Accelerated Rhetoric 10-14-02 What's the real problem? Supremacy by definition is supreme power or authority. In Steinem's essay she discusses men's 'authority' over women, or the lack there of. She also discusses what she feels contributed to this desire that men hav...

Antigone Antigone and Ismene are sisters. They have two brothers who just killed each other and both died. Creon, whos very powerful, honored one and dishonored the other. The dishonored brother being left outside, unburied, and prohibited anyone to cry or sympathetic on the dead body. A...

Christopher Clark\'s, The Roots of Rural Capitalism focuses on the Connecticut River Valley in Western Massachusetts between the American Revolution and the Civil War. Clark\'s study of the economy of the Connecticut River Valley traces the move from an economy based on household subsistence to one ...

Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw was a very delightful and witty play. This play deals with the way that capitalism affects the upper, middle, and lower classes. There are several arguments that this play brings to the attention of the audience. The main argument is between Undershaft and Major Barbara...

Parenthood can be a wonderful thing, whether it is the first or fifth child. The value of the family has changed over the years. The traditional family consisted of a wife, husband, and the children. The growing trend nowadays is a father and child or mother and child. The more common of the two i...

In the play Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill, the Tyrone family is haunted not by what is present in flesh facing them, but by memories and constant reminders of what has been the downfall of the family for years. " No it can never be now. But it was once, before you-" (72) ...

The Quarrel Between Sagbata and Sogbo The Quarrel Between Sagbata and Sogbo is a myth from the Fon people of Benin, in Africa. These skilled warriors expressed their beliefs through stories and myths. The Quarrel Between Sagbata and Sogbo reveal the cause of a devastating, worldwide drought that ...

Is there a Family? This question has been raised so many times by many different anthropologist, scientists, sociologists, teachers, and students. Has anybody gotten an answer they were looking for? If so, was it the answer they expected to hear, and why are there still so many debates over that que...

The film Rebel Without a Cause puts emphases on the relationship between parents and their children. The relationship between Jim Stark (James Dean) and his parents helps the viewers understand Jim attitude towards his parents. In the beginning of the film Jim deals with his parents in a commanding ...

I believe in some cases, a woman should have the right to have an abortion if she so chooses. But in the case of Steve and Michelle, presented by philosopher George W. Harris, I feel that Michelle does not have the right to abort her child. When Michelle decided that she was not going to tell her ...

This passage from scene three plainly shows us the tempestuousness of the relationship between Tom and his mother, Amanda. One of the play's important themes is the conflict between the desire to live one's own life and the responsibility for one's family. Tom's wages pay the bills, but Amanda cont...

What would life had been like with an older brother or sister close at hand? I wonder this at least once a week when I am by myself in my room angry, depressed, or confused over something like an argument I had with one, or both, of my two younger siblings. Not that I have many fights with Jamie a...

Brothers and sisters grow up arguing, screaming, and fighting from dusk until dawn. The arguments range from talking on the telephone, sharing the bathroom, to who gets dibs on the car. These confrontations appear to be the norm between siblings. In reality, when one comes face to face with losin...

In today's society there are many couples that live together. Why let unmarried couples live together? There isn't a specific problem with unmarried couples that live out in the American Society. People are getting divorced left and right in today's age. More than 50% of marriages br...

When people think of dysfunctional families they tend to think of fatherless homes, impoverished households, and child abuse. Very rarely does this train of thought lead to one of the most predominant sources of many of these symptoms: alcoholism. I suffered through those symptoms (as well as others...

Death of a Salesman Is Willy Loman a hero or a villain? Willy could not be possibly thought as a hero. There are arguments that support both arguments of Willy being a hero or a villain, but most of them support Willy as being a villain. Willy did not have the friends and contacts that he ...

Divorces Today in America the divorce rate is growing as rapidly as the population. There are many causes of divorce such as culture clashes, unfaithfulness-adultery, too young when married, lack of communication, job interference, and in-law problems. Many effects that are seen from divorces are d...

Divorce A divorce is something that no family member wishes to go through, especially if they have children together. However, in today's society more people are going through divorce. Many people separate because they are not getting along with each other and have had many difficulti...

As I walked down my old street, I felt an unprecedented anxiousness. Would they let me in or would they turn me away only to the cold lonely street. I remember this day from when I was forty years younger, a time when I was happy, when I had loved my family, and I was not alone. This was my l...

The Grapes Of Wrath This story is about a man who is just released from prison, after serving a four year sentence for manslaughter. He returns to his family's farm in Oklahoma. Where he meets lots of new people. Tom, Ma, Pa, Jim etc. Tom is good natured and thoughtful. He makes wha...

Essay When Cole's parents find out he is deaf his mother makes an attempt to communicate with Cole. By taking classes to help her learn signs and to understand sign language. Cole's father on the other hand does not go to the classes with his wife and makes no real attempt to communi...

The novel Death of a Salesman written by Arthur Miller , is a story about a Salesman living in New York with the name Willy Loman. He lives in a illusion to be very popular and successful but the reality is different. He is old and unsuccessful. On a supposed business trip Willy comes back in the n...

This article was about the concerns of parents about their teenage sons and daughters going to University. Almost everybody starts school in September and a big percentage of students stay at the University residence. The parents who are used to having them in the house and being involved in their (...

Haemon enters and tells his father he will accept his ruling, due to the fatherly authority Creon has over him. Haemon refers to him as his \"good advisor\" and will follow any path Creon sees fit. This pleases Creon because as he sees it, his \"word is law in all things.\" He goes on ranting on ...

Disciplining Your Child is not AbuseA child comes home early from school one day and his mother asks him why he is home so early. The child tells his mother that he was sent home early for getting into an argument with another child at school, and not stopping when told to do so. So the parent dec...