A different view of the traveling woman found in The Instructions of Any; "Be on your guard against a woman from abroad, who is not known in town. ... Husbands could marry more than one wife and people of close relations (first cousins, brothers and sisters etc ) could also wed one another. ... Some documents state that girls may have been married at the age of eight or nine, and the mummy of an eleven-year-old wife has also been found. (4) Marriages required no religious or legal ceremony. ... The other 2/3 of the inheritance was divided among their children, followed by the brothers and s...

• Word Count: 1824
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• Grade Level: High School

An ailment her husband and brother has diagnosed. The narrator feels that she is very ill but is always dismissed by her husband and brother. ... This further shown when she speaks of her husband and her brother, who "is also of high standing,"" showing the high ranking of men in society. ... The woman that stirs and creeps within the wall is literally her shadow, which is found out when the housekeeper mentions the yellow stains on all of her clothes. "Then she said that the paper stained everything it touched, that she has found yellow smooches on all my clothes and John's, and s...

• Word Count: 2055
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• Grade Level: High School

My brother and I are extremely close and love each other very much. ... In my case my brother did the same to me. ... It caused me to push him out of my life and basically "take a break" from him, My own brother. ... This is just like with my brother and me. Even though I was furious with every thing he did, he was still my family and i found it in my heart to forgive him. ...

• Word Count: 1879
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Johnson was the middle child, fourth from the oldest out of all her brothers and sisters. ... At a young age she found herself internalizing the norms, values, and behaviors of what was expected of her, in regards to her gender. ... As a teenager, her main goal than became, in her words, " I had to get the hell out of my mother's house. " I found it to be very note worthy and interesting that Johnson was one of the first black students to integrate Garrison Junior High; which at the time had only white students. ... I found it also interesting that at that time white students were permi...

• Word Count: 1263
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• Grade Level: High School

By having a brother and sister of exactly the same upbringing, it is much easier to suggest similarity of identity, rather than accepting gender difference. ... He talks of Viola's "soft and tender breeding" just after he learns that she is a woman, and has a twin brother, Sebastian. ... Orsino's sense of ownership of Viola is highlighted by his reference to her as "boy," even when he had found out her true identity. ... Olivia is in mourning for seven years over the death of her brother, and is described by Orsino as "a cloistress." ...

• Word Count: 2131
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One day at Pilate's house her granddaughter Hagar came to visit and met Milkman, when they were introduced Milkman as Hagar's brother, then Reba (Hagar's mom) corrected Pilate and called said he is her cousin. ... He remained in the world of puppy love until Guitar took him to his first Southside party and he found out he was attractive with other girls of his own age and his own neighborhood, which tested Milkman's faith to Hagar to resist other beautiful youthful females. ... Guitar came in and found her like that. ...

• Word Count: 1568
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In Islamic faith, it is acceptable and a common practice for a husband to have multiple wives, but with the new found education and enlightenment that Assiote received she chooses to leave him. ... After her divorce she found herself going back to school and advancing in her career field; in which she then became appointed to the Senegal embassy within the United States. ... Modou brother Tasmir visits Ramatoulaye house and informs her that he will take her as his wife. ...

• Word Count: 1737
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Brother Logan Killicks, he's a good man.......You answer me when Ah speak. ... In her marriage to Logan, she found out that that's not what she wanted. ... Janie found what she was looking for. ...

• Word Count: 1450
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• Grade Level: High School

I found it out of the ordinary when the text discussed human societies in relevance to mating and marriage and at times failed to discuss the cultural implications of such things. ... may be, and the answer was "His mother's brother." ...

• Word Count: 1322
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Only in one case does Roy stand up for her, which I found strange, because of what he is going through you would think he would be more understanding of his daughter, however, Irma tells him to stay out of it and let her take care of the situation. ... Her brother, Wayne, however does not take the transition so easily. ...

• Word Count: 1316
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• Grade Level: High School

If the father was no longer around(deceased), the brothers would take care of the girls in the family. ... A fabric sash or girdle was often wrapped around the waist, and was used to suspend household keys, small toilet implements such as nail scissors, ear scoops, and tweezers, and beautiful and mysterious objects such as small crystal balls and decorative spoon-like sieves, like those found in the female grave at Chessell Down, Isle of Wight. ...

• Word Count: 1294
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

And you"re also proud thinking of what you've done for your brothers. ... Nora was a weak, unworldly woman, and she found the strength to go out into the world and make a name for herself, other than as someone's daughter, wife, or mother. ...

• Word Count: 1781
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Abigail Adams helped plant the seeds that would start women and men thinking about women's rights and roles in a country that had been founded on the ideals of equality and independence. ... She had one brother named William(also know as Billy). ...

• Word Count: 1735
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• Grade Level: High School

As much as the men saw feet binding being a form of beauty for their women, I found the practice quite inhumane. ... When my grandfather died, his brother who was the next oldest male in the family took over the family leadership. ...

• Word Count: 1804
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• Grade Level: High School

Madonna and her brothers and sisters were sent to live with various relatives until, after a couple of years her father Tony married their housekeeper Joan Gustafson. ... insisted that the children have to call his new wife 'mother' but Madonna found that very hard to do. ... As Fiske noted she began by showing "both her pleasure in her own physicality and the fun she finds (found! ...

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In her autobiography, A Dream Deferred, she recalls the reaction of her father when she brought up the idea of college to him: I found a scholarship for veterans' children and asked my father to sign and furnish proof that he was a veteran. ... My brother needed college to support a family. ...

• Word Count: 2036
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• Grade Level: High School

Evidence for the sexual objectification of women can be found practically everywhere, from the media, to women's interpersonal experiences, and in specific environments where the sexualization of women is encouraged and culturally disregarded. ... She has a twenty-year-old brother and an eighteen-year-old sister. ...

• Word Count: 1909
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During this time in the story the narrators brother is getting bigger and stronger, "Once Laird and I were fighting, for the first time ever I had to use all my strength against him; even so, he caught and pinned my arm for a moment.... This was an informal initiation ceremony into manhood, Laird has found his identity. ...

• Word Count: 1909
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• Grade Level: High School

In the 19th century, the gender role in the American society was extremely different and separate compared to the gender role nowadays. The world of male chauvinism was appreciated on that century, where men believed that the "proper sphere for a woman was the house" (Thomas). Men were able to work in factories, shops, offices, and others, while "wives, daughters and sisters were left at home all day to oversee the domestic duties that were increasingly carried out by servants" (Hughes). In other words, women were not able to do anything but to be excellent housewives for their ...

• Word Count: 2447
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• Has Bibliography