In Summa Theologica, Aquinas expands Paul's argument for female inferiority even farther: "As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active force in the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of woman comes from defect in the active force or from some material indisposition" (Source Book 211). ... WB's awakening occurs as Jankyn reads to her from his "book of evil wives". Why would Jankyn read from this book? ... He is behaving like a medieval cleric but like an inexperienced medieval husb...

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The story Hard Times is set in an imaginary town by the name of Coketown. Coketown "was a town of red brick, or of some brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like a painted face of a savage. It was a t...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Indirectly, Hannah has taught Sula that there was no other than self that one could count on" (Library book 36). ... "Sula becomes a pariah precisely because she rejects those values that aim at uniformity and stifle the self" (Library book 34). ... In fact, just the opposite appears true, for neither woman provided Sula with an "intimate knowledge of marriage" (library book 36). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The decision to skip breakfast is made so that she can begin work on the book she is writing, namely, Mrs Dalloway. ... She goes on to start work on her book, while he resumes reading proofs in the printing room. ... Throughout the book one can see that Virginia is an unhappy person. ... For example, as she walks, Virginia ponders the death of the character in the book she is writing. ... Her feelings of inadequacy are voiced throughout the book. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In this paper, the marriage cases of most characters in the book we taken as typical to analyze how money influenced their matrimonial value orientation. ... After reading the whole book, we will find that money acts as the cause of each plot and the clue of its development. ...

• Word Count: 4276
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• Grade Level: High School

Calude's two main goals in this book are his quest for achievement and his quest for sexual fulfillment. ... Claude "wished he could do something to help that boy; help him get away from the doctor who was writing a book about him, and the girl who wanted to make the most of himself; get away and be lost all together in what he had been lucky enough to find" (Cather 1201). ...

• Word Count: 5298
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• Grade Level: High School

The book Firestarters had many different sections in it when it came down to just being a very organized person or being a person that ran their own business. Overall the book opened my eyes to all the skills that I will need to have when being a wedding consultant. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Paul goes through a series of very realistic romances over the course of the book. ... The Oedipus complex is seen through out the book, Sons and Lovers. ... If one has read the book, one may have noticed that Paul has a difficult time with relationships, that because subconsciously he is too wrapped up in his own mother. ... The Oedipus complex runs rampant in this book, read a few chapters closely and one will see. ...

• Word Count: 4216
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• Grade Level: High School

Jewish religious and cultural history and biblical authority have made the Bible one of the most important means by which woman's place in society has been defined down through the centuries. Not only is the Bible itself a partial historical document of the Jews, the way it has been received and ana...

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How has the issue of gender superiority evolved in China? The existence of women throughout China's history was that of total inferiority. As the Chinese society developed women became subordinate to men. Even when death comes, this lesser position was brought out in the discoveries of ancient ...

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Her bravery, persistence, self-respect and confidence run through the book. We can say in this book Charlotte Bronte creates a image of new woman of the 19th century.. 1.Jane Eyre's Rebellious Spirit When Jane was at Lowood, she once said to Helen: "When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard: I am sure we should so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The biggest factor in our marriage problems is my father in law, Mr. David Robinson, and to some extent Dennis her brother. Dad never worked or did anything for his wife and family. All his life he was addicted to drugs and admitted several times to rehab. After a break became alcoholic and attracte...

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Much research has been done to identify the factors that contribute to marital dissolution. Identifying these predictors of divorce can help better understand marital relationships and can help prevent divorce. The causes of divorce discussed in this paper include, equity of housework and its relationship with two-income families, the Exchange theory and financial problems, Role Specialization Theory, age at marriage and premarital sexual activity and cohabitation. All these factors are very important and have been applied to varying degrees to the two case studies. One is the case of the...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

If you express love in a way your spouse doesn't understand, he or she won't realize you've expressed your love at all. The problem is that you"re speaking two different love languages. With help from Gary Chapman, identify and then learn how to speak your spouses love language. Are you and your...

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This scene early in the book Linden Hills lays the groundwork for a journey through the neighborhood with Lester and his friend Willie that reveals the negative impact when a society focuses on things and status and loses touch with it's sense of community and family. ...

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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary states divorce as " an act of legally dissolving a marriage" (Merriam-Webster Dictionary 1998). Divorce is a very highly rated problem among married couples in the United States. " Fifty percent of marriages end in divorce and sixty-seven percent of all second marriages end in divorce" (Corcoran). While these figures are high, the divorce rate appears to be dropping. Studies from Dr. Kathleen O"Connell Corcoran Ph.D. show that "divorce is associated with an increase in depression: people experience loss of partner, hopes and dreams, and lifestyle". ...

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Summary of Rebecca Rebecca's narrative takes the form of a flashback. The heroine who remains nameless, lives in Europe with her husband, Maxim de Winter traveling from hotel to hotel, harboring memories of a beautiful home called Manderley, which, we learn, has been destroyed by fire. The story be...

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Prevalent among many of Ernest Hemingway's novels is the concept popularly known as the "Hemingway hero", an ideal character readily accepted by American readers as a "man's man". In The Sun Also Rises, four different men are compared and contrasted as they engage in some form of relationship wi...

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The Importance of Being Earnest (A Trivial Comedy for Serious People) Oscar Wilde said "We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality." This essay investigates how far "The Importance of Being Earnest" reflects this view on life. Oscar Wilde subtitled his play "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People". The play is a comedy of manners satirising the attitudes and behaviour of the upper classes. The humour in the play makes social status, marriage and money as a measure of personal worth look spurious and nonsensic...

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An author, Friedrich Engels, discussed in a book, The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State about the evolution of marriage over time and how it evolved from generation to generation and how it all led to where marriages were in the 17th-19th centuries, which is important to understand as it helps shed light on the status of women. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

James Joyce's "The Boarding House" In "The Boarding House," we meet Mrs. Mooney, a working-class woman who rents rooms in her house to young male lodgers. Running a boarding house is a difficult life for a woman, but Mrs. Mooney has shown herself to be as resourceful in business as she was in emancipating herself from her drunken, abusive husband. She proves to be equally resourceful in seeking a husband for her nineteen-year-old daughter Polly, whose morals leave something to be desired. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the Tale of Genji, we meet a Japanese prince by the name of Genji who over time, developed several relationships with the women of his village. These relationships were developed through his use of charm, his royal status and his good looks to pry into their hearts. These three characteristics he...

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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEEN EARNEST The play was writen by Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900), who was an Irish author. Wilde studied the classics at Trinity College, Dublin, with distinction (from 1871 to 1874), and at the Magdalen College in Oxford, (1874-1878).He wrote "The importance of being Earnest- in 1985. "The importance of being Earnest- can be regraded as a comedy although it has more serious and dramatics themes. In the play nine actors take part: John "Jack" Worthing: Jack is the play's protagonist; he is the most sy...

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• Grade Level: High School