Instead of seeking a true, meaningful relationship, the young woman seeks out a well- to-do husband, "whose pearl cufflinks were real" (14). ... Her final bad decision occurs when she and her husband bring unfortunate children into the world. It is obvious that she and her husband are almost never home to spend time with their children. The fourth stanza describes her "kids" as "ideal / but lonely children in an ideal house" (15-16). ... By choosing the worldly ideals of society and not her own, she misses out on true living. ...

• Word Count: 452
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As tabulated by Collins (1998:64) "The traditional family ideal projects a model of equality. ... This statement is appealing to any family, but certainly is an ideal. ... It is the story of a suspicious disappearance of the brilliant and jealous character, Amy Dunne, on the day of her wedding anniversary to husband Nick Dunne. ... She carried out this act to make an attempt at putting her innocent husband in jail. ... While this ideal isn't intended to be a negative, it's obstructing Toula's efforts in using the life course approach. ...

• Word Count: 1752
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When Nerissa reminds her of Bassanio, she remembers him fondly and agrees with her that he would be the most suitable husband for her. ... In Shakespeare's ideal world, there is no conflict between money and love. ... She is prepared to give away all her wealth to save her husband's friend, Antonio. ...

• Word Count: 709
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Ever since your husband left, your daughter has done everything she can to help you through the troubled times alone. ... Back when she was divorced from her husband, Zoe's father, Zoe was all she had. ... Throughout the story, the juggler is actually showing Zoe's mother how the ideal relationship between her, Zoe and Michael should be. ...

• Word Count: 1106
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

It was her husband's misfortune that he did not make this interesting discovery himself, but he had his brokerage business to think about and brokers deal in stocks, not hearts. ... (Chopin 197) "One day, Edna Pontellier, whose husband has vaguely held her dear as a bit of decorative furniture, a valuable piece of property, suddenly became aware that she was a human being."" ... You can divorce a husband, but you cannot divorce your children. ... Adele is the ideal Victorian woman. Edna is bothered by Adele's undivided attention to her husband's opinion. ...

• Word Count: 3600
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Morel, is his "soul" support and is the most important person in Paul's life, but appears to be viewed as her husband's property". Even if she was hit by her husband, she had to do much for her husband. Furthermore, she did not know exactly how much her husband earned. ... "If I were a man, nothing's gonna stop me " As the England industrial atmosphere came, in the man-centered family, her husband treated her sadistically, in order to live, Mrs. ... She put her children at arms, projected her own ideal and life view on her children, and hoped so as to fill the feelings of vacu...

• Word Count: 2551
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

When Tom tells her he wants to eat supper with a group of strangers at Gatsby's party, rather than with her, because he finds one of the men amusing, she immediately realizes that her husband is pursuing another women. ... Her faithfulness and her distress over Tom's affair with Myrtle, might suggest that she desires emotional intimacy with her husband. This appearance is demonstrated by Jordan's description of Daisy after her honeymoon reinforces this interpretation: I'd never seen a girl so mad about her husband. ... After, looking into the history of Tom and Daisy's...

• Word Count: 2729
• Approx Pages: 11
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Relationships between husband and wife, father and son, neighbors, business partners, team members, members of a political party, teacher and student, would all be viewed as friendships in Aristotle's eyes (Russell McNeil). ... Aristotle's basic idea of dividing friendship into sections, utility, pleasure and virtue, is good but it can be said his ideals are too high. ...

• Word Count: 1411
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout my 18 years of being alive I have come to the conclusion that there are only a few things in life that people cannot live without. Friends and family are the two most important and influential groups of people that help society survive. Living without any family members is an extremely ...

• Word Count: 881
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• Grade Level: High School

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