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Same Sex Marriages and the Baptist Church

that will be addressed on the following pages. Possible Causes of Homosexuality When exploring a subject as controversial and vo...

Evolution of Women's Roles in the Islamic Tradition

in 7th century Arabia" (Time, 2001; 50). For example, while many pagan societies of the time buried unwanted female infants alive,...

Foils and Marriage in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

him to be when she first met him at the ball: a rude egocentric boor. And yet, one of the Bingley sisters illuminates what society...

Marriage in Ann Petry's The Street, Nella Larsen's Passing, and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

to delve into such concentrated and personal subjects as these, especially in front of strangers. However, Larsen recognized the ...

Physical and Emotional Implications of Premarital Sex

In eight pages this paper discusses sex without marriage in terms of physical implications such as STDs and emotional effects. Ei...

Marriage in 'The Way Of The World' by William Congreve

beings in any respect is a concept foreign to the authors forward thinking structure. In establishing the demands between Mirabel...

Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider's The Rules

In seven pages this paper examines the flaws associated in a woman seeking marriage 'playing hard to get' in an overview of Ellen ...

Comparing Marital Attitudes by the Hebrews and Ancient Greeks

allowing them to be less complex than they often are in real life. In the Old Testament in the bible, they tend to be rather simpl...

Emma by Jane Austen, Maturation and Marriage

In 6 pages this paper examines the last novel by Jane Austen and how themes of marriage and maturation are represented in the expe...

Islam and Marriage

In seven pages this paper examines marriage practices from an Islamic perspective. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Gender Roles, Arranged Marriages and Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

In five pages this paper discusses how arranged marriages oppressed women in this analysis of these two literary works. Two sourc...

Marriage Medieval Style in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this paper compares how medieval marriage and women's roles were depicted in 'The Nun's Tale,' 'The Wife of Bath's T...

Emma Bovary's Lack of Intellectual Stimulation in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

In five pages this paper examines how Emma was motivated by the lack of intellectual stimulation from her marriage to country doct...

Three Brief Essays on Musical Topics

opium. The drug, too weak to kill, plunges him into a heavy sleep accompanied by strange visions. His sensations...are translated ...

Family Structure of the Cherokee

In nine pages this paper examines the matrilineal family structure of the Cherokee in terms of gender roles, marriage determinatio...

Theme of Romantic Love in the Poetry of Felicia Hemans and William Blake

In 10 pages the ways in which romantic love is expressed by each poet is examined in an analysis of William Blake's 'Marriage of H...

Erica Jong's Fear of Flying

This paper provides a reading of Jong's novel, Fear of Flying. The author raises questions on a variety of Jong's assertions and ...

Reasons for the Failure of Marriages

wives tend to have a greater incidence of spousal abuse than do those who regard their mates in a more respectful manner. While d...

Bessie Head's 'The Collector of Treasures' and Marriage

In 5 pages the 2 couples featured in this short story by Bessie Head are contrasted and compared regarding the marriages of each. ...

Queen of the Summer Stars by Persia Woolley

In five pages this report examines the marriage between King Arthur and Queen Guinevere as presented in this second novel of the t...

Love, Marriage, and Women in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

In fact, Wilde seems to be making important commentary on Victorian society itself, contending that something may reveal a perfect...

Gay Marriage Debate

manner inconsistent with the intentions of the people in enacting that provision. Yet that is precisely what has happened in the S...

Argument Against Sanctioning Gay Marriage

homosexuality was not a lifestyle in the eighteenth century. Rather, having sex with someone of the same gender was something that...

2 Papers on Romantic Poets

opens "Marriage" delivers a millenarian prophecy that identifies Christ, revolution and apocalypse and, in so doing, "satanizes" a...

Same Sex Marriages Should Not Be Allowed

decision to allow gay marriages, a new Pew Center poll shows 59 percent of Americans oppose such marriages, thats up from 55 perce...

Customs of Chinese Marriage Since 1949 Introduction of Communism

from welcoming" (Watson, 1991, p. 350). The traditional rural peasant view of daughters is still that they are "excess baggage." W...

Should There be Legalization of Same Sex Marriages?

also in case law. Case law has given many good and worthwhile definition of marriage, one f the first is in the of Hyde v. Hyde an...

Religious Rituals of Judaism and Christianity

offers the marriage contract, and the woman accepts: this is a contractual obligation which can only be broken by death or divorce...

Women's Freedom and the Detriment of Marriage

is exemplified by the nuclear family that leaves women unfulfilled. It is ultimately this missing part of life--or the lack of fre...

Marriages Between People of the Same Sex

in a same-sex marriage. The definition of marriage states that it is a union of two people of the opposite sex. Given...