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Mother God, 2007.
This paper discusses the concept of Mother God as presented by 14th century mystic and author Julian of Norwich.
1,315 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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This paper explains that Julian of Norwich was one of the first few and probably the most well-known female writers to conceive of God as a nurturing mother figure within the Trinity. The author points out that, although Julian feminized her vision of God, she was not a feminist herself because she was willing to accept her subservient role in the society and found comfort in this status, which she associated with being in God's care. The paper relates that Julian uses two images, which have become widely discussed in feminist writings: (1) The hazelnut that she evokes as the representation of the womb and the potential to give birth and (2) The flow of blood as 'a living stream' that she employs in her discussion of Christ's suffering and the blood that appeared. The paper includes several quotations.
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"Before the 13th century, women had come to occupy a vital role in the society. They were important figures in household and other matters and even in the Church, women were assigned roles of clerical authority. But the status of women declined gradually to the point that in the late 14th century when Julian composed her visionary writings, she found herself in a male dominated society. But this male dominance was relatively new and women still had some memories of the time when they had the upper hand."
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"Mother to Mother", 2004.
An examination of the book, "Mother to Mother", by Sindiwe Magona.
1,057 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper provides a critical analysis of the book, "Mother to Mother", by Sindiwe Magona. The book, "Mother to Mother", is a touching and elegant story of race relations and misunderstanding in South Africa. The paper explains how the author bases her book on a true incident, but looks at it from the eyes of a mother who loves her son but recognizes his inadequacies. It states that the book is a devastating look at apartheid, violence, and anger in a society long split between black and white.
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"This emotional book looks at both sides of a young white woman's murder in a black township in South Africa. The book begins with the haunting line "My son killed your daughter" (Magona 1), and that line grabs the reader from the beginning, and makes them want to learn more about the two families and their responsibilities to themselves, and the their community. The book covers only two days chronologically, but the author skillfully uses flashbacks to look back on her life and the life of her son, to illustrate the hatred and violence at work in South African society that created such a "monster" as her son and the other killers. The mother is not unaware that her child has turned into something she cannot control, but she is also aware that the lifestyle of poor blacks in a dominant white society has been the spark that created the fire under the murderers. Coming from a life without hope, how can they see anything else for themselves?"
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The Role of the Mother in Fairy Tales, 2008.
An analysis of the roles of mothers and step-mothers in fairy tales and how these relationships are a reflection of society at the time.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 13 sources, MLA, £ 66.95
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This paper discusses the demonstration of social and moral changes through time that can be seen in fairy tales. It focuses on the role of the mother as a guiding force and a source of competition and angst, for children, as it is expressed in more literary fairy tales. The paper analyzes the reflection of the fairy tale into the inner mind of the child which always ends happily to play out resentment toward the dominant rule enforcer of their lives, the mother, without fear.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: (Step) Mothers and Daughters
Chapter 2: Old School, Modern Need
Chapter 3: Grimm Brothers' Mothers and Daughters
Conclusion
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"There is no doubt that fairy tales are a clear message of social and cultural coding, and as many argue they should evolve with time, to better reflect the culture in which they are used as teaching tool. (Bettelheim 24) yet, it should also be argued that fairy tales, in their literary history still serve a purpose, no matter how watered down they are. The role of the mother as the allowable antagonist to the children is essential to the child's ability to have feelings of anger and resentment in a form that does less harm, to them than open confrontation. Much of childhood is extremely emotional internalized perception, and acknowledging that these feelings are normal and even healthy, with regard to the child becoming independent, is essential to normal psychological development. Literary fairy tales then serve the purpose of giving us a glimpse into the issues of the past but also hold many truths that are still relevant today, as can be attested by a frequent adaptation of their storylines to modern contexts. The struggle between the mother and the child is universal and will likely remain so, as the relationship one has with one's mother as a child and an adult, for most people is the most significant of all, without fairy tales the regeneration of social guidelines would be much more difficult, hence the liberation of the fairy tale in modern literature and popular media."
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"The Kitchen God's Wife", 2006.
A summary and review of Amy Tan's novel about an immigrant Chinese mother and her American-born daughter, "The Kitchen God's Wife".
