Married and maiden names Essays

  • An Indian Father's Plea By M. F. Moonzajer

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    in different practices than her family did, therefore resulting in willing to give up her family name, in which had been passed down for multiple generations. Despite Dee getting rid of her family name, she begins to stress over a quilt in which holds no significance to her family, in which she wishes to inherit next. Her name change is expressed when the author refers to her daughter by her birth name, but is later corrected when Dee says, “No, Mama. Not ‘Dee,’ Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo!” (Walker

  • Symbolic Illustration of the Power of Relationships in Susan Glaspell's Trifles

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    she is never rescued from her loneliness, is brought to the point where she cannot handle any more of life's saddening struggles, and kills her husband in his sleep. Through powerful and often ironic symbolism, such as Mrs. Wright's kitchen, the names of the characters, and the bird, Susan Glaspell clearly displays the power of human relationships and how truly devastating a lack of this absolute necessity can be. One of the numerous symbols Glaspell uses to emphasize the importance of wholesome

  • Evolution and Significance of Women's Last Name Change

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    husband’s last name is fairly new. This tradition arose in the 1970’s. Before the 1970’s, women were referred to as the mistress of the said husband. This was due to the fact that it was assumed that the husband would take care of finance and business. Although, about 50 to 90 years ago, women became upset with being treated as property. Due to this, they began taking their husband’s last name, this didn’t come into play until the 1970’s though. I believe women should take their husband’s last name. When

  • Anna Quindlen The Name Is Mine Analysis

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    In the article “The Name Is Mine” by Anna Quindlen, she explains her story about her name, why she chose to keep it, and why it has such meaning to her. As a result of keeping her maiden name, there were many positive and negative aspects that went along with it. Along with keeping her name, she believed there were quite a lot of positives to her decision. She felt that she was able to keep her identity and self-pride, and she began to love her “ugly dog” of a name that she had grown up with. It

  • How Did Lucy Stone And Her Impact On Slavery And Women's Suffrage

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    Lucy Stone and Her Impact on Slavery and Women’s Suffrage Lucy Stone was born August 13, 1818, she grew up in a time where slavery was in full swing and women were to be seen not heard. Lucy Stone made enormous efforts to change America and the belief that blacks and women were not equal to white men on every level. She helped pave the way for the rights we have now. She wanted to have equal rights for all and equal pay for men and women. Lucy Stone made it clear that she was going to be very different

  • Comparing the Balance of Power and Relationships in Rosetti's Cousin Kate and Keats' La Belle Dame sans Merci

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    ...ould give up anything to have an heir to his fortune, and a son adds to the novelty as well. In spite of this, and very contradictorily, the maiden uses her son as a tool, just as she was, to show off how well she is doing. I would say this is not the intended epitome of Victorian traditions, however it seemed to have worked in favour of them maiden in Cousin Kate. The poem ends on a less happier not that it began with; the emphasis is now on the narrator’s positive situation and the negative

  • Chris And Alison Weston Case

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    giving them jobs. However, according to Chris, his company did not have any written policy about using family members in the business. However, he did not want there to be any issues, so Chris told Alison to open her business using her maiden name instead of her married name. Nepotism is not usually an issue in the private sector as it would be in the public sector. However, nepotism does potentially increase the risk of favoritism towards the family member, or makes them and their interests superior (2)

  • King Arthur

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    Lionel his cousin. Then Sir Launcelot kills the evil knight Sir Turquyn and saves many of the Knights of the Round Table. He also performs many other good deeds, and Lady Allewes tries to kill him. Sir Gareth, or the Knight of the Kitchen- Given the name Beaumans (fair hands) by Sir Kay, Gareth asks for a quest from King Arthur. After he kills the Black Knight, Sir Launcelot knights him. He then defeats the Green, Blue, and Red Knight and marries Lady Linnet after saving her sister, Lady Liones.

  • Fahrenheit 451 Week 1

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    lot of people including her daughter Khloe. In this scene, Kris is seen talking to Khloe and saying that she is ready to change her name, but she will be going back to Kardashian and not changing it to her maiden name. Since her divorce from Bruce Jenner, Kris is ready to move on. E! Online shared this clip and what Kris and Khloe had to say about it. Kris was married to Robert Kardashian before her marriage to Bruce Jenner. He is the father of her four oldest children. Khloe starts out asking

  • Hedda Gabler Essay

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    for marrying George. This conversation between Hedda and Judge Brack exposes the intimacy between Hedda and Brack, and the lack there of between Hedda and her husband George. While Hedda Gabler and George Tesman are married, they are not in a relationship. The use of Hedda’s maiden name through Henrik Ibsen;s play, Hedda Gabler, accentuates the aristocratic distance between the couple by illustrating Hedda’s progress through her path to self-realization. The Jungian path to self-realization is the

