Love Conquers All
When love is strong between two people it can outweigh the problems of a
marriage, if the couple can work together in solving the problems. In the story The
Gilded Six-Bits written by Zora Neale Hurston, you meet a couple very much in love, Joe
and Missie May Banks. In the story Shiloh written by Bobbie Ann Mason, meet a couple
who is not so sure of what they want, Leroy and Norma Jean Moffitt. In these marriages
there are a few similarities and a few differences.
One difference in these marriages is why they married. Missie May and Joe
married because they had fallen in love with each other. Joe would come home and play
games with his wife every Saturday. They would laugh, play and chase each other
around. Norma Jean and Leroy on the other hand, married because Norma Jean was
pregnant with Leroy's child. They felt it was the right thing to do. Now the baby is dead
and Leroy was injured while driving his big rig. He is home on disability now. Norma
Jean is always working or exercising, Leroy is alwa...
In this essay, the author
- Narrates how joe and joe were married because they had fallen in love. joe would come home and play.
- Narrates how leroy's baby died of sudden death when the baby was four months old.
- Opines that love is stronger when a marriage is based on anything.
- Analyzes how the gilded six-bits and shiloh, written by bobbie ann mason, meet a couple who is not so sure what they want.
- Explains that leroy's baby is dead and he is home on disability.
- Compares the gilded six-bits, where joe finds his wife in bed with another man, otis d. slemmons. missie may was going to leave his house when she ran into joe's mother.
- Narrates how missie may became pregnant in the gilded six-bits. they were not sure who the father might be, joe or otis d.
- Analyzes how in the gilded six-bits joe and missie may went back to their old games, while in shiloh norma jean left leroy. their marriage was based on a child and not on love.
- Explains that missie may and joe were meant for each other; norma jean and leroy, there is someone out there that they can love. many things can have an effect on a persons marriage.
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- Shiloh: A Way Outanalytical essayNorma Jean feels smothered now that Leroy is constantly home due to his leg injury.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how norma jean wants to explore life more but because she became an adult at such a young age, she feels constricted.
- Explains that norma jean feels smothered now that leroy is constantly home due to his leg injury. she has to alter her life again to fit the accommodations of her husband.
- Explains that norma jean decided to take a six-week body-building course and now is taking an adult-education course at paducah community college. since leroy has been back, she seems to focus more on herself and learning new things.
- Explains that norma jean is seeking comfort outside her home and marriage because leroy and her were never in love.
- Analyzes how mabel and leroy make norma jean feel like she's stuck in the past.
- Analyzes how norma jean's animosity towards them fixing their marriage leads leroy to believe she is cheating on him with another man.
- Analyzes how norma jean tries to build herself up to start a new life without leroy and mabel. after being stuck in the past for sixteen years, she decided to break away.
927 wordsRead More - Marilyn Monroe: The Mystery Behind the Legendnarrative essayOn June 1, 1926, a baby girl was born to Gladys Mortensen in Los Angeles, California. Her biological father is unknown because her mother was having sexual relations with multiple men at the time of conception. The newborn baby girl was named Norma Jeane Baker. Norma’s mother placed her into an orphanage shortly after her birth. Norma remained in the orphanage until the age of nine.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that marilyn monroe was one of the most talented entertainers and fashion icons of twentieth century based on her success as an actress, singer, model, and her remarkable personality.
- Describes how norma jeane baker was born to gladys mortensen in los angeles, california. her biological father is unknown because her mother was having sexual relations with multiple men at the time of conception.
- Narrates how norma was adopted by her mother's best friend, grace mckee, during which time she helped grace prepare for her upcoming wedding to ervin goddard.
- Narrates how norma began dating her former neighbor, jim doughtery, when she was sixteen. they married on june 19, 1942, in los angeles, california.
- Explains that norma began modeling shortly after the divorce and signed her first contract with twentieth century fox on august 26, 1946. she dyed her hair blonde and changed her name to marilyn monroe.
- Narrates monroe's breakout stardom moment in 1953 when she received the lead role in gentlemen prefer blondes (gilmore 36). her biggest achievement of 1953 was being featured in her own nude spread in the debut issue of playboy.
- Explains that joe and marilyn were married on january 14, 1954. their marriage was short-lived, lasting only eight months. monroe filed for divorce on grounds of mental cruelty by dimaggio.
- Narrates how she began filming the seven year itch, which contained the famous scene in which she stood over the subway grating, while her skirt began to billow due to the air from the vent.
