Essays Tagged: "Household"

Emilie du Chatelet

t manyeducation opportunities for women. She was born in Paris on December 17,1706 and grew up in a household where marriage was the only way onecould improve their place in society. During her early ...

(3 pages) 61 0 3.9 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Justice in the World

he first justice that I would like to speak about is personal justice.Blessed are those reared in a household innocence of the deadly sin of envy. Their lives will be tormented by a grinding resentmen ...

(4 pages) 111 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The Bow of Odysseus

suitors. It is by means of the bow that Odysseus disposes with the suitors, retakes control of his household, and fully reclaims his lost identity. But this bow is not only a deadly weapon; it is als ... ns at Ilium. Odysseus' slaughter of the suitors is not so much a war as violent struggle within the household. Furthermore, Odysseus' bow is no ordinary bow. No weakling or coward could even hope to s ...

(10 pages) 129 0 4.5 Mar/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

Is it a Violation? Sterilization of women.

ee children. The father, who lacks education, is accountable for making enough money to support the household on his own. The highest paying job he can find, barely pays enough to take care of himself ...

(2 pages) 74 1 4.2 Mar/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Rogerian Argument - handguns in US

n the home can only cause unneededaccidents. There have been several incidents where a child in the household has mistakena gun for a toy and has injured themself or others. Also there have been occas ...

(2 pages) 200 1 4.1 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government > United Nations

Interpersonel communications and technology - APA style

y, in the United States, if your income is over $75,000USD, you are white and college educated your household will be wired (Walker, 1997). Internet usage, which is only ten years old, is growing from ... have needed external support to solve technical problems (Kiesler, 2002). If there is a teen in the household, it is more than likely the teenager will deal with support desks to resolve the issue (Kr ...

(8 pages) 722 1 3.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

A really short multi-paragraphed essay on Samuel Pepys role as a citizen of London, as a husband and as a master.

iety, Pepys could also be seen as a role model that other men strived to be like, and was head of a household that included a wife and several servants, making him play many roles.As a citizen of Lond ...

(2 pages) 45 0 3.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Intimacy

the way you would with someone who you just randomly meet on the street. We shared common parents, household, schedules, and heritage. Therefore, we were naturally inclined to develop some sort of re ...

(4 pages) 104 0 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

this essay is about television violence and it's effects on young children.

eather wentzel describe how television violence affect young children. They describe how 98% of all households have at least one television set in the household. They also described that young childre ...

(4 pages) 192 0 4.5 May/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

The importance of the internet in today's society

rapidrate of 10 percent in just one month. The internet is slowlybut surely becoming the number one household commidy beatingout the Television. How is this possible? Well look how muchthe Internet ha ... he web will becomeintergrated even more into our life, to the point whereevery single United States household will have a connectionto the WWW.Another important feature of the internet is ElectronicMa ...

(8 pages) 337 0 1.9 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Polymorphic and Cloning Computer Viruses

the help of modern telecommunications and the rapid growth of the personal computer in the average household we are able to talk to and share information with people from all sides of the globe. Howe ...

(7 pages) 72 0 4.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Mavis Gallant story, "Bernadette"

nd without a husband. The context of the storyexplores the relationships between the members of the household in afear associated manner. The relationship between the Knights andBernadette is the base ...

(4 pages) 30 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

William Faulkner - The Sound and The Fury; this is comparison between the innocent and experienced characters in this book.

egard for the emotions of everyone, being capable of only feeling anger himself, is the head of the household and uses his position to torture and inflict pain upon every member of the household. The ... drove Jason's brother, Quentin, to suicide. He, like the other children, was raised by Dilsey, the household servant. His childhood and lack of proper parenting must share part of the blame for what ...

(6 pages) 112 1 4.0 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Untraditional Traditions

ving quality time together is a thing of the past. We are inordinately busy, for one thing, whether household bread-winners or college students. Also, the definition of family has changed. We are deal ...

(3 pages) 81 1 4.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Woodrow Wilson

became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Augusta,Georgia.Woodrow came from a strict,caring household.Dr.Wilson liked to take Woodrow places like cotton mills,iron and steel foundries,and othe ...

(2 pages) 58 0 2.3 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians

Aristotle

o were slaves were meant to be slaves.In his book Politics, Aristotle begins with the Theory of The Household, and it is here that the majority of his views upon slavery are found. With the beginning ... he beginning of Chapter IV, Aristotle's idea of slavery is clearly defined. 'The instruments of the household form its stock of property : they are animate and inanimate : the slave is an animate inst ...

(5 pages) 139 0 5.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Wedding and Marriage Customs of the Chinese Culture

ily is very important. He is the "unquestionable power" who makes all the "right" decisions for the household. He, and his wife to a certain extent, decides whom their daughter will marry. When they h ... nd husband's parents. She must bring tea to her new parents every morning, do all the chores in the household, have lots of babies (especially boys), and be faithful and obedient. She is her husband's ...

(3 pages) 98 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Falling Victim to the Past - A persuassive essay based on Martha Ostenso's "Wild Geese".

In the novel, Wild Geese, by Martha Ostenso, the members of the Gare household struggle immensely under the oppressiveness of Caleb Gare, the father and Amelia Gare, the ... re to be seen but not heard and were to always be obedient. This is definitely the case in the Gare household. This lack of children's rights is further compounded by the isolation of the Gare's farmi ... Manitoba. Policing would not have been prevalent in the immediate area, especially when it came to household affairs. Although this sort of treatment still exists in some homes, in general, our sense ...

(25 pages) 57 0 4.1 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

A Response Paper to "A Dolls House" by Henrik Ibsen

were not able to assert themselves as forcefully as I am sure they wished. Men were able to run the household through kind or cruel intentions. In Nora's case Torvald was a kind man, however it seemed ...

(2 pages) 188 2 2.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

What are the consequences of the breakdown of the traditional family for American society?

e man left the home to work in factories while the wife remained home to tend to the running of the household and raising the children. As women increasingly entered the work force, the socialization ...

(5 pages) 226 1 4.1 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology