Abstract This paper summarizes and analyzes "No Disrespect" and presents what the author of the paper feels is a more appropriate title and subtitle for the book. The paper also explains the reasons for the new title and how this title frames the issues presented in the book.
From the Paper "Throughout the book she really takes on the role of a teacher; advising ghetto youths and informing the Black community on our history and the ills of being Black in America. The language that she uses is raw but really allows the reader to relate to what she is attempting to convey. The language also illustrates the type of speech that individuals often used to express themselves in an urban setting. "
Abstract This paper explains that Sylvia Plath in her novel "The Bell Jar" was not just telling a story; she was chronicling the struggles faced by the feminist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The author points out that the feminist movement faced several obstacles that are displayed in this book as problems also faced by Esther; her mother, men and other women represent the stereotypes, elements of disrespect and double standards faced by the feminist movement in the 1950s in which this novel is set. The paper relates that one of the problems faced by Esther is her belief that an independent career woman should not really need a man in her life to feel complete and even feels that she does not want to get married; however, other women press her into believing that a girl needs a man to be a real woman and start treating her differently after Buddy asks her to his school dance.
From the Paper "Esther's problems with other women do not stop with her classmates though. She also receives pressure to fit a stereotype by Mrs. Willard, Buddy Willard's mother. This is a woman who also encourages the idea that women belong to men and should live to serve them. When she tells both Esther and Buddy that, "What a man is is an arrow into the future and what a woman is is the place the arrow shoots off from."(72), she is not only giving Buddy this idea of what a woman should be but also persuading Esther just where a woman's place is. Marilyn Boyer supports this by arguing that women are held back by what society deems to be their functions, cooking, cleaning, and raising kids. Esther does not want this kind of life, one in which her only purpose is to make a husband happy."
Abstract In this paper, the writer discusses that both Contraceleon and Pheidippides in the dramas 'Wasps' and 'Clouds' by Aristophanes reflect a decay in moral values through greedy behaviors. The writer points out that the relation that both of these characters share regarding their fathers is disrespect and selfishness. The writer discusses that without a basis for attaining wisdom and moral behaviors, both Contraceleon and Pheidippides reflect an abominable disrespect for their elders, and only for the lavishness of their own greedy lifestyles in a higher-class perspective.
From the Paper "This drama study compares the character Contraceleon and Pheidippides in the dramas: "Wasps" and "Clouds" by Aristophanes. In both of these characters there is a wanton depreciation of moral values and respect for their elders, which ultimately reflects Aristophanes cynical evaluation of the Athenian youth of his day. By comparing both Contraceleon and Pheidippides in these plays, there is a distinct lack of respect for their fathers (elders), which demote the value of Socratic wisdom and morality in Greek society. In the play "Wasps" by Aristophanes the character Contraceleon portends rash and cynical attributes to his father, Philocleon, who is a practitioner of law. By confining his father to their home, Contraceleon is used by Aristophanes as a youth bent on distorting the good moral values of law in Athenian courts."
Abstract This paper examines the portrayal of the married couple, Oberon and Titania, in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The writer discusses the element of trust in a relationship and looks at the way Oberon mistrusts Titania. The writer further discusses the importance of respect in a marriage and explains the reasons for Oberon's disrespect. The writer also argues that a married couple should never disrespect the freewill of the other spouse, and suggests that Oberon takes this ability of freewill from Titania as soon as the love potion is given to her. The writer concludes that people can forgive even the most horrific actions all because of love.
From the Paper "A married couple should be willing to share their attention and love. They should trust one another enough to realize that love for another being does not take away from the love they share. Oberon does not trust Titania enough to realize that her love for him has not disappeared just because she loves the Indian child. Oberon disrespects Titania by being jealous of her love and the care she gives to the Indian child. The biggest disrespect is when he puts Titania under the love spell to gain for his own good. Oberon is jealous of the little Indian boy that Titania has been given to care for. He feels as though her is attention completely on the baby."
Tags: couple, trust, care, feelings, respect, freewill, love
This paper presents an exploratory journey through three plays, Luis Valdez's "Actos", "Simply Maria" and "Real Women have Curves" both by Josefina Lopez and discusses a common theme among them.
Abstract This essay looks at how the three plays depict the mistreatment of Mexicans in America. In addition, it portrays the treatment of Mexican women by their own society as mirroring the very discrimination and disrespect that they are treated with as a race.
From the Paper "It is interesting to compare the plays and discover the very treatment they try and change they subject their women to. When one initially reads the plays: "Simply Maria" by Josefina Lopez, "Actos" by Luis Valdez, and "Real Women have Curves" also by Josefina Lopez, one could easily mistake the plays as simple entertainment about several people and their lives. However once one peels off the top coat and examines the underpinnings of the works one easily sees the undertone that is woven throughout the stories and their character. Each of the examined plays reveals much more than a look at the daily life of those in the work. The plays also show the reader how down trodden we have forced the Mexican immigrant to become. We have forced them into situations in which they find themselves grateful to be treated almost as well as we treat pet dogs in this country(Valdez, Actos).
"In Simply Maria the reader is given a foundational understanding of the way Mexican women are often viewed and treated even by their own race. The play opens with an understanding of what it takes for a family to immigrate to America. Often times the father has to travel ahead and it may be years before he can send for his family(Lopez, Simply). Once they arrive they are expected to live as if they are still in Mexico and all the traditions that go with it. This leaves a mixed message for young ladies who grow up in a country, which embraces female independence, yet parents who feel it is sinful and wrong are raising them."
Abstract This paper discusses how three dramas, "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell, "A Dolls House" by Henrik Ibsen and "Antigone" by Sophocles portray the modern women's movement. Examples from the text reveal how the characters and plots of the stories depict various themes of the women's movement
From the Paper ""Trifles" is the story of a woman driven to the "end of her rope" by a spiteful, mean-spirited man, but it is also a story of women, and how they can come together in a crisis. The two women who open the story know immediately what Mrs. Wright had to put up with, and protect her when the men begin to criticize her housekeeping skills. "MRS. HALE. No, I don't mean anything. But I don't think a place'd be any cheerfuller for John Wright's being in it" (Glaspell).
While the men are still fumbling around looking at things and speculating, the more introspective and sensitive women have solved the crime, and are on the way to saving Mrs. Wright from paying for the murder.
This entire story revolves around the difference in understanding between men and women, and we learn it early, by one of the idle comments made by the first man to find the dead man. ??though I said to Harry that I didn't know as what his wife wanted made much difference to John--? (Glaspell). It is clear the women do not matter to the men in this story, they are condescending to them, laugh at their thoughts, and obviously feel much more important than mere women. ?SHERIFF. They wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it. (The men laugh, the women look abashed)? (Glaspell)."
Abstract The paper explores the main female characters and shows the attitudes and expectations that the men in the novel have regarding the women. The paper shows how the author is writing against superficial or disrespectful roles assumed by women because of society's limiting, restrictive expectations of them. The paper also reveals how the happiness that exists at the end of the novel is the product of respectful, flexible attitudes between man and wife.
From the Paper In Middlemarch Eliot demonstrates what she believes is an incongruity in Victorian society. She uses a range of female characters as both good and bad examples as to their fulfilment of differing expectations, and the roles they play in their interaction with others. The role that a character plays is a manifestation of expectation, and it depends on whose expectation this is that defines their place in society.
Tags: george-eliot, patriachal, role, expectation, marriage
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the reason why the Gods punished human beings in the myths that Ovid related in his finest work, Metamorphoses. It is the THESIS here that there were two basic reasons that mortals drew out the wrath of the heavens: they were flawed and they did not give the Gods enough respect, or they displayed what is termed "hubris," or pride, and therefore they had to be punished by the Gods.
Ovid (43BC-17AD) was the Roman poet who used his book to deal with mythological, legendary, and historical figures within his hexameters, in fifteen different books. He began Metamorphoses with the creation of the world and concluded it with the crowning of Caesar and the reign of his son Augustus.
There are five specific stories that deal with ovid's ..."
Abstract Four states have outlawed homosexual sodomy specifically. The author discusses the impact that the laws, the general deterioration of the system and the issue of disrespect. The paper covers the containment of equal rights movements - specifically same-gender marriage, employment and parental rights - by use of sodomy laws as justification, as well as the the impacts of heterosexism. The author uses the analysis of homosexual interest groups in America to discuss the potential for repeal of these statutes and gives options for policy changes.
Outline
Introduction
History of Sodomy Laws
States with the Laws
Bowers and Lawrence
Level of Government
State Level
Harms of Anti-Sodomy Statutes
Penumbral Crimes
Equal Rights Denied
Employment
Marriage
Parental Rights
Heterosexism
Interest Groups
Lack of Representation
Analysis
Conclusion
From the Paper "Gandhi was once noted as saying, "My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest" (Interfaith Alliance n. pag.). Yet in America, Gandhi's vision of democracy is not being represented as he would have dreamed. When a large percentage of the population is deemed criminal merely by the nature of their sexual conduct, pluralism is undermined and equal rights are impossible to attain. The anti-sodomy laws that exist in America serve no true purpose ? they are rarely enforced and when they are, it is based on a pretext or prejudice. When weighing the costs and the benefits, the choice is an easy one to make. Anti-sodomy laws are used to deny rights and entrench heterosexism. These laws most likely remain in place because of the relative political weakness of gay and lesbian groups."
Abstract This paper looks at the core questions of Kushner's book by the above title. It helps to understand how each of us can deal with the pain of loss and of accepting that God is not cruel, but simply follows by the laws of nature He set for the world. It concludes that if we accept that God does not arbitrarily put his hand into life, that he also does not disrespect the laws of nature or the frailty of human life.
A comparison of Thomas Hine's "The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager" and Patricia Hersch's "A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence".
Abstract Thomas Hine and Patricia Hersch present us with two views of the contemporary American teenager, one based in an historical analysis of the creation of the teenager, and the other based in an ethnographic account of contemporary teenage life. The perspective that results from these two views is a more complex one that the usual, uncomplimentary stereotype of the adolescent as moody, disrespectful, and oversexed. This paper examines the ways in which both of these authors present views of American adolescence.
From the Paper "Hine's view of modern teenager is grounded in an historical analysis, arguing in The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager that while the life of teenagers a hundred years ago was certainly quite different from the life led by adolescents today, there are important similarities. The generation of teenagers today uses the years between childhood and adulthood as a time in which to gain the skills needed to become a fully functional adult ? a status that tends to come later now than it did several generations ago. But while teenagers can in some ways be seen as adults in training, they should also ? Hine argues ? be taken seriously as cultural, economic and political agents."
Abstract The basic premise in Machiavelli's "The Qualities of a Prince" states that as long as a prince is not hated, his subjects will be loyal and his reign successful. Therefore, the abuses outlined in "The Declaration of Independence" coincide with the attributes listed by Machiavelli of an unsuccessful prince. One can tell by the tone in which "The Declaration of Independence" is written that King George III is hated by the colonists. On more than one occasion, Thomas Jefferson refers to the King as a tyrant. This paper discusses how King George III's actions support Machiavelli's claim that a prince is most hated when he, among other things, disrespects the land and women of his subjects, deprives men of their honor, and shows excessive cruelty.
From the Paper "Machiavelli states, ?so long as you do not deprive them of "their honor, the majority of men live happily" (Machiavelli, "The Qualities of a Prince", 48). Comparatively, Thomas Jefferson also lists grievances that pertain to men being deprived of their honor "By [constraining] our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their County, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands" (Thomas Jefferson, "The Declaration of Independence", 80). King George III stripped men taken captive of all honor and dignity by making them choose to either murder their family or take their own life. King George III also deprived the colonists "the benefits of Trial by Jury" (80). The fact that King George III repeatedly "called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures" (79) is quite demeaning in a society governed by Representation."
Explains how Wal-Mart is immoral to the patriotic American using key philosophical theories, such as utilitarianism, social contract theory, and Kant-ism.
Abstract In this essay, the author argues that Wal-Mart industries unflinchingly jeopardize the vital civil liberties upon which America is founded. The author makes this point based on the following premises: Premise 1) Wal-Mart condones the use of sweatshop labor for its goods, disrespecting the constitutional clause that all men are created equal; Premise 2) Wal-Mart endangers America's capitalist system by destroying small businesses and creating what is essentially a monopoly; and Premise 3) The construction of hundreds of new stores yearly creates serious environmental issues. In conclusion, the author of the paper suggests that a corporation, which violates such entities as equality, choice, and a healthy environment, simply cannot belong in a nation that holds them in the highest of regards. This, therefore, makes Wal-Mart immoral to the true and patriotic American.
From the Paper "As bewildering as it may be, there are many solid arguments against the giant retail chain we have grown so fond of: Wal-Mart. Even less known is the fact that the company unflinchingly jeopardizes such treasured American entities as equality, freedom of choice, and the environment. In the following argument I will use these examples as premises to contend how Wal-Mart is immoral to the patriotic American."
Abstract This paper takes the position that rap music is harmful due to the violent lyrics encouraging disrespect toward women and lack of respect for moral ethics or authority. It argues that there are both laws and Biblical principles that stand against the type of violence and graphic sexuality that is thrust in the face of the children of today's world.
From the Paper "There are detrimental effects to children and adolescents that listen to violent and sexually graphic lyrics. The posture of disrespect for others is blatant in much of the rap music of today. Although all rap music is not the same, and although there exists rap music with a "consciousness" the detrimental effects of rap music on the development of children is a factor in today's society and does seem to affect the behavior of children exposed to the lyrics glorifying the use of drugs and alcohol, violence, disrespect for authority and other negative influences and factors."
Tags: violence, sex, lyrics, ethics, authority, moral
Abstract This paper explains that children are bombarded daily with evocative material and today's technological society makes sheltering them almost impossible. Therefore, parents must instill respect, honor and wisdom in them during early childhood but this is not an easy job. The author points out that a key component to successful child-rearing is consistency; no matter which parenting technique is used, each will fail if not used consistently. The paper stresses that a common misconception among parents is that respect should be demanded; however, respect should actually be earned because respect gained by imposing fear on a child is false.
Table of Contents
Modeling Good Behavior
Consistency in Discipline
Respect
Discipline
1. Corporal Punishment
2. Reality Discipline
3. Creative Correction
From the Paper "Raising strong, competent children begins with a strong, committed marriage. A child from a single-parent home can succeed, but studies show children thrive best when both parents take an active role. Yet the national divorce rate is at an all-time high and divorce can annihilate a family and the self-efficacy of a child. According to childhood psychologist Erik Erikson, children model what they see. In other words, actions speak louder than words. When parents model love, respect, shared workload, and kindness they will develop these same attributes in their children. However, this works both ways, if children are subjected to a hostile, sarcastic, unloving environment, they will assume these attitudes."
