It is a combination of this rebellion and his father's obsession that make this play so absorbing and fascinating. ... After all, Chris accuses his father of having "such a talent for ignoring things" (Miller 16). ... In his physical description he is likened to his father, but he just lacks the lying ability, or the self-serving nature. ... Kate then unravels to Chris the liability of his father, Keller, on the death of Larry and he confronts his father accusing him of murder and tarnishing the family's reputation (Abbotson 39). ... Chris, however, forgives his father a...

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Morel's dominance over her sons is most evident in her conceivably discrete control over their love lives. ... Morel does not allow her sons to find women of their own, reducing their lives to anxiety and loneliness. ... The theme of incestuous love is a negative force present in both "Hamlet" and "Sons & Lovers"; not just between Gertrude and Hamlet (mother and son), but it also is present in Act One, Scene Three. ... "Sons & Lovers" has an oedipal theme between Paul and Gertrude, the hatred for his father could be interpreted as a key element to the complex. ... This presentation of inc...

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But soon the family lost one of their sons; Larry who was a pilot. ... Kate did not believe that her son was dead. ... She planted a tree for her son Larry. ... And sons could not be murdered by their own fathers. ... He is afraid of ruin and is looking forward to seeing his son in the business. ...

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Sons and Lovers, by D.H. ... In psychoanalytic theory, it is a son unconscious sexual love for his mother and his subsequent hostility and jealousy toward his father. A similar attraction of a daughter to her father and rivalry with her mother; more specifically called the Electra complex. ... The Oedipus complex is a complex when a man loves his mother, and hates his father because of his strong love of his mother. ... Morel does not smother her youngest son, Arthur because he is too much like his father. ...

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It was through their wretched suffering that father and son became loving father and son. The Wiesel father and son were not the only family members to grow closer. ... Unlike the previously discussed bonds I wrote of, there were many sons who could not bear the weight that their weakened fathers had become, and began turning against these elderly men. ... The son had left his father behind in the hopes of freeing "himself from an encumbrance which could lessen his own chances for survival." ... The same cannot be said for the father and son who died for a scrap of bread. ...

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" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives of different nations.... "8 The father think that he has fulfilled his mission while he scatters his boys everywhere. ... The crisis of family relationships can be summarized in family disintegration, marital conflicts and adjustments, status of women, parent-son clash and problems of children and youth. ... He simultaneously functioned as a social critic and moral guide as he believes...

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Ross had mourned for years over the sudden death of her brother and her father, now she had lost a daughter and was going to lose a son. ... Ross missed her son when he went to war. ... Mister Ross had tracked his son down so his wife could have one last look at her son. ... Ross had another chance to say goodbye to her son she blew it. ... All she could do was wave at her son through the window. ...

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Boys who live with only their fathers do not have the same problems as boys who have no father figure. ... Does this mean that a father and a father alone is sufficient to raise a young boy but any family structure not involving a father falls short, regardless of how loving and secure it may seem? ... For example, if the father has remarried after divorce or if a young boy lives with step parents of either sex, than he is just as likely to act up as a boy without any father. ... Are there any differences between a child who sees his father occasionally and a child who never sees his father...

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She proved to her father and the readers that she loved her father truly, madly, and deeply. ... Just like Lear he gives away his property to his unworthy son Edmund. He believes his illegitimate son when he shows him a forged letter claming that Edgar wants to kill him in order to take his wealth. ... He calls for the death of his son Edgar without questioning whether Edmund is sincere or not. ... His ejected son Edgar saves him. ...

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Willy's father is another symbol illustrating success. ... Even though the death of Willy's father occurs at an early time in his life, his father's accomplishments remain firm in Willy's mind. ... in hopes of molding his son into a successful human being. ... Despite Charley's limited personal involvement with his son, Bernard still develops into a success as a lawyer. ... Willy feels that since Biff, his son, is an outstanding athlete and well-liked, his futur...

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Both our fathers were never there to support us. ... Moreover, he put his pint on his dead son's coffin. ... She has a son and a husband, but never complains about giving Frankie or Malachy something to eat when they were hungry. ... Frank has become nothing like his father and in an odd way, Malachy could be an inspiration to his son. It inspired his son not to grow up to resemble him and leave his family without food and clothes. ...

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The priest would have to make decisions whether the church or his son's/daughter's activities are more important. ... The priest may also be more concerned over his son's soccer game then his Sunday homily. ... This may cause the priest to choose the role of a father over the role of being a priest. ... He writes, "I told him that at least he had a son, where as I would never experience being a father. ... The priest's son may also follow in their father's footsteps by becoming a priest (Hewko 2). ...

