Laertes on the surface is protecting his sister from a romantic relationship with a brooding prince, however some modern audiences have interpreted this dialogue as Laertes not wanting his sister Ophelia to fall into the arms of Hamlet so he can have her to himself. ... "Lawrence's use of "intimate"" suggests more than just motherly love, however this would only have been interpreted as such by a more modern audience. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It reflects an image of our modern world in which most people are not human beings anymore. ... Cordelia is a daughter that every parent wishes to have, and she is a model human being that is needed to form a perfect world. ...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives ...

• Word Count: 9352
• Approx Pages: 37
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School