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Mother-Son Relationships, 2002.
A comparison of the mother-son relationships in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare and "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams.
1,221 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper examines the mother-son relationship in two plays: Hamlet and his mother, Gertrude, in "Hamlet" by Shakespeare, and Amanda and Tom in "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams. It demonstrates how the two plays and the characters of the mothers are quite different and how, in "The Glass Menagerie", Tom is able to brush off his mother?s domination after too much struggle. On the other hand, Gertrude is unable to dominate Hamlet, even though she tries. It also shows how Tom?s relationship with his mother is that of an irritated son who cannot stand his mother?s meddling, whereas Hamlet?s relationship is based on revenge and hatred.
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"Hamlet is one of Shakespeare?s most popular tragedies written in around the 1600. The play is a melodrama of revenge, secrecy, madness and conspiracy. It revolves Hamlet, a prince of Denmark who?s life is filled with tragedy. Initially he loses his father and while on the verge of recovering from this loss, he sees his mother Gertrude, marrying his Uncle Claudius within two months of his father?s death. The shock of his mother?s behavior is unbearable for Hamlet as he goes into severe depression and termed by some as complete madness. He fails to continue his studies and because of his mental state, his mother does not allow him to leave Denmark till he is completely stable."
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Mother-Son Relationships, 2004.
This paper discusses the mother-son relationships in ? Hamlet?, by Shakespeare, and ? The Glass Menagerie?, by Tennessee Williams.
1,220 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper reports that, in Tennessee Williams?s ?The Glass Menagerie?, Amanda is the perfect example of a loving mother who ,at the same time, suffocates her son with her constant nagging and meddling. The author points out that one of the most interesting aspects of Shakespeare?s ?Hamlet? is the extremely uncomfortable relationship between Hamlet and his mother Gertrude, who throughout the play, appears to be dominating her son by manipulating his feelings and emotions. The paper concludes that the two plays and the characters of the mothers are in contrast. In ?The Glass Menagerie?, Tom is able to brush off his mother?s domination after much struggling, whereas, in ?Hamlet?, Gertrude is unable to dominate Hamlet, even though she tries.
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"It is obvious why Hamlet despises his mother so much. Overall, her dominance over him and her betrayal to his father makes Hamlet seek revenge on her. Hamlet appears to be an emotionally charged individual who thinks more from his heart than his head. He sees her marrying his uncle soon after his father?s death and realizes how little his father actually had meant to his mother. He is appalled at his mother?s sexual behavior and seeks revenge because of his anger at her. His mother to him is a liar, an unfaithful liar."
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Parent-Son Relationships, 2005.
This paper examines the parent-son relationships in Richard Wright's "Black Boy" and James Baldwin's "Go Tell it on the Mountain."
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper explores the parent-son relationship in Richard Wright's "Black Boy" and James Baldwin's "Go Tell it on the Mountain." The paper discusses how these relationships are central to the plot and themes of both novels.
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"In both "Black Boy" by Richard Wright and "Go Tell it on the Mountain" by James Baldwin, the relationships between parent and son are central to the novels' plots as well as their larger themes. Indeed both Wright and Baldwin present families in which the tension and conflict between parents and sons deeply affect the novels' protagonists, particularly as the two boys struggle to develop a sense of personal identity and maturity."
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'Mother's Son', 2006.
A review of the story "Mother's Son" by Okamnoto Kanoko.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses the themes of the story "Mother's Son" by Okamnoto Kanoko, noting how though her work is not necessarily autobiographical, her writings do reflect her specific literary and social concerns. In her story 'Mother's Love', she joins in what was called the tradition of writers she admired, meaning writers who wrote obsessively about the inner life of their characters and were thought to take a perverse pleasure in the suffering of those characters. This paper points out how some of this same obsessive nature can be seen in Konoko's story.
