Chaucer establishes a debate between these tales, which indicates that neither type of marriage is ideal, and the optimal marriage includes a balance of both practices. ... The conventional stories follow the morals and ideals of the century. ... The Clerk shares his story of a conventional marriage, which is bound by the ideals of society and depends upon the obedience of a wife to her husband. ... The Clerk's Tale acts as a response to the The Wife of Bath's Tale in terms of ideals and the role of women in marriage. ... The Clerk makes his point without directly stating it; the ide...

• Word Count: 3668
• Approx Pages: 15
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The main focus will be the traces of Freud's ideas on the "Life and Death Drives", "Guilt Complex", "Fixation", "Sublimation", "Dream work" and "Ideal Female complex" in this short story. ... She immediately obeys out of love for her husband. Weeks passed and the husband, ignorant of his wife's fading health, continues in portraying and wife smiles without saying anything to disturb her husband, although she became pale for not having any meals and rest. ... The other recurrent motif in Poe 's short story is the death o...

• Word Count: 3098
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It seems that the wounds that the author are referring to is the mourning of her first husband and her current state as a widow. ... In addition, there is much in the Qur'an that discusses the importance of a woman providing sex for her husband, "Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth, when or how you will (2:223)-(___). ... It seems that during the controversy of the affair, very misogynistic ideals are displayed and that the situation represents an excellent example of hegemonic suspicion. ... Following the affair and divorce of Hafsa and Muhammad, the intervening of the a...

• Word Count: 3804
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gladkov provides Gleb with excellent credentials of an ideal Soviet citizen, such as his history as a factory worker, and his experience as a soldier in the army. ... Alongside the image of a strong, communist worker is that of a typical husband desiring the comforting love of his wife. ... His longing for a loving wife reveals a more human side, and it becomes understood that Gleb is not simply a definition of the communist ideals. ... The result is that her hardened exterior and newfound devotion to the communist cause define her as the "Ideal Soviet Woman.... As seen in Dasha, another ...

• Word Count: 3036
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Elizabeth Bennet's reply of "I never saw such a woman" highlights Austen's concern with the notion of the ideal woman within her nineteenth-century English context. ... Mrs Bennet tells her husband that he must "come and make Lizzie marry Mr Collins," threatening Elizabeth's autonomy and thus, her happiness (109).7 When she refuses to change her mind despite her mother's insistence, Lizzie affirms her independence as a human being with the power to "make choices and to be governed by those choices alone.... Elizabeth's deconstruction of Regency...

• Word Count: 5516
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Within ten days, the perpetrator was identified as Shane Stant, an amateur hit man hired by competing skater Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eckardt, and ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly. ... The perceived contrast between athleticism and femininity places women athletes in a double-bind; they cannot meet both the ideals of femininity and the norms of sport. ... To be competitive on ice and off in the competition for commericial endorsements, women figure skaters (still officially referred to as "Ladies" under U.S. and ISU rules) must meet popular ideals of feminine beauty (Feder, 1994). ... Bu...

• Word Count: 2976
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

If she is unable to bring sufficient dowry, this woman is therefore harassed and all control is issued to a husband. ... It was a changing mindset that led to such atrocities; as having a girl became a burden, more work than it was worth.7 The inhumane experience of Sati best personifies the injustice, where the wife burns herself alive in the funeral pyre of her husband. ... 'On September 4, 1987 in the northern village of Deorala, Roop Kanwar learned that her husband had passed away. ... After being found by her husband's family, she was dragged to the funeral pyre, where her hus...

• Word Count: 2806
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The ideal woman in the Victorian Age had to stay at home, lack any sexual initiative, be selfless, and be morally accountable. ... In this age, the ideal woman was to be pure and free of any sexual aggression. ... This idea of the ideal Victorian woman was widely witnessed in various literary works of the Victorian Age. ... "The Lady of Shalott" demonstrates the ideals of the Victorian Age on how men and women faced division regarding public and private life. ... The lady in the tower gets the portrayal of the ideal Victorian woman with an untainted, appropriate and housebroken prese...

• Word Count: 3387
• Approx Pages: 14
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many peoples have been said to be monogamous, but it is difficult to infer from the data at our disposal whether monogamy is the prevalent practice, the moral ideal, or an institution safeguarded by sanctions (Malinowski 1962). ... Where each wife has her separate household and the husband visits them in turn, polygynous marriage resembles very closely a temporarily interrupted monogamy. ... It has also been suggested that polygyny as a marriage form evolved in response to lengthy postpartum sex taboos because polygyny provides a legitimate sexual outlet for the husband during this period of t...

• Word Count: 3116
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 3494
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Women were assumed to have the same interest and opinions as the men who represented them, and they were repeatedly assured that their husbands, sons, and fathers would always have their best interest at heart. ...