- Narrates how monroe took a break from acting due to her impregnation by arthur miller which resulted in miscarriage.
- Narrates how marilyn met president john f. kennedy in 1962 and moved to a new home in brentwood to be closer to john. she hoped he would leave his wife for her
- Analyzes how marilyn monroe's downfall resulted in her addiction to sleeping pills. she overdosed once before and had to be revived.
- Explains that marilyn monroe, age thirty-six, was found dead in her brentwood home on august 4, 1962, after overdosing on sleeping pills.
- Opines that marilyn monroe was an iconic role model in america's history. she endured sexual abuse but continued to pursue her dreams of acting and modeling and achieved each one.
- Cites bell, rachael, and gilmore, john. marilyn monroe. tm & turner entertainment networks, 2013.
967 wordsRead More - Marilyn Monroenarrative essayAt just six months old, Norma Jeane was placed in a foster home because her mother was placed in an insane asylum for her mental breakdowns. In 1935, at age nine, she entered an orphanage and stayed there for two years. On the whole her childhood appears to have been passed in the care of people with comfortable homes and surroundings (Andersen 1994).
In this essay, the author
- Explains that marilyn monroe was born norma jeane baker on june 1, 1926. her mother's name was gladys baker mortensen.
- Explains that norma jeane was placed in a foster home because her mother was in an insane asylum for her mental breakdowns. she entered an orphanage at age nine and stayed there for two years.
- Narrates how their teenage ambitions were set on becoming a starlet or pin-up that she saw in magazines.
- Narrates how norma jeane dougherty got a job at the aircraft plant in los angeles when an army photographer, david conover, came to the factory to take pictures of women doing war work.
- Narrates how marilyn monroe graced the covers of thirty-three magazines in 1945. when her husband returned from war in 1946, she began doing pin-up and cheesecake pictures for magazines.
- Narrates how marilyn's relationship with joseph schenck, co-founder of t.c.f., and an interview with columbia pictures led to a six-month contract for ladies of the chorus.
- Explains that after filming, she returned to pin-up and cheesecake modeling. she was so short of money she could pay neither her car payment nor her rent.
- Narrates how marilyn got cast in john huston's the asphalt jungle and starred in all about eve, which won six oscars.
- Narrates how johnny hyde fell in love with marilyn after his wife divorced him, and asked marilyn to marry him. marilyn refused.
768 wordsRead More - love rulesanalytical essayLeonardo da Vinci is perhaps the most famous artist of all time. Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452 in Florence, Italy. He was born out-of-wedlock to the wealthy father, Piero da Vinci, and peasant mother, Caterina. Little is known about Leonardo da Vinci’s early life, but he did receive an informal education where he mastered the subjects of Latin, mathematics, and geometry. As the years, progressed Leonardo became a master of his craft. Leonardo da Vinci pottered in the fields of sculpting, geology, engineering, music, architect, anatomy, cartography, writing, painting, and plant biology. Leonardo da Vinci was the ultimate Italian Renaissance polymath. Some of Leonardo da Vinci most notable works include The Last Supper, The Vitruvian Man, Lady with an Ermine, and Mona Lisa. Leonardo da Vinci worked on dozens of other projects, but with his broad expertise, he was only inclined to finish around six pieces. Arguably, one of Leonardo’s best pieces is the Mona Lisa painting. The Mona Lisa painting is not admired solely for its beauty, but its breakthrough technicality in the art world and its ability to keep the mind wondering what Leonardo da Vinci was trying to communicate to his viewers.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that leonardo da vinci is perhaps the most famous artist of all time. he was born out-of-wedlock to the wealthy father, piero, and peasant mother, caterina
- Explains that the mona lisa portrait depicts a young woman sitting down on the balcony with the rural landscape in the foreground. leonardo probably began the painting in 1503 and finished it around four years later.
- Explains leonardo da vinci's pyramidal composition, with the lower part of the woman’s arms being the widest part, helped organize the painting.
- Explains leonardo da vinci's approach to the pose of the woman was revolutionary at the time. her hands were gently placed on top of one another giving a sense of easy.
- Analyzes how the background of mona lisa is believed to be leonardo da vinci's map of china, the val di china. the color is bland, muted, and subtle bringing the viewers' attention back to the young woman.
- Compares leonardo da vinci's lightening and pyramidal design to mona lisa. he uses the opposite effect to approach the same objective.
- Analyzes leonardo da vinci's clever choice of clothing for mona lisa, which is detailed with fine lace, but its dark color in contrast to the woman’s face is passive.
