In Sons and Lovers, the bond between the mother and son is exemplified in a profound way. ... Morel's relationship with her sons, especially Paul, proves to be harmful to the growth of her sons. ... Once his father was sent to hospital because of industrial injury, he said to his mother with joy "I'm the host in the house now. " In order to be "the host in the house ", he even prayed for his father's death. ... Although living in a country village, which was controlled by her father and brothers who looked down upon her, she was irreconcilable to mediocrity. ... Morel that never...

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They call these men the Founding Fathers of America. ... But least you should imagine it too burdensome to a girl at my early time of life, give me leave to answer you: I assure you I think myself happy that I can be useful to so good a father, and by rising very early I find I can go through much business"" (Roberts (1), p.2). ... Her oldest son, John Quincy Adams, would become the sixth president of the United States. ...

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However, in traditional India, the woman is restricted in a patriarchal society as her existence is confined only to her relationships with the man; a daughter to her father, a sister to her brother, a wife to her husband and a mother to her son. ... She is the daughter, the wife of Nathan and though at first begets only a daughter, Irawaddy and no sons, ultimately becomes a real woman, with the births of many sons. ... She endures blow after blow from life: poverty, famine, the divorce of her barren daughter, the deaths of her sons, her daughter's prostitution, and finally her husband&#...

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Genji began to have several affairs with different women and his first affair began with his father's consort. ... This made other men envious of Genji because it was very rare and very brave for a son to betray his father by becoming involved with his consort. ... At this point Genji's father became very displeased with his life style. When his father learned of his son's affair with Lady Rokujō (called Lady because of her social status), he was very displeased with his son. ... By this time Genji finally realized his father was right but he never followed this advice. ...

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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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Women Prevail in Shakespeare's Comedies William Shakespeare's writings feature many complex and timeless characters. In his plays, there are around 170 roles for women, compared to about 700 for men (Packer 117). However, strong women prevail in Shakespeare's comedies, especially Katharina in Th...

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The only insight of Claude's childhood that Cather gives the reader is the story with the cherry tree and Claude's father. ... However, Claude soon learns that that his father had done something terrible when he and his mother were walking down to the orchard and they saw that "the beautiful, round-topped cherry tree, full of green leaves, and red fruit,-his father had sawed it through" (Cather963-964). Claude was in shock by what his father had done to him. ... However, his father cut down those desires before Claude had a real chance to experience them. On this day Claude not only ...

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Thus husbands are often heavily in debt to their wives, and the latter assume many of the financial responsibilities which should rightly belong to the men as fathers and family heads, such as finding bride-price for sons, paying for the children's educations, bearing the expenses of family fests, and the like. ... The Nupe thought of this kind of relationship as "something like a protégé of that woman or son of the house' [a term] applied to any individual who seeks the patronage of some influential older person and becomes dependent upon his patron's advice and...

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Women were assumed to have the same interest and opinions as the men who represented them, and they were repeatedly assured that their husbands, sons, and fathers would always have their best interest at heart. ...

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Pontellier returns home from his night out and awakens Edna, claiming that one of their sons had a fever. ... She does not smother her sons with affection, as the other mothers at Grand Isle do. She even tells Madame Ratignolle that she would not give up everything for her sons. ...

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Women in The Winter's Tale The winter's tale was one of Shakespeare's last plays. As a typical tragicomic, the whole play is shaped into a two-part structure. The first part is the story about Leonte's jealousy which brings the destruction to his royal family. It is completely tragic ...

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Webster's College Dictionary defines feminism as "a doctrine advocating social, political, and economic rights for women equal to those of men; a movement for the attainment of suck rights- (Random House, 2000: 484). The act of doing whatever is necessary to attain equal treatment and the ability t...

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