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Many of the female writers in the second wave of Japanese female writers feature female protagonists whose experiences reflect aspects of their own lives, which is not at all surprising. This can be seen clearly in the writings of Okamnoto Kanoko, whose heroines, like herself, are charming women affected by a certain degree of self pity because of their background. Her work is not necessarily autobiographical, but her writings do reflect her specific literary and social concerns. In her story "Mother's Love," she joins in what was called the "I" tradition of writers she admired, meaning writers who wrote obsessively about the inner life of their characters and were thought to take a perverse pleasure in the suffering of those characters. Some of this same obsessive nature can be seen in Konoko's story.
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"Mother to Son", 2004.
The paper analyzes Langston Hughes' poem "Mother to Son."
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 23.95
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The paper offers an analysis of Langston Hughes' poem "Mother to Son." The paper discusses the themes of the poem; the African American experience and philosophy of life. The paper notes the poetic devices used such as metaphors, diction, tone and language.
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"American poet Langston Hughes was one of the major writers of the Harlem Renaissance that brought about an upsurge in African American self-awareness and self-expression. Hughes' poetry focused on race-related issues of his era in language that was readily accessible to his readers. His poetry reflects a love of humanity together with race pride and bitterness over the treatment of African Americans. The poem "Mother to Son" contains all these elements. It is both a poem of racial protest and racial affirmation."
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Langston Hughes' "Mother to Son", 2002.
This paper analyzes the content of the poem "Mother to Son" by the poet Langston Hughes.
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper examines the text of this poem from a African-American perspective. The analysis uses poetic devices and the background of the literary environment. Line by line analysis is provided to show how the poem uses the everyday ordinary dialect of blacks, and gives insight into the poverty and discrimination that blacks faced during the 1920's.
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"Between 1919 and 1926 there was a major population shift of African-Americans to the cities of New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C (America Online). In 1921, Langston Hughes was one such African American who had traveled to New York to attend Columbia University. This population shift resulted in an obvious display of creativity among the African-American race. The creativity broadened the scope of African American influence on the American society, culture and primarily literature. The influence was so enormous and collective that it took form of a movement, which began in about 1920 and lasted until about 1930. This period was first known as the ?New Negro Movement,? but it later became known as the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance represented the African American intellect and the consequent intellectuals who celebrated their heritage and background with immense pride and gusto. It was during this movement and into this heady climate that the poem ?Mother to Son? was introduced. The politico-literary climate was charged and just ripe and the need for African American contribution was being recognized. One of the critics voiced the urgent need when he cried, ?what American literature decidedly needs at the moment is color, music, gust?If the Negroes are not in a position to contribute these items, I do not know what Americans are.? "
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Father/Son Relationship in Kafka and Hawthorne, 2005.
This paper examines Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" and Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" comparing the characters' relationships with the fathers.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper examines Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown," comparing the relationships of the protagonists with the father figures. The paper discusses the symbolic meaning of the father figures and the contrasts between the two stories involving either support or opposition to the father figure.
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"The relationships of the protagonists with their father figures in Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" and Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" are rich with symbolic meaning and pose an interesting contrast to one another. Whereas Kafka's protagonist labors to support and sustain his father, Hawthorne's protagonist is vehemently opposed to the father figure in the story, the devil and attempts to resist him."
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"Mother to Mother", 2004.
An examination of the book, "Mother to Mother", by Sindiwe Magona.
1,057 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper provides a critical analysis of the book, "Mother to Mother", by Sindiwe Magona. The book, "Mother to Mother", is a touching and elegant story of race relations and misunderstanding in South Africa. The paper explains how the author bases her book on a true incident, but looks at it from the eyes of a mother who loves her son but recognizes his inadequacies. It states that the book is a devastating look at apartheid, violence, and anger in a society long split between black and white.
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"This emotional book looks at both sides of a young white woman's murder in a black township in South Africa. The book begins with the haunting line "My son killed your daughter" (Magona 1), and that line grabs the reader from the beginning, and makes them want to learn more about the two families and their responsibilities to themselves, and the their community. The book covers only two days chronologically, but the author skillfully uses flashbacks to look back on her life and the life of her son, to illustrate the hatred and violence at work in South African society that created such a "monster" as her son and the other killers. The mother is not unaware that her child has turned into something she cannot control, but she is also aware that the lifestyle of poor blacks in a dominant white society has been the spark that created the fire under the murderers. Coming from a life without hope, how can they see anything else for themselves?"
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Relationships in ?Ulysses?, 2002.
An analysis of the father-son type relationship between Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom in James Joyce's novel "Ulysses".
1,550 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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The paper explores how, through deep analogy and metaphor, James Joyce allegorizes a paternal relationship between Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom in his novel, "Ulysses". It shows that, strained by both of their insecurities, Dedalus and Bloom never bathe in the warm glory of a true father-son relationship. The paper discusses how throughout "Ulysses", Joyce presents, through his characters and to his readers, the question: What is love? More importantly, are humans capable of attaining and expressing love? It shows that with a series of relationships between son and mother, son and father, husband and wife, friend and friend, country and citizen, colony and ?mother? country, Joyce demonstrates the simultaneous longing for and failure of human affection.
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"Bloom at his most pathetic woos Stephen Dedalus, even idolizes him. Continually deferring to his intellectualism and multilingualism, Bloom symbolically kisses Stephen?s behind. They urinate together and the slightly compulsive and neat Bloom waves off Stephen?s lack of concern for hygiene to the necessities of creative energy. Creative energy is one of the major things Bloom finds compelling about the younger Dedalus. Bloom offers Dedalus the space of silence with which to cultivate his thoughts, just as Bloom is concerned with delineating, describing, and dissecting every move. Ironically, Bloom?s analyses seem scientific even as they lack empiricism. His attempt to reduce life to formulas is in direct contrast to Dedalus?s attempt to unify life with poetic, sensual ties. The two opposites attract."
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Alcohol and Relationships, 2002.
This paper presents a detailed examination of alcohol abuse and its effect on father-son relationships.
1,185 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 40.95
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The writer explores many aspects of how alcohol affects the relationship that fathers and sons have in various stages of their lives. The paper shows that if the father has an alcohol problem, the relationship is almost always negatively affected and the son can develop many negative traits, including the inability to succeed, the tendency to abuse others and the possibility of becoming an alcoholic himself. The paper shows the development of these negative traits in toddlers, school children and teens.
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"Science has concluded that children of alcoholics have a higher chance of becoming alcoholics therefore the son of an alcoholic is also more prone to the problem (Rose, 1998). Studies have also discovered that the sons of alcoholics develop more mental health issues than others. An alcoholic father teaches the son by example to hide behind being drunk instead of face the feelings he has. In addition an alcoholic father often has co-morbid disorders which further damage the relationship that he has with his children."
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Relationships in 'Mrs Warren?s Profession', 2001.
A discussion of the father son and mother daughter relationships in Mrs. Warren?s Profession.
2,105 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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In the play, Shaw set out to challenge the satisfaction of his audience and weaken some of their most deep-rooted notions. He draws public attention to the truth that prostitution is caused, not by female depravation, but simply by underpaying, undervaluing, and overworking women, in a capitalist and chauvinist society. These controversies develop through the different characters particularly, and the theme is analysed in the relation between Vivie and her mother.
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"Mrs Warren?s Profession, written by Bernard Shaw in the early nineteen hundreds, deals with a series of moral issues, which are of important relevance even now. Throughout the play, Bernard Shaw, proves to be an incisive and irreverent social citric, therefore being the antithesis of the romantic dramatist which characterized Victorian society. Shaw, uses the play to put forward his ideas and criticize social and moral issues existent at the beginning of the 20th century in British society, issues which ironically are still applicable in our supposedly developed world."
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Frankenstein and Huck - Like Father, Like Son, 2002.
An examination of unusual father-son relationships in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".
1,485 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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A look at how, in Shelley's novel "Frankenstein", the creature has an extremely unsuccessful father-son relationship with the creature he creates. The father is appalled with what he has made and the son takes revenge on the father for having made him in the first place. It shows how in some ways this is similar to the relationship between Huckleberry Finn and his real father, the terrible drunken Pap.