- Analyzes how leonardo da vinci blurred the edges of mona lisa's face to bring this mystery to life. nobody truly knows what she is thinking or what message he was trying to communicate.
875 wordsRead More - What Is Forgiveness?explanatory essayMarriage is a copmlicated but lovely bonding in which two individual spend their life with eachother and play a important role in meeting the demands of man and woman.(Berne,Steiner, Dusay, 1973). Marital conflicts happen when one or both people are self-centered. One selfishly wants what he wants without consideration for the capabilities, plans, or goals of his spouse. Researches has
In this essay, the author
- Opines that less desire to avoid the transgression person and to harm or hunt for revenge toward that person.
- Explains worthington's pyramid model of forgiveness, a productive pproach for helping couples deal with infidelity.
- Opines that empathy should be promoted in both partners and with the one who committed the hurt.
- Explains that collaboration works by integrating ideas set out by multiple people. it stresses on the importance of both the marital relationship and partners 'goals.
- Explains that compromising strategy calls for both sides of conflicts to give up elements of their position in order to mantain an acceptable, if not agreeable, solution.
- Explains that assertive personality often fall back on competition as a conflict management strategy. margolin proposed that couples differ in expressing their emotions during conflict resolution.
- Explains that marriage is a legally bound relationship in which they live their lives together. conflicts in marital relationships include communication, finances, children, sex, housework, jealousy, and in-laws.
- Explains that heartland forgiveness scale (hfs) and marital conflicts offensive scale (mcos) will be used.
- Explains that the hfs is a self-report assessment that deals with forgiveness of self, others, and situations beyond anyone's control. scores on the three subscales can range from 6 to 42.
- Explains that the forgiveness of self subscale illustrates the trend to forgive one’s self. higher scores on this scale give you an idea about higher level of forgiveness, and lower scores shows lower level.
- Explains that the forgiveness of others subscale shows inclination to forgive others. higher scores on this scale represent higher level of forgiveness, while lower scores indicate lower level.
- Explains that one's score on the forgiveness of situations subscale indicates how forgiving a person is inclined to be of negative situations, events, or situations that are beyond anyone’s control
- Explains that one's score on the total heartland forgiveness scale designate how forgiving a person is likely to be of oneself, others, and uncontrollable situations. higher scores indicate higher levels of forgiveness.
- Explains that to conduct this research, married couples will be met and questionnaires distributed among the couples.
- Explains that 20-40-year-old couples will be preferred. illiterate couples, unfertile couples and working women will also be excluded.
- Explains that forgiveness is an intentional and voluntary process that requires courage and multiple acts of the will to complete.
- Defines forgiveness as the overcoming of negative affect and judgment toward the offender.
- Explains that forgiveness reduces negative affect toward wrongdoer, but no restoration of relationship. it has positive impact on mental health.
- Explains that marital conflict is a series of events that have been poorly handled so as to deeply damage marriage relationship. conflict is unavoidable in intimate relationships.
- Explains deutsch's theory about conflict management behavior constructive or destructive. constructive conflict indicates to be cooperative, pro-social, and relationship-preserving in nature.
- Explains that avoidance strategy refers to dealing with conflict in such a way as to diverge with the conflict, changing the topic, avoiding one’s own role in conflict and using jokes.
2034 wordsRead More - Identity In Angels In Americaanalytical essayHer husband Joe’s search for identity was different from his wife’s. He started of the play with a strong will towards certain perspectives. We eventually learned that Joe was struggling to find his inner self. He was torn between a marriage with Harper and a secret relationship with Louis. His d...
In this essay, the author
- Opines that the director would like to see the actors have a deep understanding of louis and belize's character to bring out their different political views and self-efficacy traits.
- Analyzes how prior, one of the main characters in angel in america, exposed his identity struggle in many ways.
- Opines that the director would have liked to see a great emphasis through dream scenery and the costumes represent the characters portrayals.
- Analyzes how the characters in angels in america were searching for their identity, which helped define the theme of the play.
915 wordsRead More - Shiloh Bobbie Ann Mason Analysisanalytical essayThrough the entirety of the short story, Norma Jean’s innermost thoughts and feelings are widely neglected and overweighed by those of Leroy’s, forcing the reader to feel sorry for him by understanding his pain at the same time his wife ignores it. It is crucial for Leroy to explain himself to the reader by evoking a sense of helplessness. However, it is trough Norma Jean’s words and her described actions that reader grasps the feelings that Leroy fails to see
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how "shiloh", written by bobbie ann mason, is about a married couple who have little in common with each other and struggle to fit together.
