But there is nothing comic about Joyce's vision, for each of the three principal characters are trapped in a web of social expectations and constraints from which it proves impossible to escape. ... Doran's hand as well, and the story ends with his shotgun proposal to Polly. All three of Joyce's principal characters in this story are motivated by the basest instincts for survival. ... Would you like to read this story in its entirety? ... There were three main characters involved in this story-Mrs. ...

• Word Count: 2723
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

In our text, when an adult losses his or her life expectations, this adult feels betrayed. ... It is life great expectation with nothing in the way to stop your success. ... The lows were another story. ... For many, the divorce took a great deal of time to recover from. The divorce chapters in our lives seem to cause great deals of pain, healing and renewal. ...

• Word Count: 2507
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

While discussing a possible housing project near Linden Hills, the unfavorable comments coming from everyone seem to represent a great deal of discrimination towards their own race. ... The story is built around the great great grandson of the original Luther and his wife Willa. ...

• Word Count: 2802
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There is always the cases of infidelity, spousal abuse and substance abuse, and financial burdens that put great strain on marriages. ... From the exchange theory perspective, marital problems such as those financial ones can put great strain on marriage and decrease rewards by promoting negative attraction. ... In addition the psycho-sociological impact of parental divorce, it must also be noted that there has been a great amount of focus on identifying personality traits that increase divorce and their genetic basis and their heritability (Teachman, 2002). ... The Isolates is the story of Di...

• Word Count: 3231
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In her words, the aim is not to rescue the humanist Chaucer, but to see in what ways his stories might enlarge our perceptions of human life and its possibilities, even though they were written during and for a very different historical context (xviii). ... How she chooses to travel is a minor aspect of crossing the lines of cultural gender expectations. ...

• Word Count: 2959
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography

His psychological state and his behaviour revolves around his wife throughout this novel, which is quite easy to notice as the story progresses. ... The protagonist cannot believe that his wife is capable of such a terrifying act and seizes to believe it was her who commit the crime, but further evidence causes his trust to perish as opposite stories collide. ... As soon as the protagonist reads this letter, he is shocked that all the accusations against his wife are true, resulting in his identity deteriorating as his expectations for his wife continue to break. ...

• Word Count: 2550
• Approx Pages: 10