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Religious Rituals of Judaism and Christianity

offers the marriage contract, and the woman accepts: this is a contractual obligation which can only be broken by death or divorce...

Rogerian Argument in Support of Gay Marriages

of marriage and those who are against same-sex marriages argue that this issue will only serve to erode the institution even furth...

Foils and Marriage in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

him to be when she first met him at the ball: a rude egocentric boor. And yet, one of the Bingley sisters illuminates what society...

Competing Visions of Thomas Morton and William Bradford in 'The May Pole of Merry Mount' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

setting for Nathaniel Hawthornes 1835 short story, "The May-Pole of Merry Mount." Bradford took a rather dim view of the festivit...

Evolution of Women's Roles in the Islamic Tradition

in 7th century Arabia" (Time, 2001; 50). For example, while many pagan societies of the time buried unwanted female infants alive,...

Ancient Aztec Courtship and Marriage Ceremonies

said that because someone can invent it, that it does not necessarily mean that it should be invented. From all accounts the Aztec...

Love, Marriage, and Women in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

In fact, Wilde seems to be making important commentary on Victorian society itself, contending that something may reveal a perfect...

2 Papers on Romantic Poets

opens "Marriage" delivers a millenarian prophecy that identifies Christ, revolution and apocalypse and, in so doing, "satanizes" a...

Customs of Chinese Marriage Since 1949 Introduction of Communism

from welcoming" (Watson, 1991, p. 350). The traditional rural peasant view of daughters is still that they are "excess baggage." W...

Supporting Gay Marriage

family rights" (Farrell 130; Stacey and Biblarz 159). In September of 2000, the Dutch parliament followed suit by also granting e...

William Shakespeare's Comic Take on Marriage

of the couple. As Shakespeare juxtaposes their feelings of love, we find that they have not even met. Ferdinand is awakened by the...

Caucasian and African American Interracial Marriages

in order to claim her white heritage she would essentially have to have her mother along to prove she was also Caucasian (Hubbynet...

Ancient Greek Woman's Life

Greece, 2004). Eleni supposed her husband would do the same, but given that she had never met him she couldnt be sure. She was d...

Wives of Muhammad

acknowledge Muhammad as Allahs Prophet and offered encouragement and support for her husband throughout her life. Like his first...

So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba

of a European spinster. Rama calls this an "aspect of the New Africa" (24), a reference to modern, global politics affecting the l...

Addiction Assessment, A Thesis Analysis

Olmeztoprak presents a thorough review of current literature pertaining to the significance of valid, reliable assessment practice...

The Case for Plural Marriage

This paper argues that any and all forms of plural marriage should be accepted by modern society and recognized legally at all lev...

"The Story of an Hour," Effect of Patriarchy

This essay pertains to "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. The writer presents the argument that the principal point that Chopi...

Jacobson and Gottman/Domestic Violence

informative and it concludes by offering specific, worthwhile advice on how domestic violence should be addressed, offering specif...

Cohabitatiin Divorce First Marriage Age

college degrees. There are between 300,000 and 400,000 same-sex unmarried couples sharing a home. Their data are different. For ...

Comparing and Contrasting Family and Religion in Romania and the US

(Anonymous, 2011). Today marriages remain the mainstays of families, and while many of the older generations were married through ...

Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

1895 play, The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde created a work that many critics feel is the epitome of the Victorian come...

Marriage and Independence in Kate Chopin's The Awakening

novel The Awakening provides insight into the marriages of Edna Pontellier and her friend Adele Ratignolle. Examination of these m...

Lakota Sioux Traditions

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at Lakota Sioux traditions. An analysis of marriage practices and the sacred pipe ritua...

Nineteenth Century Patriarchy and Kate Chopin

This essay is on nineteenth century writer Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour." The position presented is that this n...

The Taming of the Shrew: Universal Themes of Love and Marriage and Continuing Relevance

This paper considers the continuing relevance of this Shakespearean comedy through its themes of men and women, love and marriage ...

Marriage, Separation, Divorce, etc., A Personal Perspective

This essay offers the personal perspective of the writer on marriage, separation, divorce and multigenerational families. Three pa...

A Critique of Marriage, Gilman's "Yellow Wallpaper"

This essay presents the argument that "The Yellow Walllpaper," a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman should be interpreted as ...

Changing Views of the Family, TV Programs

This paper pertains to the manner in which TV portrayals of the American family have changed over the last five decades. Also, t...

Who's to Blame? Failure of the Bovary's Marriage

This essay examines the question of who is to blame for the failure of the marriage between Emma and Charles Bovary. The writer pr...