Wallace-Hadrill's article addresses the social patterns that shaped the structure and decoration of the Roman house in the late republic and early Roman Empire. ... Initially, Wallace-Hadrill describes, in the public and grand axis, that while house size was a clear indication of status, architecture and decoration played an equally integral role in denoting wealth and dignitas. ... Through the exploration of guest and servant movement through the house, Wallice-Hadrill is able to trace an evolution during Roman history in the use of space and in how that was articulated. ... Focusing ...

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When the Roman empire experienced political turmoil in the 3rd and 4th century, church leaders attempted to unify Christians by creating a standardized teaching. ... The rise of the Roman Orthodox Church was a result of Christianity's political popularity. ... With the formation of the Roman Orthodox Church, women were placed in subordinated positions and those who attempted to play prominent roles were deemed heretical as claimed, "Worst of all, from Irenaeus' viewpoint, Marcus invited women to act as priests in celebrating the eucharist with him (University Readers 85).... &qu...

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Social classes and all the problems associated with it have always existed; from the early civilizations between the Tigris and the Euphrates to the Modern Society not forgetting the Greek and the Roman empires as well as the darkness of the Middle Ages. ... Two works in particular are perfect reflections of this perennial conflict: Le Colonel Chabert by the great Honore de Balzac and The Cherry Orchard by the Russian play writer Anton Chekhov. ... His first speech in the play is very important because he underlines Russia's newfound class mobility. ... The changes in class in Russia a...

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Roman Polanski's Chinatown is also another offshoot of elements raised in Oedipus, illustrating social taboos and raising awareness of issues. ... Xena borrows imagery and ideology from ancient pluralistic Greco-Roman civilisation, where blending of mythologies and civil concerns gave rise to individualised cults and philosophies. ...

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However there is a paradox here as religions such as the Roman Catholic Church, who are very conservative, would welcome change in the form of a backwards step to a more traditional society. ... He described how the Church ultimately played an important role in the fight for equal rights. ...

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The ritualised city customs go back to Diana, the Roman goddess of the moon, and the only real alteration was when Christianity arrived and the worship of Mary replaced Diana (Cahoon, 1999:1-3). It can be seen from those two examples that ritual still plays a strong part in everyday life in two parts of the world, but how does this effect Western societies? ...

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Morselli identified four groups on the basis of suicidal rates, put them in descending order and concluded that the Germans had the highest rate of suicides, then came the Celto-Romans, third stood the Slavs and the last group was too small to assess. ... Religious Group Durkheim compared the influence of religion on suicidal tendency and found that Protestant dominated countries had higher number of suicidal deaths than Roman Catholic countries. ... Catholics accept the religious doctrine and beliefs without questioning thus their customs are constant, also consent of baptism, confession and ...

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Gender Inequality and Injustice in the Educational System TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Acknowledgments 2 Introduction 5 Thesis and its Purpose 6 Statement of the Major Hypotheses: 7 Part A: The Formal Curriculum 7 Organization of The Formal Curriculum 7 Content of The Formal Curriculum 8 Part B: The Informal Curriculum 9 Process of The Informal Curriculum 9 Structure of The Informal Curriculum 9 Chapter 1: Theoretical Paradigm of Conflict Theory 10 Chapter 2: Historical Background of Education 13 Chapt...

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One cannot understand the problematics of gender violence solely by referring to the relationship of power or authority between man and women. Rather one needs to consider the problem by relating it to the specific social formation. In this context, the role played by the state, both its coercive an...

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Culture CULTURE What is culture? Culture includes language, ideas, beliefs, customs, codes, institutions, tools, techniques, and works of art, rituals, and ceremonies, among other elements. The existence and use of culture depends upon ability possessed by humans alone. This ability has been called the capacity for rational thought. The term symboling has been proposed as a more suitable name for the mental ability of humans, consisting of assigning things and events certain meanings that cannot be grasped with the senses. ...

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