The modern definition of "marriage" is rooted from the Latin 'maritare', which not only means to marry but also inherits the idea of procreation. 'Maritare' was originally used as a term to 'marry' plants together, referring to the grafting of plant stems. Naturally, this process w...
"A Rose For Emily" by William Faulkner deals with the shocking subject of morbid fascination, resistance to change, and the lasting effects of a father's pattern of psychological abuse; however, I do not believe it deals with necrophilia per se. The term necrophilia implies a sexual component,...
In her article "Hooking Up," Kathleen A. Bogle argues that the correlation of between the hookup culture and alcohol consumption promotes casual relationships among students on college campuses. The piece sheds light on everything from the historical background of hooking up, students delaying marri...
Psychoanalytic Symbols in "Kew Gardens" Kew Gardens is one the most erotic short stories I have ever read. In Freudian terms it is the description of, if you like, a night's love making. Virginia Woolf intentionally used nouns, verbs, small descriptions that are very typical Freudian symbols, and e...
Imagine a world that is overpopulated with children. The number one reason why families are poor are due to the fact that they have too many children. But in today's society overpopulation is not a problem due to the wonderful birth-control movement of Margaret Sanger. In the early 1900s sexual rel...
In Candide Voltaire discusses the exploitation of the female race in the eighteenth century through the women in the novel. Cunegonde, Paquette, and the Old Woman suffer through rape and sexual exploitation regardless of wealth or political connections. These characters possess very little complexit...
Should one give up their long-preserved virginity just because eventually we will all die? Based on the remarks of the speaker in "To His Coy Mistress," this mentality is correct. Written by Andrew Marvell, this "carpe diem" poem displays the idea that one should make the most of the present time de...
In the book "The Catcher in the Rye," by JD Salinger, protagonist Holden Caulfield meets a variety of different female characters. Holden does not respect women as much as he should, and there are many examples of this throughout the novel. The rebellious teenager has a different type of relationshi...
Things have changed. Teenagers all over the world are experimenting sexual activities more than ever before. Adolescents are surrounded by sex all the time. They hear about it on the radio, television, internet, friends and school. Teens see the affects of sex on our society. But teenagers are not t...
"I scowl with frustration at myself in the mirror" (James 3). The opening line of Fifty Shades of Grey could be considered as anticipation of what the audience will encounter along the story. The book Fifty Shades of Grey by Erika Leonard James is the first of a trilogy that has been labeled by mos...
