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Women's Role and the Concept of Marriage

In eight pages this paper examines writings of St. Jerome, St. Augustine, and others in a consideration of the marriage concept an...

Marriage Views of Henrik Ibsen

works, that Ibsen had a unique take on women. In fact, Baker-White notes that Ibsens realist plays had been subverted due to the u...

Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee's The Good Marriage

In five pages a textual overview includes the authors' explanation of 4 marriage types. There are no other sources listed....

Mysteries of Marriage in Ephesians 5:21-33

This paper evaluates Ephesians 5:21-33 in an overview of marriage and the marital roles of women and men in five pages. Five sour...

Overview of Teenage Marriages

to light which appears just as serious. Although teens in general, and especially low-income and minority teens, are often blamed ...

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 ...

Classical Greek Literature and Women's Tragic Marriages

Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...

John Stuart Mill's 'Feminist' Side

In a paper consisting of 5 pages, Mill's 'The Subjection of Women' reveals the philosopher's feminist views particularly in terms ...

Good Marriage According to J.S. Mill

In five pages this paper examines The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill in order to determine how the philosopher conceptual...

The Five Minute Marriage by Joan Aiken

In five pages this paper examines how 19th century English greed is portrayed in Joan Aiken's novel, The Five Minute Marriage. Th...

Marriage Traditions of Native Americans

under an imposed patriarchal structure" (Osburn 10). Arranged marriages and unions born out of convenience were not an unus...

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 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...

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 ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare and Customs of Elizabethan Love and Marriage

In five pages this paper examines how Shakespeare portrays the love and marriage customs of his Elizabethan era within the context...

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...

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...

George Eliot's Middlemarch

In 6 pages this paper examines how the author's perceptions of marriage are reflected in 4 couples depicted in Middlemarch. One s...

Society and Marriage According to Various Literary Interpretations

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares the marriage perspectives of Mary Astell and Margery Kempe and discusses how society ...

U.S. and Mexico Marriage Practices

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the marriage practices of the U.S. and Mexico. Two sources are cited in the bibli...

Failed Marriages in The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James and The Awakening by Kate Chopin

to pass her by that the thought nearly paralyzes her emotions. She learns from years of fighting those bottled up emotions that s...

Gender Attitudes About Sex, Chastity, and Marriage in Samuel Richardson's Pamela and Daniel Defoe's Roxana

In nine pages the ways in which these novels reflected gender attitudes of the 18th century regarding chastity, sex, and marriage ...

'The Tiger's Bride' by Angela Carter

Carter's 1979 short story is the focus of this report consisting of five pages in which marriage as a social institutuion is criti...

Dysfunctional Marriage in American Beauty

joy in my life" (Mendes, 1999, p. PG). II. CONSIDERING SYSTEMS APPROACH What would it take to put Lester and Carolyns marriage b...

Same Sex Unions Defended

involved to some degree because of the tax status that is given to married people. A married person may be given certain entitlem...

The Character of Louisa in Hard Times

This Dickens tale is looked at as it relates to this single character but other characters are discussed as well. Gender is someth...

Literature Review on the Effects of Illness on Marital Happiness

In ten pages this essay presents a review of literature discussing how satisfaction in marriage is affected by chronic illness. T...

Ancient Rome and Divorce

In ten pages the various types of marriages and divorces that existed during the time of Ancient Rome are examined in terms of cha...

Role of Marriage as Represented in 2 Literary Works

In five pages this paper compares North and South by Gaspell and Vanity Fair by W.M. Thackeray in terms of how marriage and its ro...