... EE or EOI (emotionally overinvolved) relatives to attribute to the the patient's symptoms and other negative behaviors to factors that are stable. 2. Investigation of the link between EE and attributions in previously unexamined population, the relatives of patients with bipolar disorder. II) Hypothesis 1. Examined the attributions relatives made regarding their own casual roles ... in undesirable patient behaviors. 2. Examined high and low EE relative's beliefs about the degree to which bipolar patients cause their own undesirable behaviors. III) Method 1. 66 bipolar patients and famil...

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... sun really did a good job in addressing race inequality and gender equality in the 1950s. Beneatha had dreams of becoming a doctor, very few woman aspired to be doctors especially not black women. She is determined to realize ... nurse not a doctor. Beneatha also speaks of how she feels no need to be married, this along with trying to be a doctor where though of as radical ideas in the 1950s. Walters" wife is the opposite of Beneatha, she is the stereotypical woman staying at home and attending to the traditional duties of a woman and housewife. ... most obvious would be how the family ...

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The main characters of four mothers and each of their daughters, The Joy Luck Club tells a fascinating tale of two generations, in two different continents. The story ping pongs from mother to daughter, present, to past, and United States to China starts with Suyuan Woo, who passed away and her daughter, Jing- ... mei "June" Woo taking over her mother's seat at the mah-jong table which triggers the unraveling of memories and events in all of the characters. The varying stories of the daughters" ranging from marital problems to individual, inner matters, to cultural issues effortlessly and natu...

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... 's. Chillingworth is one of the characters and the other is Dimmesdale. Chillingworth is Hester's husband who was captured by Indians for two years. While he was gone, his wife Hester, had an affair with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. When he returns, Hester sees Chillingworth in the crown while she is on the scaffold. He meets up with her later and tells her not to ... . By not telling anyone about this, he begins to change emotionally and physically. The emotional change is that he cries all the time and through his guilt, he puts himself through immense physical pain. He starts to go thro...

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... .The law do not say that you can not have sex before marriage.The couples may think that they are mature enough and have responsibility. Live-in relationship is the good way to get to know each other.I think when people love each other,they have the idea of getting married but they ... will never know whether they are the perfect match or not.In order to get to know each other better,living together before marriage seems to be the good way.If they can not live together happily,they ... divorced.However,if they have good relation while livin together,they can ensure that their lover is t...

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... is the one to get remarried but the person who legally initiated the divorce was Jane. I believe that the initiator has to be taken in a non-normative way as in the person who made the divorce an option should be considered the initiator. Jake and Jane's divorce also shows the impact that a divorce has ... that they hadn't gotten over the divorce yet and this affair was just another thing that would complicate their family even more than it already was. In ways you can see how the children are broken still from their parents' divorce, the children's eyes light up when they first saw their...

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... seventeenth century, people in New England were healthier physically, had more stable religion and better family values. Health conditions overwhelmed the Chesapeake colonies with infections, diseases, and deaths. "Plagued by horrendous mortality, the Chesapeake remained, for most of the seventeenth century, a land of immigrants rather than of settled families." (Nash pg. 39) Grandparents were almost unheard of because the surrounding environment full of disease ... , spun yarn, wove cloth, and made clothes. (Nash pg. 47) Puritans stressed that marriage should occur for the right reason:...

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... more more enamored with his looks and what he does than who he is as a person. The young girl thinks she is in love with her new husband, but is more in love with the idea of having a husband. The girl is blissfully happy at the beginning of the piece, but that happiness soon ... and fingers are misshapen. Not able to remove her glance from the horror, she describes them as "a pliant beast, awkwardly bent, shaken by faint jerks which resembled some sort of agony. The flat, cruel nail of the over long thumb glistened." This sickens the girl and she is somewhat ... repulsed by him now. S...

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... death of their child. The poem takes place in the early 1900's in the home of the husband and wife. During this time period society dictated that men did not show their true feelings. Therefore, men tended to have dealt with conflicts by working hard and being domineering. The poem states ... that he "mounted until she cowered under him" (l. 11). Later on in the poem, the husband says "I"ll follow you and bring you back by ... the wife fails to see her husband's grief and this misunderstanding has kept them from coming together. On the contrary, women of this time period often grieved o...

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... Walter Lee and Ruth bicker about his desire to open a liquor store, as he continues to ramble, I was able to since Ruth's annoyance in her husband. Ruth responds with the continous answer of, "Eat your eggs," while Walter continues on his liquor store tangent. Following Ruth and Walter Lee's quarraling, ... the family is going to be presented with an insurance check following the death of Mr. Younger. Because of this, I feel that Walter's interest in his sisters choice of study is selfish considering her tuition money will come from their check. Ruth and Mama begin to talk about how they ...

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... , similar to the short story, The Crystal Stars Have Just Begun to Shine, The main character, Deirdre feels that her dad doesn't have anybody but her and he even mentions in the story to her, "You're all I got." Deirdre feels insecure and scared when her dad says that and therefore, she attempts to set her dad up with ... dated after Deirdre found out about her, even though she had no problem with it and was happy for her father. Most kids in single families are more realistic than the average child and take other people's feelings in to more consideration. Children who grow up in a sing...

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... this as a "contractual relationship." There were several different kinds of contractual relationships; the first was marriage. The contract for marriage was life-long, and formal, and for the most part indissoluble. The apprentice's contract was formal as well, but not life-long in any sense. Its duration was limited and it could easily be dissolved. Last of all, the boarding agreement or ... many people experienced orphan-hood, early widowhood and remarriage. She also notes that there were prevailing rates of mortality and life expectancy, as well as a high rate of remarriage. The majo...

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... , they serve to illuminate the more personal, as opposed to the public, sides of their respective husbands. They also provide elements of love and loyalty in a play that is largely concerned with death and intrigue. Portia is the more fully described of the two women and provides a portrait of a woman ... the play, references to womanly qualities are used to denote the weaker sides of men's characters. Women are supposedly weak physically and intellectually. Thus for a man to be called womanly is an insult to his strength of character. Cassius is especially prone to making such equations ...

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... of the gods" with their lack of hospitality, and particularly Zeus is also angered with them (441.40). The slaying of the suitors is acceptable in this situation because of their direct disobedience to the customs and the personal insults given to Odysseus. The slaying of the suitors is justified because they ... would return and claim this vengeance. Over the course of the piece, several prophecies are made on Odysseus" return and that the day of reckoning for the suitors would come soon. These men who were supposedly loyal to their king "bled his house to death" and tried to overthrow...

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... 's Scarlet Letter the failure to be true always leads to a painful consequence. Hester, Dimmsdale, and Chillingworth all withhold truth from someone else, and in doing so they all manage to cause someone else some sort of pain. Hester breaks the trust of her husband when she cheats on Chillingworth with Dimmsdale. This, however, would ... end: " I am a dying man. So let me make haste to take my shame upon me."(174). Chillingworth is the one character who attempts to mislead in order to cause someone to suffer. This puts him in a different category, because he tries to do evil. His tortu...

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... common American happiness that should be shared between everyone whether they are straight, gay or lesbian. Marriage shouldn't just be kept to a Man and Woman, it should be for those who are truly in love. Gay Marriage has always been a controversial matter since most churches refuse to wed two people of the same-sex considering that it "violates" their religious ... and accept it with open hearts, just like how our nation openly accepts (with limitations) immigrants who have come to embrace the rightful freedom we as Americans have been granted by our Forefathers. If civil and religiou...

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... have a lot of money within their family. This is very unfair and it is almost like torture to the partners, because the person that is in love with someone else would be always wishing they were with the other person and they would not be 0 committed to the other partner. It ... having to spend all your time with someone while you are thinking about the other person. Lastly another reason why arranged marriages shouldn't have a place in society is because the parents that participate in this often do not approve of same sex marriage. It would be torture for someone who likes the same sex...

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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry presents many themes that are found in everyday life. Some of these themes include the search for identity and self-respect, the real meaning of money, and the changing roles of women. The changing roles of women are portrayed through ... no God- there is only man and it is who makes miracles." (p. 39) Lena rises across the room and slaps Beneatha in the face. She is so intolerant of Beneatha's beliefs that she makes her say, "In my mother's house there is still God." (39) In a sense, she is right. Lena is so demanding and intolerant; she is ... though...

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... esteem throughout the centuries because they have been expected to enhance the image of men. In the sixteenth century, John Calvin, a humanist, who wrote and believed in predestination, thought women, belonged in the kitchen and their body was for a man's pleasure only. Also, he said that women were obligated to have sex with their husband. Ulrich Zwingli had a similar view on women. He said ... that wife's had to be subservient and obedient, loving mothers. Women were treated in a way like servants to their husband ... women. Since the sixteenth century, women have come a long way. To...

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... where she decides to study. Morag was a very good student at school and she always wanted to leave her home town. In Manitoba she learned Jules (Skinner) Tonnerre, an Indian who was discriminated by the town's inhabitants at that time. They fell in love. Morag herself is Scottish. Her classmates have English, French and Scottish roots. Canada's society of today consists of these immigrants ... , including the Indians. The multi-culture of Canadian society is therefore a topic of "The Diviners". But class and sexuality are also mentioned themes in The Diviners. At her time in Vancouver Mor...

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... . Both her sister, Josephine, and the family friend, Richard, are concerned about how the sad news will affect Louise and are equally fearful for her heart condition. Josephine's delivery of the news is described as "in broken sentences", "veiled hints", in half concealing". Richard, who "hastened" to the Mallard's house, is described as "careful" and "tender". An impression of fragility and physical fraility ... is directly established. It is reinforced by the writer's choice of Mrs. Mallard's name which sounds like "sick" or "ill" in French. But there is more to Josephine and Richard's...

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... , marriage, and one with little to no conflict. The Westcott's are different in one way; they share an interest in serious music. Although they chose to conform and talk little about this interest to anyone, this passion for listening to serious music results in Jim buying Irene a new radio when the old one breaks. Irene's first impression ... heard on the radio, wanting more she excuses herself, goes home, and listens to the radio. As the radio begins to uncover secrets about various couples in the apartment building Irene begins to judge and think of herself superior others around her. ...

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Love, is the strong attachment or affection for something. I love many things, yet my wife remains dearest to me. My other love is this little ball of joy I call, "Rose". Rose is this beautiful little blonde that came in to my life in the recent past. So small, she could fit in the palm of my hand. She has ... from my last deployment while in the Marines and two years of marriage my wife and I were finally going to live together. We had been through a lot and since we had spent so much time apart we decided that we were not going to have any children for several years and we wanted time just ...

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Many would argue the dangerous effects brought on by an inter-office romance. When two people spend a lot of time together, it is obvious that they could develop an attraction toward each other. Two, now very good friends of mine, met during our two week training session for a new job. They have now been married for 3 years. A couple could be sent on a business trip together ... , assigned to a special project, or simply sit near each other. The possibilities are endless. Romances such as these can cause much turmoil in a business setting. Once involved, it can be harder to leave personal ... ...

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... expected him to admit to doing such a crime. John Proctor had a very respected past, had very interesting thoughts, and changed throughout this account of the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. John Proctor's past was very monotone and consisted of a normal person's life. He had a wife and 2 kids, and his wife is pregnant ... with another. He was a well known farmer in the small town of Salem, and hadn't been convicted of a crime ever. Salem was composed of only Puritans. He was having an affair with a teenager, and ... realized it was the wrong thing to do. He told her his feelings...

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