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My excitement caused me to forget our culture's traditions and I talked to my father about my grade. ... Dating is believed to undermine traditions, encouraging sons and daughters to defy their parent's wishes and thus bringing shame to their family. ... This may mean marrying a complete stranger or someone they don't like but pleasing their parents" is a social priority, doing otherwise would be a major dishonor as a son. ... In that time, it was also traditional for the parents of the young lady to call the parents of the young man to discuss the situation of son and daughter....

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In order to seek retribution for this, Tantalus killed his son Pelops and cooked his body into a stew that he then served to the gods. ... The source of the conflict was the murder of Clytaemnestra by her son Orestes. He had killed his own mother in order to demand reprisal from her because she had killed his father, Agamemnon. ... Euthyphro is prosecuting his father for allowing a servant, who had killed a slave in a drunken rage, to die in custody while waiting to hear how he should proceed with punishment. ... Socrates showed immediate shock at the very idea that Euthyphro could be pressing...

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During the craziness that would be going on in the county Aaron would bring to the slave world a son whom he would name Clifton aka Pud. ... In fact people were afraid of James on account of all the things his father was known for doing. James wouldn't stray too far off from his father's past. ... He would soon marry and have a son named Butch. ... Willie would go throughout life without a father figure just as his father did, and grandfather and great grandfather, and great great grandfather. ...

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The sole purpose of a Nedeed wife was to produce a son and by doing so, perpetuating generations of patriarchal rule by the Nedeed men. ... He eventually brought back a young wife, whose name is not even mentioned, who gave him a son to carry on his father's work in the morgue and the building up of the land. ...

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The biggest factor in our marriage problems is my father in law, Mr. ... But he forgot he is a father, and no father I have seen who screws his daughter's life and marriage for his own selfish needs. ... As I said before in my book she never liked her father. ... Nonstop, abusive words, an unacceptable language with his sons and the bad words he was giving to his own sons were over his own daughter and wife, including to his own daughter. ... It was the first time that I joined and became part of Robinson family as their son-in-law. ...

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Gwyn Page 65 paragraph 3) These soldiers appeared to be like second sons to Mother Savage, doing what her son would be doing if he were there. ... Gwyn page 66 paragraph 1) She liked the four soldiers as sons of her own as well, yet she saw them also as the enemy. It wasn't until she received information of her son's death that her behavior changed dramatically. ... She was holding these soldiers accountable for the death of her son, and someone had to pay for it. ... Gwyn page 65 paragraph 2) This was all she had left of her family, her dead son's rifle that she used to r...

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Bounderby go to Sissy's house to tell her father that he should pull her out of school. ... He tells her that there father and Mr. ... In the morning Louisa goes to see her father. ... Her father said " I-really-cannot take upon myself to say." ... Pegler, she is a widow, and she has a son "But he is not to be spoken of if you please." ...

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Eugene O'Neill is a playwright that stands out in a crowd during his time period and after his duration. His plays are dark, pessimistic stories in which the characters all end up suffering in the end. The fact that all of his characters end up suffering in the end is not too far-fetched from his ...

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She might began to withhold her child from the father, refusing visitation, which strains the child /father bond. Sometimes this withdrawal of child/father bond comes from the father because he does not feel ready nor obligated to be present. Sometimes fathers find alternate reasons to escape all the responsibilities period. ... Just recently my daughters father contacted me and has seen my daughter twice. ... It also shows their kids and the kids fathers. ...

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The characters of the movie, Beatrice Henderson, the mother, and her two sons, John and Jeff, all grapple with issues of awareness and individuality that are evident in their behavior. ... She never introduced her lover Charles to John and Jeff, as her personal life had to be separate from her sons". ... He doesn't see himself as a husband or father, but as a son. ...

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Hale's mother dragged her from city to city attempting to escape her father. ... Hale rarely lived with her father for extended periods because of her mother's non-stopping moving. Hale's mother frequently told her stories of her father's drinking and abuse but Janet believed that her father did not fit the description her mother fed her: "My father, the man I knew, did not resemble the violent monster of her horror stories in any way except for the fact that he did drink." ... Hale always preferred her father to her mother, possibly, because he was not around as much ...

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An extended family includes the core group of males, which are a grandfather, adult sons and sons" sons, their wives, and their unmarried daughters. ... The head of the family was mostly the father. ... After a boy reached the age of eight or nine, he would begin to help out with the father's job, which was farming, and a dress would not suit the job very well. ... For example, while boys were off with their fathers, girls would stay home with their mothers, mostly helping out with the cooking, sewing and laundering. ...

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I think one of his sons was Governor of Texas. ... My Mother did abort one pregnancy because she was mad at my father for making her walk ahead of him sewing oats, while he was harrowing them in. ... As I don't remember my Father. ... He was the father of 11 children. ... You see, we grew up without a father. ...

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