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    practices and attitudes of the Sasanian nobility were adopted by Abbasid nobles. Keeping enormous harems and wives and concubines guarded by enuchs became accepted practice” (83). Here we see a direct return to the Sasanian culture. Ahmed then writes‚ “An emphasis on virginity and disgust at the idea of remarriage for women-ideas paralleled in Zoroastrianism‚ which formally designated wives as belonging to their first

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    married between the ages of 14-18 and were raised to obey their husbands. Weddings consisted of rituals‚ were not presided over by priests‚ and were completed in three parts; pre-wedding ceremonies‚ the wedding itself‚ and post wedding ceremonies. Wives weren ’t fully accepted by their husband ’s family until a child was conceived. If they had their husband ’s permission‚ they could attend weddings‚ funerals‚ some religious festivals‚ and visit female neighbors for brief periods of time. But without

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    in Igbo culture. Therefore‚ protecting the children shows the importance of women in the novel since women make a great contribution to maintain the existence of the tribe. Women as housewives do most of the housework. When men work outside‚ their wives take the responsibility to keep houses. Achebe describes a typical activity‚ “Nwoye’s mother is already

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    valued for appearances. According to the Qur’an‚ Allah “shall not lose sight of the work of any of you who works…be it man or woman (Doc 1).” Women are considered equals among men‚ and play a crucial role in Islamic history. For example‚ Muhammad’s wives and daughters helped

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    not. Many people have marriages and are still tend to lie to their wives or husbands. Why are they willing to forsake all others and don’t tell the true to their partners? One point I found significant in the reading was when the author stated that‚ “Whist many people have monogamous marriages and ‘forsake all others’‚ affaires are also a fact of life”. In my opinion‚ infidelity is a mirror to reveal our real relationship between wives and husbands‚ so infidelity sometime is not a bad thing.

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    in addition to their forced roles are presented as passive subordinates to men by which our protagonists prove this to be wrong. Also being something prominently established because of the setting. The mistreatment only being recognized by the two wives who understand struggle that is being a farm wife. In A Jury of Her Peers men and women’s roles in society are worlds apart‚ where men may have the freedom to different opportunities women are not so fortunate and are forced by social rules dominated

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    Polygamy is a marriage that includes more than one wife‚ and it has existed for centuries in cultures around the globe. Almost all religions allow polygamy with no Restrictions of how many wives a man should have other than Islam which restricts it to four wives if a man can deal with them justly: otherwise he should just marry one. Morocco is one of these countries which require the written consent of the first wife to allow a man to marry the second wife. Although some

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    characters. Two characters in mind are Tom Buchanan and George Wilson. These two characters are surprisingly very much alike. They both share the ideal view that men are simple and easily tricked by women. Both Tom and George were cheated on by their wives without them knowing. This shows that Fitzgerald doesn’t think of men too highly in this novel. One of the main characters‚ is Tom Buchanan. Tom is very rich white man who is rude‚ racist‚ and naive. He is married to Daisy Buchanan‚ while cheating

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    writing or speaking effectively and fluently. Judy Brady‚ the author of “ Why I Want a Wife” portrays to the audience exceptional uses of ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos in her writing to show the busy schedules many house wives have to conquer‚ and goes into great detail how husbands expect their wives to accomplish every task. Judy Brady‚ at the beginning of her article‚ shows excellent ways of using ethos. Brady shows she is knowledgeable of ethos when addressing to her audience in this text. At the start

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    the expectation women face in today society‚ and that its a big responsibility to take on the row of a good wife. And how we as women are looked upon towards men and future husbands‚ their ideal wife and what they would expect from us as their wives. For example the wife duties are to maintain a household while the husbands are out at work or how a wife is responsible to raise their children‚ and to help them with their studies for school make sure they are feed‚ and showered‚ and put to

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