Charles Dickens' literary masterpiece, "Great Expectations," was written as a brutal commentary on the social hierarchy system during the Victorian era. ... Pip believes that his "selection " is a sign of his great personal worth and the people with which he's always associated with are now beneath them because they are too "common"." ... At this moment, Pip finally realizes that all of his great expectations "on becoming a gentleman and living the wealthy life, mean nothing when you have no one left to care about. ...

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The poems we studied in class reflect the ways in which society's expectations and social stigmas complicate a person's quest towards identity and true personhood. Seamus Heaney's poem, Mid-Term Break, is a great example of how society's expectations can impact identity because the poem is about a young man who is away at school to obtain an education and establish his identity when he is called back home to deal with the death of his younger brother. ... Another poem that touches on identity and social expectations is the poem, My Father's Song, by Simon Ortiz. Thi...

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Lily's entire life, and then even her death, revolved around social expectations. ... If she sways people to accept a person into their high social ring, then once they are in, they must show gratitude and respect towards Carry for her great favor. ... Another woman whose actions were decided by society's expectations was the charwoman who was seen on more than one occasion throughout the book. ... However, by portraying Gerty as the known outcast, it is easy to see how important societal standards and expectations are to everyone else. ... Overall, if the novel The House of Mirt...

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In contrast, John Keating encourages students to find their individual paths in life, to follow their hearts and fight conformity and the expectations of society. ... The students have to live up to the expectations of their parents and the school by excelling in all of their subjects and sports. ... Keating believes that individuals can achieve excellence by working to the best of their own standards and expectations. ... Keating wants his students to understand that they will only achieve excellence if they choose to follow their hearts, instead of trying to live up to society's exp...

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Nevertheless, the careful reader notices a curious trend in many of Shakespeare's plays: many of Shakespeare's female characters exercise a rather great deal of delicate forms of power and influence, and often do so in unusual and even subversive ways that challenge traditional gender roles. ... Theseus, clearly invested in maintaining the prevailing social order because it advances his own interests.In other words, gender roles and expectations are being stated to this strong female character in no uncertain terms. ... First, Hermia contested traditional gender expectations and mad...

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Heroes are individuals with their own sense of style that makes them great, from the imagination of Steven Spielberg to the keen business sense of entrepreneur Bill Gates; from the hilarious comedic ability of Robin Williams to the perseverance of former Superman, Christopher Reeves. ... Qualities commonly seen in great individuals include humor, humility, compassion, imagination, knowledge, and insight to name a few. ... Heroes have certain expectations put upon them by society, and they must live up to those expectations. ... People like Martin Luther King junior and Neil Armstrong will la...

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Deviance is a variation from a set of norms or shared social expectations. ... He also visits several Missions and experiences the great accomplishments being made by the Jesuits and is extremely impressed. ... He is ruled by his social expectations in the beginning but as the movie progresses he seems to be less concerned with the standards placed before him and more concerned with what he feels is right. ... Finally The Mission is also a great example of social inequality. ... There was also a great gap between the rich and the poor. ...

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However, Eva rejects her ascribed subjectivity allowing her to grow beyond the constraints of society's expectations. ... Her imagination provided her with a means of escape from the restrictive role she was forced to play, and highlighted the fact that instead of conforming to society's expectations, she could alternatively satisfy her own. ... This displays Eva's development from a position in society that restrained her from gaining power of any sort, to one that allowed her great flexibility of power. ... Huberto's inability to depart from society's expectations...

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In this case, issues such as how it is affected by or it affects various societal aspects like expectations, context and norms of the society are discussed. ... A good example of this is for instance when students in North Carolina's University in 2002 developed and used terms such as hype, cool, phat, sweet or tight in reference to things that are either favourable, pleasing or great. ... Secondly, in relation to the society, the essay has found out that language intertwine with various societal aspects like expectations, context and norms. ...

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You and Papa have done me a great wrong. ... She now sees the fact that the way in which she was compelled to behave was a "great wrong" that stunted her development as an adult and as a human being. ... She had a self described joy in her life, her love of work, "All my life as long as I can remember, I've worked-that's been one of my one great joy." ... Women of the time were objectified and certainly not seen as equals, in contrast to Linde, She felt a great duty to maintain subordinance and keep domestic peace and harmony, she speaks to Torvald, "I've been your doll wife". ...

