In the text it says "Even when her parents insisted it was time for Sedna to marry she refused to follow the tradition and obey them.This is an example of culture because the  parents are in control of their marriages. ... The text states "Sedna & her father got in the kayak and set off for home.... The text states ,"Sedna sank to the bottom of the ocean and there came a powerful spirit.... All in all ,marrying, transportation, and god of the sea are examples of  reveled culture noted in the text "The Legend of Sedna the Sea Goddess.... All in all, although marrying, tran...

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• Grade Level: High School

It is because of this, it is such an important text for students to study. ... The text's target audience is teenagers and young adults. ... The title of the text, "Looking For Alibrandi" conveys Josephine's search for self-identity. Basically the whole text is based on this one issue and the conflicts Josephine has along the way. ... Marchetta has also used important issues of this day and age to make this text both enjoyable and a good text for students to read because they can easily relate to it, which is very useful when you are trying to get the attention of the young read...

• Word Count: 951
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• Grade Level: High School

Good afternoon class: Appropriation is the translation of elements of one text into another text, in which the old elements are transformed to suit the responders of the new social context. ... As can be seen, the attitude to marriage in the 19th century context of Pygmalion contrasts sharply to that of Pretty Woman, a 20th century text. ... These are the main issues of marriage which have changed vastly from the appropriation of the 19th century text of Pygmalion into the 20th century composition of Pretty Woman. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This severe family disharmony is something that is implicitly challenged within the text by Aboriginal values. ... Contrast the way the novelist presents men and women in the text. Link this to a feminist reading of the text." ... She seems to be the most "feminen" woman in the text. ... Oriel has had many experiences by the river.The women in the text face a number of problems. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The text also explores the relationship between individuals and the authorities that have the power and the loss of individuality of inmates. The text also explores the concept of rehabilitation. ... Caitlyn is significant in that she offers the love interest for Brett in the text. ... Throughout the text, Monk uses the theme of power, and its abuse, through his various characters. ...

• Word Count: 814
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• Grade Level: High School

What I was least attracted too was his usage of text in his still picture with a mask. I think when it comes to art it should be expressed without words or any form of text. Once text is used in art, the viewers ability to interpret becomes limited to the words. ...

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Through examination of the text, it can be interpreted that Hamlet is motivated to action by his concerns for his mother and the devastating sin that her incestuous union will leave upon her soul. ... By examining this, the first crime identified by the text, we can recognize the driving force it has on Hamlet as a source of motivation. ... We can observe in the text that Hamlet does see it as a crime and sin, and it is the final motivator of Hamlet's enacted revenge on Claudius. ...

• Word Count: 736
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• Grade Level: High School

The leading text, and the only one introduced in Congress, is two sentences: "Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. ... But he said nothing in the text is meant to prevent state legislatures from establishing civil unions, as Vermont's did in 2000, or from conferring a range of domestic benefits on same-sex partners, as California lawmakers did this year. ... As a result, Daniels said, his alliance is working on another version that would make "minor changes in the text to make it explicit and undeniably clear that we are not seeking to inva...

• Word Count: 772
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Song Related To The Section On Divorce In Family Studies Class The text book for the NFO OAC course states that divorce results from the failure of a marriage to meet the expectations of one or both marriage partners. ... The text also states that those who divorce once are more likely to divorce a second or third time . ... The text also says that most divorces occur within five to fifteen years of marriage. ... The text also contains a quote from Margaret Atwood who states that "divorce is like an amputation: you survive but there is less of you". ...

• Word Count: 999
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• Grade Level: High School

The author, Marjorie Shostak, provides at the beginning of each chapter in her book a short introduction of the subject matter which precedes text in the actual chapters recounting Nisa's life. ... What I noticed particularly missing from the text is that it covers a mainly female viewpoint on life in a !...

• Word Count: 524
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James Joyce's short story, "A Painful Case" depicts the life of a Dubliner, James Duffy, at a specific period in his life. However, hidden in the lines of the text, there lies a tragic love story, and the "Carpe Diem" lesson that once again is learned a few moments too late. In the text, the death ...

