However this practice is contradicted by another author, Royall Tyler. Royall Tyler, author of Marriage, Rank and Rape in The Tale of Genji stated that the "law code in nominal force in the time of this tale allowed a man only one wife- which is the opposite of the Heian Period. ... With his good looks he could have had any woman he wanted but instead he chose his father's consort; had he not chosen her, he could have escaped being exiled. ... According to Norma Field, author of The Splendor of Longing in The Tale of Genji, the affair turned relationship with the Akashi Lady is special ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the article Perceived Housework Equity, Marital Happiness, and Divorce in Dual-Earner Households in the Journal of Family Issues, the two authors examine this relationship in further details. ... In the article Women's Employment, Marital Happiness, and Divorce published in the December of 2002 in Social Forces authors Atone, Kim, Rothert, Schoen and Standish studied the role of women's participation in the labour force and the possible impact that it has on marital stability (Atone, Kim, Rothert, Schoen and Standish 2002: 647). ... According to Marital Happiness and Marital Durat...

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• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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...

• Word Count: 3026
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School