... in their household when they spoke of their families. These dependents usually consisted of spouses, children, servants, apprentices, and co-resident relatives. Tadmor notes that the author of the Dictionary published in 1755, Samuel Johnson, defined the term family as, "those who live in the same house." ... as familial actions." Of course there were references to family as being related by blood or through marriage, but there was also a very common concept of family through relationships of authority, and co-residence. A household-family was considered to consist of people who live und...

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... through to become one. In The Necklace, Mathilde Loisel, the main character, is symbolic for many reasons. Primarily, she represents a woman living a common lifestyle of the nineteenth century. Maupassant stated, "For women have no caste or class,"(103) which notes the lack of stature that women, like Mathilde, endured. Mathilde felt herself "Born for every delicacy and luxury" (103). In today's society ... her appearance change, but also she changes as a person and finally learns the meaning of hard work. For once in her life, she takes responsibility for her mistake. So in a sense, Ma...

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