adversity (i.e. ... However, as shown by the Kerrigan family, by maintaining certain aspects of the "local" community, one is able to retain their "local" ideals and...

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Clergy families face unrealistic expectations and pressures, such as portraying the "ideal" family, that contribute to the difficult challenges they endure. ... According to December 1992 Current Thoughts & Trends (a monthly print magazine that provide reliable information on what's happening in the Christian and secular worlds), 94% of clergy families felt under pressure to have the "ideal" family (Pastor 2). ... In Marilyn Brown Oden's article, "Stress and Purpose: Clergy Spouses Today," she states, "When I was recently called for jury duty, the attorney, after asking my husband...

• Word Count: 1813
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While all cultures value the family, for Italians, the family is an all-consuming ideal ( Barzini (1964), in his book "The Italians," states that the family is the first source of power among Italians. ... "The mother acts as a buffer between her husband and her sons and is permitted to express her feelings in public---a luxury denied fathers" (Michaud, 1990). ...

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The sparagmos imagery of death of the young couple corrupts the motif of their ideal marriage. ... While in the beginning of the play Haemon glorifies his father, he later rejects his principles on the importance of paternal relationships for the strong bond between husband and wife. ...

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An ideal marriage should be agreed by both parties involved after they have seen that they want to spend the rest of their lives together because marriage is a holy matrimony that should last "till death do us part" , and the only way that can realistically happen is if there is love and affection between the two. ... Most arranged marriages will obviously not have happiness within it as a result of lack of respect shown to the man from his wife (a factor of marriage that is extremely important i...

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Yet this could be viewed as unjustified as both texts present them as arguably formidable; Gertrude in Hamlet may be viewed critically by audiences as she seems to act without grief when referring to her late husband's death as "common"" in Act One, Scene Two. ... The film version of the play, ends very differently, which really conveys Stella's guilt and almost resentment for having to choose her husband over her sister. ...

• Word Count: 3412
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate