Edmund and those like him, expected to serve in battle, were immediately known to other knights as being bastards because it was clearly emblazoned on their shields. ... Jonathan Dollimore argues that Edmund " . . . is made to serve an existing system of values; although he falls prey to . . . his obsession with power, property and inheritance- (79). ... Just as the corporate Edgar had no set goal from the outset to be Chief Executive Officer, the King Lear Edgar had not originally intended A Look at Shakespeare's Edmund to be King of England. ... With the set of characters that a...

• Word Count: 1702
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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout time, families serve as a connection between the individual and the outside world. ... The one essay that seems to support my own set of values is the one entitled Reserve Marriage for Heterosexuals. ... Throughout time, families serve as a connection between the individual and the outside world. ... The one essay that seems to support my own set of values is the one entitled Reserve Marriage for Heterosexuals. ...

• Word Count: 1435
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• Grade Level: High School

The Nayan is normally a family friend or distant relative who serves as a neutral go-between when families are trying to arrange a marriage. ... Matchmakers can serve two functions: marriage scouts, who set out to find possible matches, and as negotiators, people who negotiate between families. ... Once a marriage agreement is met, the nayan may be asked to assist in the marriage preparations: jewelry and clothing buying, ceremonial set-up, and notification of the marriage to the community (Ahmad 68). ... In this sense, the arranged marriage becomes like a set-up date -- except that the per...

• Word Count: 1679
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• Grade Level: High School

Her hand and eyes will serve her in her ˜venture' into her ˜work' of sketching and painting. Thus her hands, by remaining attached (and not cut off like those of the woman who is denied the rights of property), serve her visual appropriation of the world and proved the first object of this appropriation: her own body " (Stange 879). ... She is an unconventional and unpopular older woman but she serves as Edna's inspiration. ... Because her society denies women the ability to think and act as individuals, a woman who asserts her own differing set of desires may end...

• Word Count: 1838
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Marriage was a sort of set rule for people in those days. ... Everyone had to have a perfect family, it was never said that both parents did not have problems, but they were suppose to work things out amongst each other to set an example for their children. ... A lot of families are still old fashion when it comes to marriage, for example the wife has to be the one who always cooks and set the table and the males are somewhat served; the one who wear the pants in the house. ...

• Word Count: 1313
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On this day, ladies from the groom's family go to the brides home and brings with them clothes, jewelry, shoes, a purse, and any other accessories for the bride on her wedding day along with 7 sets of clothes and accessories as a gift from the grooms family to the bride. ... Still clothes are given to the groom for the wedding day, and rather than giving the groom 7 sets of clothes, gifts are given to the entire immediate family of the groom. ... After the mother, the guests congratulate and greet the newly weds and dinner is served. ...

• Word Count: 1467
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• Grade Level: High School

In the early 1970s, studies reported that, since 1945, 99 percent of the homes in the United States had acquired at least one television set (Mander, 1978, p.24). ... Author Win sets forth one theory: all the hours that disturbed children spend involved in a television experience dull the boundaries between the real and the unreal (Winn, 1977, p. 74). ... In a recent interview given while Congress was fighting the problem of violence on television, Chris McClean, aide to Senator Exon, commented on the days when the Hayes Commission set standards: "Ed Sullivan didn't show Elvis from t...

• Word Count: 1703
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

And while poor treatment in Islamic cultures can be attributed to radical regional customs which are easily debunked by the words of the Koran, Hindu culture, with its lack of an offical religious text, has little to govern the treatment of women by, thus opening up the door for tradition and public opinion to serve as Hindu law. ... It was also held that the perfect wife was one without a voice or opinion, so for a devout wife, her main purpose for living was to serve her husband. ... Often when the dowry was not paid or the desired amount was not met, the bride would be set on fire by the ...

• Word Count: 1848
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Judge Black's logical explanation of his ruling help set a precedent that other same-sex plaintiffs would use in the coming years in their respective states. ... The two majority judges claimed that they could not ignore the precedent set by Baker vs Nelson in 1972. ... Therefore, the majority judges in the Sixth Circuit Court Appeals Case ruled in the exact same way as the precedent set before them. ... Lastly, the Tennessee plaintiffs asked if the court would please throw out the precedent set by the Baker vs Nelson case. ...

• Word Count: 1936
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The more people dislike her, the angrier and more violent she becomes, which only serves to make people dislike her more. ... The basic storyline remains the same: Bianca's suitors come, the father sets down the rules, the sisters fight, one of Bianca's suitors finds a suitor for her sister, etc. The story is even set at Padua High School, to represent the setting of the original play. ...

• Word Count: 1575
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• Grade Level: High School

It is not surprising that Torvald feels this way because the law of the time period in which this play is set agrees with him - she is indeed his property. ... It is a role she plays well - until she finds that the role has not served her well. ... Nora shows this when she sets out to discover herself and leaves A Doll's House. ...

• Word Count: 1484
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• Grade Level: High School

Initially, the couple's relationship is merely a casual encounter until emotions begin to increase and confusion and guilt set in. ... It also serves as a romantic backdrop for their affair. " while in the street the wind whirled the dust round and round there was a great many people walking the festive crowd began to disperse" (219). ...

• Word Count: 1275
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• Grade Level: High School

In other words, the 10 hour work day further segregated men and women and those employers that wanted to hire women were now held to a stricter set of rules, consequently even less women were employable. ... Ironically, the very fact that the Ladies needed women to serve them precluded the serving women to be regarded as "True" women. ...

• Word Count: 1651
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is deeply ironic that the same idealism and patriotism that sent Kreb's to war as a college student - he was not drafted but enlisted in the marines - now disgusts him: " a distaste for everything that had happened to him in the war set in because of the lies he had told. ... Ironic is the fact that an idealistic young boy from a Methodist school who enlisted in the army to serve and protect his family, friends and countrymen, now considers him an outcast. ...

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The recruiting of others serves as a way of insuring that there will always be other gay people in this world since a same-sex couple cannot reproduce. ... NOW feels that these discriminatory policies set by a majority of the states should be changed. ...

• Word Count: 1870
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• Grade Level: High School

Any piece of literature may be better understood through a thorough analysis of the work. Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour-, written in new modern feminism, is an exciting short fiction mainly expressing the possessive, rather than loving relations between a husband and wife. The reader is fir...

• Word Count: 1471
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It was then, in the presence of that personality which was offensive to her, that the woman, by her divine art, seemed to reach Edna's spirit and set it free. ... These social contacts serve to maintain her place in the upper class circle of New Orleans and keep her abreast of all the news and gossip about the upper class. ...

• Word Count: 1629
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Not only does this speech set the terms for Petruchio and Kate's later relationship, but it is also important for what immediately follows: Kate, fully aware of Petruchio's intentions, implicitly consents to marry him by failing to protest against his false claims that she has already agreed to do so. ... The first exchange between Petruchio and Kate serves to be a great battle of wits. ...

• Word Count: 1693
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• Grade Level: High School

Janie, all her life, had been pushed around and told what to do and how to live her life. She searched to find a peace that made her whole and made her feel like a complete person. To make her feel like she is in fact an individual and that she was not like everyone else. In Their Eyes Were Watchin...

• Word Count: 1450
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Gender roles are sets of behaviors and characteristics associated with men and women. ... But as the shift in gender roles begin to open up it has been seen as acceptable that women are fit to serve their country as well and this message is then reinforced by the medias advertisements. ...

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Their Eyes Were Watching God In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie battles to find Individualism within herself. Janie, all her life, had been pushed around and told what to do and how to live her life. She searched and searched high and low to find a peace that makes her whole and makes her fe...

• Word Count: 1372
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There is a social unrest in America these days regarding the Government's denial of the right to marry to many homosexual. Those completely against gay marriage, mainly conservatives and neo-Christian politicians who are using religious arguments to establish that sexuality is an atrocity. While on the other side you have liberals who are fighting for the equal treatment of the gay community which is clearly supported by the 10th and 14th amendment in the United States Constitution. While the belief system of the politicians is what they are basing their ideals on, this country was founde...

• Word Count: 2327
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Often times when one reads a collection of philosophical writings on a subject, one will find authors who are usually associated with another field. Among these are Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, and Carl Jung, who are all considered psychologists rather than philosophers. However, they prese...

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A government adviser wrote in 1934, "many workers can escape the economic problems of old age only by dying before their period of superannuation sets in.... Our retirement policies still best serve the traditional family: a paid worker who is usually the husband and an unpaid homemaker who is the wife. ...

• Word Count: 2482
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate