Tadmor notes that the author of the Dictionary published in 1755, Samuel Johnson, defined the term family as, "those who live in the same house." ... When a person would come to live in the household, he or she would quickly be referred to as being among "the family at home." ... Tadmor notes that many people experienced orphan-hood, early widowhood and remarriage. She also notes that there were prevailing rates of mortality and life expectancy, as well as a high rate of remarriage. ...

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The allegory of the literal, political, moral, and spiritual aspects of a work of literature can be quickly and easily derived with this method. ... With families constantly jockeying for political power, infighting and sibling rivalry could quickly and decisively bring a powerful family to its knees. Ciardi comments on this in his notes in "The Inferno," mentioning that that the two Alberti brothers were constantly feuding because Alessandro was a Guelph and Napoleoni was a Ghibelline. ...

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The messenger notes, "[Haemon] has won his bride at last, poor boy/not here but in the houses of the dead", which further illustrates how Haemon finally, but belatedly, expresses his feelings of love for Antigone (lines 1370-1371). ... Before Haemon dies, and still has his senses, he embraces Antigone, "and breathing hard/ [releases] a quick rush of blood, / bright red on her cheek glistening white" (lines 1366-1368). ...

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Agnew (2001:326) notes that strains are most likely to result in crime when they (1) are seen as unjust, (2) are seen as high in magnitude, (3) are associated with low social control, and (4) create some pressure or incentive to engage in criminal coping. ...

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Also worth noting is that when the interviewed the final time many participants claimed that they had lacked the emotional maturity to realise the implications of their parent's divorce in the previous interviews. ... Studies have shown that when the divorced parents use good family processes, ie. keep a good relationship with each other and use co-operative, authoritative parenting the adjustment of the child following the divorce is much quicker and easier on the child. ...

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