Daisy is immediately separated from her mother, an absence, a void that continues to plague her. ... When Grandma Flett thinks of her scattered family, her children, her grandchildren, her grandniece, she is unable to form images in her mind of their separate and particular faces. She has almost forgotten the small primal piece of herself that came unshaped into the world, innocent of the least thought, on whose surface, in fact, no thought had ever shone. ...

• Word Count: 1810
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Further evidence of her indecorous conduct during the absence of her older sisters is revealed in her description of a "piece of fun- recently enjoyed at colonel Forster's: We dressed up Chamberlayne in woman's clothes, on purpose to pass for a lady, only think what fun When Denny, and Wickham, and Pratt, and two or three more of the men came in, they did not know him in the least. ... Almost all the characters are illuminated by the laughter theme, which embraces a whole series of discriminations of humor "joke, piece of fun, playfulness, good humor, smile, wit, laughter, and...

• Word Count: 1894
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

For them, sex is reduced to an easy source of pleasure and maybe personal release, therefore completely separating emotions from love and marriage. ... Marriage is not just a piece of paper it is the commitment and the willingness of two people that show there love throw that act of intercourse. ...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

If not for the servant Dorine speaking up, these two would have went their separate ways and she would have married Tartuffe just like the good girl she's supposed to be. ... Understandably that without explicit instruction in every detail from the playwright some elements will be filled in by whoever has decided to produce the play, but the meat of a piece, its essence, its very spirit if you will, should always remain true to what the artist originally intended. ...

• Word Count: 1787
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

Givings finds the beauty of being a woman through the realization of her own sexual intelligence, ultimately tearing down the literal and figurative walls separating the genders in the play, making Ruhl's piece a commentary on the role of the woman within the relationship of husband and wife. ...

• Word Count: 1862
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The story, "Parker's Back"," by Flannery O'Connor, is about the marriage of O.E. Parker to Sarah Ruth and the digression that brings them together. O.E. Parker believes that he'll find happiness by turning a deaf ear to God and focusing on materialistic things, rather than spiritual. Sarah Ruth beli...

• Word Count: 1910
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School