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Marriage Customs of Africa

In a research paper that consists of five pages different marriage customs of Lobola such as laws and bridewealth are explored wit...

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...

Marriage Traditions of Native Americans

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

Ancient Societies' Marital Customs

This paper contrasts and compares the marital customs and women's roles in various ancient societies in 5 pages. Five sources are...

Amish and Samoan Marriage Customs

forms of relationships that occur between unmarried lovers, which involved clandestine encounters. This aspect of Samoan courtship...

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...

Things Fall Apart Examines Colonialism

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is in many ways both an indictment of colonial England's arrogance and ignorance about African c...

Brief Overview of The US Customs Service II

A brief version of the Customs.wps paper is presented in five pages....

Analyzing Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

period of decline, Okonkwo had held a position of reverence in Umuofia for his impressive skills as a warrior. His friend Obierik...

Choice and Society in The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy

playing at work is also a reasonable contention: there is, as he says, enough productive physical work available within a communit...

Family Systems of China

In seven pages traditional and contemporary Chinese families are compared in terms of marriage customs, power according to gender,...

The Idea of Marriage Expressed in Three Plays.

This 5 page paper discusses the portrayal of marriage in three plays: A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen; The Marriage of Olype by Aug...

Venezuela and the Pemon and Yamamao Indigenous Tribes

In seven pages the Venezuelan rain forest inhabitants the Pemon and Yamamao indigenous tribes are discussed in an examination of t...

Marriages: Their Eyes Were Watching God

want him to do all de wantin" (Hurston 192). Her grandmother tells her something that seems specific to all arranged marriages whe...

In Favor of Same-Sex Marriage - With Qualifications

define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. The same debate in mostly-liberal Vermont several years ago resulted in ...

Society in India and China

Though close in geography, the social customs and culture of India and China are radically different. This paper compares and cont...

So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba

of a European spinster. Rama calls this an "aspect of the New Africa" (24), a reference to modern, global politics affecting the l...

The Western Influence on the Countries of Africa Africa

6 pages and no sources. This paper considers the nature of western influences on the countries of Africa. Specifically, this pap...

Overview of the 'New South Africa'

comparison of the two works, illustrating what one can learn of South Africa through having two different sources of information, ...

The Socioeconomic and Cultural Impacts of Apartheid in Africa

that was operative in the time of the lynchings during the 1800s and 1900s. Rather than seeing a group mentality or a societal ...

South Africa and Independence

as the people of South Africa seek to bring about a more equitable sharing of political power and wealth within their country. O...

The Change in Africa's Dependence on Europe

9 pages and 7 sources. This paper considers the transformation of Africa in recent decades, including the emerging view of Africa...

China's Entry into Africa

many of the trade barriers lifted and restrictions relaxed, for trade and good going into and coming out of China (Thompson, 2007)...

Kurtz in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

central point of the narrative. The company accountant is the first character to refer to Kurtz and he tells Marlow that Kurtz i...

Infant Mortality

account for there reversal in the infant mortality rates seen since the 1980s. This paper will look at the patterns and trend in...

A Son of Africa

thumbscrews" (California Newsreels). This particular film is clearly a film that is aimed at bringing light to the past, to the ...

Medieval Law and Literature in ‘Beowulf’

so important because it represents at the beginning the significance of having a male heir to carry on ancestral traditions. The ...

In Opposition to Gay Marriage

is linked to moral, religious and political views about the legalities involved in gay marriage and the sanctioning of gay and les...

Same-Sex Marriage

right of same-sex couples to marry and New Jersey has granted these couples the "legal equivalent of marriage" (Hull, 2007, p. 748...

The Importance of Customs and Courtesies

regimented. The rules that come from the military are expected to be obeyed to the letter and not just as a part of an optional cu...