• Word Count: 488
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The text provokes in me the feeling that Zelda's only chances of achieving a certain degree of prosperity in her life is to marry. Obviously the text was written in period of time when women were much more disadvantaged than men. ...

• Word Count: 491
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From this primary text, written by the speechwriter Lysias (c.440-380B.C.E.), one can reach a decent understanding of the gender roles within the Athenian society and the aspects of domestic life and public justice in ancient Athens. ... A valuable aspect of the text is found in how it presents women in Athenian society. ...

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This was specifically supported by opponents to same-sex marriage realizing that many of the educational texts would be rewritten to show the political correctness of having gay or lesbian parents. ... Charging that the contention of educational content being completely re-written to sanction and as critics complained, promote same-sex marriage as approved in elementary school text books, those in favor of same-sex marriage looking to defeat Proposition 8 took their opponents to court. ...

• Word Count: 907
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• Grade Level: High School

The sweet, unselfish and loving daughter named Belle can be turned into someone who we never thought when we're young that she can be. According to Derrida (1960's) Deconstruction is a method of reading which is based on the assumption that language is unreliable. The goal of a deconstructionist rea...

• Word Count: 819
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We do not know how they lost their son, but the text tells in p. 3 l. 122-123: ''We attended a group for parents of children who died in preventable accidents'' that it was not a natural death (it never is when children die), but it must have been a terrible accident when they could have prevented it from happening, and they must have a lot of bad guilt in them. ... The text gives a lot of symbols of that; when he drives his new son to the arena, where the son is going to play lacrosse. ...

• Word Count: 778
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• Grade Level: High School

While doing my ambulance clinicals in Indianapolis with Rural/Metro Ambulance I encountered many new experiences, but none quite the same or more impacting than the last call of my second night there. At about 2:30 AM on a Sunday morning the truck that I was working on was called as the fifth back...

• Word Count: 628
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Margaret Sanger's "My Fight for Birth Control" is truly a moving and emotional text depicting the pregnancy/abortion related horrors women had to live through (and very often, died for). She had worked as a nurse, able to witness first hand the suffering of these mostly poor/middle class women and ...

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Two Portraits of women in Poe's tale Ligeia. Not only does Ligeia's unusual beauty represents the main theme throughout the story, but the text reflects Poe's rejecting the "ordinary", a common theme in literature. The writter rejects classical values and welco...

• Word Count: 491
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Widowhood can occur anytime a married couple's life. However, it is more so for the man to die first than the woman in their later years of life. According to the text, men die an average of 8 years earlier than women and there are 4.4 widows for every one widower. But, in this article, we explain t...

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She tries to justify the way she acts by comparing it to the actions of authority figures and sacred texts. ... To support this, the Wife says; "After thy text, ne after thy rubriche, I wol nat wirche as muchel as a gnat." ...

• Word Count: 998
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• Grade Level: High School

The thoughts of Anuj aren't described in the text, which makes him quite flat as a character, as he is only described by his actions. ... The message of the text is how hard arranged marriages can be. ...

• Word Count: 1083
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• Grade Level: High School

However, with the clues given throughout the text and some imagination, it might be that the narrator's wife is having an affair with his pool partner. ... Upon reading the story for the first time, the reader may glance over the italicized text and not give it much thought. ...

• Word Count: 1133
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• Grade Level: High School

The book of Hosea is one of great prophecy accounting for God's relentless love for His children. Hosea wrote it himself to the land and people of Israel (2). Hosea was called by God to be His voice to the people in about the middle of the eighth century b.c. and dedicated at least thirty-eight year...

• Word Count: 526
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• Grade Level: High School

Anne Bradstreet's use of Plain Style Anne Dudley was very young when she got her start on life. She was born and got her education in England. At sixteen, she married Simon Bradstreet, who was a friend of her father. They moved to American when Anne was eighteen years old. Her life was much ...

• Word Count: 559
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School