ktmeng/mec huggingface dataset:
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They are easily distracted but, because the children may simply go quiet or wander off, they can be missed in a busy nursery. ” This condition could show how a child behaves differently and struggles to communicate with people and other children. “You will not miss those children who have Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). They not only move continuously from one activity to another, they also demand adult attention with loud behaviour and may disrupt other children’s games. There non-stop activity can also stretch into the night and their parents are exhausted. When children show either of these signs of difficulties parents and even carers may need extra help from professionals who deal with these situations daily and can give help and advice on how to control the child or work with the child to keep behaviour reduced. There are also other signs of behavioural problems that can be related to special needs. “Children with an autistic spectrum disorder can appear inattentive and behave like a much younger child in that they are highly focused on a narrow range of interests and very hard to redirect. Other experiences affect a child’s behaviour. Divorce can potentially affect a child’s behaviour it all depends on the adults around them and their ability to explain, or not explain the situation and the child will also recognise how their life has changed when the divorce is finalised and when one of the child’s parents no longer lives in the same home. The child in this situation mainly needs reassurance that their life won’t be affected too much and that they will still be safe and in a stable environment.
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Due to a situation like divorce it can influence the way a child behaves as they may feel frustrated with what is happening and this may be seen through unwanted behaviour. “Early experiences affect children in ways that can be seen through their development but also in the way they behave. Sometimes you will find that persistent worries or fears weigh on a child and do not lift despite sympathetic communication. ” Domestic violence can affect a child’s behaviour greatly even if they are not receiving the abuse. If a child experiences domestic abuse then they become more likely to respond to situations with aggression.
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To a child the situation of watching, either their father abuse their mother or even the mother abuse their father, will seem normal whether its verbal abuse or physical attacks they will feel that when upset or frustrated that this is the way to act and that this behaviour is the appropriate solution to life as they have been taught no different. “The experience of domestic violence may mean that children themselves are more likely to deal with even minor upsets with an aggressive attack. Fighting back with words or fists will be what they have known, so it seems the obvious option. ” ——————————————- [ 1 ]. Children’s care, learning and development, Kath Bulman, Liz Savory, Heinemann, 2006, page 13 [ 2 ]. BTEC First Early Years, Sandy Green, Nelson Thornes, 2003, page 14-15 [ 3 ]. Children’s Care, Learning and Development, Kath Bulman, Liz Savory, Heinemann, 2006, page 13 [ 4 ]. Children’s Care, Learning and Development, Kath Bulman, Liz Savory, Heinemann, 2006, page 13 [ 5 ]. Early Years: 2nd Edition, Penny Tassoni, Heinemann, 2006, page 406 [ 6 ]. Children’s Care, Learning and Development, Kath Bulman, Liz Savory, Heinemann, 2006, page 215 [ 7 ].
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BTEC First Early Years, Sandy Green, Nelson Thornes, 2003, page 61 [ 8 ]. BTEC First Early Years, Sandy Green, Nelson Thornes, 2003, page 63 [ 9 ]. Child Care and Early Education, Jennie Lindon, Thomson, 2003, page 615 [ 10 ]. Child Care and Early Education, Jennie Lindon, Thomson, 2003, page 285 [ 11 ]. Child Care and Early Education, Jennie Lindon, Thomson, 2003, page 285 [ 12 ]. Child Care and Early Education, Jennie Lindon, Thomson, 2003, page 287 [ 13 ]. Child Care and Early Education, Jennie Lindon, Thomson, 2003, page 225 [ 14 ]. Child Care and Early Education, Jennie Lindon, Thomson, 2003, page 225
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Societal conventions and how they shape people’s lives are base themes in Marquez’s novella ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ and Lorca’s play ‘Blood Wedding’. They both show how society’s prejudices compel individuals to undergo acts they may not have done otherwise. The honour code is an extremely important factor in both of these works, in general it defines how men and women should live, it means that if a women’s honour, in this case her virginity, is taken, then that women’s family has the right and duty to seek revenge.
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The treatment and expectations of women in the respective societies is also dealt with in these work. Religion often plays a large part in determining people’s opinions and so would be another factor affecting the society’s feelings towards the acts undertaken in the two stories. We can subsequently see how economic differences too affect people actions. These works both tell the story of how women’s honour is taken and the societal need for it to be regained through the shedding of the perpetrator’s blood.
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In ‘Blood Wedding’ the bridegroom’s mother is aware of the risks that face her son if he follows Leonardo, however she feels the honour code must be carried out. She thinks the situation is hopeless. ‘”… those people are so quick to kill. But what else can you do? You have to go… “‘ showing how ultimately society chooses for her, we see this idea in ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ too as Angela is given no choice in her marriage partner.
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In ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ the Vicario brothers seem reluctant to actually undertake the murder, however they know that they must in order to belong to their society, this criticizes the irony of society showing the irony of the fact that the people making it up do not necessarily agree with its regulations. They overact their parts in the hope that someone will stop them1; however the rest of the town sees the affairs of honour as sacred monopolies2 and so do not interfere. The honour code also relates to the way in which women are viewed in the Latin culture, it shows their lack of rights.
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Marriage is seen as an obligation for women in these societies, especially if they are not from the higher classes. Marriage is based on contracting families and getting favourable financial outcomes and not on individual love. Angela is told ‘she has no right to disdain that prize of destiny’ denying her her own choice as mentioned earlier. In ‘Blood Wedding’ it is the father whom is asked if the daughter can marry the Bridegroom first and not the Bride; ultimately here too it is not her choice.
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Likewise it appears that Angela’s virginity is the possession of her family and not her own, as is her choice of marriage partner; it is therefore her brothers’ responsibility to get the family’s honour back. Although the women are being held back by the social values it is ironic that they also help to keep them intact. In ‘Blood Wedding’ we see how the Mother-in-Law helps maintain the position of authority Leonardo has over his wife by telling her to ‘Do as he says. ‘ Naomi Kerr-Shaw World Literature Assigmnent
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There is also a large amount of hypocrisy in that fact that the woman with the most freedom in ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ is the prostitute Maria Alejandrina Cervantes, it is she who goes against the sect of virginity and she is able to manipulate the men instead of the other way around. It is interesting to note how Maria is portrayed, she is described as ‘the most elegant and the most tender woman’, a description not usually associated with prostitutes, her name, Maria, also implies the Virgin Mary3, showing her purity in comparison to the other women even though she is a prostitute.
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We can however see that although Marquez represents faithfully the cultural background for ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ in that most of the action is carried out by males he does subtly subvert this by naming the female characters who tried to prevent the murder after authors who have influenced his work, Cervantes and Miguel, people he has a lot of respect for. It is no coincidence that in ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ it is only the women in the story who try to really prevent the murder such as Lucia Santiago and Clotilde Armenta warning her husband but not being taken seriously.
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The seeming importance of the Church in ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ is exaggerated and criticised by the importance of the visit of the Bishop, which takes place during the morning of the murder. The coxcomb soup that is bishop’s favourite is also symbolic of the snobbery and male domination of the church, the coxcomb being a symbol of masculinity and the fact that so many birds would need to be used to produce the soup if it is made of only the coxcombs.
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Lorca himself was raised within a Catholic society and his homosexuality meant he himself felt the suppression like the women did, this led him to question some of the teachings of the Church and its ‘dogma-sanctioned violence’, including the suppression of sexuality that the Catholic Church in ‘Blood Wedding’ was encouraging, this can be seen through the ‘white room’ with ‘the ponderous feeling of a church’, the white suppresses the colours like the church suppresses emotions. He seems to lay much blame at the door of the Church as may have been his feelings when he heard the true story the play is based on.
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Leonardo talks of the area where the bride lives as ‘that Godforsaken spot’ showing that their relationship is outside the Church’s boundaries and therefore also seems immoral in the eyes of society. The Bride’s Mother also talks of her daughter as ‘As clean and pure as a sheet in the sun’ linking religious ideas of chastity with the traditional custom of hanging the sheets out after the first night of marriage to prove the brides virginity. This image can been seen in both texts, in ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ Naomi Kerr-Shaw World Literature Assigmnent
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Angela is told of techniques she can use to ‘stain the sheet’ but she chooses not to carry them out. After the Bride and Bridegroom are married the Bridegroom says ‘We’ve got the Church’s blessing you know’ showing that his yearning for the Bride is now acceptable in the eyes of society making it alright. Societal ideas about wealth are central to the plots of both works. Both the marriages that took place were to the economic advantage of the bride and her family, making refusal of the offer of marriage even more impossible.
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In ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ it may have been because of Santiago’s wealth that she chooses him as her named adulterer. She could have been jealous of his wealth or thought that he may have been safer because of this from the inevitable anger of her brothers. Some people thought that his wealth would protect him including Don Rogelio de la Flor saying ‘”Don’t be silly… Those two aren’t about to kill anyone, much less someone rich'” stopping him from warning Santiago.