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"Frankenstein describes his relationship with his own father as perfect--up until the point where his younger brother has been born and his mother has died. Then there is a growing sense of antagonism toward his father in Frankenstein's account. He does not really wish to leave Elizabeth and the family. But his father insists that he leave for the university and when his mother died Frankenstein could only "obtain from my father a respite of some weeks" (Shelley 47). In his disappoint over leaving Frankenstein turns to the studies that interested him and begins his creation of the creature. He blames his entire later course on his father--but subtly limits the blame to his father's quick dismissal of the ancient science that was to mislead him: "If . . . my father had taken the pains to explain to me that the principles of Agrippa had been entirely exploded and that a modern system of science had . . . much greater powers . . . I should certainly have thrown Agrippa aside, and . . . it is even possible that the train of my ideas would never have received the fatal impulse that led to my ruin" (Shelley 40)."
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For the Love of Your Mother.
A creative short story about the irony of a lost relationship between one mother and two sons.
3,587 words (approx. 14.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 100.95
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This paper is an exercise in creative writing. The writer has provided an imaginative, descriptive and easy-to-read story, filled with murder, mystery and money. The writer employs rich language to illustrate the characters of his story and to make the plot come alive. The twist at the end of the story is delightfully ironic.
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"The night air was chilly against the man's dark face as he waited patiently outside the massive gates leading to the mansion. His heavy, black, unkempt beard and long, curly, black uncombed hair could not even keep him warm tonight, as he shifted his large frame from foot to foot in an effort to keep warm. Crisp with the oncoming snow, the air filled his lungs, making it hard for him to breathe. He was a heavy smoker after all. Yet in the darkness of this evening, no cigarette burned. He knew his habit could lead to his arrest, were the cigarette butts ever found. Not smoking was definitely not improving his nerves this evening. Usually completely calm and frighteningly efficient, the man found himself more nervous than ever about this job. The semi frozen ground shifted under his pacing feet, as he heard a train whistle in the distance, and someone's stereo nearby. "I didn't think rich white people listen to loud music", he mused to himself as he waited. Admittedly, the waiting was always the difficult part, but his nervousness was more pronounced than usual. He could hear a car motor approaching, and eased himself further into the shadows of the near-barren winter pines surrounding the gate. He could not be seen."
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"Angela? Ashes", 2002.
An examination of the novel "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt with emphasis on the theme of father-son relationships.
1,450 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper looks at how the relationship between the main character, Frank, and his father, Malachy, proves to be one of the influential and significant relationships portrayed by the novel, yet it is not a father-son relationship in the traditional sense. Malachy is destitute, he is an alcoholic, and he is the main reason why the family struggles, both in America and Ireland, yet he earns Frank?s trust and loyalty. It shows how the novel goes to show that there are intrinsic ties between the father and son, that no matter how ?far-stretched,? cannot be broken.
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"Frank?s story, essentially an account of his childhood, is written in the first person, present tense. He chronicles his childhood, focussing on the struggles of the family. Through these struggles, the environment, and his family, we see Frank?s character development. He seems to repel all the negatives around him, and focus his energy at succeeding and rising above the poverty line.
Naturally, Frank?s character development is primarily due to the influence of his parents. Frank?s parents are not bad people, but they do very little to help his, and his siblings? situation. His mother, Angela, tries to raise them as a ?normal? family, but struggles to provide for them. Her troubles are primarily due to disregard of her husband, Malachy."
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"Hamlet" and "Henry IV", 2002.
A look at father-son relationships in the Shakespearean plays, "Hamlet" and "Henry IV".
2,430 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 74.95
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This is a paper on father-son relationships in "Hamlet" and "Henry IV" part 1. The author analyzes this relationship in detail looking at the characters and how they impact the type of relationship that develops. The paper contends that while the relationship in "Hamlet" revolves around respect, in "Henry IV", the relationship is more about power.
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?Hamlet, the young prince, so loved and venerated the memory of his dead father, almost amounting to idolatry, and had such a nice sense of honor and propriety, that he is taken aback when his mother, Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, marries his uncle, his father?s brother, within two month of the King?s death. All the more so because Claudius in no ways resembled the King in the qualities of either mind or appearance. He was as contemptible in outward appearance as he was base and unworthy in disposition.?
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