On 3rd August 2009‚ Monday‚ the swine flu death of Riya Sheikh‚ a fourteen year old school student from Pune’s Camp area shocked Pune and the entire country. It was the first case of swine flu death in India. Till now we were casual about swine flu epidemic spreading in Western countries. Even occassional detection of swine flu in India did not panic us. Ria’s death only made us aware that swine flu virus can be contacted locally and is fatal. After her death panic gripped not only Pune but the
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about the relevance of today’s marriage to the wife of bath’s view. The wife of bath is a story that in the whole plot a woman with no name as the wife of bath. She is a wealthy and elegant woman from Bath which has been married for five times. She has traveled to many places with a sense of the experience of seeing the world‚ and fully experience in both: love and sex. First‚ from the story when everyone judging her about the times of her marriage the wife of Bath cited King Solomon which has many
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In these days it is very common for the husband and wife both to have full-time jobs. In each family everyone is equal. Everyone has paid the effort for their family. When the husband and wife both have jobs‚ they both have the responsibility to take care of their family. Some people say that housework is the wife’s job. That is wrong and unfair. There is no reason to put all the housework on women’ shoulder. Wife is a very important character in each family. Most of the time‚ they pay for
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are working in high powers and have made their ways in politics however America is the only democratic country that has not elected women as of president. Judy Bready is one of the actives of famines movement in 60’s‚ in her literary of “I want a wife” which it was published at M Magazine in 1971. It is clear that she is trying to awaken women about how they are presenting themselves in the society. As they are raising their children and contributing to their families well being‚ men are gaining
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realities throughout his novel The Canterbury Tales. Throughout the Wife of Bath’s prologue‚ the wife illustrates her actions to be equal to those of a feminist. The wife pleads to stand out without conforming to societal standards. Feminism is defined as the doctrine advocating social‚ political‚ and all other rights of women equal to those of men. During the 14thcentury‚ it was likely that the Wife of Bath was thought of as a destructive rebel. In modern times our society considers the Wife of Bath to be
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The Wife of Bath: Medieval Feminist Christiana Adeshewo The University of Texas Arlington Introduction The wife of bath character in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is a strong‚ boisterous woman who is not afraid to direct anyone willing to listen on womanhood‚ marriage-hood‚ the way things are and ought to be. She stood strong and confident in her experiences in life and felt that all of her life’s dealings taught her valuable lessons. Some could call her a feminist. The wife of bath may very
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“The Death of Ivan Ilych” and “The Judge’s Wife” When we think about the family‚ we immediately think about our loved ones. Usually‚ they are the ones that help us get up during hard times. As we know‚ a family is usually always related to love and comprehension‚ but there are some cases when a family can become an individual’s nightmare. The stories‚ “The Death of Ivan Ilych” by Leo Tolstoy and “The Judge’s Wife” by Isabel Allende share the theme of family and how family affects them in distinct
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Of Mice and Men - Notes Steinbeck never names Curley’s wife. She is defined by her relationship to Curley‚ as his property‚ not as an individual. Namelessness also has the effect of reinforcing how insignificant she is in the life of the ranch‚ how dependant she is on Curley‚ for her identity and how little she is respected by all. In the book‚ Curley’s wife is shown to be a very mean‚ unfavourable‚ self-willed‚ troublesome‚ young and lonely girl with no one to comfort her‚ so she
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My Ideal Wife Beautiful‚ wise‚ intelligent and open-minded‚ most people have these qualities enlisted in their minds for their dream wives. However‚ everyone looks to each of these characteristics according to his conceptions especially when we look to these words we will find them general and can be interpreted to many meanings and ways. My Ideal wife should not be exactly the same as me but there should be a good atmosphere of understanding between us because she is supposed to be my life partner
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particular‚ or a thing that is part of his surroundings. One of the most noticeable symbols in the story is the red hunting hat. The hat symbolizes Holden ’s uniqueness and his desire to be the one who stands out from the crowd. He also uses the hat as a method to avoid people. "What I did was‚ I pulled the old peak of my hunting hat around to the front‚ then pulled it way down over my eyes. That way I couldn ’t see a thing." (Salinger‚ 21) The way the hat looks‚ makes Holden different from the
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