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    Dowry System in India

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    People in India give much preference to family relationships and most of them follow arranged marriage system .According to this system there is no possibility for separation and marriage is forever. As divorce is not acknowledged amongst most Indians it is vital that the marriage choice is wisely thought and carefully planned and is one of the significant choices a person will ever take. Usually the parents and family members look for certain attributes in spouse. The marriage partner

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    authority’ (2014). Within theatre‚ oppression is a powerful subject to tackle. Not only it is used as the subject of many productions‚ it is also a key part of many rehearsal exercises. Oppression comes in many different forms‚ such as sexism‚ racist‚ classism etc. It is also experienced all over the world‚ from third world countries to the richest nations. Augusto Boal‚ born March 16th 1931‚ was the founder of Theatre of

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    New Orleans and Mardi Gras

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    New Orleans was left permanently changed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Mardi Gras season presents an opportunity for locals and tourists alike to collaboratively define this new and changed city. Carnival and Mardi Gras day itself can be viewed as theatrical performances in which local New Orleanians and tourists are involved in multiple dramatic interactions to present an ideal city and celebration. These reciprocal interactions between actor and audience result in a certain presentation

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    Frankenstein‚ the seminal work of romantic creative Mary Shelley‚ is typically considered a simple horror story‚ but in actuality‚ it serves as much more. From the first pages of the novel‚ Mary Shelley presents ideas on social class. The work begins with the Frankensteins‚ an affluent family‚ calling a group of poor colored children vagrants and the lone white child an angel (Shelley 30). References to social class continue and shape the entire journey. Throughout the novel‚ Mary Shelley reflects

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    women‚ even if the women did not recognize it. They stayed home to care for their children and husbands‚ did not attend school and ultimately‚ their entire life was focused on family‚ rather than having any goals for themselves. The South was full of classism- if you were not the richest you were poor. Working women were looked down upon for being selfish. It is great that we have changed culturally since the 50’s. It is important that we continue to change and give justice and equality to those who still

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    Isabel Allende One’s family is often the first source of influence he encounters‚ and the most memorable. Chilean author Isabel Allende shows the importance and complexity of families in her novel The House of the Spirits. Starting out as a letter to her dying grandfather‚ The House of the Spirits became a lengthy saga telling the story of three generations‚ based off Allende’s own family history. Allende’s close relatives were highly involved in the political struggles of her home country‚ which

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    All of us are born equal in dignity and respect‚ yet these societal ways of exploiting people‚ undermine the status of many‚ who unfortunately belong to a different class than us. Not to forget that the classism prevailing today is also a result of human discriminatory practices- made ironically by humans.   Pakistan Centric View on Bonded Labor Pakistan‚ in all its 69 years of existence‚ has ALWAYS been a much contradicted state. For instance‚ in 1988

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    Class Conflict in Pakistan Society especially while using the lens of prospective. Conflict theorie Conflict theories are perspectives in social science that emphasize the social‚ political‚ or material inequality of a social group‚ that critique the broad socio-political system‚ or that otherwise detract from structural functionalism and ideological conservativism. Conflict theories draw attention to power differentials‚ such as class conflict‚ and generally contrast

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    Censorship In China

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    The freedom of expression‚ recognized early in civilization as a basic human right by scholars‚ politicians‚ and philosophers‚ is often associated with a democracy. The freedom of information in turn is recognized as necessary by citizens under these democratic institutions. Western political theory often includes the synergistic sum of these pieces‚ creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between citizens and government as summarized as Charles Hobbes in his Social Contract Theory. However

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    Imagine driving down a road in the hilly countryside of Rwanda. On one side of the road there are banana trees‚ and on the other side lush green grass that fills the hills along the side of the road. This road leads to a tiny town where kids run up to a car and say‚ “muzungo” which means foreigner in Kinyarwanda. Now imagine just twenty-two years earlier‚ this same road is filled with bodies lying on the side of the road while straight ahead walking down this road with machetes and rifles are members

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