Dowry is a multi-faceted‚ deep-rooted gender issue with social‚ economic and health consequences. This social evil has brought fatal effects to the lives of ordinary women of our society. This social crime has recently made footings in some countries‚ which were traditionally free of this evil like Afghanistan and Bangladesh‚ but our focus here remains Pakistan. The paper concentrates on the religious‚ social and economic structures of the Pakistani society to explain the age-old tradition of extortion
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showing this as a positive characteristic‚ Chaucer makes her toothless and ugly. However‚ Chaucer‚ instead of portraying her low-social class as shameful‚ Chaucer showed that she is actually prudent and eloquent. Chaucer sympathizes with her because he himself was considered low-class. The wife of Bath has also had five different husbands and countless affairs‚ thus breaking innocent men*s hearts. Her husbands fell into two categories. The first category of husbands was: rich‚ but also old and unable
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since they were intended as propaganda and hold ideological traits. Religious and economic opposition became rising forces in the nationalist air as relations between the colonies and Britain quickly deteriorated through the 1760s. It was seen as shameful as the elite members of the colonies would spend their money on British actors performing in British plays which
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2014. -United Nations: Peacekeeping. UN.org. Web. 17 July 2014. -United Nations: Department of Political Affairs. UN.org. Web. 17 July 2014. -Briney‚ Amanda. "The United Nations: History‚ Organization‚ and Functions of the United Nations." About.com: Geography. 5 June 2014. Web. 17 July 2014. -"The League of Nations. Milestones: 1914-1920." Office of the Historian‚ Bureau of Public Affairs‚ United States Department of State. Web. 2014. 17 July 2014. -Trueman‚ Chris. "League of Nations Background
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speech‚ being an immensely mocking jeremiad‚ bitterly laments the state of the American society and its morals in a serious tone of not only shameful‚ but even caustic‚ as a jeremiad should. His use of literary techniques such as antithetical parallel structure and a constant layering effect due to repetition constructs the persuasive effect that makes his shameful tone effective towards his audience. Douglass’ speech relies heavily on the effect that shocking the audience would have. He did not follow
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control in Rome and it governed Rome until 133 B.C.‚ virtually unchallenged. The Senate had been able to obtain this enormous power because of the policy of greedy imperialism pursued by Rome‚ resulting in vast territorial expansion and a consequent shameful exploitation of the provinces. The two Triumvirates which were to follow and the presence of Augustus sounded the demise for the Republic‚ and therefore the rule of the Senate‚ although‚ through the Julio-Claudian era‚ the senate was still very
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Hamlet: Revenge or Scruples? Andrew Brian "’Vengeance is mine‚’ sayith the Lord". What does this mean? I believe what the Christians meant it to mean is that we‚ as humans‚ have no right to seek revenge‚ that only "the Lord" has the right to decide when to take revenge. We say this‚ but do we follow it? No‚ I think not. We all try to take revenge into our own hands‚ in one form or another. Revenge is one strong theme that holds throughout "Hamlet". We see Prince Hamlet try to execute a
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loss throughout this poem because she loses her maiden hood and the community’s respect. Victorians were bought up by a strict moral code and they believe that happy marriage was the centre of a stable society. Christina Rossetti focuses on a love affair between a high society wealthy lord and a ’low born’ country women. Furthermore‚ the main focus of the poem is transgressive relationship and sexual relationship outside of wedlock. The poem begins with the speaker recalling her humble peaceful
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Examine some of the reasons for the changing patterns in marriage and divorce in the last 40 years (24 marks) In the last 40 years‚ there have been some major changes in family and household patterns. Changes in partnerships include fewer first marriages‚ a higher divorce rate than before‚ more re-marriages and cohabitation. We first look at divorce because it is one of the most major causes of changes in family patterns and greater diversity. Since the 1960s‚ there has been a greater increase
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Holocaust. Throughout the book‚ Elie‚ his father‚ and other inmates faced traumatic events in the concentration camp Auschwitz. These events forced them to make decisions that would determine if they survive the misery of the camp. Whether heroic or shameful their actions‚ survival was more important. When Elie and his father first arrived at the camp‚ they are faced with a selection‚which determine if they live out the rest of their lives in the camp or is sent to the crematorium‚ where they’ll be
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