Women in rural communities still don't enjoy equal rights and status as their husbands, and are expected to serve as workers to their husbands. ... A young person may still ask his parent, employer or teacher to serve as an official matchmaker, or any of these may serve as an unofficial one because young people are too busy working to have time to meet anyone. ... A typical set of qualifications includes: college grad, not the oldest son or only son, prestigious job (especially if it involves work overseas), manly gentleness, strong convictions, attentiveness to others, humor, fashi...

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When introducing the readers to her life she brings up Robin and how, "he took care upon all Occasions to lay it home to me, in the worst Colours that it could be possible to be drawn in; on the other Hand, he fail"d not to set forth the easy prosperous Life, which I was going to live." ... When the younger Brother's mother was apprehensive about the marriage of her son and Moll the eldest took care to persuade their mother: he had brought his Mother to Consent, which tho" True, was not indeed done to serve him, but to serve himself, but thus diligently did he cheat him, and had the Tha...

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These worlds are full of perfection and serve a purpose. ... The plot is set right from the first couple of chapters in the novel. ... The path chosen is not always the right one and to go after a dream can be good or set you up for disaster in the end. ... Gatsby is set with what he wants. ... To aim high is to set up for defeat and that is how the story ended. ...

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What is revealed to the audience in Act 1 of the play Othello?. Discuss its importance for the rest of the play? In the play Othello, the first Act serves as an introduction to the material of the whole play. Act 1 serves as an essential set up for the central characters of the play. It...

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The set design of Good Thing is evenly split between a home inhabited by three young lower class kids struggling with the trials and tribulations of life. ... This unique design structure makes the actors of the play utilize the fourth wall in a manner of almost two sets of fourth wall, the audience is addressed as a whole yet it is still the left side which reacts more to the plight of the younger group, while the right side is privy to the dealings of the Roy family (the counselors). This is not overwhelming, and is not at all a negative, but rather a product of the set design. ... Her se...

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Edmund and those like him, expected to serve in battle, were immediately known to other knights as being bastards because it was clearly emblazoned on their shields. ... Jonathan Dollimore argues that Edmund " . . . is made to serve an existing system of values; although he falls prey to . . . his obsession with power, property and inheritance- (79). ... Just as the corporate Edgar had no set goal from the outset to be Chief Executive Officer, the King Lear Edgar had not originally intended A Look at Shakespeare's Edmund to be King of England. ... With the set of characters that a...

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Throughout time, families serve as a connection between the individual and the outside world. ... The one essay that seems to support my own set of values is the one entitled Reserve Marriage for Heterosexuals. ... Throughout time, families serve as a connection between the individual and the outside world. ... The one essay that seems to support my own set of values is the one entitled Reserve Marriage for Heterosexuals. ...

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The Nayan is normally a family friend or distant relative who serves as a neutral go-between when families are trying to arrange a marriage. ... Matchmakers can serve two functions: marriage scouts, who set out to find possible matches, and as negotiators, people who negotiate between families. ... Once a marriage agreement is met, the nayan may be asked to assist in the marriage preparations: jewelry and clothing buying, ceremonial set-up, and notification of the marriage to the community (Ahmad 68). ... In this sense, the arranged marriage becomes like a set-up date -- except that the per...

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In Roald Dahl's Short story "Lamb to the Slaughter," set in the early twentieth century, a murder is brewing. ... This serves the purpose of foreshadowing by hinting at a future problem or disagreement. ...

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Every knight in every tale who has served under King Arthur has shown extraordinary bravery and a good heart, but of all the knights of King Arthur's Round Table, Sir Gawain exhibits the most. The story is set at castle of Carlisle where King Arthur and his court are taking a vacation from Camelot. ...

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They begin taking buggy rides together, despite the disapproval and gossip of the town's people, who set the cousins on her. Why a Yankee, well wouldn't that just serve her father right for leaving her alone in this cruel world. ...

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Dramatic Conflict in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was set in the 3rd century B.C., in the streets of Rome. ... Therefore, Pseudolus also has to serve the wants of Senex and Domina while stopping the marriage of Philia and Miles Gloriosus by outfoxing everyone. ...