  • Examples Of Greed In The Hound Of The Baskervilles

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    murder. For instance, Hugo Baskerville demonstrates pure, uncontrollable greed towards the maiden he captures. He takes her in the story of the hound, imprisoning her, but she soon gets out when he’s with his friends. This is supported by Dr. Mortimer telling the tale of the hound, ‘“...the young maiden..would ever avoid him, for she feared his evil name...Hugo...stole down upon the farm and carried off the maiden…”’(13-14) The devilish man takes the young woman without her consent and locks her

  • Essay Comparing The Vow And A Knight's Tale

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    peasant, technically he cannot be jousting against other knights, but they do not catch him at first. He falls in love with the maiden, Jocelyn. She says, “Your name makes no matter to me, so long as I may call you my own” (A Knight’s Tale). William replies with, “Oh, but I am your own, Jocelyn” (A Knight’s Tale). In this time period, it is forbidden for a peasant to marry a maiden. William can’t help to fall in love with her, making this situation very unfair. William feels very angry because of this

  • Misogynistism In The Wife Of Bath's Wife

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    (Chaucer) This is a quote from the “Wife of Bath’s Tale” written by Geoffrey Chaucer. Throughout the poem there are many misogynistic topics are expressed all through the work. For example the knight assuming he had the right to have sex with the maiden without her consent. Many people assuming that since she is a woman that she cannot be a well traveled, experienced woman therefore she should be at the house with the children. And the knight, then husband, reading “The book on Wicked Wives” and

  • Analysis of Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti

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    Christina Rossetti 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rossetti describes a cottage maiden who was seduced and used by the lord of the estate for which she worked. She was surprised and taken a back by the fact that someone so great and powerful could be slightly interested in her, and so she automatically fell in love with him. It wasn't until after he had slept with her that he left her for her cousin, Kate. The cottage maiden was devastated that he had done that to her. She felt unclean and unwanted

  • Hmong vs. American Marriages

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    Many young Hmong couples living in the United States when they choose to marry often face a dilemma, to wed the Hmong or American way. Both are distinctively opposites as to the wedding ceremony, marital legal bridal relationship with the in-laws relationship. Although the Hmong and the American both have a ceremony when today wed, in the Hmong culture the man has to pay a price for his wife. The man’s side of the family has to go to the woman’s side and ask her parents for permission

  • Comparing the Culture of Cambodia and American Culture

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    not argue with each other; they avoid confrontation at all times. Another example is when Soka (Pg. 78) is mad about the fact that at school, teachers call her Mrs. Kep instead of her name. In Cambodia, a married woman keeps the name she is born with. This episode reminds me that in Latin America, a married woman keeps her maid...

  • Common Law Marriage In Canada Essay

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    strongly suggests that it has to do with the strong feminist movement and the Quiet Revolution. Because of this most women, if not all married women have retained there maiden names when they married, and the increasing popularity of common-law marriage is another option for women, it offers women a sense of commitment but allows the women to retain their maiden names. The growth of popularity of common-law marriages throughout Canadian provinces can also be due to a number of other factors. The increasing

  • Biography of Edgar Allan Poe

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    Massachusetts on Jan. 19, 1809 to David Poe, Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Poe. He grew up to be an 'American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, literary critic, essayist, and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement' (Edgar Allan Poe) and married Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe. Poe was influenced by many people such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lord Byron, Ann Radcliffe, and Charles Dickens. He was involved in the Romanticism and Dark Romanticism literary movements and demonstrated a gothic style in

  • Compare And Contrast Two Sisters

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    her parents were very supportive of their daughter 's passion for writing, and because of that, Brooks was able to get a poem published when she was just 13. When she was a junior in college she published her first collection of poems, going by the name of A Street in Bronzeville. This particular poem is called “Sadie and Maud”, which was taken from the collection A Street in Bronzeville. It involves two sisters who demonstrate the two different ways that a black

  • Comparative Study of Jewish Marriage and Hindu Marriage

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    group. Adultery and fornication are sexual relationships that society does not recognize as constituting marriage. This definition is necessary to show that in the Old Testament, polygamy is not sexually immoral, since it constitutes a recognized married state; though it is generally shown to be inexpedient. Marriage is regarded as normal, and there is no word for 'bachelor' in the Old Testament. The record of the creation of Eve1 indicates the unique relationship of husband and wife, and serves