A typical family in a typical suburban part of town you might think. ... He likes the maternal qualities of Ruth but loves the body of Mary Fisher, who became a successful novelist writing love stories. ... Now that Ruth is on her own, she can make up her plan to take revenge on the woman who took away the man she once loved. ... These depressions make Mary worry about her future and she is not longer that nave woman who is able to write slushy love stories and so her career takes an end. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Nevertheless, this story is also one of love: from maternal love, to a wife's love and devotion to her estranged husband. ... Things rapidly changed when her husband realized that the baby wasn't white, and he then began to alienate his family. He ignored his Desiree and the baby for months, and during this time Desiree still proclaimed her love for Armand, even if he didn't love her anymore. Armand knew that his family would be put to shame as soon as others discovered that he had had a black child. His family was one of the most prominent of Louisiana and he could not let...

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• Grade Level: High School

The friends have always dreamed of their "perfect family" , being married, with children. ... It ends up being love at first sight. ... As Cleavon works to get his woman, his friends Zenobia, Phil and Victoria work on their love lives. ... Zenobia goes on several dates in which she tries to find someone to start a family with and ends up going on a date with a man who she finds on the internet. ... Although not everyone got the "perfect family" they hoped for, they all end up happy with their own type of family....

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• Grade Level: High School

One similarity that stood out between the both of them is that men they loved jilted them both. ... She had killed him so that he would always love her. ... When Granny Weatherall died he whole family, the town doctor and priest were there at her beside. This shows that Emily was rich but poor in family and Granny Weatherall was poor but rich in family and love. ... One can conclude that family brings happiness not money. ...

• Word Count: 883
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

That something is love. ... His love is a girl born into an important family who would not even dream of being with a man on such a low level. ... Daisy is part of an important family and she has oodles of money. ... She was born into a much higher family and bloodline and the "money was in her voice." ... They, in essence, changed their lives by choosing these women to love. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Rose-Anna's only desire is to help her family. ... She has to find a way to cover her illegitimate pregnancy and manages to marry Emmanuel whom she does not love at all. This makes her the bad aspect of and independent woman because she uses Emmanuel's love for to solve her own problems. She realizes Emmanuel's love for her in this quote, "Then his gaze fell on her and his face brightened. ... This is maybe when she realizes that she can use Emmanuel for his love for her. ...

• Word Count: 1009
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As Bharati Mukherjee tells us in her essay "Love Me or Leave Me", life in India wasn't exactly a fairytale with a perfect ending. ... The thing that stopped her was her family. "The truth, which I couldn't share with my family, was that I was happier in Iowa City than in Calcutta" (188). ... Doris Day's film "Love Me or Leave Me" affected Bharati because she strongly related with the main character Ruth Etting. ... She comprehended the idea that it was possible for her to go beyond "patriarchal Hindu families like [hers], [where] men commanded and women obeyed" (193). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This play is about women's need for independence and her obligations to family and society. ... When a woman loves, as Nora does, nothing else matters. She will sacrifice herself for the family. ... She also says to him, "You have never loved me. ... She brought new ideas of women's freedom in the family, and in society. ...

• Word Count: 757
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• Grade Level: High School

The connections are made with "countless silken ties of love an thought," signifying the woman's deep care and compassion. ... The role that takes the responsibility of keeping a family and its friends together, the willing flexibility to help those they love and to accept the "slightest bondage" in their lives. The feeling of the "slightest bondage" may seem negative to some but others may recognize the slight feeling of enslavement to those we love the most. ... She has helped different people in her life (perhaps her family) to grow in different ways wheth...

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• Grade Level: High School

The second time, however, he uses "hero" as a comparison to an idealistic conquerer of love, as classic heroes conquered and victored great battles. ... At last, Claudio insists that he will never love again without speculation. "I"ll lock up all the gates of love, and on my eyelids shall conjecture hang to turn all beauty into thoughts of harm" demonstrates again his angst towards Hero and shows what an impact her supposed unfaithfulness has had on him. ... In a certain light, this public scorning has not only ashamed Hero herself, but moreover the fall and humiliation of her family name. ......

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• Grade Level: High School

Their love for Kurtz was undying and everlasting. ... In the city the intended's family labeled Kurtz as being not good enough. ... This is ironic because his black mistress" tribe or family treats him like a god. ... She talked of how she loves Kurtz and of how Kurtz needed her. ... Both went through very traumatic experiences to show their undying love for Kurtz. ...

• Word Count: 694
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• Grade Level: High School

This all changes quickly after he finds himself in love with a beautiful young girl. ... She gets a job in Detroit working for The Daboos, a family from her native Trinidad. ... So she moves to Ann Arbor and finds employment with another family. ... One dreams of a love, and the other waits for things to come her way. ... The boy in "Araby- wants only one thing, simply to get the attention of the young lady he admires, or is in love with. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

A provider for her family. ... The heart of my husband's trust, honesty, and love. ... The virtuous woman in me is one who strives for excellence, balance and self-love. ... She is a manufacturer, merchant, and landowner and yet, does not neglect her family. ... I am definitely a provider for my family. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

These "mother-women" loved to guard and care for their children and perform all that their husbands ask of them. ... She idolizes her children, loves her husband, and wishes to love and protect all people around her. ... Mother-women are great in the sense that they care and love their husbands and children. ... Adele watches over her children, adores her husband, and daily makes sacrifices for her family. ... I agree that women should love and adore their husbands, but I also agree that they should never idolize or worship their family. ...

• Word Count: 1026
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• Grade Level: High School

In the novel Thousand Splendid Suns, this idea is explored by Khaled Hosseini through the protagonist Mariam: a strong-willed woman who wants to have a family that would give her joy and fulfillment. ... Other children may ask for toys from their parents but for Mariam, she only wants things that money cannot buy: A family, unconditional love, acceptance and respect. ... Through Jalil, Mariam feels loved and "[never felt] like a harami". ... It did not matter to Mariam that she was going to die because "...she was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back. ... Sh...

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• Grade Level: High School

Aboriginal culture emphasizes the importance of family unity. This is evident in traditional Aboriginal cultures where the unity of the family and extended family is valued, as it enables the individual qualities of family members to enhance the overall standard of living. ... As a result of her marriage to Quick and attaining the love and support of another family, Rose finds that she can begin to forgive her own family and embrace Aboriginal values of family unity within the "tribe". ... Rose's sense of belonging within the Lamb family as a result of her marriage to Quick enables her t...

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• Grade Level: High School

She and the other seven wives obviously love their husband, Alex, which is important in a marriage. ... Joseph did, but I do envy the laid back lifestyle that she and her family live. ... How often do you see a man with several wives who all live together as a family? ... Whenever I meet the man I am going to marry, I want him to love me and not already have several wives. ... Elizabeth Joseph's speech has made me realize that even in polygamy, marriage can be full of love and friendships. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Anne had many children and loved them all very much. ... She showed her passion for her faith in the Lord and her family through writing. ... She is simply saying, "If two people were ever in love, then it is us. / If a man was ever greatly loved my his wife, it is you; / If ever a woman was completely happy with her husband, / Compare me to that woman if at all possible." She makes it clear that she is truly in love with her husband. Starting with line ten she says, "The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray. / Then while we live, in love let's so persevere / That when we live no mor...

• Word Count: 559
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

They have to keep in mind not only themselves but also the status of their family and society. ... She would face the risk of losing the love and respect of her own husband and near relatives and her matrimonial home and happiness being shattered. 5. ... The parents of a unmarried girl and also the husband and members of the family of a married woman, would also mire often than not, want to avoid publicity on account of the fear of social stigma on the family and honor. 10. ... They have to keep in mind not only themselves but also the status of their family and society. ... She would ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"She had come to Paris then with her mother, who struck up acquaintance with a few middle class families in her district in the hope of marrying her off. They were poor and decent, quiet and gentle". (1034) Her love for these fake jewels were not common of her class. ... "She lavished attention on her husband, spoiling and coddling him, and the charm of her person was so great that six years after their first meeting he loved her even more than in the early days". (1034-1035) She tricked him, she made him complexly comfortable so he wouldn't suspect a thing. He truly loved her and it seem...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Woman could not inherit property, unless a family had no male heirs. Only men could preside over family rituals that honored departed ancestors. ... The book continues to say that "the most important duties of women were to bear children and maintain wholesome homes for their families." ... Soorpanaka is a female demon that terrorizes Rama in the story and does everything in her evil power to obtain his love, but fails. ... I would have loved to be a man in a prominent position during this time. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Although Harry lived the life of a pirate, he had a loving family and a wife who adored him. ... Albert was a hard working family man who was down on his luck and money. Harry knew how much of a provider and icon Albert was to his family. ... He didn't have a beauty queen wife but he did have a wife that loved him and stood by him. ... They could be the ones that are really miserable, have no love, no family, and an empty heart. ...

• Word Count: 989
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• Grade Level: High School

One who works hard during the day to support his family and expects to return home in the evening to a warm dinner. ... The woman then replies, "I love you now. You know I love you." The love between the two characters seems to be there, but the girl is confused and unsure on what to do. ... This leads me to believe that he may not be as in love with her as he says because why would getting the abortion make her love him when she hadn't given off the reasons to believe she didn't want the baby. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Soon later Bessie was placed with a black family. ... She is a wife and mother and knows very well her role in the family. ... A simple homemaker, she now has a family to provide for. ... Yet, Dikeledi was a caring woman who works hard, loves her children, and means no harm to anyone. ... Dikeledi had a chance to collect "treasures" throughout the years she was alone with her children -independence, humility, hard work, happiness, freedom, and her love for her children. ...

• Word Count: 924
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

With the sexual revolution, thousands of mothers were going back to school so they could have a career doing something they love to do or that directly competed with men. ... Girls are reinforced from early on that women must be sexy to be successful and be sexy and successful to find love and they have to find love to have a family to start the cycle over again with their own children. The advertising industry could easily claim its social agenda for maintaining the realization of society and its subsequent shift back to the value of family and the importance of a parent being in the home i...

• Word Count: 1218
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate