Abstract
This paper discusses how much of literature conveys the male-female relationship through the review of three different pieces of literature: John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums", Doris Lessing's "To Room Nineteen" and Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants". It shows how all three pieces of literature, attempt to prove that the basic truth in a male-female relationship is that men and women are different, in our habits, in the way we react to situations in life, environmental stimuli and in our attitudes regarding relationships. It examines how through the stories presented, it can be seen that communication undoubtedly plays a foundational role in the development of any healthy relationship and it often serves to bridge the gap between people with misunderstandings, or to solidify a mutual sense of commitment.

From the Paper
"Another story depicting a man and woman relationship is Doris Lessing's "To Room Nineteen". Susan, a married woman, feels a lose of freedom from being a wife and a mother whose days are spent taking care of her family and hardly had time for herself. Because of this feeling, which she was unable to communicate to her husband, she ended up killing herself. She rents a hotel room every afternoon where she spends time alone for herself, and just sits and thinks. Apparently, her husband assumes that she is having an affair. Knowing that her husband won't understand her feelings, she tells him that she is indeed having an affair. In the end, Susan returns to the hotel room and kills herself."

Tags:commitment, life, suicide

Abstract
This paper examines two texts, one ancient, "The Medea" by Euripides and the other modern, "A Doll House" by H. Ibsen. It looks at the roles of the two female characters - Medea in " The Medea" and Nora in "A Doll House" and discusses how the relationships between the male and the female characters reflect the relationship of the colonizer and the colonized. The paper examines what such a relationship entails and argues that this relationship can be changed only under extreme circumstances, which require a drastic action on the part of the colonized.

From the Paper
"Both Medea and Nora have challenged the concept of the passive feminine and the gender roles assigned to men and women within our society. The relationships between the male and the female often resemble the relationship between the colonizers and the colonized. The male/colonizer is active, the female/colonized is passive. The balance of power tips sharply towards the male/colonizer. The female/colonized are often the 'Others'; they are weak, simple creatures that need protection and guardianship, provided by the 'naturally' stronger, dominant male/colonizer. Nora and Medea refused to stay in the roles of the colonized and succeeded in freeing themselves from oppression by taking drastic action. Both however, were punished for it, shunned by the society in which they lived and both lost their children."

Tags:colonizer, colonized, passive, guardianship, gender

Abstract
The parallel gained by a closer study of the characters, Hector and Oedipus, shows both comparisons and contrasts that can be drawn. Both couples in these works by ancient Greek authors Sophocles and Homer show not only bittersweet pictures of the loving tragic family, but also show the differing emotions and reactions that an average person goes through during a personal crisis. The paper notes that, just as one can clearly see the depth of their relationships, one can clearly see the progression of the emotions in play. The depth, dynamics, and reactions of each relationship bring them to life and show not only the insight the writers had into human nature, but also the quality that these works have that makes them a part of our modern literature.

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"Another prominent similarity between the two couples is their outstanding family life. With Hector and Andromache, their scene with Astyanax is perhaps the most well-known and emotional scene of The Iliad. As Andromache and Hector meet on the Trojan precipice, they speak of their love and concern for each other and then play with their son. As the exchange between the three proceeds with laughter and love, we see the playtime with Astyanax as, "Then taking up his dear son he tossed him about in his arms, and kissed him, and lifted his voice in prayer to Zeus...:...grant this boy, who is my son, may be as I am...great in strength...and delight the heart if his mother," (91). We see not only the joy they share embodied in the boy, but Troy's hope for a future. The affectionate family dynamic, either atypical of ancient fathers or at least not written into much literature, is also seen with Oedipus and Jocasta's home life, though the audience may shudder."

Tags:male, relationships, rex

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This paper discusses the portrayal of the relationships found between men and women in literature and how this portrayal is influenced by the society of the time. Specifically, the paper compares Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and Margaret Laurence's "The Loons" with the aim of fully understanding the female-male relationships in these texts.

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"While Piquette and the narrator's father in Laurence's story do not share a connection as complex as that of the Misfit and the grandmother, nonetheless their connection is important. As Piquette confesses to the narrator when they later meet: "Your dad was the only person in Manawaka that ever done anything good to me" (Laurence 59). The narrator admits that she was repelled by the neediness and the "terrifying hope" in Piquette's relationships with men (Laurence 59). Her father saw something admirable in Piquette that was worthy of his intervention to help her and, unlike all of the other men in her life, he helped her selflessly and did not see her in common stereotypes employed by his daughter and the other townspeople (Notes). The symbol of the loon, which the father identifies and the story implies Piquette represents, reflects how the central meaning of the story lies in the complex interaction of these two characters."

Tags:culture, stereotypes, humanity

Abstract
This paper focuses on the relationships between the male and the female characters in many texts of ancient and modern literature reflect the relationship of the colonizer and the colonized. This paper will examine what such a relationship entails and will argue that this relationship can be changed only under extreme circumstances, which require a drastic action on the part of the colonized. For this purpose, the essay will examine two texts, one ancient, "The Medea" and the other modern, "A Doll House". The two female characters Medea in " The Medea" and Nora in "A Doll House" both change in the sense that they stop being the 'colonized'. However, both pay a steep price for that freedom.

Tags:Medea, doll, gender

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This paper examines the romantic and rational ideals as seen in 19th century literature, using Alexandre Dumas' "The Three Musketeers" as an example. The paper gives a basic plot summary and character analysis of the novel. The paper shows three incidences from the novel that demonstrate forms of romantic and rational chivalry which reflect male-female relationships. The author concludes by describing when rational versus romantic chivalry was necessary in the novel.

