Some of the reasons that I'm going to take a look at are physical impairments, psychosomatic symptoms, overall health, morbidity and mortality. ... Among divorced and separated women, those with more physical impairments, psychosomatic symptoms, or overall health problems were less likely to get married; these effects of health on marriage were observed in the first follow-up interval only. ... Among married women, those with more physical impairments or overall health problems were more likely to get divorced or separated, but only in the first follow-up interval. ... In nineteen seve...

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The third difference between the stories is the overall theme of the poems. In "Home Burial," the overall theme of the story centers on the importance of communication in a relationship. ... In "Death of a Hired Man", the overall theme of the story centers on the home and what it means to individuals. ...

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The Watermelon Man. Movie Report George is, a stuck-up white insurance agent who is married to Parsons and fathers two children, Garrett and Moran. The family's life is pretty normal and uneventful in other words typical white suburban family with all the usual suburbia problems. One morning ...

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The design of my visual collage creates an overall gloomy feel and the variety blue reminds me of psychological depth Margret Atwood expresses in her work. Overall after reading the novel and interpreting the various symbols and themes one would come to a conclusion that Margret Atwood brilliantly told the story of the unknown narrator. ...

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Thus a marriage experienced as impossible by the parents was not necessarily that stressful for the children, and many of the youngsters reflected good parenting in their overall adjustment and demeanor and in their trustful attitudes with us and other adults in their lives. ... The child's understanding is reinforced by the perceived improvement in the condition of a parent, and thus, though the transition period may be difficult, the child's overall sense of coherence and order is not undermined. ...

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A women with bound feet could do much less then a women without, but it showed a family's wealth and prestige because they were able to care for, transport, and overall provide for someone of little use to the family. ...

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In Waimea summer, Holt makes it clear that Mark as well as some of his relatives have conflicting feelings about their Hawaiian heritage. Mark has traveled to Waimea form Honolulu to stay the summer with his fathers, cousin, and his family. "Uncle Fred" recently widowed for the third time is n...

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It was once said that "To be truly memorable a story must have at its core one of life's great quests: the quest for love, truth, or power." Essentially meaning that what makes a story interesting, and have an unforgettable plot and theme is for the objective of its main characters or any character...

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Morality Journal In morality class, we have discussed the effects of having sex before marriage. If the decision is made to have sex before marriage there are so many consequences of this action. It is important to be careful and understand all the issues that come with premarital sex. Teen pregna...

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Rainmaker The Rainmaker is a movie that takes the viewer on the ride with a lawyer during his first trial. This is not only his first trial, but this is his first experience as a lawyer. Rudy is newly hired into a firm with one of his first cases being a "Rainmaker." He gets involved with this f...

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To an onlooker, a life in the military may look fun and exciting. However, only a person who has experienced being in the military can give a detailed account of the ordeals they have endured. To explore this statement more, I decided to interview my dad, David Pittman, a retired senior chief in t...

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The poem "Men" is a collaboration of all of Dorothy Parker's thoughts and experiences with males, and overall how she has become a stronger person for realizing and admitting this in the line "They influence and educate." ...

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Amanda and Jim Comparison Two of the main characters in Tennessee Williams's Glass Menagerie are Jim O'Connor and Amanda Wingfield. Amanda is a Southern Episcopalian and the typical southern belle. Jim is an Irish Catholic that is not much of a gentleman, which is seen when he calls his ex, Em...

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According to studies, the first few years of married couples are filled with happiness. Over the course of their lives, they start feeling less satisfied. They are most unhappy when their children are in diapers and adolescence. They only go back to their previous level of happiness when their ch...

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In the flash fiction story "The Factory" by Mary Dilworth, the factory owned and loved by the narrator's husband, Eric, burns down in the night while she does not call the fire brigade, and enjoys watching the beauty and grandeur of the burning sky. Although the narrator does not admit guilt, a clos...

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Society was overall healthier with less disease, marriages consisted of people loving each other and staying together, and family life was genuine with love and many children with their living biological parents. ...

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Gertrude: Cold Mother and Bad Wife Queen Gertrude, the queen of Denmark and widow of King Hamlet now is married to her brother in-law, Claudius. She has a son named Prince Hamlet who she pretends to care for. Queen Gertrude is a manipulative, sick, incestuous mother, who helps to kill her h...

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From daughters having to admit to there parents of there sexual feeling, worrying about the parents reaction towards her boyfriend, and to finally the overall fear of the reaction, ending up in teenage pregnancies. ...

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Life is Beautiful The first part of the movie is about Guido and his future wife Dora. Guido and his friend Ferruccio are driving in the countryside when there brakes go out. This scene is meant to set the tone for the rest of the movie because it is frightening with a hint of humor to help the ...

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In the show "Reba" it displays different roles that gender plays in the media culture. The show goes against the norm in various ways. Reba the main character defies the traditional role played in most sitcoms. Instead of being the traditional well to do stay at home mom she is a divorced mother who...

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According to the story, Oedipus accuses Kreon of trying to take his place as king and Teiresias acted as if he didn't know what was going on in the first scene, "Why, he is no more clairvoyant than I am!" After accusing Kreon of this crime, Oedipus has realized that he has placed his "curse" ironic...

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Progressive Life In his play, Our Town, Thornton Wilder uses a unique structure in comparison to other plays. He keeps the setting to a minimum, only including the crucial pieces of scenery. He does not introduce complex characters, which would lead themselves to be analyzed for the understa...

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We are perhaps induced to feel pity and sympathy for this women because of her sorry situation yet her stubborn, hypocritical and overall nature make it virtually impossible, and her "malapropisms" are simply unforgettable which is perhaps why she remains so memorable. ...

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Comparing the short story "Killings" by Andre Dubois and the movie "In the Bedroom", there are many differences, and some similarities. Overall the whole plot of the two stories were the same, they were just gone about in being portrayed in different ways. Perhaps the biggest difference I saw...

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"The Free Women of Petersburg, Status and Culture in a Southern Town, 1784-1861", was written by Suzanne Lebsock in 1984 and won the Bancroft Prize in 1985. Lebsock focuses on Petersburg, Virginia between 1784 and 1860 to recount the status of women in society, and how that status changed. She als...

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