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An examination of the books I read, I found literature to be like a mirror to a great extent in many ways. ... In the country where I was born, China, males are believed to be superior to females due to gender roles and expectations that has resisted through time. ... Since Sommer was born and raised in America, her understanding and expectations of men in society is d...

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Gender roles influence women and men in virtually every area of life including family and occupation, but are women and men subject to different roles or behavior expectations? ... This was accomplished on one level by preventing women from gaining the sort of education offered to men, and while this has changed to a great extent in the United States, there are still inequalities in the opportunities offered to men as opposed to women. ... While it is true men and women's roles in the workplace are becoming closer in equality, there is still a great amount of room for improvement. ...

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TV has become perhaps the primary vehicle that society receives its information and presents its values and expectations. ... As a result, the print media has created an environment of great concern about gangs and gang crime in the inner-city. The gang problem becomes a constructed image with great power in public discourse. ... Print media also has great influence in class and gender. ...

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TV has become perhaps the primary vehicle that society receives its information and presents its values and expectations. ... As a result, the print media has created an environment of great concern about gangs and gang crime in the inner-city. The gang problem becomes a constructed image with great power in public discourse. ... Print media also has great influence in class and gender. ...

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Roasted with Robusta beans, it has a very bitter taste, thick and strong consistency and contains a great amount of caffeine. ... I always wanted to drink his coffee but my mother would not let me because of the great amount of caffeine in it. ... This illustrates how food defines us as individuals, how different backgrounds and culture can lead up to different expectations of food. ...

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Although most people think of themselves as individuals able to make their own choices in respect to behavior, there is often a strong tendency to conform to group patterns and expectations. ... Even though they've been taught that drinking is bad and can have very negative consequences, the group pressure to conform is so great that kids will give in to it. Fear of not being accepted or not fitting in with the "cool group" is of great concern to teenagers. ...

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In addition to this, it can be inferred that the author has a great value for the concept as dharma as it is instrumental to how one's future advances. ... Where men were featured in texts presenting their virtue and ethical responsibilities, women were featured in minimal texts; only focussing on that of a woman meeting her cultural expectations as a good wife. ... Despite this, a great amount of what has been implemented into India from Hinduism has had a positive effect. ...

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During these years prior to when Progressivism had technically started, society had transformed rapidly largely due to the great advances of the Industrial Revolution. ... None of these reform movements were able to become powerful enough to have a great influence upon America. ... When the depression occurred, "men everywhere were beginning to envisage a turning-point in national development after which one could no longer live within the framework of the aspirations and expectations that had governed American life for the century past." ... Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilso...

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One reason that has often been overlooked is that a great many of this nation's workers have been influenced by the Protestant work ethic. ... In the course of the next several pages this researcher will examine the ethic that has had such a great impact on the United State's economy and on the economies of other nations. ... Thus, according to Luther, the only way to live up to the expectations God has for us is to fulfill our worldly duties. ... Although scholars have analyzed various aspects of city life at the close of the Middle Ages in great detail, they have done relatively li...

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As they call their approaches the "sociology of knowledge", they pay a great deal of attention to the role of knowledge in constructing these objective and subjective realities. ... These expectations become part of the everyday life, and become unconscious reality over time. ...

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Bodvarsson states, "The most important finding is that there is strong two way relationship between customer evaluations of service quality and percentage tips; server expectations of tips influence the supply of service quality and service quality influences tip amounts". ... When I grew up it was common to tip 15% in a restaurant with a bump to 17-20% for extra great service, but somehow in large metropolitan areas the expected "norm" has grown to 20% with a bump to 25% and sometimes even 30%", says Michael Russnow, author of Tipping Ought to be Abolished: Let's Just Pay ...

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Gender roles are beginning to become more definite as societal pressures build and cultural expectations solidify. ... Television not only impacts our societal values; it also has a great impact on the relationships between fathers and daughters and mothers and sons. ...

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Given that an established culture exists before those born into it and that the parents of the child being brought into the society have been enculturalised into it already, there are certain expectations of the newborn. ...

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In other words, gender construction and social construction work hand in hand, in which our functions in society have a direct impact on social expectations, and vice-versa. ... These values, norms and beliefs have great impact in the ability for individuals to move up the social hierarchy as well as determining gender role. ...

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It criticises the oppressive determinist social values and norms in society that govern the individual by common-held morals, expectations and the undermining of free will. ... This satire and use of verbal irony is used to great dramatic effect throughout the novel. ...

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