• Word Count: 3295
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In this life for struggling for money, Eva got her first glimpse of the differences between the rich and poor in Argentina and the ideal of social inequality would be one she would carry through to the rest of her life. ...

• Word Count: 3519
• Approx Pages: 14
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Adams accused Jackson of adultery because his wife had not been completely divorced from her previous husband before marrying Jackson (Sage 7). ... Jackson was seen as both a common man and yet an "ideal- American, and this allowed him to appeal to Americans from all social classes. ... He was an ideal American in that he was a powerful leader, appearing honest, courageous, charismatic, and very practical. ... Many of the Jacksonian ideals are very closely related to those of the Jeffersonians back when Thomas Jefferson was in power. ... Jefferson favored farmers, believing that they were ...

• Word Count: 3241
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He said that the society affected an individual in two ways; first by integration (over integration and under integration), also by creating purposes and ideals and secondly by regulation of the individual or by putting restrictions on his unlimited desires. ...

• Word Count: 3364
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While Joyce, Crane, James, Hemingway, Flaubert, and Kafka all master the incorporation of modernist ideals in their writing, each writer individually has a unique style. ... Modernism, as a literary style is built upon the ideas and concepts found in both literary naturalism and realism; All together the beliefs in these theories reject the basis and ideals of romanticism. ... The protagonist, Emma Bovary is a naive romantic, constantly searching for someone in her life to provide her what she has limited herself to believe is an ideal love life and lifestyle. ...

• Word Count: 3767
• Approx Pages: 15
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When the topic of welfare programs and government assistance comes up, the common conservative thinking of pulling oneself by the bootstrap has been a common theme for those opposed to the program and even some in the general public. There has been bias coverage in the media regarding those on welfare as being exaggerations of overweight individuals doing nothing but staying home and watching television. Many individuals who work and are taxed may also go as far as to say that individuals in the welfare programs are leeches of society. The reality is that the majority of welfare recipients are...

• Word Count: 3371
• Approx Pages: 13
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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

Western societies base most of their ideals on emotional stability and creating intimate bonds with others. ... She is trying to contend with the loss of her husband to the work force overseas, the loss of her children as they become adults, the rental of her house to another family, and the exile from her youth as she lies on the brink of menopause. Kate's husband had to go overseas to earn more money to support the family, at the same time renting out the house that they had built their lives together in. ...

• Word Count: 2771
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the nineteenth century, the "nuclear family" structure dominated in American cities; with husbands working in factories and businesses to earn income and women remaining at home to raise children and attend to household duties. Most middle-class families attempted to adhere to the so-called Victorian sexual ideals of the day. ... Inspired by the writings of Freud, a growing number of Americans rejected the Victorian ideal of sexual restraint, believing that it undermined marriage by causing frustration and adulterous affairs. They instead promoted the modern companionate marriage tha...

• Word Count: 2720
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is noteworthy that the fathers of Isabella and Lady Nijo are architects of their repression, as well as their husbands (particularly the Emperor in Lady Nijo's story and Griselda's Marquis Walter, whom she had to obey in all things, even to the point of giving up her two children at his request). ... It would seem therefore that Wasserstein's play, The Heidi Chronicles belongs to the 'female' phase of 'Gynocriticism'[Kat15], which refuses to defend feminist ideals. ...

• Word Count: 3095
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Toni Morrison, one of the most remarkable African American authors and her novels remind readers that there is a past to remember. African American literature, has its origins in the 18th century, has helped African Americans to find their voice in a country where laws were set against them. The pos...

• Word Count: 5084
• Approx Pages: 20
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Identities may not always be intentionally created but made naturally out of the actions and ideals of its holder. ... This move from cricket to lacrosse allowed Canada to play a sport that had a little more grit, risk and physicality which better suited the ideals of rugged Canadian settlers as well as First Nations people. ... This is a crucial proof of why Gordie Howe was more than just a hockey player as he was a very good father and husband who was progressive and supportive. ...

• Word Count: 2739
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Tsar who defeated the French Empire was profoundly influenced by their domestic and foreign affairs, leading his vision of Russia to enhance and protect the revolutionary ideals of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. ... Paul I, the son of Peter III and Catherine the Great developed an unstable relationship with his controlling mother who had wrestled the throne away from her husband. ... His ideal constitution consisted of free social elements in the making of laws, the power of public opinion within those laws, a system of civil and criminal law, independent judiciary, open gove...

• Word Count: 2847
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The spouses of civil servants - their husbands were needed to know what could be the level of difference between the answers of males and females and what do husband consider his wife to be and what are the ideological constraints do they both have in participation of women with men. ...

• Word Count: 5989
• Approx Pages: 24
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Also her husband Percy Shelley wrote a number of poems and was greatly into the Romantic Movement. ... Women during the nineteenth century had little choice but to obey their father's and then their husbands. ... Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should break through, and pour light into our dark world. ...

• Word Count: 2951
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate