Even the staunchest are often unable to bear the sight and turn away. But the hundreds of villagers of Deorala village in Rajasthan’s Sikar district‚ barely three hours away from the state capital‚ who watched the sati - the burning of a live 18-year-old Roop Kanwar along with her husband’s corpse - saw nothing horrific. They saw only - and will repeat this under the severest of oaths - a calm and smiling Roop Kanwar‚ sitting with her husband’s head cradled in her
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Sati: A Sacred Practice or Immoral Act Many cultures have different practices that seem unusual to other cultures. There is a raised debate in modern day Hinduism over the practice of sati‚ the self-immolation of a widow on her deceased husband’s grave. Many modern Hindu people view that there is no place for such a practice in society today and in the Hindu religion. Others however view that sati should remain in the religion because it has been a sacred historical part of Hinduism. Sati should
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The term sati has wide ranges of definition depending on what language is spoken; in Hindu it means a village Mother goddess (satimata) who self-sacrificed her self on her husband’s funeral‚ the incarnation of goddess Parvati (wife of Shiva) and sati also means a virtuous woman‚ a woman bonded to her husband who will go where ever her husband goes and death is no exception. In the eyes of westerners‚ sati (spelled suttee) is a suicidal act where widows are burnt along with the corpse of her husband
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most in the entire book is at the dark and eerie Satis House. The fire in the hearth does not seem to ever give off any warmth‚ just like Miss Havisham is cold and heartless. Fire can begin and end things. Fire can also stand for cleansing‚ getting rid of sin and start anew‚ but it can also destroy. Now for the question “How can fire be destructive?”. In chapter 49‚ a very important chapter in the novel‚ the answer comes forward. Pip goes to Satis House to talk to Miss Havisham‚ whom he finds sitting
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There are many common‚ familiar cliches about illusion versus truth. "All that glitters is not gold" and "Things are seldom what they seem" are the most universal hackneyed phrases‚ but they do not cover entirely every aspect of appearance versus reality. In Charles Dickens’ novel‚ Great Expectations‚ there are several differences between the illusion and the truth. The appearance of certain things is often detrimental to the outcomes of characters when the reality of a situation is revealed. These
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problems. Estella never liked him the way he liked her‚ and he found himself feeling horrible about himself. Pip discovered the hard way that money doesn’t fix problems. Another example of money not fixing problems is that of Estella. Growing up in the Satis house‚ Stella was surrounded by wealth‚ and it never made her
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Dickens present Pip’s Childhood? In this essay I am going to focus on Pip meeting the convict in the graveyard in Chapter 1. Pip’s home life with Joe and Mrs Joe. Pip meeting Estella and Miss Haversham at Satis house in Chapter 8. Pip fights the pale young gentleman (Herbert Pocket) at Satis House in Chapter 11. In Chapter 1 one of the first things we learn about Pip is that his mother‚ father and five brothers are dead‚ “Phillip Pirrip‚ late of this parish‚ and also Georgiana wife of the above
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Pip first meets Miss Havisham when he is summoned to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Satis house is set in a very upper class area but is very run down‚ the windows and doors are barred and locked‚ to keep people in as well as out. There is a dark and brooding image of the house. The reader’s first introduction to Miss Havisham occurs when Pip enters her room which is gloomy and lit only by candlelight. She is dressed in posh clothes like silks and lace‚ all in white which has now yellowed
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feel of London being crowded with “distorted adjoining houses” and yet it seemed as if everybody was at the courthouse‚ like watching a sport‚ they were watching the Convicts get their sentences‚ from Jaggers‚ whom they were all scared of. SATIS HOUSE: The “Satis House”‚ also known as the “Manor House” or the “Enough House”‚ was a madhouse full of despair‚ sarcasm‚ and morbid decay reflecting not just the literal teardown of the house‚ but also reflecting the inner AND outer breakdown of the owner
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There were several themes associated with the novel "Great Expectations". One of the most fascinating themes dealt with "infatuation and how it compares to and relates to love" ("Infatuation"). Infatuation is basically an obsession‚ or extravagant affection towards a person (Webster‚ 667). There is really no definite reason behind their passion‚ therefore this feeling is often short in duration and indicative of faulty judgement (Webster‚ 667). The person doesn’t know what these feelings mean‚ this
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