ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IN A CULTURAL CONTEXT Every culture is indeed unique and diverse‚ shaping and molding its belief systems‚ values ‚ and knowledge. In Africa‚ particularly Nigeria‚ we have traditionally been an oral society‚ in that from the days of slave trade‚ our forefathers have passed on the art of story-telling from one generation to another. Today‚ some of the stories have been compiled and taught as legends in our education systems and some are still being told by our fathers and grandfathers
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of ‘problematic love‚’ which can be defined as love that faces obstacles or does not conform to conventions expected by the society in which it is set is a major theme explored in all three texts: Despite differences in genre‚ form and historical context‚ for example the impact of marriage on a relationship and the challenges to that institution. The idea is‚ for example‚ portrayed in Othello through the relationship of the ‘noble Moor’ and ‘fair’ Desdemona‚ exacerbated by the personified ‘green-eyed
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Language and culture are said to be different in some aspects because language is “the method of human communication‚ either spoken or written‚ consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way” and culture‚ “is the ideas‚ customs‚ and social behaviour of a particular people or society”‚ which then means if you share a language you also share the culture‚ i believe thats a hasty generalisation because for example if i can speak spanish does not necessarily mean i can make a spanish
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undermined and ridiculed in “The Taming of the Shrew”? Shakespeare’s drama “The Taming of the Shrew” is set in the Elizabethan era‚ and marriage and courtship was very different than how it is in the present. Back then it was the parents who picked suitors for their daughters. This choice would be final for the daughters but often women rebelled against the decision as they wanted to choose their own suitors. “Romeo and Juliet” is an example of this. In our “Taming of the Shrew” this is no different as
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Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew‚ Kate transforms from a shrew to an obedient wife because of Petruchio’s taming tactics. Kate changes into an obedient wife in the end because Petruchio fully tames her. As the play moves along‚ Kate begins to show signs of changing but still demonstrates her shrewish ways because Petruchio does not have total control of her yet. Because of the need to be disciplined‚ Kate displays shrewish behavior. Kate showcases the qualities of being a shrew in the beginning
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The fall of the Ian Smith led Rhodesian government led to Zimbabwe gaining its independence in 1980. The ZANU PF government led by then Prime Minister Mugabe of the ZANU PF party embraced a policy of national reconciliation between races in order to encourage amity‚ nation-building and economic growth between the country’s white minority and black majority racial groups. This lead to a period of growth throughout the 1980s‚ the economy performed extremely well‚ which led the Central government expenditure
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General Purpose: I want to share some information with people how to tame a parrot to make a good friend Specific Purpose: By the end of my speech you are going to be informed with some important steps how to teach a parrot to be tamed. Central Idea/Thesis: I am going to teach you how to get the bird out of cage and tame to enjoy the abilities of the smartest bird in the world. Introduction: You may be a first time parrot owner that just got home with a
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who actually introduces Petruchio to Katherina. Hortensio and Petruchio are very similar‚ they both want to marry someone wealthy (they are gold-diggers)‚ and their wives both are disobedient and shrew like towards their husbands. Both try to tame their wives and while Petruchio ends up successfully taming Katherina‚ Hortensio ends up with a dominating wife. Hortensio’s search for a wealthy wife is understandable‚ it’s driven by his lust of the power
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Throughout almost all societies‚ politeness plays an integral role in the effectiveness of social life and interaction within the context of both inter-cultural and cross-cultural communication. Within different cultures the definition of politeness may vary substantially and as a result may be appropriated in ways that are largely misunderstood within the context of other cultures. It is for this reason that scholars such as Brown and Levinson have derived theories on politeness and its use within
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Q. “A reader can feel uncomfortable with the values and attitudes presented in texts” Compare the extent to which the values and attitudes that you encountered‚ in at least two texts on your comparative course‚ made you feel uncomfortable. A. The texts i have chosen to write about is the play Sive by John B Keane‚ the novel How Many Miles To Babylon? (Babylon) by Jennifer Johnson and the film Im Not Scared (INS) directed by Gabriele Salvatores. In the play Sive‚ Mena is a powerful women
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