Essays Tagged: "Infidelity"

"The storm" by Kate Chopin

ef affair of two individuals, Calixta and Alcee.Many people don't see the story as a condemnation ofinfidelity, but rather as an act of human sexuality. This essayargues that 'The Storm' may be interp ...

(3 pages) 337 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Divorce in America and its effects on children

during the twentieth century family has suffered the most dramatic change, the increase of divorce.Infidelity, dishonesty, and even a personal failure to change something as simple as a bad habit cau ...

(2 pages) 211 1 3.9 Jul/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Agamemnon: Power and Vengeance An analysis of Zeus's role in cycle of violence and revenge in Aeschylus's Agamemnon

ed by the twin kings Menelaus and Agamemnon against the city of Troy, sparking a cycle of continued infidelity and violence. This text reveals a rather perverse system of divine justice in which, at t ... is largely the cause of the play's conflicts. The violence of the story becomes cyclical as anger, infidelity and violence breed more anger, infidelity and bloodshed. Ironically, although the war was ...

(4 pages) 97 1 3.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Peter the Great vs. Catherine the Great--Who Was Greater?

r I was cruel and ruthless to the point where he locked up his own son in prison under suspicion of infidelity and let him die there. On the other hand, Catherine the Great was well composed and well ...

(4 pages) 60 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

History on Monogamy/

amount of marriages that fail and lead to divorce. One of the biggest grounds of divorce is due to infidelity. With the exception of a few cultures monogamy is something that is practiced all over th ... In situations where a woman is more dependent on a man to provide for her financially the cases of infidelity is less. While on the flip side situations where the women are financially secure the rat ...

(5 pages) 62 0 4.3 May/2003

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

"The Crucible" - Character analysis on Abigail and how her character influences events in the story with quotes and excerpts to back up the information.

Reverend Parris, is cast out of the house of John and Elizabeth Proctor because of her part in the infidelity committed with John Proctor. Her uncle is suspicious of her hasty exit, and even more so ...

(3 pages) 49 0 2.5 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Machiavellian Monkeys, James Shreeve, Discover, June 1991.

erited need to deceive."Machiavellian Monkeys, James Shreeve, Discover, June 1991.Fraud. Deception. Infidelity. Theft. When these words are spoken, or read, the first thought is of human traits. Not o ...

(3 pages) 34 0 2.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

No one person is perfect.

e's Puritanical novel, The Scarlet Letter, the main character, Hester Prynne, commits an offense of infidelity against her husband, Roger Chillingworth. From then on her secret affair with the Puritan ...

(4 pages) 49 2 4.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Is fidelity antique.

fidelity antique?It's hard to watch the news or read a newspaper without encountering remarks about infidelity, either by a politician or eminent celebrities. Does it mean that everybody cheat on thei ... and or his wife is having an affair, though it seems beyond forgiveness.Bible that harshly condemns infidelity but also teaches forgiveness. Faith provides us with the power to forgive. When we don't ...

(2 pages) 33 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"What does 'As You Like It' suggest about romantic love and marriage?" - An essay discussing the presentation of love and lovers in Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'.

vers are often ridiculous; and that love is changeable, marriage being plagued by conflict and even infidelity. The offering of this contrast reinforces the general message that love is illogical and ...

(4 pages) 97 0 2.9 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Importance of Carnival in Aphra Behn's The Rover

while under the colonial reign of Spain, a large cast of characters becomes embroiled in scenes of infidelity, seduction, misrepresentation, and elaborate swordplay, which create tension and confusio ...

(4 pages) 103 1 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Shakespeare's Midsummer's Night Dream: The troubles between Oberon and Titania.

t Titania and Oberon in the forest where they begin immediately with an argument. There has been an infidelity of a sort as Titania talks about Oberon being in India with another woman. ...

(3 pages) 30 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > A Midsummer Night's Dream

A bookreport about the book Sotah by Neomi Regen - synopsis, opinion and a creative task. The book is written in English, by an Israeli author, and the plot also takes place in Israel.

back, an unpleasant surprise is waiting for her. Reb Kurzman and his group of followers know of her infidelity. They make her leave to New York, leaving only a letter to Judah, saying the she had slep ...

(3 pages) 22 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Jealously among the society

ore than others. This reflects not only the fact that the levels of exposure to actual or potential infidelity is different for different people but it also is a result of differing sensitivities to t ... n particular with potential loss of a partner whereas women were more concerned with the effects of infidelity on the quality of the relationship. Men would deal with this emotion by using denial and ...

(6 pages) 50 1 3.4 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

IRP Essay: Infidelity and Family Breakups

At the turn of the century, modernization of traditions also increased family breakups and infidelity; however these situations were not seem to be the norm. The characters in the novels A Ha ... ters in the novels A Handful of Dust and What Maisie Knew show the evolution of family breakups and infidelity due to their depraved actions. Brenda, a character from Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust ...

(7 pages) 49 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Causes of Divorce

as caused such an increase in divorce among marriages? Possible solutions to this question would be infidelity, drinking and/or drug abuse, and lack of communication.According to Amato and Previti, in ... Amato and Previti, infidelity is "cheating on a spouse, leaving spouse for another partner" (612). Infidelity is one of the top reasons of what causes divorce among marriages. Some men and womens int ...

(4 pages) 128 1 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Detailed Outline of "Othello"

na's handkerchief.II. Iago fans the flames of Othello's distrust and fury with Desdemona's supposed"infidelity".A. Iago first suggests that Desdemona shared her bed with Cassio.B. Iago suggests to Oth ...

(1 pages) 32 0 1.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber

is a story filled with the theme of courage. Francis tests his courage in the lion hunt, his wife's infidelity, and in the buffalo hunt.The first test of Francis Macomber's courage is shown during the ... age. Beginning with his running in fear of the injured lion, then in trying to deal with his wife's infidelity and ending with the buffalo hunt, along the way Macomber's courage is strengthened. Altho ...

(2 pages) 23 0 2.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

From start to finish contradictory talks about Willy's obligations but does none that ruined his whole life.

Ben, and also the memory from the past on his own. Undoubtedly, there are several facts that he has infidelity to both his sons and his wife. The relationship between each other in Loman's family is b ... ld him not to yell at his mother all the time, but he still yelled at her afterwards. Also, Willy's infidelity to Linda has also to be condemned anyway from the speech of "The Woman" "You kill me. And ...

(4 pages) 21 0 1.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

How far does the context of war and soldiery contribute to the tragedy in Shakespeare's "Othello"?

between his public and private figure, and when faced with the possibility and doubt of Desdemona's infidelity, he deals with it in the only way befitting of his public self: to regain his honor throu ...

(4 pages) 16 0 0.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare