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    To what extent is Desdemona presented as a tragic victim in the play ‘Othello’? Desdemona‚ the daughter of Venetian senator Brabantio‚ is captivated by Othello’s fables of bravery as a warrior and she falls in love with him. In view of the fact that Desdemona is a “fair” woman and Othello is “an old black ram”‚ commonly referred to as ‘the Moor’‚ their marriage indicates that her fate might be tragic. In ‘Othello’‚ Desdemona is portrayed as a courageous young woman whose character is used against

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    Abstract The psychological and scholastic effects in adolescent victims of ethnic cleansing will be explored longitudinally over a period of 10 years. Twenty adolescent refugees between the ages of 5 and 18 who experienced a mass genocide‚ will be recruited to participate. Participants will be given the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents (DISC); (Shaffer‚ Fisher‚ Lucas‚ Dulcan‚ & Shwab-Stone‚ 2000)‚ and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI); (Groth-Marnat‚ 1990). Adolescents who show

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    you want to be concerned with offering help with the Japan Tsunami disaster listed below are few of the methods by which you are able to do so: Mercy Corp primarily based in Portland is accepting donations which might be forwarded to assist the victims of the huge destruction at Japan with the help of their longstanding associate the Peace Winds Japan. The donations that are acquired might be forwarded to satisfy the speedy in addition to lengthy-term needs of the survivors. If you want to assist

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    convey the real tragedy of war. Many people think only of those killed but reading the poem you remember that many people who were not killed in the war could still have suffered a lot more. In the poem Owen focuses on one young man‚ a single victim of war. It shows the effect the war has on the young man’s life‚ when on returning from the war he has been maimed "legless‚ sewn short at elbow" Owen writes the poem with style. He uses the recruits contrasting memories and new views to

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    INDIA AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF VICTIMS TWO DAY NATIONAL SEMINAR ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT On 28th & 29th September 2007 at Govt. College of Arts‚ Science & Commerce Quepem‚ Goa. Paper Presentation by : Prof. (Mrs.) Sarita Patil‚ Lecturer‚ Dept. of Law‚ Gogte College of Commerce‚ Tilakwadi‚ Belgaum. Email: sarita.patil@indiatime.com Theme ; JUSTICE TO FORGOTTEN VICTIMS Topic : CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF VICTIMS. Abstract : • Human Rights and Criminal

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    as everyday norms and values. These norms and values are instilled during childhood through the time he or she becomes an adult. Amiri Baraka’s autobiography “School” and Lisa Keiski’s essay “Suicide’s Forgotten Victims‚” makes this evident. In both “School” and “Suicide’s Forgotten Victims‚” Baraka’s and Keiski’s daily interactions with their peers‚ authority figures‚ and society contribute to the formulation of important life

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    To what extent does Shakespeare present Shylock as a victim? In the ‘Merchant of Venice’ Shakespeare makes it very difficult for us to define who is the victim and who is the villain as certain characters‚ such as Shylock reveal many personalities and therefore portray elements of both the victim and the villain. We are first introduced to Shylock in Act 1 scene 3. In this scene it is quickly made apparent that Shlyock enjoys power‚ especially over Bassanio and likes watching him suffer. This

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    JUSTICE FOR VICTIM’S FAMILY IN HOMICIDE CASE: A MALAYSIAN PERSPECTIVE UMAR MUKHTAR BIN MOHD NOOR UNIVERSITI SAINS ISLAM MALAYSIA JUSTICE FOR VICTIM’S FAMILY IN HOMICIDE CASE: A MALAYSIAN PERSPECTIVE Umar Mukhtar Bin Mohd Noor (Matric. No. 1080183) Academic project report submitted in partial fulfillment for the BACHELOR OF SHARIAH AND LAW WITH HONOURS Faculty of Syariah and Law UNIVERSITI SAINS ISLAM MALAYSIA Nilai June 2013 i AUTHOR DECLARATION ‫بسم اهلل الرحمن

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    The First Willing Victim “Mrs. Hutchinson‚ you are called here as one of those that have troubled the peace of the commonwealth and the churches here. You are known to be a woman that hath had a great share in the promoting and divulging of those opinions that are causes of this trouble…” These are some stone hard words that John Winthrop spoke to/about Anne Hutchinson on her first trial day. While‚ he was speaking these harsh words that day it is said that Anne stood listening to the charges without

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    between villain and victim becomes blurred. Victims are usually characterised in the way that they are persecuted for circumstances‚ which are beyond their control for example their appearance. In plays and novels‚ the victim is sometimes a character included to highlight the prejudices and pre-conceptions of the social climate in which the play or novel was written. In the ‘Merchant of Venice’ it can be argued that Shylocks character undergoes a metamorphosis from villain to victim. However‚ in this

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