An old woman clutches a tourist’s sleeve and tags along with him. She wants a ’fifty paise coin’. For this she offers to show him ’the horseshoe shrine’. This refersto a legend centred around a horse-shoe shaped depression in a rock about Khandoba‚ the presiding deity at Jejuri‚ who leaped from that rock onto his horse ashe carried his wife with him. This is a legend that the true believer reveres and the sceptic doubts.The tourist moves away as he has seen the shrine already. The old woman ’tightens
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The Woman in Black ‘How does the woman in black conform to the conventions of a classic ghost story’ Arthur Kipps‚ a young lawyer travels to a remote village to sort out the affairs of an estate left behind by its recently deceased owner. There he discovers a mysterious woman dressed in black‚ is terrorizing the locals. He then uncovers a tragic secret. Crythin Gifford was described to us by Sam Daily and he has said that "… There’s the drowned churches and the swallowed-up village‚"‚ gothic
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The Woman In Black Review On the 7th of February 2012 we saw The Woman in Black in the Fortune Theatre‚ London. The play is set in the Victorian or Edwardian era‚ but no dates are given about when the events within it take place. The play is a play within a play‚ with the character of Arthur Kipps retelling a story from his past to an Actor who he hopes will play him on stage for his family and friends. Kipps is a solicitor who was sent to a remote house in the market town of Crythin Gifford to
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TANIA MAJOR: A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE QUESTION 1: How would you describe Tania Major in terms of locus of control? Why? Locus of control refers to the generalized belief about the amount of control people have over their own lives (McShane & VonGlinow‚ 2000‚ p.191). This concept was originally developed by Julian Rotters in 1954 and is known to be a psychological term. In simpler terms‚ locus of control refers to an individual’s perception about the underlying main causes of events in his/her life
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The Creation of Woman (A Parable from India) In the beginning‚ when Twashtri came to the creation of woman‚ he found that he had exhausted his materials in making of the man‚ and that no solid elements were left. In this dilemma‚ after profound meditation‚ he did as follows: He took the rotundity of the moon‚ and the curves of creepers‚ and the clinging of tendrils‚ and the trembling of grass‚ and the slenderness of the reed‚ and the bloom of flowers‚ and the lightness of deer and the joyous
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Speech Situation: The poet recalls a visit to an old couple; the old woman is helpless‚ and dying slowly. It is clear from the description that she has no quality of life. She is cared for by her husband who prays for her release from this life. Significance of the title: no definite article emphasises the universal nature of the experience Degradation of the old woman as this suggests she needs help. Simply eating to stay alive. Animal connotations. Simile – like an old horse. Useless
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were expected to be subordinate to their fathers‚ husbands‚ and sons. Because marriages were arranged‚ young women and men had virtually no voice in the decisions on their marriage partner‚ resulting in loveless marriages. Once married‚ it was the woman who left her family and community and went to live with her husband’s family‚ where she was subordinate to her mother-in-law. In some cases‚ female infants were subjected to a high rate of infanticide‚ or sold as slaves to wealthy families. Men were
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The author shows us that a woman’s voice isn’t heard and the woman couldn’t do anything but try to please the man. The author shows this with the mood and dialogue between the man and Jig. The girl ‚ Jig‚ is portrayed as someone that’s powerless and can’t speak up for herself. When Jig mentioned the hills looking like white elephants the guy mentioned “I’ve never seen one” and since the girl agreed with him he rudely replies “ Just because you say I wouldn’t have doesn’t prove anything”. The guy
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multidimensional & multilayered concept. Women empowerment could be seen as a process in which women gain greater share of control over resources like material‚ knowledge information ideas; financial resources like money; control over decision making in home‚ community‚ society and nation and to gain power to empower herself. It does not mean to give them power to dominate others or use power to establish their superiority over others. In reality women empowerment meant to empower herself not to overpower
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Being a Woman Contents 1. Introduction 2. “The Hymn to Demeter” vs “Odyssey 3. Homeric representation of gender roles 4. Conclusion Introduction Homer is a famous and mysterious figure in the ancient literature who made a significant contribution in the development of literature of all times. His personality and existence is the subject for numerous discussions since some specialists consider that he did not live at all but despite these arguments the importance of works‚ which are known
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