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The opening of the harbor and the verdict served as a reflection of the changing times. ... Mama Elena and social pressures both served as obstacles for the respective relationships in their quest to realize love under the circumstances which they elected. ... Married life was very miserable for Gabriela she began to see less and less of the person she deeply loved, and she was forced to act accordingly to the rules set for married woman. ...

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This play written by Euripides will deal with the ugliness of revenge and betrayal and how one woman has set out to get even at all costs. In the play Medea, Jason served as the antagonist to the central conflict in the play. ... (p.9) The chorus in this play serves as what could be referred to as a confidant to Medea and helps her deal with the recent conflicts that have arisen. ...

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If this topic evaluated from the positive perspective; in spite of the fact that parts of the wedding and marriage convention do change, the purposes for marriage and the conventions are still set up. ... They were either natural guys who felt the vicinity of a female soul so emphatically that they decided to live their lives as ladies or the other way around, females who decided to live as men. ladies can be expressed as "The wear their improved hairdo in the same route as the men, and go to war with bows and shafts and seek after amusement, constantly in organization with men; each has a lad...

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However, I came from a purely Hindu family where we were always taught to regard ourselves as beings who we were eventually to be married off, have children, serve the husband for numbers of decades. ... Not only that, if after marriage she was not able to pay the full dowry she would be both emotionally and physically tortured, and could end up being a victim of "kitchen death" where the husband, or both the mother-in-law and the husband try to set fire to the wife while she is cooking or is in the kitchen, and try to make it look like an accidental death. ...

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His obsession with the betrayal and deceit of his father leads him to set aside, then later doubt and question, his love for Ophelia. ... Ophelia serves as the vehicle for Hamlet's insanity. ... The feelings he tried to set aside begin to rise up out of him and he rushes to her grave. ...

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On this day, ladies from the groom's family go to the brides home and brings with them clothes, jewelry, shoes, a purse, and any other accessories for the bride on her wedding day along with 7 sets of clothes and accessories as a gift from the grooms family to the bride. ... Still clothes are given to the groom for the wedding day, and rather than giving the groom 7 sets of clothes, gifts are given to the entire immediate family of the groom. ... After the mother, the guests congratulate and greet the newly weds and dinner is served. ...

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And while poor treatment in Islamic cultures can be attributed to radical regional customs which are easily debunked by the words of the Koran, Hindu culture, with its lack of an offical religious text, has little to govern the treatment of women by, thus opening up the door for tradition and public opinion to serve as Hindu law. ... It was also held that the perfect wife was one without a voice or opinion, so for a devout wife, her main purpose for living was to serve her husband. ... Often when the dowry was not paid or the desired amount was not met, the bride would be set on fire by the ...

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The more people dislike her, the angrier and more violent she becomes, which only serves to make people dislike her more. ... The basic storyline remains the same: Bianca's suitors come, the father sets down the rules, the sisters fight, one of Bianca's suitors finds a suitor for her sister, etc. The story is even set at Padua High School, to represent the setting of the original play. ...

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It is not surprising that Torvald feels this way because the law of the time period in which this play is set agrees with him - she is indeed his property. ... It is a role she plays well - until she finds that the role has not served her well. ... Nora shows this when she sets out to discover herself and leaves A Doll's House. ...

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In the episode we watched during class, it becomes very perceptible to the viewer that Archie is in charge of the family and Edith is just there to serve him. ... The husband is now set out as the somewhat bumbling idiot, who always needs the wife to fix something gone wrong. ...

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In Death of a Salesman, Willy is misguided and sets out to accomplish something that he fantasizes about, but ironically it is that very thing that causes pain and devastation to himself and everyone around him. ... Willy cannot tell his sons how to succeed and he cannot serve as a role model of success because he is far from being a success himself and doesn't even know how he could have succeeded. ...

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The wedding ceremony is very simple, and they hold a small tea party afterwards for family and friends, where a few peanuts and some sweets are served. ... They still often fail to bring up their children wholeheartedly to accept the prescribed set of social values, and they still fall in love, quarrel and get divorced, or have adulterous relationships. ...

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The woman becomes the wife and mother with certain tasks and the man accordingly becomes the husband and father with his own set of prescribed tasks and behaviors. ... On the other hand, assumes the power to feel, nurture, serve and manage domestic and interpersonal life of the home. ...

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