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    The Sutradhar in the play Ghasiram Kotwal has been used as much more than a conventional observer and reporter of facts. Vijay Tendulkar has used the Sutradhar as a theatrical device.Sometimes‚the omniscient Sutradhar simply communicates facts to the audience.At other times‚ he blends into the play as he takes on various transient characters.He makes significant comments at all crucial occurances in the play and also plays an important role as he subtly suggests the incidents that are to follow

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    The Plague My book report is on The Plague by Albert Camus. It is fictional and was published in 1948. The story takes place in the 1940s in the town of Oran. The author describes the town as ugly with smug‚ placid air‚ and also says there are no pigeons‚ trees‚ or gardens. The main character of the novel is Dr. Bernard Rieux‚ he is the narrator. Throughout the story‚ he tries to battle the plague against the disagreeing forces of the authorities. Although he is separated from his wife‚ he

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    are subject to regional interpretation and variation in custom. In all cases‚ however‚ sharia (Islamic religious law) calls for burial of the body‚ preceded by a simple ritual involving bathing and shrouding the body‚ followed by salah (prayer). Cremation of the body is forbidden. Common islamic burial rituals include Bathing the dead body‚ except in extraordinary circumstances as in battle of Uhud. Enshrouding dead body in a white cotton or linen cloth. Funeral prayer ( صلاة الجنازة ). Burial of

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    “Then a Plank in Reason‚ broke” Emily Dickinson’s poem “I felt a funeral in My Brain” is about a funeral service taking place in the speakers imagination. Throughout the poem the reader is left to think that the funeral is the speakers own funeral. The tone of the poem comes across as depressing and lonely. The ending of the poem is left as an open thought for the readers. “And Finished knowing –then-.” (20). Most of Dickinson’s endings in poems are frequently left open ended (Poetry Foundation)

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    CASEKANHOJI STUDY ON LEADERSHIP ANGRE SCOPE • INTRODUCTION • BIOGRAPHY • CAMPAIGNS • BASES OF KANHOJI • BATTLES • TRIBUTE • LEGACY INTRODUCTION • INDIA’S GREAT EMPIRES USED THE SEA FOR TRADE AND PROSPERITY; RARELY HAVE THEY LOOKED TO THE SEA FOR MILITARY OR COMMERCIAL MIGHT • YET IN THE EMERGENT PERIOD OF EUROPEAN COLONIALISM‚ BEGINNING IN THE LATE 17TH AND EARLY 18TH CENTURIES‚ A SINGLE‚ SEMIAUTONOMOUS FIGURE EMERGED ALONG THE KONKAN COAST AS THE FIRST INDIGENOUS DEFENDER OF LOCAL SOVEREIGNTY

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    Reagan Servatius  Mrs. Lewis  English 10  29 October 2014  Anti-Semitism Many people today are treated unfairly and cruelly. They don’t get to express how  they feel or what they truly think. The hostility and prejudice toward the Jewish culture is  what we know as anti­Semitism. Throughout history anti­Semitism  This practice still  exists today. The definition of anti­Semitism is: hostility to or prejudice against Jews.  Anti­Semitism started a long time ago; ​ however​ ‚ in the biblical period is where it 

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    with the SS guards. Many prisoners were terrified of the Kapos. Auschwitz had many methods of death. The main cause was gassing the prisoners with a gas called Zyklon-B in a gassing chamber. There are other methods as well. Some methods include cremation‚ hangings‚ being shot‚ and suicide by jumping onto the electric barbed-wire fence. The pain didn’t just stop at death. Many prisoners were forced to work in factories and Jewish women had to go through sterilization. This is an example of a hanging

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    2.1 How Different Cultures Have Different Moral Codes • Observed fact: different cultures have different moral codes o different things taboos and obligatory o even opposing things as the Darius anecdote illustrates  among the Greeks  one is morally obliged to cremate the dead  one is morally forbidden to eat them  among the Callatians  one is morally obliged to eat the dead  one is morally forbidden to burn them 2.2 Cultural Relativism • Relativist Conclusion drawn from facts like

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    The plague‚ figuratively speaking‚ is something one goes out of their way to avoid. The phrase is a cliche used lightly in modern eras to describe wanting to be as far away as possible from someone or something‚ but historically‚ your life depended on doing just that. However‚ the plague isn’t just part of a hilarious idiom‚ but a crippling epidemic that swept across Eurasia‚ infecting nearly all the nations it touched‚ not to mention killing up to one third of their respective populations. Now it

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    Zoroastrianism is religion founded by the prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran approximately 3500 years ago. For a lengthy period of time Zoroastrianism was one of the most powerful religions in the world‚ today it is one of the world’s smallest religions. At one point in time it was the official religion of Persia from 600 BCE to 650 CE. Zoroastrianism is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions which I will compare to Hinduism in things such as sacred writing‚ beliefs and worships. Out of

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