Authors Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor's passionately religious writings represent typical literature of the seventeenth century period. ... Her father made it so that she had private tutors and also access to earl's library, where she spent most of her childhood reading about history and literature. ... Contrasting from Anne Bradstreet, Taylor, "the Calvinist beliefs of this Puritan minister, scholar, and author guided his decisions that were also influenced by the political atmosphere of the times" (Milieu). ...

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Taming of the Shrew Gender Roles in The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare's play, The Taming of the Shrew has always been an important play for those who study gender and its depiction early literature. ... Love guides many of Lucentio's future actions throughout the play. ... There is always a hope that his character might have more depth, but it was only "Bianca's love- (V.i.98) that guided his actions. ... The Taming of the Shrew acts as a comedic guide for reconstructing how a man can make his wife submit without resorting to violence. ... In the literatu...

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• Grade Level: High School

Indeed, R.K.Narayan's heroine, Rosie, in his novel 'The Guide' is viewed only in relation to the main protagonist, Raju and Raju's mother is confined to a very secondary position. ... Before proceeding to the woman characters in Markandaya's novel 'Nectar in a Sieve', let us define the characteristics of the stereotypical womanhood in Indian culture and tradition and as it has been portrayed in literature over generations. ... This image of virtuous goddesses devoted to their husbands is the ideal image of Indian womanhood and it has persisted in culture and ...

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This poem's usage of 'em dashes' and exclamation points successfully guide the reader to read the poem with an aggressive tone. ... This is the struggle with literature because a reader wants to figure out the author's intent as opposed to figuring it out through creativity and originality. ...

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Money and Marriage----The matrimonial value orientation in Pride and Prejudice [Abstract] Pride and prejudice, the most popular of Jane Austen's novels, deals with the five Bennet Sisters and their search for suitable husbands. It is read widely all over the world and was written in 1813. That spe...

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Preface Marriage and families founded through marriage constitute the basic cells of the society. It involves a multi-layer relationship between neighbors and other elements in the community, and it is so regarded by the Chinese as the top issue of the morality of human kind. Wedding ceremony is the ritual conducted when the couple decides to establish a marital relationship and through which they can win over the approval, recognition and protection of the community. The procedure of the wedding ceremony actually reflects the various social and cultural notions. The wedding customs in anci...

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• Grade Level: High School