Although this is a short story that is only told verbally to Telemachus, it resonates powerfully to the overall theme of the poem, The Odyssey, about fate, betrayal and loyalty. ... Because the story that is told to Telemachus from Menelaus is very broad and short lasting only a couple lines, I will be adding some content to elaborate the overall story a little more to better fit the Aristotelian definition of tragedy. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Low lighting overall for a natural appearance, not many shadows except for the main characters; for example the Grandfather coming down the stairs, his shadow bounces off the stairwell wall. The overall look is less intense and more conservative by the use of desaturated colors. ... This fits the overall feeling of the Castorini's, an American Italian family, rich in family tradition and history. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Marriage quality is the overall condition of a marriage or intimate relationship. ... Toula's family believes that they are enhancing their overall wellbeing by spending copious amount of time together while Ian's family is the exact opposite (Daly 2001:284). ...

• Word Count: 1752
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

1. Introduction Marriage and family are key structures in many social orders. While the two phenomena have truly been nearly connected in most society, their association is getting to be more difficult. The relationship among marriage and family is a fascinating theme of study to sociologists. What ...

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According to Wright and Leahey (2013) the Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) is a widely accepted template used to help nurses organize the data found from working with families. The CFAM can be used as a general tool to collect data from a family assessment, but may also help guide nurses in ad...

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• Grade Level: High School

Overall this story has been helping people improve their lives and learn life lessons ever since Jesus told it and it will continue to do so forever. ... There are some many things to be learned from it, life lessons, help with decision making, and in the end it really helps you become a better person overall. ...

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"Why Did I Get Married" is a film written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry. This movie is about the difficulty of maintaining a solid relationship in modern times. Eight married couples, Mike and Sheila, Terry and Diane, Gavin and Patricia, Marcus and Angela, whom are all college friends plus o...

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• Grade Level: High School

Children are miracles that are created by people in an act of love, however in the last few years new technological advances creates substitutions to having a child instead of a man and woman getting together. These substitutions are made for people who are not able to conceive a child naturally. ...

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If the responsibility is handled efficiently and maturely then there may be a positive effect on children resulting in higher observable levels of maturity, responsibility, self-reliance, and overall happiness. ...

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In conclusion, it is best for families to choose between one parent having a career and the other having a job for many reasons, but the main reason for the overall happiness of the family and all people involved. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

A closer look at Cinderella's mother It is very easy to underestimate and overlook the importance of minor characters in the overall effect of stories. However, when analyzing Cinderella's mother, it proved to be the vital key in the story. While both variants of Cinderella: "Ashputtle" written b...

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A closer look at Cinderella's mother It is very easy to underestimate and overlook the importance of minor characters in the overall effect of stories. However, when analyzing Cinderella's mother, it proved to be the vital key in the story. While both variants of Cinderella: "Ashputtle" written b...

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Depression not only deteriorates away at a person's personality but also the individual can experience what Lennon expresses as, "Fatigue, irritability, inability to concentrate, and difficulty performing daily tasks" All this can lead to what Lennon defines as a disability which is " a day in which the individual spends some or all of the day in bed or is unable to carry out his or her usual activities because of illness" In a study done by two national surveys, it indicated that, " depressed workers have between 1.5 and 3.2 more short-term work disability days in a 30-day period than ...

• Word Count: 1291
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Addie Bundren conjures up the central darkness derived from her death and directly or indirectly causes actions in which each Bundren character takes advantage of Addie. With the character's actions revolving around her death, William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying reveals the truth about the p...

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• Grade Level: High School

Cultural Anthropology Under the Kapok Tree The ethnography, "Under the Kapok Tree: Identity and Difference In Beng Thought", was in my opinion, a very excellent detailed description of the daily life, rituals, customs, and traditions, and religion of the Beng. The Beng are from a West African ...

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The first question one asks is "what is marriage?" One definition of marriage is a union between two people that feel that they are right for each other, and decide to spend the rest of their lives together as one. But what one perceives of marriage to be at the get go is not always what they see af...

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In the past, children were raised mostly by their biological parents. In the rare case that they were not, they had to either to survive on the streets or live in orphanages. However, times have changed, and today children can be raised in single-parent families, by grandparents, foster parents, ste...

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Family is a concept that evokes strong emotions within every human being. Love them or hate them, it is our family that provides each of us with a strong sense of who we are and what we believe in. From the nurturing that we all require as babies to the patience and understanding required to get thr...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"A happy family is but an earlier heaven". Quotations like these remind me that I am currently residing in a temporary heaven. Support, respect, family time, faith, honesty and humor all are amazing qualities instilled in me by the gracious and amazing people I call my family. So many stories and si...

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Divorce in our society has become increasingly common. Fifty percent of all marriages will end in divorce and each year 2 million children are newly introduced to their parents separation, (Monthly Vital Statistics Report ). Demographers predict that by the beginning of the next decade the majority ...

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Losing a parent is one of worst experiences that a child may experience irrespective of the age. The bereaved child is more likely to have a stressful development as one grows up. In most cases, the loss of a parent due to an unexplainable accident is fatal since the child will have poor growth and ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Micro sociology involves the study of people at a more interpersonal level. By looking at the micro perspectives you will be looking at the "smaller picture" so to speak. Discovering certain personal aspects of someones life, learning what makes the individual unique. " The microsystem is the layer ...

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Looking back, as a young girl I never really seemed to care about where I lived, the clothes I wore, but most importantly I never realized how much my parents were able to provide for us. I have always been fortunate enough to be able to receive things that other children weren't able to have. Not u...

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Immigrant children, more so than native born children come to face a variety of circumstances, such as low family income, poor education, and language confinement. These factors act as barriers and place them at risk of developmental delay and dissatisfactory academic performance upon entering schoo...

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Adoptions are wonderful when they are successful. There is no greater joy than that that comes from the union of child and parent. But not all adoptions make it; and when they do fall through, everyone loses. Divorce has been compared to death. The feelings of loss, grief, and failure can be over...

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• Grade Level: High School