The heroine substitutes moral courage and a moral voice for the hero's physical courage and sense of predestination"(13). ... Even though she is the mother to two of the four children and has played mother for all of them, Poh-Poh decides that they will all refer to her as "Stepmother" and she, the submissive Chinese wife, does not object. ... Much as in life, we first see this character as cold and unforgiving but in reality Poh-Poh is just loving the children and keeping them from harm the only way she knows how. ... In her strength, or some would say lack of sympathy, she k...

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• Grade Level: High School

She does even more than just acknowledging she has the courage and the inner strength to act upon her feelings and desires. She has the courage to break all conventions of society and to discover her true self, to discover that she is more than just a wife and a mother, roles that society had given her. ... Leonce believes that Edna is not performing her womanly duties and is an irresponsible mother. He believes women must tend to their children, household duties, and their husbands alone. ... Up to that point she was, in her eyes and in the eyes of the society, a wife and a mother, devoted to...

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Lewis's mother, Frances, left his father for a lover and Frances had to leave her children as a consequence of the estrangement and social ruin. Lewis continued to financially support his mother but this separation from his mother was a critical point in his life. ... Elvira, Antonia's mother, views her daughter as, "young and artless, uninstructed in the world's perfidy and with charms sufficient to render her an object of seduction" and takes control over matters of Antonia's heart and sends away a man that Antonia has strong feelings for (162). ... This complet...

• Word Count: 1567
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Wes Moore's mother, Joy did everything in her power to steer her son in the right direction, often making huge sacrifices, which ultimately paid off, to do so. ... The other Wes Moore's mother, Mary did not have as strong a sense of how to effectively turn around her son's behavior as Joy. ... He was there for his wife, helping her parent her children until the end of his life and he had a very solid, calming presence. Once, when Wes was just a toddler, he hit his older sister, and his mother, who had been beaten by her previous husband, reacted very angrily to this. ... Over ti...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

These stories would include acts of heroism, courage, boldness and self-sacrifice. Typically girls do not fantasize about these kinds of things, but young children, with their strong imaginations and who seek adventure would fantasize about such things. ... Generally children, who are young and full of energy, would prefer to not be stuck inside of a hot and unexciting setting such as this kitchen. ... While the protagonist is out of sight during a conversation between her mother and father, she could hear her mother saying to the father that he will have real help once Laird becomes older. ....

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In many tragedies of fifth century Athens, the women characters appear as strong, defiant women who are able to carry out matters that would take a lot of courage. ... Young boys would attend private schools while girls women were forced to stay home with the mother. ... Medea, in rage of this, takes matters into her own hands and plots to destroy Jason, by taking away the things he loves, his new bride and his children. ... If only children could be got some other way, Without female sex. If women didn't exist Human life would be rid of all its miseries" [562-593] Medea is successf...

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Fuller, the eldest of nine children, was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1810. ... Fuller was very happy to be wife and mother. ... Fuller took over as her teacher. ... Because her mother was so grief-stricken when Timothy Fuller died, Margaret took over the responsibility of supporting the family. ... Throughout Fuller's powerful and controversial essay, she constantly reinforces the belief that in order for change to occur, woman must look within herself for strength, wisdom and courage. ...

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My uncle, who was a healthcare professional, provided his family with all the necessities that children need in their lives in order to grow up in a healthy environment and have many advantages. ... All our family members from my mother's side, including my uncle, and his two youngest children are fairly skinny and have always been known for having a good metabolism and not gaining weight too easily. ... Then, she started to change her diet routines and went on "juicing.... A year after her bad routines to make herself throw up, her organism did all that by itself, without her puttin...

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