... dextrarum iunctio: bride and bridegroom join hands (from a funeral altar). Marriage sometimes did result in love. In the case of Pliny the Younger (39) and Calpurnia (probably around the age of 14) this happened. Calpurnia was the ideal bride for Pliny; he praised her intelligence and her skill in looking after the ... or both to die during childbirth. Caesar's daughter Julia, died during childbirth, and Pliny wrote a letter saying that both daughters of one of his friends, Helvidius, died during labor. So the prospect of becoming a mother must have been very daunting for the young brides...

• Word Count: 3290
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

... to him; this is significant because it reveals that the father does not realize the all the possible new opportunities it will bring. Thus, letting go of family is harder than it looks. Responding to change in a positive manner will release many new chances. The future holds many great possibilities, even more ... (28-30). The father is trying to give advice to his daughter when he should be taking his very own advice. He will never change if he keeps trying to hold onto the old memories instead of focusing on the new. "Just don't be fooled by anyone but yourself." (35-36). Her father lov...

• Word Count: 613
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... are kept. The only one that can enter and explore the room is the owner. The author uses the metaphor of "rooms" to illustrate the isolation of mothers and daughters from each other. The rooms represent each individual's way of looking at life. The mother describes her own room, her own mother's room, an empty room, a room with an open window and her daughter's room. The speaker's room is full of hope, dreams and ... committing the same mistakes that she and her mother committed. The speaker wants her daughter to know that there is hope for her when she mentions, "This room of open wind...

• Word Count: 1126
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... girl; she orders her brothers around by saying things like: "You've got to eat if I say you have to- (26) and "mind me tonight- (39). Jason Compson has many different personalities in the novel. As a child he is constantly crying; his grandmother, Damuddy, spoils him. When he gets older, he becomes ruthless ... family. Jason's mother Caroline loves him more than her other children. She tells him, "You are the only one of them that isn't a reproach to me- (181). As an adult, Jason has to take care of his mother and his niece Quentin. He is cruel to his niece and is always spying and threa...

• Word Count: 911
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School