- Analyzes how the battle of shiloh imitates the life of leroy and norma jean, where no one side has much advantage over the other but instead the pain for both sides is far greater than they had realized.
- Analyzes how leroy and norma jean's troubled communication appears when they avoid talking about or even mentioning their dead son, never really giving them a chance to mourn together.
- Analyzes how leroy starts noticing the changing world around him by admiring scenery and the small things that are often taken for granted but when it comes to life at home with his wife he is often negating reality.
- Analyzes how norma jean's innermost thoughts and feelings are overweighed by those of leroy, forcing the reader to feel sorry for him by understanding his pain while his wife ignores it.
697 wordsRead More - The Battle Of Shilh Sparknotesanalytical essayWith all of this being said, it is important to realize why Mason has symbolically imbedded the conflicting past history of the gruesome battleground to the unknown years spend on the relationship that disconnected Leroy and Norma Jean. The strong fundamentals of what is required to have a healthy and strong relationship such as communication and performing accurate gender roles is illustrated throughout this short story.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how mason included the "battle of shiloh" to portray how leroy and norma's marriage is defined as a complex relationship.
- Analyzes how the battle of shiloh was an early battle in the american civil war, fought in southwestern tennessee.
- Analyzes how the theme of the short story is the switching of roles between man and wife. norma jean wishes leroy was more like the stereotypical husband and male figure in the household.
- Analyzes how leroy dreams of building a log cabin for his wife. norma jean's feeling towards her husband is evident when she informs him of many job opportunities.
- Analyzes how the setting is compared to the complex relationship of leroy and norma jean and the history of shiloh.
- Analyzes how mason symbolically imbedded the conflicting past history of the gruesome battleground to the unknown years spent on the relationship that disconnected leroy and norma jean.
657 wordsRead More - shilohanalytical essayNorma Jean, Leroy’s wife, works in the cosmetic department at a local drug store called Rexall. Even though she is the only one currently working she still does the cooking and cleans the house all while finding time for her hobbies. She seems to be emotionally detached ...
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the story "shiloh" by bobbie ann mason has a feminist feel to it.
- Narrates the story of leroy, a thirty-four year old truck driver collecting temporary disability after his tractor-trailer was jack-knifed in missouri and twisted his left leg in its socket.
- Explains that norma jean, leroy's wife, works in the cosmetic department at a local drug store called rexall and is emotionally detached from him.
- Analyzes how the story sends a message that not all marriages are the way society makes them seem. leroy seems to be the one that is weak in the relationship as his injury prevents him from doing his job.
- Analyzes how norma jean seems to be the strong one in the relationship, despite having a job and making time for herself. although the story refers to physical strength, it could be referring to other kind of strength.
- Narrates how leroy dreamed of building norma a log cabin. mabel's mother tells them of shiloh, the civil war battleground.
- Analyzes how leroy realizes that the log cabin was a stupid idea and norma jean never would have wanted to live in one.
- Analyzes how norma jean's depressing ending is hard to understand. one would think that she is going to jump into the river, which could be her way out of a trapped marriage.
578 wordsRead More - What Is Marital Satisfaction?explanatory essayMarriage is an intrinsic part of our contemporary conception of a meaningful and rich life (Flowers, 1998). In general, people enter into it are expected to assist each other in various aspects of a married life, to make the marriage established. According to Gottman (2002) the main determinant of marriage is the quality and type of relations between husband and wife. Couples need to commit themselves to each other when they decided to spend their life together. This commitment and the bond they share in a marriage can be a predictor how their marital life will increase and achieve the highest level of satisfaction.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that marriage is an intrinsic part of our contemporary conception of a meaningful and rich life. couples need to commit themselves to each other when they decide to spend their life together.
- Explains that many studies examined the relationship of children and marital satisfaction. marital satisfaction is seen as most significant attributes in the success of the marriage.
- Explains that although couples' marital satisfaction declines as they become parents and children are a stressor in marriage, not all couples become less satisfied during the transition to parenthood.
- Explains that the number of children declines marital satisfaction of couples, and asks if raising a child is worth the risk of losing it.
- Explains that women experience greater marital dissatisfaction than men. socioeconomic status is one of the important factors in determining couple’s marriage satisfaction.
- Explains that there are many reasons why people stay in or out of marriage, but one of these reasons is sexual satisfaction.
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