Essays Tagged: "sibling rivalry"

Critique of Bruno Bettelheim's and Karen Kolbenschlag's interpretation of "Cinderella"

strated in the synthesis of Freudian psychologist Bruno Bettelheim's work "'Cinderella': A Story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflicts," and an excerpt from Feminist writer Madonna Kolbenschlag's w ... ecause of a resemblance children feel with the heroine. Both Bettelheim and Kolbenschlag agree that sibling rivalry is both a very real and very strong force in a child's emotional composition. The fe ...

(4 pages) 126 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Family Violence

ent activities can occur amongchildren in the same family. Sometimes psychiatrists refer to this as sibling rivalry. Often it is thekind of violent action that occurs when an argument gets out of hand ...

(5 pages) 138 1 3.0 Jul/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

This essay argues that Cain was unjustly punished after he killed his brother able

at it was partly Gods fault that Cain killed Abel and that Cain was just acting out of jealousy and sibling rivalry.If Adam, Eve, Cain, and Able were the first family on the earth and no one had died ... ad? Probably. So then would God had punished Able the same way? I like to think soAnyone that has a sibling should be able to have some understanding about the jealousy that Cain must have been going ...

(4 pages) 56 2 2.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

To Kill a Mockingbird

Why do we have such a thing as sibling rivalry? The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in the small town of Mayc ...

(2 pages) 146 2 4.1 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

What Causes Sibling Rivalry?

Sibling rivalry will always occur in a household of more than one child whether through comparison, ... hildren both contribute to the rivalry. It will occur on a daily, weekly, and even an hourly basis. Sibling rivalry may become difficult and annoying to parents, but they must deal with it day after d ... become difficult and annoying to parents, but they must deal with it day after day. In definition, sibling rivalry is when one sibling or more compete with one another or try to emulate each other .R ...

(5 pages) 79 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

"Proof" a review

d insanity, early success and life-long striving to surpass or equal that success, family dynamics, sibling rivalry and trust. All this different, but still combinable subjects make PROOF a worth seei ...

(3 pages) 43 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Birth Order and Leadership

he ways in which birth order determines personality and behavior. According to evolutionary theory, sibling rivalry for "physical, emotional, and intellectual resources from parents" causes clear, con ... and intellectual resources from parents" causes clear, consistent and enduring differences between siblings, which hold across cultures and throughout history. Chemers (1970) administer, surveyed 350 ...

(2 pages) 57 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

How birth order determines personality

ugh families are getting smaller, the majority of American children still grow up with at least one sibling, and there is certainly no shortage of speculation about the roles that brothers and sisters ... tainly no shortage of speculation about the roles that brothers and sisters play in a child's life. Sibling rivalry is the spirit of competition, jealousy, and resentment that may arise between two or ...

(2 pages) 135 8 4.6 Jul/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Sibling relationships in Amy Tan's "Rules of the game"

Sibling rivalry is present in both Amy Tan's "Rule of the Game," and Alice Walker's "Everyday Use." ... 's "Rule of the Game," and Alice Walker's "Everyday Use." This essay will focus specifically on the sibling relationships in Amy Tan's "Rules of the Game." In "Rules of the Game," sibling rivalry is s ... mained the same. However, this is not the case, as Meimei says, "My brothers had deaf ears."Typical sibling relationship behavior is shown when Vincent and Winston did now allow Meimei to play chess w ...

(2 pages) 20 0 5.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

This essay is on Sam Shepards' Play "True West" it demonstrates the search for a sense of meaning to life; while also depicting the struggles faced by the brothers in attaining their American Dream"

life, this explains his own search for his dreams and what he considers real.Passage 2 explores the sibling rivalry between the characters and their true nature is exposed. Lee attempts to write the s ...

(3 pages) 4909 0 5.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Sibling rivalry

nvironment. Therefore conflict arises due to the relationship we have daily with one another, hence sibling rivalry. And because siblings have interdependent relationship of one another it is impossib ... een me and my brother who is a year and a half younger than I am. Age spacing plays a major role in sibling rivalry because the closer the age the more intense the rivalry. My brother always does stag ...

(2 pages) 21 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The Piano Lessen

Sibling Rivalry In the play, "The Piano Lesson"� by August Wilson, it showed the difficulties ... wants to sell the family piano so he can have a new start in life and forget his painful past. This sibling rivalry came to be because they were so different and wanted to do what they thought was best.

(3 pages) 11 0 0.0 Mar/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Bad

" for the first time the reader may be tempted to categorize the story as nothing more than a sibling rivalry with a near-positive ending. After the second and third readings many underlying the ... Sonny. The reader, through a series of flashbacks and arguments, is taken through what appears as a sibling rivalry between the narrator and Sonny. The narrator doesn't agree or support the actions of ...

(6 pages) 1592 0 0.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Television Sitcoms: 1950's - Today

fifty years. The sitcom format is based upon two main types: the element of family drama mixed with sibling rivalry and the element of sexual exploration. Family sitcoms specialized in family drama an ... tcoms specialized in family drama and focused on internal family roles of the parents, children and siblings. Sticking to the same basic formula, sitcoms show a problem solved and a lesson learned in ...

(5 pages) 55 0 5.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

Evolution of the Sitcom

home or workplace. The sitcom format is based upon two main types: usually family drama mixed with sibling rivalry and drama of sexual exploration. Family sitcoms specialized in drama of a family com ... zed in drama of a family component and focus on internal family roles of the parents, children, and siblings. Family sitcoms include blood families like "Roseanne," melded families like "The Brady Bun ...

(9 pages) 57 1 5.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

Family Business Succession

the currently in power generation. The problems with the next generation members include jealousy, sibling rivalry, and just plain disdain. The current generation members could have power struggles o ...

(4 pages) 31 0 0.0 Jul/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management