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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and the Themes of Love, Marriage, and Money

of fancy, at least in her imagination. Austen states, "She was sensible and clever; but eager in everything: her sorrows, her joys...

Marriage and Sociology

The primary reason for dating, though it is strictly on a subconscious and biological level, is to find and obtain a mate for the ...

Amend the Constitution to Ban Gay Marriage

It could be said that the ban, as well, could likely violate the concept of equality, which is also implied in the Constitution (T...

United States and Thailand Laws Regarding Marriage

statutes that address marriage, such as the 1996 Federal Defense of Marriage Act, which states that the word "marriage means only ...

Comparative Analysis of Married Heterosexuals and Married Homosexuals

divorce rates should make a statement about the fate of the traditional family structures. Most statistics state that one in two m...

Questions About Gay Marriage Answered

many questions which arise. II. Questions and Answers As requested by a student writing on this subject, this part of the pape...

TV Situation Comedies Home Improvement and Everybody Loves Raymond

love one another. They give each other things, and try to understand one another as best they can. The audience feels that they do...

A Comparison of Anna Quindlen and Andrew Sullivan Plus an Annotated Bibliography

ailing partner; they cant file joint tax returns; there are no survivors benefits for the one left behind (Quindlen, 1992). Quind...

Ethics and a Medical Malpractice Case Study

However, this feeble attempt at legal protection goes directly against another California law - termed a crime of sexual exploitat...

U.S. and Gay Rights

in case state law would attempt to implement it. While that never came to fruition, some states already have laws on the books ban...

Anthropological Perspectives on Marriage

a shift in thinking. I suspect that when someone (in the West at any rate) hears the word "marriage" they automatically see it as...

Opposition to Same Sex Marriage

the fact that historically, men have had sex with men and women with women. Sexuality is really a separate issue. Sex can occur be...

Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and Marriage

When he comes back out he says "Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?" (Ibsen). From this simple beginning we alre...

Same Sex Marriages and Legal Rights

of gay marriage actually found its way into the patchwork of society. "Lesbian behavior does not fit within that framework of pub...

Same Sex Marriages

that the state must show that there are compelling reasons why marriage license should be issued only to heterosexual couples (Dor...

Chinese Marriage Pattersn Represented in Literature

In eleven pages this paper analyzes ten anthropological articles featuring research focusing upon marriage patterns in China. Ten...

Same Sex Unions Defended

involved to some degree because of the tax status that is given to married people. A married person may be given certain entitlem...

The Character of Louisa in Hard Times

This Dickens tale is looked at as it relates to this single character but other characters are discussed as well. Gender is someth...

Christian Marriage Sacraments

In seven pages this research paper discusses the Christian marriage sacraments the spiritual journey of growth it represents. Thr...

Protagonist Analysis of Edna Pontellier in 'The Awakening' by Kate Chopin

Iin five pages this paper examines Edna before and after marriage, considers her 'awakening' and conflict and also incorporates fe...

The New Indian Generation Moves Away from the Practice of Arranged Marriages

In a paper that contains ten pages the changes in attitudes regarding Indians that relocate to the United States are examined in t...

A Review of the Poem Aunt Jennifer's Tigers

A 5 page examination of the Adrienne Rich poem. The experience of marriage as it is affected by constriction, theme, tone, narrat...

Dysfunctional Marriage in American Beauty

joy in my life" (Mendes, 1999, p. PG). II. CONSIDERING SYSTEMS APPROACH What would it take to put Lester and Carolyns marriage b...

Literature Review on the Effects of Illness on Marital Happiness

In ten pages this essay presents a review of literature discussing how satisfaction in marriage is affected by chronic illness. T...

Supporting Same Sex Marriages

but that indeed is the premise of Americas religious right. While the religious right condemns homosexuality, Christian churches h...

Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee's The Good Marriage

In five pages a textual overview includes the authors' explanation of 4 marriage types. There are no other sources listed....

George Eliot's Middlemarch

In 6 pages this paper examines how the author's perceptions of marriage are reflected in 4 couples depicted in Middlemarch. One s...

Society and Marriage According to Various Literary Interpretations

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares the marriage perspectives of Mary Astell and Margery Kempe and discusses how society ...

Failed Marriages in The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James and The Awakening by Kate Chopin

to pass her by that the thought nearly paralyzes her emotions. She learns from years of fighting those bottled up emotions that s...

Gender Attitudes About Sex, Chastity, and Marriage in Samuel Richardson's Pamela and Daniel Defoe's Roxana

In nine pages the ways in which these novels reflected gender attitudes of the 18th century regarding chastity, sex, and marriage ...