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    Climbing Social Ladders‚ a characterization of Pip Throughout our lives we meet people who go through many changes as they advance further in society; some changes are for the better of the individual‚ others not so much. These changes can be caused by monetary gain‚ advancements in their field of work‚ or a group of new friends. For example‚ in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ Pip goes through many changes in hopes of appeasing the heart and standards of the gorgeous yet cold-hearted

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    The status and role of women in classical Indian society. Ancient India was less than a sanctuary for women. Women were generally considered inferior to men. Ancient India was a patriarchal system where women were relegated to a subservient to men role in the society. This made them vulnerable to abuses by their spouses in their youth and under the control of their sons in their old age. Freedom‚ a right that we have grown accustomed to taking for granted‚ was a concept alien to those women.

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    our opinion based on how we‚ as individuals‚ are treated? Look at the millions of women in the villages. Those women face the cruelty of the male dominance till date. Female feticide‚ infanticide‚ premature marriages‚ honor killings‚ the practice of ‘sati’ are common sights in the villages of our country. One of the increasing atrocities against women is that of rape. Every single day tens of women in our country are raped and there is very little that the system is doing to protect the women against

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    BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT OF PRE-BRITISH INDIA PROJECT BY: BHAVANA BHATIA-7 REUBEN DANTES-9 CRYSTAL D’SOUZA-11 ALISHA PEREIRA-38 TANUSHREE SHARMA-47 GAURAV TALERA-52 Executive Summary It is the past which shapes what we become in the present. Most of what we do and follow today has been decided in the past which is why we have to understand who we were to become who we have to be. India is one of the few civilizations which has been in existence for more than 5000 years. India is a homogenous culture

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    Dowry system in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia ’s quality standards. The specific problem is: reference formatting. Please help improve this article if you can. (March 2013) In India‚ dowry (Hindi: दहेज‚ Dahēja in Hindi)[1] is the payment in cash or some kind of gifts given to bridegroom ’s family along with the bride. Generally they include cash‚ jewellery‚[2] electrical appliances‚ furniture‚ bedding

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    How does Dickens manipulate sympathy for his characters in Great Expectations and why? (Focus on chapters 1 and 39) Great Expectations is a novel that was written by Charles Dickens and published in the late 19th century. It was firstly published in serial form in ‘All The Year Round’‚ which was Dickens weekly literary magazine. It was founded and owned by him and published between 1859 and 1895 throughout the UK. It is a coming of age novel as it follows the story of a boy into their break of

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    Chapter 1 Infant tongue Denotation- Infant means newborn‚ or new‚ while tongue means the organ the human body uses when it speaks. Connotations- What Dickens could try to mean in this small passage is that he doesn’t have the mastery that he should have over his tongue because he is very young and doesn’t know much about the world. Simple Sentence Declarative Sentence It relates to the theme of social class‚ because Pip is a poor young boy at the time. Being a from the poor class‚ he doesn’t

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    reform movements awarded the ‘condition of women’ top billing among the various social and moral concerns of the day. During the social reform movements cultural critics brought many of the ‘crimes’ committed against women to center stage. Purdah‚ sati‚ child marriage and the harsh treatment of widows became the public “blot on India’s self respect”‚the much publicised injustices signalling the country’s moral decay. But while the reformers denounced specific atrocities perpetrated against women

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    destroy demonic forces and restore balance. Every God in Hinduism has his Shakti and without that energy they have no power. Lakshmi is the energy of Vishnu. Parvati is energy of Shiva. Shakti is also called Devi or mahadevi‚ assuming different roles as Sati‚ Parvati‚ Durga and Kali. So Shakti is the mother goddess‚ the source of all‚ the universal principle of energy‚ power or creativity.1 The Ramayan is the very soul of India. It is a complete guide to God-realization‚ the path to which lies in righteousness

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