The Secret

Term Project Paper: Understanding Family Secrets For our project, we have decided to take a closer look at the topic of family secrets, and more specifically at the four different types of family secrets. Family secrets involve information purposefully hidden or concealed by one or more family members. The four types of secrets are sweet, essential, toxic and dangerous. Galvin, Braithwaite, & Bylund (2015) describe sweet secrets as those that protect fun surprises and they are time limited. Essential secrets tend to foster closeness, and toxic secrets are labeled as poisonous. Dangerous secrets are when the owner of the secret is in physical or emotional danger (Galvin et al., 2015). In our paper, we are going to explain more about each type of secret including several examples for each one, why people keep these secrets, and why people reveal secrets. We thought that the topic of family secrets was an important concept to take a closer look at because every family has secrets; they are a part of our everyday life. When you hear the word secret, it tends to be associated with negative situations in such cases of toxic and dangerous secrets. However, that is not always the case. Sometimes there are situations that secrets can be viewed in positive ways. For example, a sweet secret could be…

Secrets and lies; they go hand in hand and need each other to survive. A secret can be defined as not disclosing information while a lie is creating false information. There are many reasons why people decide to keep a secret or tell a lie. These acts, part of human nature, are used as a source of power or as a defense mechanism. In the novel The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, the author, Kim Edwards explores the perception of secrets and lies through the life of the main character, David Henry. The…

Victoria’s Secret is every woman’s go-to lingerie store for any of their essential needs for bras, sleepwear, beauty products, and lounge wear. However, behind the glitz and glamour of the Victoria’s Secret Angels, who model and advertise the sensual products, there is a deeper and complex business strategy that makes this company so successful in its domain. No other lingerie company has thrived so much in sales as Victoria’s Secret has, making $6.12 billion in revenue in 2014 (Victoria’s…

When is it necessary to keep a secret and when it's necessary to reveal one? I believe itś necessary to keep a secret from someone depending on how bad it can hurt you or the person youŕe keeping it from. Itś necessary to keep a secret only if it won't hurt you or the person youŕe keeping it from. In The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne a young woman keeps a secret not only having a baby with with someone not being her husband but keeping his daughters dad (Dimmesdale) a secret. Also Hester Prynne…

Victoria's Secret currently has no give back programs, however I believe they should provide one that provides their lingerie to women getting back into the workforce. Women across america are looking for jobs, however are unable to get them without the proper attire. They won’t be taken seriously and won’t be hired. Dress for success is a program that donates professional working attire to women in need. Victoria Secret should donate their bras and underwear to Dress for Success to support…

Victoria secret is the store I will discuss because of their history and the fact that a married customers came up with one of the most popular lingerie lines followed by their body spray, lotion, and shower gel collection. Ray Ramond and his wife decided to create their own lingerie line due to his embarrassment of shopping for lingerie in department stores for his wife Gaye. They founded the company in California in 1977. For years, many people wondered what was, Vickie’s secret until it…

divulge the way in which oppression is represented in the novel, and how language and plots are manipulated to shape the picture of oppression. The texts which we are going to be scrutinising today are ‘The Secret River’ and ‘The Flowers’. These two texts communicate with the reader relying on the cultural assumptions, attitudes, values and beliefs. Nevertheless, before digging into the novels, let us first study the definition of oppression. Oppression is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as,…

The Secret Weapon: Secrets as a Weapon within Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Secret Societies 100 years ago, the deadliest type of warfare was the newest version of the Heckler-Koch machine gun. Secrets have just as much power, if not more, when it comes to government and society. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, illustrates the power and effects of dangerous secrets. The article “Secret Societies Control the World” explains who forms secret societies and why…

The Queensland Theatre Company’s famous Australian contemporary piece The Secret River was written by Andrew Bovell and directed by Neil Armfield. Adapted from the book, it can be viewed as a Gothic theatre piece through its use of conventions, setting and themes. The play follows the moral dilemma of the main character William Thornhill. Exemplifying the difficult adaption for both the European settlers and the aboriginal land owners. As both sides thought they were right, their actions…

The majority of the time when there is an offensive advertisement it is targeted to women. Sometimes advertisements try to alter the beliefs of women by making them believe that they are supposed to look a certain way. Thousands of young girls around the world have looked at advertisements with skinny beautiful women and wondered “why don’t I look like her?” Victoria Secret is a well-known brand amongst a lot of young women. It is nationally known for their “angels.” The “angels” are a group…