1,691 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 37.95
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This paper summarizes and analyzes the story and main theme of Amy Tan's novel, "The Kitchen God's Wife". The paper explains that while the focus in the novel is on the mothers and daughters in the Chinese-American culture, its themes, and specifically its theme that food is used as a device to convey multiple messages, are universal.
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"Amy Tan creates in the novel the same sense of place and culture that characterized The Joy Luck Club. Once again, food serves many purposes. Among the most ubiquitous motifs in The Kitchen God's Wife is food and the activities that surround its preparation and consumption. In fact, the novel opens and closes with celebratory dinners, and similar feasts and meals mark crucial events in Winnie's story. Throughout the story food provides a sense of continuity, paints distinct images of a remembered past, helps reveal character traits, shows relationships, and establishes boundaries between cultures."
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Three Types of Mothers, 2006.
Lists, classifies, and discusses three different types of mothers and their parenting style.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, £ 18.95
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Most people can describe their mothers and list the wonderful things they did for them as a child. Other people tell horror stories about their mothers. Parenting does not come with an instruction book so mothers learn by reading, watching, or trial and error. In this classification of mothers, three different types of mothers are discussed: Super Moms, soccer Mothers, and single mothers.
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Kitchen God's Wife, 2007.
This paper discusses the book "The Kitchen God's Wife" by Amy Tan.
1,642 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 36.95
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In this article, the writer looks at the book "The Kitchen God's Wife" by Amy Tan. The writer points out that "The Kitchen Gods Wife" concerns a Chinese mother and American-raised daughter whom, like many mothers and daughters across the world, have kept secrets from each other. The writer discusses that as soon as the book opens up, Tan approaches the communication problem between Winnie and Pearl. The writer notes that Pearl, who appears to want to forget her Chinese roots, has had multiple sclerosis for seven years and has not yet told her mother. The writer notes that, similar to other mother/daughter pairs, once Pearl and Winnie do communicate, they are so much the better for it.
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"No one has a childhood without some kind of trauma, and each person handles it differently. Some people do not remember being abused as a child, and in their adult years wonder why they are depressed and have such low self-esteem. With help, they are able to get better as they deal with the past. Other people never face their past, and drown themselves in alcohol, or abuse their own children. Pearl has not yet dealt with her trauma--her father dying. For years, she has been holding in her sadness and anger at his leaving her. Much of this anger is directed to her mother. Why didn't her mother do something to keep him alive? An irrational thought, but children do believe that their parents have the ability to make things right. Pearl's nightmares about her father continue, because part of her refuses to say goodbye once and for all. Also, like the Kitchen God story, she has to admit she was wrong."
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Restructuring the Inner Mother, 2004.
A look at the influence of drama-therapy treatment on female adolescents at risk who have adopted parental-maternal roles.
26,358 words (approx. 105.4 pages), 36 sources, MLA, £ 172.95
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This paper examines the influence of drama-therapy treatment on the change of roles among female adolescents who have adopted parental-maternal roles as a result of their being daughters to mothers whose functioning was significantly deficient. The role theory by R. Landy represents a theoretical basis of the research work. It begins with a personal introduction that describes a journey for discovering the different faces of the mother figure as they were internalized, and then it surveys the relevant theories. Among others, it examines the different roles of the mother, presents theories from the field of object relations, describes the archetype of the mother and its meanings according to Jung, and combines them with the drama-therapy treatment theory, especially the role theory. The last chapter is dedicated to presenting conclusions and reservations. The paper combines detailed descriptions of group treatment and uses a research population that includes girls who are disadvantaged and at risk and who were sent to treatment at the young girls? unit of social services.
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Introduction
Personal Journey
Internal Journey ? Discoveries and Metamorphoses of the Internal Mother
Theoretical Literature
Introduction
The Essential Roles of the Mother and their Influence on Normal Development: Winnicott
The Mother as an Object (Positive and Negative Aspects of the Mother Figure)
Different Essential Functions of the Mother (Different Theoreticians)
The Mother as a Generating Factor According to Bollas
The ?Mother Archetype? and Her Dual Characteristics (K. Jung)
Different Types of Mother Complexes in Girls (K. Jung)
The Role Theory in Drama Therapy
The Individual as Receiver of Role
The Individual as Taker of Role
The Individual as Player of Role
The Role System
The Role Theory and its Application in Drama Therapy
Application ? Treatment Theory
Individual Treatment ? Background
?The Parental Girl? And Sub-Roles ? Individual Treatment
Working With a Therapeutic Group ? Resuscitation of the Mother?s Different Aspects on the Therapeutic Stage
Split Processes
Discussion and Conclusions
Conclusions
Reservations
My Personal Learning
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"The central role of the mother or her replacement during the first two periods is to be holding environment. Wincott meant the holding around the routine of treatment of the baby that includes adjustment to the psychological changes related to the baby. From the psychological point of view the holding mains supporting the ego of the baby before the integration of the ego is created in him. The held baby feels that he has a protecting security net and this way he has the feeling of being and going, feelings that represent the basis of a strong self. The main role in holding is to protect from and reduce the intrusion from outside (including that of the mother). Since these disturb the baby?s tranquility and he experiences them as trauma, the baby has to react, which removes him from the feeling of being in which he is found."
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Faith in God Above, 2002.
An analysis of the concept of faith in God from an individual?s point of view.
1,180 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper is a personal examination of the author's faith in God as a Christian, a mother, and a nurse. It discusses how, in order to cope with the immense responsibility on her shoulders, the author requires some form of divine help in order to make things work. It focuses on her career as a nurse and looks at how the field of nursing has certainly benefited a great deal from better communication, as there is a far greater emphasis than there ever was on the building up of relationships between nurses and patients. It shows how this kind of relationship, from a Christian perspective, means that there is greater spiritual interaction between the nurses and their clients.
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"In modern society people should act according to the need of the hour, taking into consideration the wishes of the individuals involved in particular issues. There are several issues today in the field of medicine that bother the religious people who believe in preserving life no matter what the situation is. There are many complex questions that emerge as a result, and develop into unbelievably debatable issues that have gone on for years, perhaps even decades. These debates do not only cease here, they go on to encompass other related issues, and the ball of twine keeps on getting more and more knotted."
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Augustine's Search for God in "Confessions", 2004.
Reflection upon St. Augustine's search for God in his life only to realize that God was working through Augustine's daily experiences.
933 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 23.95
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This paper shows how, in his "Confessions", Augustine reflects back on his life, particularly his memories of Monica, his mother and Adeodatus, his son, and interprets their meanings as God working through daily intervention to change the way Augustine thinks and feels.
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"The Confessions is St. Augustine's reflection back on his life, and his search for God during it. He chronicles his experiences from birth until the present time, and explains the deeper meaning that he now sees in each one. Through his reflection, his is able to deeper understand the ways in which God works, and is able to unite with God in spirit. It is through this deeper understanding that in the time he was searching for God in earthly ideas and objects, God was within him all along. Augustine did not find God while searching for him, God revealed himself to Augustine through Augustine's personal history and experience."
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Growing Up Without a Mother, 2007.
A creative essay describing the author's experience of childhood without the presence of a mother.
1,877 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 0 sources, £ 41.95
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In this paper the author describes her life, particularly childhood and early adulthood, without a mother. The author's mother died when she was an infant, and this essay explores the impact of a motherless life. In particular the author emphasizes her feelings of being different and how perhaps life could have been had her mother been alive. The author also describes her feeling of anger toward her mother for dying. The author concludes with her own experiences of being a mother and the impact the loss of her mother had on her adult life.
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" I reached an age when my body started to change, and I had no woman to talk to about it. I was frightened at first and very confused about what menstruation meant, although I was pretty sure it had something to do with being female. I didn't know how to handle periods. If I had had a mother, she could have explained things to me. I tried once to approach my father, but he was embarrassed and said maybe I could get a book from the library that would explain things better than he could. Because he was so embarrassed, it made me embarrassed to ask the librarian for a book. It was nice of him to make the suggestion, of course, but it didn't make up for lack of a mother. "
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"Mother and Poet", 2002.
