is married. Katherine has the mouth of a sailor (to put it lightly) and is vicious with it. She is also very violent. However‚ Hortencio (one of Bianca’s suitors) convinced his drunk‚ violent‚ and poor friend Petruchio to marry Katherine‚ for the dowry that Baptista would provide. I am here to convince you that Katherine‚ though vicious with her words and actions‚ is a better person than Petruchio‚ not on her own morals‚ but through the horrible actions of Petruchio. The first reason Petruchio is
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Significance of Women In the blink of an eye everything can change. In areas of the lower Niger‚ Okonkwo‚ the main character of Chinua Achebe’s novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ experiences this sudden change. Okonkwo lives in a village Umuofia‚ where men are seen to be superior to women. Okonkwo is banished from his village and seven years later when he comes back he is disappointed to see his manly village turn‚ “soft like women” (183). Throughout the novel Ibo women can be seen as mistreated because
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the rest of the world. Women are subjected to cruelty from the male section of this so-called advanced society. Even educated women face such treatment‚ what to talk about uneducated‚ illiterate women. Then last but not the least‚ the bride price or dowry is a factor which is the prime killer of many girls after marriage. The greed for getting more money
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ATROCITIES ON WOMEN Everyday early in the morning after getting up from bed‚ as a matter of habit‚ I look for the local newspaper which the hawker uses to insert it in the door belt of my house. When I go through the paper‚ invariably I find one or more news on atrocities on women or outraging the modesty of women appearing either on the front page or on the following pages depending on seriousness of the happenings. Sometimes I tremble to think‚ how could these heinous
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INDIAN WOMEN AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Introduction The reality of women’s life remains invisible to men and women alike and this invisibility persists at all levels beginning with the family to the nation. The more fact that “women hold up half the sky”- does not appear to give them a position of dignity and equality. Health “Health is not mainly an issue of doctors‚ social services and hospitals. It is an issue of social justice”. WHO defined health as “a state of complete physical‚ mental
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SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL PROCESSES KIRTI SUDAMA ESSAY QUESTION “The Indo-Trinidadian family retains much of their cultural heritage. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?” In the year 1845‚ the first set of indentured labours set foot on the island of Trinidad under the European rule‚ to work on the plantation estates. Among these labours were the East Indians. They were brought under a contract which the conditions were that they would be paid‚ given a home
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communicated through the immediacy of this opening paragraph‚ direct and rapid . There is also a deep irony to Pappachi’s legacy as his former belongings are soon to become ‘unmarried daughter’s dowries’‚ assets brought by into a marriage by the bride‚ as she is forced to prove her worth to the male. Interestingly‚ dowries were outlawed in 1961 due to their problematical and establishing the inferiority of women within the relationship. This is fitting to Pappachi’s derogatory and abusive behaviour and treatment
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Tamil Nadu when young girls marry somebody outside their caste and clan against her family’s wishes. Women as property Dowry is demanded from the husband’s side (in-laws) when younger women get married. Newly married women become subject to verbal and physical abuse. In many cases‚ young brides are burnt to death by her in-laws if the parents fail to meet the requisite dowry demanded. Women are also viewed in terms of their virginity‚ as chastity is considered as a great virtue. In terms of
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a serious and strict mind‚ the aunt of Shripati also lives with them‚ but she is more kind than the mother-in-law. Radha didn’t live with her parents‚ because her mom is dead and her father she doesn’t see‚ this means that Radha did not come with dowry. There was no payment from her side. The mother-in-law did not like Radha‚ she was only going to show a little bit of consideration because Radha’s pregnancy. She knew‚ that Radha was carrying her grandchild so a little consideration‚ was needed from
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he will own and tame to his own liking. In lines 49-52 he says‚ "The Count your master’s known munificence/Is ample warrant that no just pretense of mine for dowry will be disallowed;/Though his fair daughter’s self‚ as I avowed/At my starting‚ is my object .". These lines convey that the Duke is reminding the agent not to forget the dowry that the girl is supposed to bring. The Duke is a very greedy man and only lives to obtain as much power and wealth as possible. The statue of Neptune is used
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