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Persuasion by Jane Austen

In eight pages this paper considers the author's life and also discusses how Austen perceives marriage and love within the context...

The Thematic Significance of Fire in British Literature

This paper addresses the various roles of fire in three British literary works, Blake's, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Bronte's...

Amend the Constitution to Ban Gay Marriage

It could be said that the ban, as well, could likely violate the concept of equality, which is also implied in the Constitution (T...

Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Family and Marriage

devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...

Tutorial on Learning Decisions and Life Experiences

this case, the spouse can also learn about why men cheat (either by talking with other people who have gone through similar situat...

Premarital Counseling Effects Upon Marriage Length

do arise in marriages that are not foreseen by the partners at the time that they marry. Problems with in-laws, money and sex are...

Marriage and Sociology

The primary reason for dating, though it is strictly on a subconscious and biological level, is to find and obtain a mate for the ...

Questions About Gay Marriage Answered

many questions which arise. II. Questions and Answers As requested by a student writing on this subject, this part of the pape...

United States and Thailand Laws Regarding Marriage

statutes that address marriage, such as the 1996 Federal Defense of Marriage Act, which states that the word "marriage means only ...

Comparative Analysis of Married Heterosexuals and Married Homosexuals

divorce rates should make a statement about the fate of the traditional family structures. Most statistics state that one in two m...

Caucasian and African American Interracial Marriages

in order to claim her white heritage she would essentially have to have her mother along to prove she was also Caucasian (Hubbynet...

Defense of Same Sex Marriages

establish a legal precedent in 1967 which declared bans on interracial marriages as unconstitutional that states were forced to re...

Wives of Muhammad

acknowledge Muhammad as Allahs Prophet and offered encouragement and support for her husband throughout her life. Like his first...

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...

Ancient Greek Woman's Life

Greece, 2004). Eleni supposed her husband would do the same, but given that she had never met him she couldnt be sure. She was d...

3 Religious Issues

women being "accepted in the diaconate which is a part of Holy Orders" (Womens Ordination Conference, n.d.; also see The Campaign ...

William Shakespeare's Comic Take on Marriage

of the couple. As Shakespeare juxtaposes their feelings of love, we find that they have not even met. Ferdinand is awakened by the...

Lesbian and Gay Social Movement, Marriage, and Parenthood

In six pages this paper emphasizes social tolerance in an examination of marriages and parenting of same sex couples. Six sources...

Ancient Rome, Family, and Marriage

ghost stories and one even entailed the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius (2001). Included are a wide array of characters inclusive of the ...

Marital Disintegration in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

In five pages this essay examines what tensions led to the disintegration of the Macbeth marriage within the context of William Sh...

Bernard Malamud's Contemporary Fable The Magic Barrel

In a combination essay and research paper consisting of five pages the writer considers how the relationship tensions between the ...

The Magic Barrel of Bernard Malamud

The tension that exists between the student of religion and the marriage broker and the ways in which it moves the country forward...

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and Elizabethan Women

beautiful and good-tempered woman and Baptista is aware that will have no difficulty in finding her a husband; however, Katherine ...

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...

Opposition to Same Sex Marriage

the fact that historically, men have had sex with men and women with women. Sexuality is really a separate issue. Sex can occur be...

U.S. and Gay Rights

in case state law would attempt to implement it. While that never came to fruition, some states already have laws on the books ban...

Anthropological Perspectives on Marriage

a shift in thinking. I suspect that when someone (in the West at any rate) hears the word "marriage" they automatically see it as...

Ethics and a Medical Malpractice Case Study

However, this feeble attempt at legal protection goes directly against another California law - termed a crime of sexual exploitat...

Same Sex Marriages

that the state must show that there are compelling reasons why marriage license should be issued only to heterosexual couples (Dor...

Relationships, Female Dominance, and 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

looks at the picture of a man killing a lion, and says that if the lion had painted the picture, it would have been the other way ...