Analysis of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem "Mother and Poet" and how the roles of mother and poet intersect.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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This essay discusses how Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Mother and Poet" blurs the binarism of the domestic custodian and the public crusader. The very title itself blurs the boundaries between the two roles, because both of them intersect along certain lines. Each role needs the other to be effective. Isolated, each role becomes rooted in failure and tragedy.
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Mother-Son Relationships, 2002.
A comparison of the mother-son relationships in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare and "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams.
1,221 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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This paper examines the mother-son relationship in two plays: Hamlet and his mother, Gertrude, in "Hamlet" by Shakespeare, and Amanda and Tom in "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams. It demonstrates how the two plays and the characters of the mothers are quite different and how, in "The Glass Menagerie", Tom is able to brush off his mother?s domination after too much struggle. On the other hand, Gertrude is unable to dominate Hamlet, even though she tries. It also shows how Tom?s relationship with his mother is that of an irritated son who cannot stand his mother?s meddling, whereas Hamlet?s relationship is based on revenge and hatred.
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"Hamlet is one of Shakespeare?s most popular tragedies written in around the 1600. The play is a melodrama of revenge, secrecy, madness and conspiracy. It revolves Hamlet, a prince of Denmark who?s life is filled with tragedy. Initially he loses his father and while on the verge of recovering from this loss, he sees his mother Gertrude, marrying his Uncle Claudius within two months of his father?s death. The shock of his mother?s behavior is unbearable for Hamlet as he goes into severe depression and termed by some as complete madness. He fails to continue his studies and because of his mental state, his mother does not allow him to leave Denmark till he is completely stable."
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"Mother Tongue", 2005.
This paper discusses Amy Tan's essay "Mother Tongue" about her experience as a Chinese descendant with a mother whose English skills could best be described as 'limited'.
1,095 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 26.95
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This paper explains that in Amy Tan's essay "Mother Tongue", Tan reflects on the linguistic tensions which plagued her childhood and adolescence and made her believe that her parents' broken English was having a negative impact on her performance in school. The author points out that her difficulties with English made her intensely aware of the different versions of the language she had seen, spoken and found acceptable. The paper states that Amy Tan's essay is definitely an effective and powerful statement not only on variations of English and her exposure to the same but also on class and cultural discrimination, which people encounter because of their inability to use proper standardized English.
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"While at school, she was taught standardized English, at work and with college audience, she used similar idiomatic English, the versions she used with her mother and husband were more intimate and personal to her. This personal version she describes as simple English because it lacked vast standard vocabulary but to Tan herself, this variation was anything but fragmented. "...to me, my mother's English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It's my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, full of observation and imagery.""
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Amy Tan's "The Kitchen God's Wife", 2007.
This paper analyzes the book 'The Kitchen God's Wife' by Amy Tan.
1,905 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 41.95
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In this article the writer notes that the main protagonists in 'The Kitchen God's Wife' by Amy Tan spend several decades fighting each other because of their differences that come from having completely different pasts. The writer explains that Winnie, the mother, was born and brought up in China and her daughter Pearl, lived all of her life in the United States. The writer then points out that when they finally begin to listen to each other, they realize that despite their different upbringing, they share more than they ever realized as women and mother and daughter. The writer concludes that with changing circumstances, the two are eventually able to begin to open up and peel away the layers that keep them apart.
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"Even if these two women were more open, their differences would have created barriers between them. Pearl, due to the death of her father when she was a teenager, has not completely grown up emotionally--despite the fact that she now is a wife and mother, herself. Her trauma has kept part of her from reaching maturity and being more patient and understanding of her mother. As children often do, she has a difficult time tolerating some of Winnie's personality traits and human quirks. Phil, Pearl's husband, who gets along well with his mother-in-law, tries to enhance the communication between the two women. He tells Pearl that she is being selfish and life is not always exactly as you want it. He is no more successful in bringing the mother and daughter together. In fact, in some ways he worsens the situation by making Pearl more resistant to change. Meanwhile, Winnie's experiences in the past have made her more negative and less patient overall with life. Whereas once she was a hopeful and happy young woman, she has turned into a much more fearful, superstitious and cautious individual."
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