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From all of these different societal aspects that have been seen to shape parts of the plots we can conclude that societal pressures are extremely central to the plots of both works. In ‘Blood Wedding’ we can see a great struggle between social convention and human fervour and in ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ it is clear that the whole society is guilty of the crime committed, hence ‘the shouts of the whole town, frightened by its own crime. ‘ Society had a warping effect on the individuals and their ideas and I think both of these authors are trying to warn us of the obvious dangers that society brings.
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The story of Esther in the bible tells us of a young girl who was adopted as a baby. She grew up to become one of the greatest leaders of the Jewish people, and proves to all that just because someone is adopted, it doesn’t mean that they cannot be a good person. One of the greatest people who is mentioned in the bible was adopted. This story can give hope to people who are adopted.. The Hierarchy of England and Wales said on 24 September 1968, “…it is against the plan of God to take positive steps to destroy the possibility of the transmission of human life”.
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A mother can also choose to keep the baby, or send him/her into foster care untill such a time as she is ready to look after the child. Foster care is perhaps the better option of the two. The mother may be unable to cope with bringing up the child from day one. Keeping the child may have a detrimental effect on both the mother and father, as well as on any other children who are involved already. Keeping the child could mean that the family could run into financial difficulty and also could not devote the time needed to raise the child.
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The movie “Where the spirit lives” is a very touching story about a teenaged aboriginal girl and her brother, who are kidnapped-legally under the laws of the Canadian government, and were brought to a residential school to be educated to be non-Indians. There, they were forced and misled into giving up their language, heritage and very identity. But the girl’s finds a friend in one of her teachers who became her mentor. She eventually escapes from the school and tries to find her way back to her family.
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The children couldn’t understand their derision and were very confused. After that they were “cleaned up” which meant their hair would be cut (which is very bad since in many aboriginal cultures their hair has spiritual meaning), clothes were discarded, then they were scrubbed up, and given new Christian names. They were prohibited from speaking their native language, forced to stop practicing their culture and basically were being “turned white”. The whole process is awful for the children who had never known such brutal regard and maybe some of them thought it was their fault.
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There was also the loss of their culture to be considered which essentially meant the loss of their identity. The reverend who runs the school even used an analogy of knocking the old soil from a plant’s roots to help it grow to justify taking the children from their families and way of life and forcing them to forget about their heritage. Even when they got to the schools some of the other children were being cruel as any of the other people who ran the school. Which made the children even more confused that one of their own kind could be so cruel. The teachers were also constantly beating up the kids.
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In that way, it was almost impossible to learn because they were terrified of them and the kids lived in constant fear, which is a terrible burden on anybody especially the children. Whenever any of them ran away they’d get brought back and punished either physically or by locking you up in isolation for a while. Then they pile up the guilt on them and manipulate them into submission. There was also chaos within the children themselves in that they were divided into the kids who were trying to assimilate and those who refused to as a result they’d fight with each other. The kids were also told sometimes that their parents have died or refused to let them see their parents. All of these contribute to the mental abuses towards the children. They were terrified, confused, felt guilty, and were losing themselves along with their heritage.
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As mentioned above there was physical abuse being practiced daily in the residential schools. Kids got lashed frequently on the benches for simple misdeeds. They got tied up in bed if they got unruly. As punishment they let them starve. At one point the girl’s brother in the story was almost beaten up with a cane and was pulled around by his hair but a friend of theirs helped him and that friend was almost beaten with a baseball bat, which could have killed him. Its horrible for physical abuse to happen to anybody but the fact that this happened to children makes it doubly horrifying. These are not adults who can at least defend themselves a bit but little children who cannot defend themselves.
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Another form of abuse that was the sexual abuses done to the children by both male and female teachers or significant others towards both the male and female children. In the film one of the young girls in the school was sexual abused by a female teacher. This combined with the fact that she was being kept away from her parents eventually lead her to running away to follow her tribe but she could catch up with them and she dies. Sexual abuse is particularly damaging to a child who feels guilt and ashamed at their selves and could eventually lead to suicide in one way or another.
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Having fully considered the options I have decided to conduct both interviews and questionnaires. I feel that this will be the best for my chosen topic because I will be using interviews to gather qualitative descriptive data because I would like to find out people’s opinions and attitudes and I will be using questionnaires to collect quantitative data such as figures and statistics. Questionnaires and interviews is the best method to use because I want to find out why the divorce rate is increasing, the questionnaires results will give me secure, simple statistics, and the unstructured interview will allow me to explore in depth the reason of the answer.
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Working class and under class children have less opportunities within education and are therefore less likely to achieve in life. Someone in the middles and upper classes can afford to send their children to good private school and universities. Almost 70% of pupils accepted into British universities are from the top two classes whereas only 1% are from the unskilled manual class. It is argued that children from families who have less money than others are not able to make the most of their educational opportunities because they simply do not have the time and space at home to do their work.
