Robert Browning's 1842 poem My Last Duchess influenced by the strict roles in relationships of the Victorian Era and patriarchal society, tells a story of a young man's unhelpful love. ... " "Though his fair daughter's self, as I avowed At starting, is my object. ... The idea of a marriage being a business transaction between the man and the father of the daughter was taken into further depth as these quotes explain how he agreed to the father to marry his daughter. ... In conclusion Robert Browning's 1842 poem My Last Duchess, influenced by the patriarchal societ...

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Why ghost stories repeatedly shows us that the family is a site of trauma and conflict. Discussing how and why the ghost story genre focuses on dysfunctional families. ... The father does not tell anyone of what he seen to keep the order of the house as it is, also he could be scared of people saying that he is no longer sane. ... This brings me to the conclusion that the writer of the story probably is female. ... Abuse of a female character is represented when we see 'lord Furnvills' horrible treatment towards his daughter 'Miss Maude' for tarnishing the family by opti...

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When I was young, my father was my hero. ... The short story Boys and Girls, by Alice Munro, demonstrates this point excellently. ... This fact alone largely contributes to the void that grows between fathers and daughters and sons and mothers. ... This may cause young boys to demand freedom from their mothers and young daughters to grow distant and indifferent towards their fathers. ... Television not only impacts our societal values; it also has a great impact on the relationships between fathers and daughters and mothers and sons. ...

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Maggie is a romantic character and a dutiful daughter and sister she is devoted, tender and longing to give and receive love. ... As you read Maggie's story, the connections we can draw between her life story - particularly its often-unfulfilled ambitions - and Victorian constructions of femininity. ... This can bee shown by looking at Maggie and her impetuous and violent behaviour has been likened to that of her fathers- stressing the theme of heredity and her anomalies as a woman with masculine character traits. ... Maggie's desire for "masculine" knowledge is related using images ...

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Maggie is a romantic character and a dutiful daughter and sister she is devoted, tender and longing to give and receive love. ... As you read Maggie's story, the connections we can draw between her life story - particularly its often-unfulfilled ambitions - and Victorian constructions of femininity. ... This can bee shown by looking at Maggie and her impetuous and violent behaviour has been likened to that of her fathers- stressing the theme of heredity and her anomalies as a woman with masculine character traits. ... Maggie's desire for "masculine" knowledge is related using images ...

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Roy O'Bannon was only given the positive character (brave, justifiable) according to the need and development of the story at the end. ... He trusted in his friend, faithful and loyal to his country and family, capable and responsible in his task, honorable and filial to his father. ... This story was developed all around Jess and her family. ... one as the assertive woman pursuing her own dream and the love that she desire and the other as the subordinate daughter in the home. In fact, I found that the gender roles of Indo- American women attempt to limit their identities to those of ...

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Abigail Adams" account stands as a testimony to the birth and political maturation of the U.S while Mary Todd's story gives insight into the more factional nation of Civil War years. ... Her father preached a more softened form of Puritanism that reflected the growth of more diverse religious practices of the Great Awakening period of early 1740s. ... (Akers 8), as a daughter of a minister and because her family was well-off, Abigail was never short of books. ... (Baker 114) And while Abigail Adams concerned herself about educating daughters, Mary was equally concerned in obtaining best...

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She instead charges off to join the army in the place of her father and takes her life in her own hands, rather than sitting around dreaming of romance. ... The story of Mulan is a unique. ... Mothers are absent in far greater numbers than either fathers or mothers of the pre-Little Mermaid era. ... Significantly, it's the heroines " Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, and Jane " who are almost invariably being raised by single fathers with no sign or mention of a mother or mother figure, ever. ... The one non-absent mother is Mulan's, but she only plays an inoperat...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate