Robert Browning's poem "My last Duchess- is spoken from the perspective of the Duke and conveys the Dukes personality through the literary form of a dramatic monologue. ... The Duke states that the Duchess was easily pleased by a compliment and through small favors from a servant or other insignificant people, a quality that the Duke could not tolerate. ... The manner in which he states this is rather particular. ... Robert Browning's poem "My last Duchess- is spoken from the perspective of the Duke and conveys the Dukes personality through the literary form of a dramatic monologue...

• Word Count: 2454
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Margot, his wife, is appalled by her husband's dread, and makes fun of him in front of their guide Robert Wilson. ... Margot Macomber mocks her husband openly by asking their guide, Robert William, if elands are dangerous. ... Margot is quite disgusted by his attitude by her constant mocking of Francis, she once states in the story and unmistakably her infidelity with Wilson. ... Robert Wilson the man that Margot Macomber sleeps with is the guide that the Macomber's hire to lead them on their hunting safari. ... Robert Wilson is essentially Hemingway's misanthropic view of a...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In chapter six, it states, "[a] certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her [ ]- (Chopin 214). ... She was more in love with Robert because, as she said to him, " [i]t was you who awoke me last summer out of a life-long, stupid dream'- (Chopin 332). ... I think she only fell in love with Arobin and became "[ ] supple to his gentle, seductive entreaties- because he happened to be there when Edna's sensuality and desires had come into full bloom, and Robert was away (Chopin 313). Robert inevitably left Edna because he realized that he could never own her in the way that was...

• Word Count: 1285
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Same-sex marriage has been one of the most controversial and divisive topics in the United States since the 1970s. ... Obergefell vs Hodges required states to recognize same-sex marriages that were formed in other states (Oyez). ... The origin of Obergefell vs Hodges consists of six law suits spanning four states. ... The head of the dissenting justices, Chief Justice John Roberts, believes that due process is a necessary right but that the majority opinion is taking its meaning too far. Our text book reverberates Justice Robert's logic behind his dissenting argument when it states: "...

• Word Count: 1936
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Lou's case, she realizes that she cannot continue to fear going to sleep as she states, "this is no life" (583). ... It was apparent that Lou's husband did show some concern as to where his family had disappeared as we learn from Lou's sister, "Robert called yesterday I felt sorry for him He wanted to know where his children were" (590). ... Lou's decision to leave evidently had Robert concerned with the well-being of his children. Regardless whether or not Lou and Robert got along, they still had equal rights to their children. ...

• Word Count: 1554
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

North of Boston, written by Robert Frost, is a work of poems that deal with the issue of misunderstanding and miscommunication in relationships. ... The narrator shows the reader that they are so different when he states, "He is all pine and I am apple orchard." ... He even states, "there's nothing I'm afraid of like scared people." ...

• Word Count: 2189
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

According to Robert Hughes, children experience a great fear of change throughout the divorce because the family they once knew will now be different. ... Divorce is an ever growing problem in the United States, and according to statistical figures, the rate will soon climb to a 50 percent divorce rate, and the rate of divorces couples with children is around 28-32 percent (Debrod). ...

• Word Count: 1897
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

I not only believe that the Bible is the final authority on homosexuality, as it states gay marriage is wrong, but I also believe that this sin affects children in this type of home. ... Genesis states, Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh(Genesis 2:24 KJV). ... Robert Rector and Patt Fagan from the heritage foundation conducted research on this matter and found out children raised in a home with a mother and father are 82 percent less likely to be poor. ... Pope Leo XIII states, The true excellence of man lies in...

• Word Count: 1596
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

On the one hand, the church argues that the Bible even states marriage is a union between a man and woman. ... As of 2013 "53% of all Americans think gay marriage should be legalized" (Caitlin Stark and Amy Roberts, "By the numbers: Same-sex marriage" CNN Library, August 2013, Sept 16th 2014.) ... But yet so many states still buck the system because they believe the world will come to an end so to speak. ... Thirty Six states still currently ban gay marriage even though federal judges in nineteen other states and the District of Columbia have found that the ban on gay marr...

• Word Count: 1796
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He further states that the noble could bequeath land to illegitimate children, but that the monarch in any given circumstance might invalidate the request and dole out the properties to friends and relatives in an act of nepotism, leaving the intended heir with nothing (49). ... Robert Blake, in the poem "A Poison Tree- wrote, "I was angry with my friend/I told my wrath/My wrath did end/I was angry with my foe/I told it not/My wrath did grow . . . - Just as Blake describes a person internalizing his feelings of anger and planning to use them in revenge served up cold, so must have Edgar ...

• Word Count: 1702
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Religion has been around almost since the beginning of man. It has served two main purposes for men and women. Religion is a means of explaining what cannot be understood as well as a service to guide the behavior of those who follow it. In particular, Religion can serve to give guidelines for different gender roles in a community. While all religions are very different, they can be broken up into three categories: Those that encourage natural gender roles that stem from evolution, those that seek to control these natural gender roles, and those in between. ...

• Word Count: 2288
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School