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American Incest Taboo

In 6 pages this paper examines the American taboo of incest from political, sociological, and biological perspectives. There are ...

Victorian Reading Habits: The Thrill of Transgression

"a castle, ruined or intact, haunted or not"; sinister ruins "which arouse a pleasing melancholy"; dungeons, catacombs, crypts and...

The Thrill of Transgression: “Frankenstein” and “Manfred”

is blasphemous. Also, and certainly unknown to himself, he is skittering along the knife edge between madness and sanity. He is a ...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Incest Issues

poisoned herself at the end is of little consequence to Claudius. But of notable significance is the continued interaction b...

Italian Communication Style

a consensus through the means of argument and debate (Kenna and Lacy, 1995). Therefore, the speech pathologist may note that Itali...

Loss of the American Dream in Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In nine pages the loss of the American dream as Fitzgerald portrays it in the moral decline and incest themes in his novel is disc...

On the Fiftieth Anniversary of 'The Second Sex' Publication A Letter to Addressed to Simone De Beauvoir

In this five page letter the books continued relevance through the acceptance of legalized abortion and birth control along with a...

Literary Reality and Fiction

In five pages this paper discusses the representation of reality and fiction in literature in an examination of Chekhov's The Thre...

Part One of Erotism Death and Sensuality by Georges Bataille

In nine pages this paper examines the controversial theories of Bataille including his analytical emphasis upon taboo and transgre...

Susan Forward and Craig Buck's Betrayal of Innocence Incest and its Devastation

1988 reprint of Betrayal of Innocence, Dr. Forward wrote, "I, too, had been victimized in a similar way by my father. I had kept...

Public Behavior and Interpersonal Relations

a ruckus. It might be deemed crazy behavior as well. Children learn this too. When children act out at home, they may receive a "t...

The Culture of Disbelief by Stephen Carter and The Last Taboo by Wendy Kaminer

with God" (Kaminer). Kaminers argument is fairly clean, but her primary point is perhaps somewhat vague and illusive. She makes...

Analysis of Two Essays on American Culture

when an a more appropriate question would be "whether they had fun" (Ecenbarger). This fits with the overall cultural focus on, no...

Hamlet & Oedipus

consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...

Oedipus’ Trial

and queen of Corinth. As a young man, Oedipus heard the prophecy that he would murder his father and marry his mother. Thinking th...

An Analysis of the Acorn Woodpecker

(a large proportion of which are unisexual and composed entirely of females except for a short period when male reproductives are ...

Uses of Symbolism in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex

largely concerns issues of perception. When Oedipus at last learns the truth of his origin and situation, he takes broaches from t...

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare Critically Analyzed

from a popular Icelandic tale in which the lead character by the name of "Amleth" experienced similar events throughout his lifeti...

Ungentlemanly Acts by Barnett

who wanted to believe that this military man would do something so heinous. While the work does involve the topic of incest, it a...

Practicum Proposal: PTSD in Women Victims of Violent Crime

diagnosis or believe they do not. PTSD The American Psychiatric Association has specific guidelines for diagnosing PTSD, sp...

Prevention Strategies for Coercive Sexual Behaviors

therapeutic response to predation. This research study is designed to assess the different methods through a comparative analysis...

Theme of Incest in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

1949. The first soliloquy provides ample opportunity to witness the impact this has upon Hamlet, inasmuch as he simply cannot com...

Causes and Effects of Incest

marriage of close relatives is to prevent inbreeding, or consanguinity. The reasoning behind such prohibitions revolve around the...

Comparing Antigone and Oedipus by Sophocles

the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...

PTSD Caused by Childhood Incest and Peplau Intervention Theory

In fourteen pages this research paper considers how a nursing intervention can be designed to assist adults with PTSD resulting fr...

Canadian Literature and Violence

The very nature of such a situation requires that the primary character survive that which the reader is not sure he or she could ...

The Cider House Rules by John Irving Literary Review

this argument with great compassion. While Homer develops a sincere admiration for Dr. Larch, he disagrees with abortion because ...

Group Therapy

Three modes of group psychotherapy are explored. Cognitive restructuring, Gestalt, and meaning-centered family therapy are discuss...

Deviance in 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

the "ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies" (Poe 24). This seems to indicate a dark illusion tha...

Survivor Trauma and Incest

In twelve pages this paper examines how survivors of incest are traumatized in a discussion of various psychological issues includ...