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There is also an inequality in healthcare. It has been proven that people from Class 5 are two times more likely to contract a long standing illness than someone in Class 1, and are three times as likely to smoke. Those who live in the most affluent areas can expect to live eight years longer than those in the most deprived areas. These statistics are all due to this inequality. People from wealthier backgrounds can afford private healthcare and are better educated in issues such as the effects of drug taking, contraception, healthy diets and the importance of exercise.
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Many of these however are also due to an inequality in income. As previously mentioned, wealthier people can afford better healthcare, education and material things. Parents from Classes 1 and 2 can also afford to include their children a wide range of extra curricular activities, helping the child pick up many useful skills. Being from a higher class also has its advantages when it comes to material things. People from these classes live in large homes, with proper heating and can afford healthy food, making life a lot pleasanter and possibly many years longer. In 1988, 55% of adults in Classes D and E did not have a holiday compared with only 20% of people in Classes A and B.
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However there are also several points arguing that social class does not matter. Some people argue that the social classing system no longer exists in Britain, as there has been an enormous decline in the traditional working class, to the point that it is very difficult to distinguish it from the others. In the past the majority of people in Britain belonged to the working classes, as professions such as carpentry, iron masonry, and farriery were very common. Now these professions make up just a tiny part of the working world, with some of them no longer existing at all.
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Being a parent is a tough enough job – the last thing we need is someone telling us how we can and cannot punish our children. Being smacked does not damage children, it is gone as quickly as it happens, but it does serve a valuable purpose, if your kids respond to it. Most parents know the difference between smacking and beating a child and the two are very different. One of the most used definitions of smacking is ‘lawful chastisement.’ In most cases it is legitimate to strike children for that purpose where it would not be acceptable to strike an adult.
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Only an outright ban on smacking will enhance child protection. I am from Germany and I have seen in most newspaper only one topic: “CHILDREN SMACKING AGREEMENTS IN THE REICHSTAG” or “CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE”. The number of children reporting being beaten to the point of bruising in Germany has declined from 3 in 10 to 3 in 100 since 1992 after a ban was introduced in Germany. I strongly believe that a culture that tolerates smacking makes it easier to hide more serious abuse and this is the danger for Britain. In a number of countries, including the United Kingdom, children are the most vulnerable members of society, yet the only group which can be legally assaulted.
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I believe that a child should have some form of discipline, and if that means either threatening, or actually smacking a child, then so be it. I have found that if I try to reason with my cousins when they misbehave, they just laugh. But if I threaten to smack them, they behave, so smacking does work for us or rather the threat of a smack. Parenting is an awesome responsibility – and I have the utmost respect for those who do it. Politicians and policy-makers will debate parenting until the cows come home – but one thing is clear: a child’s well-being centres on a time with a happy family where interactions are consistent and secure.
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“Romeo and Juliet” is a tragic, romantic play written by William Shakespeare. The play is set in the town of Verona, were rivalry has thrived between two families; the Capulets and the Montages. Romeo who is Montague meets Juliet a Capulet, at a party. Fate has brought them together and they both immediately fall in love. Later they find out there families have a eternal feud. Romeo decides he loves her never the less and they confess love for each other and decide to marry the next day.
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But unfortunately Romeo does not receive the message and believes that Juliet has died. Therefore he drinks poison and dies. When Juliet’s sleeping potion wears off, she is awaken to find the corpse of her love. Then she proceeds to kill herself with Romeos dragger. After the death of the ill-fated lovers, the two families make peace and share their sorrow. The harshness and strictness of the parents caused the death of Romeo and Juliet.
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Medieval parents virtually held absolute power over their children, especially their daughters as they were their parent’s possession from birth to marriage. Parents got their children married to whoever they chose, at early ages such as, 13.Wealthy parents got their children married to a prosperous and affluent person so, that they gained more respect and pride from the society. Parents expected their children to always be obedient, respectful and never disagree to their commands. Children in medieval times, had to do whatever their parents told them, whenever they told them. It was a harsh life for children compared to children today, who can do whatever they want, whenever they want .Today’s parents let their children run their life in their own hands. Parents give their guidance, only if their children want to as children have their own independent lives, they chose who and when to get married. Parents today are cooperative compared to medieval parents who were strict. Below, I have explained some language devices Shakespeare has used in “Romeo and Juliet”, to show what the Capulets were like as medieval parents. In the scene Juliet disagrees to an arranged marriage to a wealthy man called Paris, Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet are extremely outraged as their verbal language shows how astringent medieval parents were.
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Shakespeare uses a range of ultimatums to interpret typical examples of medieval parents. For example, Lord Capulet frustratingly says to Juliet “I tell thee what; get thee to the church O’Thursday; / Or never look me in the face” and “Gaze were you will, you shall not house with me”. This illustrates the ferociousness of Lord Capulet, who will not accept Juliet as his daughter or allow her to live with him unless she agrees to marry Paris,who is very high class ad well known in the society. Medieval fathers brought enormous pressure on their daughters to marry the man he chose unlike parents nowadays would be more considerate to accept their children’s point of view.
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Mockery is another language device Shakespeare uses to emphasise the Capulets as traditional medieval parents. For example, Lord Capulet imitates her childish voice and says” To answer, I’ll not wed, I am too young, I pray pardon me” to Juliet. Medieval parents neglected their children’s opinions and insulted them unlike parents today who are more supportive. The quote above demonstrates the fractious nature of Lord Capulet who assumes that Juliet is too young and too childish because she is refusing the good fortune offered to her.
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Another language device that Shakespeare employs to show the Capulets as typical examples of medieval parents is threatening language. Capulet shows impatience, while speaking to Juliet for example, “Out, you green-sickness carrion! Out, you baggage/ You tallow face! “. “Green sickness-carrion” is a double insult; it means she looks as green as something that has been dead for long and she is afflicted with sickness that comes from being a girl. Another example is, “To go with Paris to Saint Peters Church/Or I will drag thee hurdle thither”, Capulet is humiliating Juliet and threatening to drag her on a prisoners sledge to the church. These quotes show that medieval parents were extremely selfish and narrow minded unlike parents today who understand their children’s rights.
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A further device Shakespeare has used is rhetorical questions to portray the Capulets as medieval parents. Rhetorical questions were used to emphasise the Capulets outrage by Juliet’s dishonour for example, “How, how, how, how, chopp’d logic? What is this?” This argument is considered useless in Capulets mind. Another example is, “Soft! take me with you, wife, How will she none? doth she not give us thanks?” This emphasises that Capulet is astonished, he expected Juliet to thank him profusely and to be proud to be Paris’s wife. This defines that medieval parents had strength over their children, who had no rights to do any on their chose. Nowadays children feel freer to choose their own paths without hesitation.
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Parents nowadays are more supportive unlike medieval parents who were very uncooperative. Shakespeare has used different language devices to imitate Capulets as medieval parents such as, uses of lists. The use of lists introduces the irritation of Capulets for example “God breads makes me mad/ Day, night, hour, tide, time, work, play.” This illustrates that Capulet worked really hard and spent a lot of time to find Juliet a husband but Juliet does not appreciate all he had done for her. Another list used in the scene was, “And you be mine, I’ll give you to my friend;/ And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets”, this means that if Juliet does not agree to marry Paris, he will not accept her as his daughter and will not give her any support her, in her future life.
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Another language device Shakespeare uses to outline Capulets as a medieval parent is alliteration. Examples of alliteration were used when Capulets gets ill-tempered by Juliet’s imprudence and sarcastically says, “Mistress Minion”. This quotes that Juliet is a spoilt child. Another example used was “Fettle you fine joints” which means prepare for what you have ahead of you. The point that Shakespeare is making is that parents use to low grade their children and make them feel unwanted, unlike parents today who want their children to feel comfortable and wanted at home.
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Metaphors are another language device Shakespeare uses to display the Capulets as medieval parents. For example Lady Capulet irritatingly says to Juliet “I would the fool were married to her grave” .The point Shakespeare is making is that traditional medieval parents were very cold and unpleasant if they didn’t get their way. The quote above means that if Juliet does not marry Paris the thing for her to do is die, her parents will feel shameful and deeply insulted if she rejects Paris, as Paris’s family will no longer respect the Capulets.
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The power of the woman comes from her spontaneity, presence and being who she is? She has been the tower of strength, patience and perseverance. History of nations worldwide is the proof of her significant role. She has been viewed as the nurturer, nurse and caregiver. Her image is the personification of love and tolerance. She creates, she gives and she embraces her family members unconditionally. She takes care of her home, her children and her family. She is there, always ready to serve and care.
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Terry Hekker’s, “The Satisfactions of Housewifery and Motherhood” and Hope Edelman’s “The Myth of Co-Parenting: How It Was Supposed To Be. How It Was,” are two antithetically toned readings discussing perspectives of what it is like to be a house wife. Hekker examines as more of a traditional housewife and Edelman as a modern housewife because Hekker actually enjoys being a housewife and Edelman wants to get back into the workforce. Both authors investigate the roles of a housewife financially and robustly, with many egoistic opinions. Hekker and Edelman have contradicting feelings about being housewives.
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While Hekker explains how she is embarrased, Edelman is feeling frustrated and useless as a housewife. According to Hekker, “Ms. Putdown asked me who I was. I told her I was Jack Hekker’s wife… She took my hand and asked if that was all I though of myself-just someone’s wife? ” (392). In this quote, Hekker has a difficult time revealing to others that she doesn’t really enjoy the career of a housewife but has no better skills than to be a modeled-housewife. According to Edelman, “It began to make me spitting mad, the way daily duties of parenting and homeownership started to rest entirely on me…
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The frustration I felt after researching and visiting six preschools during my so-called work hours” (409). Edelman is growing quite infuriated and frustrated with not being able to work. She also explains to her husband how she would prefer to have “shared responsibilities” and “equal division of labor” rather than just being a housewife. The main differences between Terry Hekker’s, “The Satisfactions of Housewifery and Motherhood” and Hope Edelman’s “The Myth of Co-Parenting: How It Was Supposed To Be. How It Was,” are the years they were published and their perspectives of traditionalist and modernists housewives.
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Hekker shows signs of a traditional housewife, while Edelmans shows more modernist houswife signs. Hekker’s column was publish in the late 1970’s when women began joining the workforce rather than being a “stay-at-home” mom. Hekker explains throughout the text how full-time housewives are decline and how she is taken for granted even though being parents is truly a job. “I’m one of the last of the dying breed of human females designated, “Occupation: Housewife. ”… Today fewer than 16 percent of American families have a full-time housewife-mother.
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For years of being considered unproductive (unless you count five children, which no one does. For years of being viewed as a parasite, living off a man… For years of caring for five children and a big house and constantly being asked when I’m going to work. ” (Hekker 390-91). Hekkers proves statistical evidence that housewives are on the slope to extinction and feels taken for granted from her husband and others. Instead of Hekker moving forward and deciding to get a career, she rather be a full-time “stay-at-home” mom. Edelman has a more modern viewpoint as a housewife rather than traditional.
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The idea of dual-income and a balanced relationship is Edelman’s focus but unfortunately she must reside on her husband finacially while he launches his Internet Company and she becomes a housewife. “… I had superimposed on the idea of marriage without ever really thinking it through. If I’m going to contribute to half of the income, then he’ll contribute half of the housework and childcare… In this post-second wave, post-superwoman, dual-income society we’re supposed to live in, the mother nearly always becomes the primary parent, even when she too, works full-time…
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” (Edelman 408-11). Edelman is growing impatient of being a housewife and wants to get back into the workforce. Edelman clearly wants to have a fifty fifty relationship and her husband seems to always be working. Edelman must pick up the slack back-at-home while she tries to support her husband new launching company even though she truly dislikes it. Even though Hekker and Edelman have distinct views as housewives, they both are supported finacially by there husbands and they had there mother as main role models. Hekker has been finacially supported for 22 years and
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Every woman likes to look elegant and charming and the man wishes it to be so too. Thus,science has catered for the looks of the female. Today,women want to be more and more gorgeous to prove that no one can compete with them. Science has created a variety of cosmetics product to boost the housewife to improve her usual make up. Those beauty products,cream and lotions fabricated for their use. Those products are not only cheap but will make the women resplendids.
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All this prove that science has advance the life of housewife. On the other hand,concerning leisure and entertainment the housewife has the radio,television and now the latest models of ipod . Now,the housewife while doing the house chores listen to the radio the whole day. She is aware of the actuality in her country. Moreover,the television is almost an addiction for her. She is going to do all her chores in the morning to be able to sit comfortably to watch her favorite series.
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There are various programmes which are beneficial to the housewives for example recipes,advertisement,programmes on interior decoration,on family planning,how to rear children,Science has promote housewife way of living that is they are so much leisures and entertainments that they do not feel lonely. When her husband return home she welcome him with a smile not with a tiresome face. Furthermore,Science has enlighten her mind and now she has a broad knowledge of everything and will be no more left in ignorance if she do not know something.
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In everyday life the housewife may have to communicate to different relative or friends at a very far off distances. However,time and distance both have been conquered by science. For communication the housewives have telephones,mobiles,wireless,E-mail,VASTs and internet etc… Mobiles have spread with maintenance costs reducing it will enable the housewives for example to call her husband after office hours and check his whereabouts;the housewife can check on the teenage sans and daughters and command them to go home since it is already past their allowable time in giong around with their friends at night.
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As illustrated earlier on, this is one of the reasons as to why many youths are active participators in gang violence is because they are idle. Most of their time after school and during weekends is quite underutilized. Because of this free time they get involved in gang violence. Parents and teachers have to ensure that any free time that young children have is used for other constructive activities. Teachers can ensure that after classes, students carry out sports activities. These sports activities include soccer, rugby, table tennis and badminton among others.
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Most of these negative effects may not be seen the same day that a child watches these movies but they are rather quite progressive in nature. This is mostly associated to a person who drinks beer. This person may not become an alcoholic immediately but the effects will be very visible in the long run. That is why when censorship of internet is carried out; this will help prevent young children from getting involved in gang violence. Listen As simple as it may seem, it is a solution to preventing youths from getting involved in gang violence.
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When youths get involved in gang violence, they are trying to pass across a message. This happens after they have tried other avenues to be heard but no one has the time to listen. The solution to this problem is that parents need to create time and listen to what their young children have to say and their concerns. The government also needs to listen to youths in relation to issues adversely affecting them. Teachers should also not shut their ears to young people, they have concerns and they need to be heard. It should not be assumed that they are young and don’t have anything of importance to say.
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This will greatly help to prevent youths from getting involved in gang violence. Guiding and counseling Stress is one of the reasons as to why young children get involved in gang violence. This is done so that they can release their stress. When teachers and parents notice that a child is stressed, guiding and counseling has to be provided. Incase these stakeholders feel that they cannot give these services then they can seek for professional counselors. This helps in preventing them from opting for gang violence. (Whyte, 1943) Opposing viewpoints
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The issue of youth involvement in gang violence has been hotly debated by scholars in the past. There are those who argue for and there are also those who argue against preventing youths from getting involved in gang violence. These opposing views argue that youths are never heard and therefore when they get involved in gang violence, they are passing across a message which needs to be taken note of. Other scholars argue that they have the right to choose what they want to do. As in every person has the right to do what he or she desires with himself.
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Others assert that this is just one way through which they socialize with their peers. (Whyte, 1943) Conclusion Gang violence has existed since time immemorial. Surveys carried out in United States show that gang violence was there as early as 1200 AD. In the 1920’s and 1930s, there were violence gangs that flogged the American streets. The trend continued to increase until the nineteenth century when youth involvement in this vice went overboard. Surveys reveal that youths get involved in gang violence for various reasons.
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One of them being that they are very idle especially after school and during weekends. They also do this because of peer pressure from their friends and so that they are not ostracized. There are various ways through which youth can be prevented from getting involved in gang violence. One of them is through ensuring that there are after school and weekend activities. Parents need to know who the friends to their children are. All the stakeholders need to listen to youths because they also normally have concerns and issues that affect them.
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Presently, it is one of the most vigorously advocated reforms discussed in law reviews, one of the most explosive political questions facing lawmakers, and one of the most provocative issues emerging before American courts. If same-sex marriage is legalized, it could be one of the most revolutionary policy decisions in the history of American family law. The potential consequences, positive or negative, for children, parents, same-sex couples, families, social structure public health, and the status of women are enormous. Given the importance of the issue, the value of comprehensive debate of the reasons for and against legalizing same-sex marriage should be obvious. Marriage is much more than merely a commitment to love one another. Aside from societal and religious conventions, marriage entails legally imposed financial responsibility and legally authorized financial benefits.
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Marriage provides automatic legal protections for the spouse, including medical visitation, succession of a deceased spouse’s property, as well as pension and other rights. When two adults desire to “contract” in the eyes of the law, as well a perhaps promise in the eyes of the Lord and their friends and family, to be responsible for the obligations of marriage as well as to enjoy its benefits, should the law prohibit their request merely because they are of the same gender? I intend to prove that because of Article IV of the United States Constitution, there is no reason why the federal government nor any state government should restrict marriage to a predefined heterosexual relationship.
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The concept of belonging is more complex than it first appears is a true statement and can be proven through the deconstruction of the texts ‘Romulus, my father’ and ‘Neighbours’. The meaning of belonging is generalised as a process where an individual or individuals learn to connect with other people, groups, communities and the larger world. There are several ways that proves this statement above in both texts such as not belonging at the start of each story, complications with trying to belong and then finally achieving a full individual sense of belonging in the end.
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These quotes already explain that the characters of both stories do not belong and they are not as ‘black and white’ as it first seems. Afterward, belonging is achieved through minor complications which ultimately resolve in a full sense of belonging. The first example of this in ‘Neighbours’ is the incident with the eating of the ducks. The first complication at the start of the story was the language barrier but this seems not existent as during the preparation of the duck the ‘newcomers found themselves shouting’.
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This incident and the other main incident of the young couple in labour both conjoin in explaining how belonging is also achieved over time. Little incidents combining to achieve a complete sense of belonging are also evident in the text ‘Romulus, my father’. The first two incidents are related to build the migrant experience already evident in the text. The first of these is when Romulus sets fire to a bush to kill a snake and then when he uses his skills to save the life of Neil Mikkelson. However, it is different to ‘Neighbours’ in the way that not all incidents are building the sense of belonging in the main character.
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The sense of belonging between the father and son is only achieved through the complication that his son, Raimond, is in England studying. These examples explain that minor incidents or one big complication can ultimately lead to a full achievement of belonging. Concurrently, a full sense of belonging is therefore achieved. This is evident in ‘Neighbours’ by one incident which requires a thorough deconstruction and full understanding of the text to see that there is a sense of acceptance within the community. Belonging in this story is achieved when the young man evolves and understands the generosity of the neighbours. On the Macedonian side of the fence, a small queue of bleary faces looked up, cheering, and the young man began to weep’. The young man realises that his neighbours had been there supporting the couple all night and it is this realisation that helps the man shift his perceptions of his neighbours. This is also shown in the text ‘Romulus, my father’ but is high in complexity. Romulus never really belonged to a place, ‘he never cared’ for his house but still remained happy in his own ways and beliefs. He never really fitted in to the typical Australian lifestyle.
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As seen by many different mothers in the novel Sula by author Toni Morrison, mothers play an important part in kid’s life, shaping how they view different beliefs in the world and setting up values in their child. Every individual’s life is shaped by personal relationships they have with others. The mother and child relationship greatly affects the identity development in the kid. As seen in the racist community in the novel, the mother and kid relationship is important in the sense that the mothers and children share understanding of the sexist oppression, intertwining their lives together even more than they already were.
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” (Morrison). (Morrison, Toni. Sula. New York: Vintage International, 2004. Print. Further references to this work will be documented parenthetically in the text. In order to deal in which the poverty her family was living in, Eva detached herself emotionally from her kids. To Eva, giving up many things to insure the well being of her children shows sufficient proof of her motherly love. Eva then replies to Hannah’s question by saying, “ ‘You settin’ here with your healthy-ass self and ax me did I love you? Them big old eyes in your head would a been two holes full of maggots if I hadn’t’ ”. However, to Hannah, providing material needs does not add up to her definition a loving mother: “ ‘I didn’t mean that, Mamma. I know you fed us and all.
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I was talkin’ ‘bout something else. Like. Like. Playin’ with us? Did you ever, you know, play with us? ’ ”. Though Eva has sacrificed everything for her kids, Hannah thinks that personal attention from her mother is imperative for feeling loved. In response to Hannah, Eva can only respond in terms of how she tried everything to secure their survival. Hannah, then, goes on to ask her mother about why she killed Plum and Eva’s response was “[l]ike two people were talking at the same tine, saying the same thing, one fraction of a second behind the other”. This narrative reflects Eva’s double identity.
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Eva, goes on to explain how she killed Plum because she could not handle to see her son deteriorate and behave like an infant. Hannah with replies with such a little response, acting like nothing had even happened. Although Eva and Hannah attempt to discuss important issues, their lack of communication in the end show how neither women receive the acknowledgment and understand they each long for. The unsuccessful communication between mother and daughter, and the lack of a mother figure influences Hannah’s ideas about parenting, resulting in Hannah not knowing how to raise her child properly.
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The deteriorating relationship between Hannah and Eva Peace affects their mother-daughter bond and how Hannah chooses to raise her child on her own. The denial of love between Hannah and Sula Peace forces Sula to find someone else to confide in, Nel, and change her ways to her mother and society’s expectations. Sula, being raised in an unconditional household, was the exact opposite of what the society considered normal. Because of the sexual confidence Hannah Peace has, Sula must disguise her difference, just like her grandmother Eva had too.
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Here, Sula realizes that she has to fight against her own vulnerability, and establish her identity, hereby following her grandmother Eva’s example. Though this moment shows Sula’s inner strength, it can never disguise her enough of being different from the rest of her community. Just as Eva and Hannah, Sula continues the unpreventable, mature line of breaking past the typical gender roles of the time. Eva’s overly independent attitude and removal from caring and mothering a daughter correctly, leaves her daughters with unlearned, societal caretaking skills.