From the Paper
"This balance of both romanticism and rationalism is evidenced in the novel, "The Three Musketeers." Written in the mid-19th century, "Musketeers" chronicled the life of the protagonist d'Artagnan and his path towards being a true Musketeer, with the help of the 'three Musketeers' Athos, Pathos, and Aramis. Prevalent among the themes tackled in the novel was the theme of chivalry, a romanticist ideal that puts importance on how males regard female members of the society. However, the theme of chivalry was also shown to assume 'traces' of both romanticism and rationalism. That is, while chivalry was still the norm followed in the novel, this characteristic was motivated by the rational thoughts of d'Artagnan and the three Musketeers as protectors not only of the King and his family, but most importantly, of civil society from offenders and criminals."

Tags:Alexandre, Duman, Three, Musketeers

Abstract
The theme of death is analyzed in this study of Poe's female characters, as depicted in his many stories about marital relationships. The writer discusses that for Poe, the abstraction of love is often characterized within his male narrator's misogynist and distant views of women, and of their eventual illness and death. The writer maintains that by unveiling the varying aspects of these female characters, they often emulate, ghostly, dreamlike, or violent fantasies about the brevity of love that is constructed through the plots.

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"This study will analyze the comparatively different representations of death that is constructed through the female characters of Edgar Allen Poe's short stories. The stories: "Berenice", "Ligeia", "Eleonora", and "The Black Cat" to reveal the misogynistic and abstract nature of women that appear within Poe's character development and plot structure. By understanding this approach toward Poe's visualization of death for the women of these stories, a biographical account of his wife's death may provide a rationale for the bitterness and abstraction of women in these tales. In essence, this study will analyze the theme of death for the ..."

Tags:literature, women

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This paper studies the effect of female literacy on population growth. Using the 2SLS model, this paper establishes a negative relationship between the two. A comparative analysis of the two states of India, Bihar and Kerala, reveals the same trend. However, the paper brings out the subtle differences in the social ethos of these states. The paper distinctly establishes the dominant role of female literacy in population control and recommends suitable priorities to public policy planners

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Literature Review
Population Theories and Economic Growth
Human Capital and Endogenous Growth Models
Which Factors Influence Population Growth
The Dominant Factor Debate
The Religious Factor Debate
The "Traditional" Factor Debate
Data and Methodology
District Level Macro Analysis Methodology
Block Level Micro Analysis Methodology
Findings
The District Level Macro Findings
Analysis by Each Variable
Block Level Micro Findings
The Spatial Analysis and the "Patna Puzzle"
Conclusion and Policy Recommendations
References
End Notes
Appendices

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"The past decade (1991-2001) has been a watershed for India in more ways than one. While this decade saw the boldest economic reforms in India's history making it possible to emerge from the Hindu Rate of Growth, the decade also witnessed the sharpest decline in population growth (2.52% points, See Chart 1) coupled with the sharpest increase in female literacy (14.87% points) since Independence. A somewhat similar feat was achieved by the Indian State of Bihar for the period 1991-1997 where it registered a high literacy growth with the sharpest expected decadal decline in population growth (1.68% points) . Unfortunately, after 1997, unprecedented political instability led to the State slipping on these indices so much so that it finally registered a dismal performance on both the fronts of female literacy (lowest in the country) and population growth ( 2.8%, which is higher than the national average of 2.1%) for the entire decade (1991-2001) taken as a whole. An exceedingly good performance in this area (both at the national level and the State level) has prompted me to explore whether literacy (particularly female literacy) carries a more direct bearing on population control than other methods such as mass media campaigns, family planning, and sterilization."

Tags:growth, kerala, literacy, male, population, sterilisation, urbanisation

Abstract
This paper contains a thesis stating that although male dominated society excludes and exploits women as portrayed in Ibsen's "A Doll House", the importance of friendship between women can overcome their marginality and restore women to the center of a husbanding society. This paper compares and contrasts the importance of female friendship described in Bauman's "Winter into Spring" and despaired of in "The Existential Paralysis of Women" by Simone de Beauvoir. The first point of contrast is that Beauvoir writes about the exploitation of women in Western bourgeois society, whereas Bauman recounts the trials of women in the void of that society smashed to pieces by the Nazis.

From the Paper
"The thesis of this paper is that although male dominated society excludes and exploits women as portrayed in Ibsen's "A Doll House", the importance of friendship between women can overcome their marginality and restore women to the center of a husbanding society. This paper compares and contrasts the importance of female friendship described in Bauman's "Winter into Spring" and despaired of in "The Existential Paralysis of Women" by Simone de Beauvoir. The first point of contrast is that Beauvoir writes about the exploitation of women in Western bourgeois society, whereas Bauman recounts the trials of women in the void of that society smashed to pieces by the Nazis."

Tags:girlfriend, bond, women, relationship, trust

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The paper examines the literature on teen sexual behavior, particularly regarding adolescent girls. The paper reveals a number of interesting teen trends, including: girls with positive sexual self-concepts are prevalent in the Northern hemisphere; condom-users tend to be those not in a monogamous relationship; the use of the contraceptive pill has decreased over time; access to support networks and community health bodies can reduce adolescent pregnancy rates; teen males tend to have more sexual partners than girls; some teens still abstain from sexual intercourse owing to personal reasons; females are more likely subjects to pressure to have sex; and that changing conceptions as to what constitutes "sex" are growing.

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"The present paper examines the literature on teen sexual behavior, particularly regarding adolescent girls. A collection of studies revealed a number of interesting teen trends, including: girls with positive sexual self-concepts are prevalent in the Northern hemisphere; condom-users tend to be those not in a monogamous relationship; the use of the contraceptive pill has decreased over time; access to support networks and community health bodies can reduce adolescent pregnancy rates; teen males tend to..."

Tags:teen, sex, behaviour