The reader gets an intimate look at the human suffering of an alcoholic's family and the refusal of those in power to halt the molestation and beatings. ... Another reference to the virginity of the girl child in the poem - "green" as in not ripe, not mature, not ready young girl and "girlwood" instead of piece of wood being split open - the girl's young body was split open like a piece of wood. ... The unacceptable claim "a man is king in his own castle" gives license to men like Linda McCarriston's father to heap abuse and violence on his family. ... The castle represents h...

• Word Count: 3020
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"If I were a man, nothing's gonna stop me " As the England industrial atmosphere came, in the man-centered family, her husband treated her sadistically, in order to live, Mrs. ... Although this abnormal maternal love helped her sons become outstanding, it also held back free growth of individuality, caused their thought variant and their personality split. ... Although this abnormal love helped her children stand out among their fellows, led to their mentality variation and personality split. ... At last, Miriam recognized the essence of their relationship, "The personality between us h...

• Word Count: 2551
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The most amazing part of the tradition's creation story is that it is so engrained in the people of Japan that to the current day the imperial line has not changed and the people trace their imperial family directly to the kami. ... She was a woman who talked to the kami and was shamed by rumors about her sexual relationship with a man, rather than brings shame to her family and their name she killed herself. ... But regardless of its back burner treatment of women at times the tradition does help the women of Japan succeed in binding themselves to their husbands' family and village...

• Word Count: 3406
• Approx Pages: 14
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Thus husbands are often heavily in debt to their wives, and the latter assume many of the financial responsibilities which should rightly belong to the men as fathers and family heads, such as finding bride-price for sons, paying for the children's educations, bearing the expenses of family fests, and the like. ... Some other possibilities as to the cause of this split among the men and women of the Nupe lie again in their lifestyle and beliefs (Nadel, 1952). ... (p. 25) Unlike the Nupe, European women accused of being witches were not successful, family women who had prominent car...

• Word Count: 3282
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He sees her loss of virginity as a loss of honour for the entire family, saying, "Hence from her, let her die" (IV.i.153), which means he'd rather she die than live with the shame of being unchaste. ... Emilia's honour is tested as her loyalty is split. ...

• Word Count: 4511
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School