The nurturing nature of the mother can be contrasted, however, with Frankenstein's father who struggles to understand his son and view the son as a possession. ... The father says to Victor: "My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash". This reaction had a profound effect on Frankenstein, and they also emphasised the unloving relationship between the father and son, which can also be contrasted with that between the mother and son. ... The father remains the dominating figure of the family, but there is no mother to compensate for this. ... Although Franken...

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This line stresses the idea that the family, and more the father and son, plant corn every Spring together as a business and tradition. ... The father seems to intend to open his son up to a new horizon and the possibility of other occupations. At one point in the poem, the father finds a nest of tiny mice and shows them to his son, "my father stopped at one point/to show me an overturned furrow/the plowshare had unearthed/the burrow nest of a mouse." ... The father in this piece appears to want a different path for his son, one in which he has the ability to choose his own identity, one that ...

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At the beginning of the film Billy's father is against the dance world and desperately urges Billy to go by societal norms and traditions. "Males do, football or boxing NOT ballet" , Jackie has a conservatorial view on the world which results in him not agreeing with his son's choice in choosing to pursue ballet. ... Jackie has changed into a father that supports Billy into any endeavour no matter what obstacles appear to be in his way. When an individual is transitioning they need a support network in place to assist them in doing so, Billy was deprived of this until later...

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Hence, in the patriarchal society of China, men are heaven and the wife is the ground, she therefore must be obedient to her father, husband, and son. ... An-Mei's mother lost her husband (An-Mei's father) and was sent back to live with her maternal parents by her mother-in-law after her husband passing away. ... Ann Mei's mother eventually gives birth to a baby boy, her son however, is taken away from her and given to the second wife of Wu Tsing. ... Therefore, An-Mei's mother once again becomes dependent on a male, Wu-Tsing, although she has the lowest status in the house...

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Amir grew up as a son of a wealthy Pashtun businessman while Hassan was raised by a Hazara servant. ... Also, Amir was jealous of Hassan because his father, Baba, praised Hassan's courage to stand up for Amir while he could not do it even for himself. ... Baba forced Hassan to be the son of a Hazara servant because he valued his dignity and honor more than the family tie with his own child. After Baba and Hassan died, Amir finally knew the truth that Hassan was not son of Ali, a Hazara servant, but son of Baba. ... In other words, Baba was afraid that he would lose his honor because of th...

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When I was young, my father was my hero. ... Somehow, over the years I've spent growing up, I've also grown farther from my father. ... This fact alone largely contributes to the void that grows between fathers and daughters and sons and mothers. ... Television not only impacts our societal values; it also has a great impact on the relationships between fathers and daughters and mothers and sons. ... As I've grown older, time has worked its magic on the lost relationship between my father and me. ...

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The Marx's were a Jewish family; both father and mother had come from families of rabbis. ... Karl Marx's father was educated in the anti-religious atmosphere of the late 18th century Enlightenment. Furthermore, his father gave up on Judaism and the Jewish community, and became a lawyer. ... In 1835 Marx's father sent him to study at the University of Bonn. ... Karl Marx's father died in 1838 before he became fully aware of his son's political aspirations. ...

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Many poorer Asian families think that having a son is more helpful than a daughter. Not only will their sons preserve the family name, but also the poor often say that men are more intelligent than women. Even many of the educated classes put higher expectations on their sons than on their daughters. ... The mother comforts children when they are hurt, gives a birthday party for the father, or does the Christmas shopping. ... The father provides income for the family, deals with financial matters, and makes the major household decisions. ...

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The djam , or slaves, include the djam- bur , who are slaves of the king; the djam neg nday , slaves of one's mother; and the djam neg bây , slaves of one's father. ... The slave of the mother's household was the captive of our mother, as opposed to the slave of our father. ... Due to the matriarchal and polygamous regime, we feel him closer to us, because he belongs to our mother, than the slave of the father, who is at an equal distance, socially speaking, from all the children of the same father and different mothers. As can easily be seen, the slave of the father would beco...

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In my own family, my paternal grandmother was beaten by her husband, my grandfather, and my own mother was similarly abused by my father, partly due to such dowry customs. ... Greedy families would then arrange another marriage for their sons in order to obtain another dowry from another bride's family. ... Another negative result of the dowry system was that women were expected to give birth to sons, not daughters since sons would not only carry on the family line, but also bring in a dowry, thereby increasing the family wealth, and daughters would have the opposite effect. ... My grandf...

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In my own family, my paternal grandmother was beaten by her husband, my grandfather, and my own mother was similarly abused by my father, partly due to such dowry customs. ... Greedy families would then arrange another marriage for their sons in order to obtain another dowry from another bride's family. ... Another negative result of the dowry system was that women were expected to give birth to sons, not daughters since sons would not only carry on the family line, but also bring in a dowry, thereby increasing the family wealth, and daughters would have the opposite effect. ... My grandf...

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Edmond is responsible for portraying his brother, deceiving and portraying his father, using both Gonerill and Regan for his advantage and also for Cordelia's death. ... Edmond's mockery stresses the gulf between the father's older world-view and the son's fashionable scepticism. ... In contrast with his father, Edmond believes that nature is a malign force that acts as a powerful motivator, and is concerned only with his own advancement and profit: "When we are sick in fortune. ... Lear's daughters Gonerill and Regan sabotage the power structure of the monarchy by fal...

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This, therefore, meant that the property legally belonged to her son, Lien. ... During the trial, the cousin explained that he was merely avenging a crime which had taken place nearly thirty years before, for the death of his own father, purportedly caused by Lien's father. ...

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According to a report by Mike Savage, high ability sons of working class fathers do worse in education than low ability sons of professional fathers, indicating and supporting Bourdieu's theory of cultural advantage (Savage, 1997). ...

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That's what my father wants. Because I'm disgraced, that's what my father wants- (Duras 55). ... The wrestling matches showed that he was grappling with outside forces, such as the whites, his father, and other villages. ...

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Shelley was born in London in 1797, daughter of famous radical writers Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin; both of whom exemplified the ideologies of the French revolution. Shelley's mother was a pioneer feminist writer who had made her name with her revolutionary ideas opposing the patriarchal ...

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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explain the works of Edwin Sutherland and his theory of differential association. The differential association theory depicts a relationship between a societal structure and criminal behavior. Sutherland illustrates the focuses of differential association into nine detailed tenants. He arrived at these tenants through his different experiences with the theory, and the different versions of his book "Principles of Criminology". Differential association emphasis how an individual' interactions with people can have an affect on criminal beh...

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She nurtured him in the traditional maternal way, against her husband Lukas's wishes to bring Rolf up as a strong and masculine figure: "behind his back the mother wrapped her son warmly, gave him double rations of milk, cuddled him, and sang him cradle songs" (p.27). ... He had an inclination towards romanticism and due to his father's and society's beliefs saw it as a sign of weakness. ...

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First, modern family has decreased in the areas of family size; the family usually has two generations consisting of father and mother and their children. ... The only responsibility to women is produced more and more sons. ...

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Social Control Theories take a sort of opposite approach from other theories in criminology. They start by asking why most people do not commit crimes rather then why they do commit them. They focus on restraining or controlling factors that are broken or missing inside the personalities of criminal...

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Japan is one of the world's leading powers, second only to the United States in terms of economic and technological advancement. It is also a fascinating country with a long history, rich culture and a keen sense of global citizenship. Japan is a country that has evolved from an agricultural, sub-standard industrial society to one of the world's most advance, industrial and technological countries in the world. It is also one of the closest allies and most important economic partners of the U.S. The scale of Japan's growth is easy to demonstrate but understanding the reason i...

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In comparing the films The Blot by Lois Weber and The Wild Party By Dorothy Arzner both films challenge the established discourses that privilege the male and help develop the patriarchal feminine discourse. Through the close study of these two films I found similar narrative lines such as transport...

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