for him‚ but it was not good enough for him because she was a woman and thus‚ inferior regardless of her sacrifices. Essentially‚ in the patriarchal society she lived in‚ the male figure served as the head of the household and was meant to provide dowry and
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Upon visiting London in 1592‚ the Duke of Wurttemberg observed‚ “most of the inhabitants are employed in buying and selling merchandise‚ and trading in every corner of the world.” Explore and compare the dramatists use of trade in Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus and William Shakespeare’s The Merchant Of Venice with reference to a range of critical reading. Both plays were written in the 1590 ’s‚ the same period at which the duke visited london and made the statement that features in the title
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The groom and the groom’s family pay for everything. The first thing one needs to do when planning an arranged marriage is to pick the bride or the groom. The next thing that has to happen is the marriage negotiations over the bride price and the dowry. Finally‚ for any type of marriage‚ the wedding celebrations have to be planned. There are five celebrations that take place. The choosing of the groom is usually done by the bride’s father. Many times the father picks his brother’s son so that the
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Explore the relationship between Baptista and his daughters‚ Katherina and Bianca. The reader first meets Baptista and his daughters (Katherina and Bianca) in Act one‚ Scene one. In this scene Baptista declares that he will not allow either Hortensio or Lucentio to marry Bianca‚ until Katherina is‚ herself‚ married. “That is not to bestow my youngest daughter before I have a husband for the elder”. This makes the reader think that perhaps he favours his youngest daughter as he delays Bianca’s marriage
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Our Malay ancestors brought us their own culture like drinks and foods‚ government‚ laws‚ writting‚ language‚ way of dressing‚ housing‚ literature‚ music‚ religions‚ arts‚ science and traditions and customs.. Early Filipinos staple food was RICE. Aside from rice‚ their foods includes pork‚ chicken‚ fish‚ fruits and vegetables. Pots and bamboo tubes are used to cooked their foods. They used their finger to eat and banana leaves as their plates then coconut shells as their glass for drinking.
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that they prayed to St. Nicholas‚ he set them free (Catholic Online). St. Nicholas has many symbols‚ here are a few. The crozier and the miter are two because he was a bishop. Three gold balls‚ money bags and gold coins are symbols because of the dowries and gifts he gave to others. There are usually three because that is the usual amount of things he gave others. Another symbol is children because he is the patron saint of them. Last is the anchor because “it represents Nicholas’ relationship with
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Which was a rarity anywhere and yet I did not want to marry him. I found him to be boring and close minded-he read very little‚ and claimed he could never have a gay friend. He also did not see why Indian wedding dowries were problematic. I felt my family’s quiet pressure in his presence. I questioned his perennial attendance at our gatherings. “Do you think we could have just the family visit for Thanksgiving this year?” I asked my mother after two years of his visits
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Among the world’s 900 million illiterate people‚ women out number men two to one. • 70% of people living in poverty are women. • Lower sex ratio i.e. 933. • The male child perceived as an asset for the landless rural labourer‚ a dowry earner for a greedy middle class family and a simple matter of pride for the mother. • Women are relatively less healthy than men even though‚ they belong to same class. • They constitute less than 1/7th of the administrators & managers
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Is Corruption-Free Society: A Distant Dream? Once chanakya had said that honey would be kept on your tongue and you would not be allowed to taste; it is impossible. Corruption is the misuse of public power for private profit. It involves those behaviours on the part of government officials‚ whether politicians or civil servants‚ where they improperly and unlawfully enrich themselves or those close to them‚ by the misuse of the public power entrusted to them. Corruption in any where is threat to
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Women in Athens and Sparta “Men are free to roam outside‚ but the women must stay inside.” (Unknown Athenian)‚ this was true for most of human history‚ and Ancient Athens was no different. However in Ancient Sparta it was much different from the rest of Greece‚ and for that matter a majority of civilizations. Usually when people think of Athens they think of the Golden Age of Athens (480-322 B.C.) and think that men and women are prospering throughout Attica and it was more like the Roaring 20s
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