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Motherless Daughters, 2003.
An overview of literature about the death of a mother in a child's early life.
1,734 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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What are the effects of early mother-loss on daughters? How are future relationships affected? How can a girl, teenager, or woman emerge from such extreme loss and find acceptance and healing? These are the questions this paper delves into and sheds light and understanding on.
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"The early loss of a mother is a catastrophic event. That is how Maxine Harris, Ph.D. describes it in her book The Loss That Is Forever: The Life Long Impact of the Early Death of a Mother or Father. I believe there is no description more fitting. Harris defines a catastrophe as evoking ?feelings of discontinuity, terrifying insecurity and profound emptiness?. She states that a catastrophe occurs when the world as we know it and understand it ceases to exist."
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Shakespeare's Fathers and Daughters, 2006.
This paper discusses Shakespeare's portrayal of the relationship between fathers and daughters.
1,969 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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In this essay, the writer discusses Shakespeare's work, while examining the way in which he portrays the relationship between fathers and daughters. The writer looks at the plays "King Lear" and "The Tempest," in which the daughters pursue a certain course in life due to their fathers' patriarchal actions. Further, the writer discusses the play "The Tempest," in which the character Miranda follows, although somewhat rebelliously, the eventually advantageous path set out by her father. The writer also looks at "Romeo and Juliet" in which the bonds between Juliet and her father appear to be much more loyalty bound than love oriented and patriarchy constraints are to the extreme. Using references from literature discussing Shakespeare's writings, the writer presents this view of the roles of fathers and daughters in Shakespeare's work.
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""Romeo and Juliet" is naturally one of the first Shakespeare plays that comes to mind when considering the role of fathers and daughters, because of the work's popularity through the years with its many modern renditions. However the bonds between Juliet and her father appear to be much more loyalty and dutiful bound than love oriented, and patriarchy constraints are to the extreme. Although Cordelia does not actually say the exact words her father, Lear, wants to hear, it is because of love not fear. Likewise, Miranda and Prospero have a very loving father-daughter relationship from the very beginning of "The Tempest." Although "Romeo and Juliet" does definitely show how a daughter's actions are set in place by her father's behavior, "King Lear" and "The Tempest" are even more interesting due to the additional conflicting relationships that exist due to this strong love between father and child."
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"Victoria's Daughters", 2007.
A brief review of Jerrold Packard's "Victoria's Daughters".
755 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper looks at how Jerrold Packard's "Victoria's Daughters", examines the lives of the five daughters of Victoria, Queen of England: Vicky, Alice, Louise, Lenchen, and Beatrice. It examines how the book tells about each daughter and their families and concludes that it is a good book to read for learning more about the royal family in the 1800s, and the tragedies that can befall anyone, even the royal family.
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"Packard focused on how even a royal family cannot escape tragedy. Tragedy will strike even the Queen of England, the most powerful woman in the world in the late 1800's. Her husband was taken from her on December 14, 1861, and then her third child, and second daughter was taken from her on December 14, 1878. Once Prince Albert died, Queen Victoria lived the rest of her life in a state of mourning, and allowed her days to be consumed with self-pity. Her sometimes aloof ways in raising her children would lead to her eldest daughter raising her children in the same aloof manner. This action would lead to Vicky's eldest son, Willy, to become quite harsh with his parents. "
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Mothers and Daughters: "The Joy Luck Club".
Describes the complex relationship between the mothers and daughters in Amy Tan's novel, "The Joy Luck Club".
1,541 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper explains the prevailing theme of mother-daughter relationships in Amy Tan's novel, "The Joy Luck Club," and looks at the novel's focus on the need for Asian-born mothers and their daughters to reconcile the past with the present.
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"One way Tan came to terms with this was embracing multiple perspectives and dual identities, Chinese and American. "I think that the other reason that I've become a storyteller is that I was raised with so many different conflicting ideas that it posed many questions for me in life, and those questions became a filter for looking at all my experiences and seeing them from different angles. That's what I think that a storyteller does, and underneath the surface of the story is a question or a perspective or a nagging little emotion, and then it grows." (Giles, 1995) The multi-layered narrative structure of The Joy Luck Club generated by this upbringing is striking, as it alternates past and present, between the different perspectives of the members of the club and their daughters."
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Gerd Brantenberg's "Egalia's Daughters", 2006.
An analysis of the theme about gender roles and gender differences in the novel, "Egalia's Daughters", by Gerd Brantenberg.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the novel the novel, "Egalia's Daughters", by Gerd Brantenberg and how the author creates a version of society known as Egalia in which gender roles are different than the norm, reflecting ideas of gender from more modern times. In this society men must wear clothing that is uncomfortable and restricting much the way women in our society have done for a long time. The men are also required to be housebound, meaning they stay home and take care of the home much the way women were long expected to do in Western society. The paper explains that the novel satirizes current gender differences by switching many of them, showing men as if they were viewed as women, and women as if they were viewed as men. The story is told using the experience of the child Petronius as the individual who is coming of age and learning about gender and society.
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Mother and Daughters in Canadian Literature, 2002.
An analysis of three novels by Canadian women about their relationships and their problems with their daughters.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper reviews three novels by Canadian women authors as a way to compare and contrast their writing styles, and how these styles work to convey the complex relations of mothers and daughters. All three stories, (Hetty Dorval, The Swamp Angel, The Fire-Dwellers) deal with issues of language, silence, and the value of symbols and metaphors to express what is often inexpressible for women. This essay explores these themes through the writing of the authors, Ethel Wilson and Margaret Laurence, who portray a relation of writer with subject, where the ambiguities of understanding women in society become a shared project of story and writing.
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Gerd Brantenberg's "Egalia's Daughters", 2006.
An analysis of Gerd Brantenberg's book, "Egalia's Daughters".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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The story of "Egalia's Daughters" by Gerd Brantenberg depicts a society that is significantly different than traditional social orders throughout the world. Whereas men have historically been the leaders of society by creating laws, running governments and controlling their homes, Brantenberg reverses the situation, placing women as the leaders throughout every facet of the social order. Additionally, as societies within the world have evolved, laws and policies have historically been created to protect the rights and needs of the male population to a greater extent than the female population." This paper examines the statement about gender divisions Brantenberg makes in this work.
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The story of Egalia's Daughters by Brantenberg depicts a society that is significantly different than traditional social orders throughout the world. Whereas men have historically been the leaders of society by creating laws, running governments and controlling their homes, Brantenberg reverses the situation, placing women as the leaders throughout every facet of the social order. Additionally, as societies within the world have evolved, laws and policies have historically been created to protect the rights and needs of the male population to a greater extent than the female population. Because men have been the creators of such laws this has been the "natural" inclination of judicial systems throughout the world.
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History in "Daughters of the Dust", 2006.
A summary and analysis of the film "Daughters of the Dust".
940 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper describes this film about black families that have lived in virtual isolation for generations on a small, coastal island of the coast of Carolina called Edo Island. The paper explains that the film, "Daughters of the Dust", examines how memory keeps the lessons of the past alive and provides a sense of continuity and community for the family.
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"The time frame is revealed through the clothing worn by both men and women, and there is reference in the dialogue about Theodore Roosevelt. At the movie's opening the date is specified as 1902, but the story is not linear and is told in flashback, and it is necessary to reinforce the time frame visually as well as verbally."
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DES and Mothers & Daughters, 2005.
An analysis of the social effects of DES on mothers and their daughters.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 53.95
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This third year sociology paper is an article review on the social effects of DES on mothers and daughters. The paper further examines conflict and feminist theory on the subject.
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"In the article Woe The Women: DES, Mothers and Daughters Deborah Davidson looks at the impacts of diethylstilberstrol (DES) on mothers and their daughters. DES was an anti-miscarriage drug that was fast tracked on to the market before it was proven safe. The result was a number of cases of premature labour, infertility, Adenocarcinoma (CCA) and a range of other health problems (Davidson 161). Although a medical examination of DES would be quite interesting Davidson decides to look at the social effects on mothers and daughters who were exposed to DES."
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Shakespeare, Fathers and Daughters, 2006.
A look at the father/daughter relationships of William Shakespeare's "Othello", "King Lear" and "The Tempest".
1,895 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper examines how William Shakespeare's plays "Othello", "King Lear" and "The Tempest" all have critical elements of familial conflict. It looks at how in "Othello" and "The Tempest", the daughters' relationships with their fathers are initially perceived as reliant and dependent; however, each daughter eventually detaches from her father to form a new attachment with another man. It discusses how "King Lear" is different from the other two because it involves multiple daughters who are not stereotypical Shakespearean era females; that is, each daughter is independent of their father from the inception of the play.
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"The second scene of Shakespeare's The Tempest showcases the dependence of Miranda upon her father, Prospero. Miranda calls him "my dearest father" (1.2.1) and several variants of "sir" (1.2.42, 55, 78, 88, 106, 175). In this first exchange between the two, the audience begins to understand the depth of Miranda's devotion to her father. Prospero tells the story of how he and Miranda were driven from Milan twelve years prior to the start of the play. Since then, they have lived on a deserted island and Prospero has been Miranda's only company. Her dependence is out of necessity - she had no one else to utilize as a companion during her time on the island; her closeness with her father seems completely natural. "
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"Daughters Will Love Like You Do", 2005.
An analysis of how father-daughter relationships influence marriage in William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice".
1,531 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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Using John Mayer's song, "Daughters," as inspiration, the paper examines how family relationships, particularly that of a father and daughter, which is a woman's first "love" relationship, can influence her behaviors in future romantic relationships. It examines how "The Merchant of Venice" chronicles the relationships of two father-daughter pairs, showing how a father's selfishness can be ruinous to his daughter's marriage, whereas a close father-daughter bond can ensure a woman a better chance of a happy, healthy marriage.
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"Jessica portends the negative impact that her folly for revenge and escape will have on her marriage when she says "But love is blind, and lovers cannot see/The pretty follies that themselves commit," (2.5.36-37). Despite having everything she thinks she wanted - a life free from her father's house, and marriage to a man she loves - Jessica's actions will always hang over her life like a dark cloud. As she and Lorenzo sit and sing together near the end of the play, they "uneasily equate their love" to doomed couples such as Trolius and Cressida, Jason and Medea, and Pyramus and Thisbe, "all ominous archetypes of bonds somehow shattered in conjunction with attempts to invalidate family or cultural allegiances" (Boose 337)."
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Maternal Influence on Daughters' Eating Disorders, 2006.
A review of the influence a mother-daughter relationship has on eating disorders.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses an article reviewing the relationship between mother-daughter interactions related to weight and food restrictions and subsequent behavioral habits relating to food in daughters in a longitudinal study at 5, 7, 9 and 11 years. The paper critically assesses the article along with citations from other related articles. The paper further discusses comments on what else could have been done differently in the study and contributions to the field.
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Mothers and Daughters, 2004.
A comparative analysis of the mother-daughter relationship in Amy Tan's "Rules of the Game" and Alice Walker's "Everyday Use".
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper analyzers the ways that Amy Tan, in "Rules of the Game" and Alice Walker in "Everyday Use" investigate the relationships between mothers and daughters. It looks at how these relationships that the authors find compelling in and of themselves, are also found to be illuminative of the larger conflicts between past and future, tradition and progress, the Old World and the New. It shows how both writers root their stories within a specific ethnic tradition and how both are also engaged in that retelling of the universal.
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"Amy Tan in "Rules of the Game" and Alice Walker in "Everyday Use" investigate the relationships between mothers and daughters, relationships that the authors find compelling in and of themselves and that they also find to be illuminative of the larger conflicts .."
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Mothers and Daughters, 2007.
This paper looks at the motherly thoughts, realizations and truths in "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olson.
801 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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The paper examines two short stories, "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olson, where both viewpoint characters are the mothers of now-grown daughters who realize truths about their daughters they never saw before. The paper explains that "I Stand Here Ironing" is written in a more mainstream way, without ethnic or regional colloquialisms, while "Everyday Use" reflects, in terms of content as well as style, the distinctiveness of African- American culture. The paper analyzes both stories in terms of style and content and demonstrates the similarities of many of the key themes and realizations of the mothers within these stories.
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"In "Everyday Use", Mama is the mother of Dee, who is flashy, outspoken, confident and successful, and Maggie, who is shyer and mush less confident, but who has survived a fire and has quiet inner strength her mother has not always seen. In "I Stand Here Ironing", Emily's unnamed mother, who is ironing clothes throughout the whole story, recollects to herself how someone, perhaps a teacher or counselor from Emily's school, had once wanted to talk to her, a poor working single parent, about Emily's needing help. Then, later, the mother recalls, Emily showed a surprising gift for comedy."
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