Van Gennep examined micro societies, where changes in status were severely regulated, whilst also being accompanied usually by ceremonial ceremonies. These ceremonies differ not only from occasions, but also religiously and culturally, during liminality, a person's former status is effectively erased, creating a blank slate upon which expectations for the new status are imprinted. ... Therefore "Initiation coincides with puberty and that this physiological phenomenon is the point of departure for all such ceremonies"[Arn60]. ... The ceremonies of the initiations, which are overs...

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The Shoemaker's Holiday uses the idea of disguise to address the topics of trade among other countries, peace instead of war, and lower social status for love while Epicene uses the vehicle of disguise to look at isolation and community, marriage ceremony, and the wife's role in a marriage. ... Morose, because he wanted a quiet life with no one to bother him married Epicene in secret and because of doing this he betrayed his community by not involving them in the ceremony. Haughty tells Morose, "and you to offend in such a high point of ceremony as this" (83-84). ... Tho...

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"The Ceremony" where the conception takes place is not a form of rape - "There is nothing going on here that [she hadn't] signed up for". ... When the Ceremony is over he "withdraws, recedes, rezippers. ... The Ceremony is an assertion of female power, as well as male. The Wives are present at the Ceremony, and actually hold the Handmaid's hands, restraining them. ...

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Through religious ceremonies, people are able to come together and confirm their social bond thereby reinforcing their social solidarity. ... Durkheim also argued that sacred rituals and ceremonies are an important part of marking significant occasions in the lives of people. Births, marriages, and deaths are marked with religious ceremonies. Births are celebrated through baptism, marriage is celebrated through weddings ceremonies and deaths are marked by funeral services. One only attends all these ceremonies if they are connected to the individuals who are celebrating them either as friends ...

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The host greets you in a cordial manner and guides you to your appropriate place for the ceremony. This scene is acted out over and over again throughout the world, different ceremonies with the same purpose - to impress and intimidate. ... My wife, Mary, comes from New York, so we have to have the whole seven course meal with all the trimmings and ceremony. ...

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The ceremony surrounding the attack on the other settlement and the other ceremonies performed throughout the following day indicate that the ritual of canabalism isn't just some random act of violence, or even a daily ritual. ...

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Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream was founded on the corporate concept of linked prosperity, interrelating a three-part mission statement to focus their company's growth. Their mission statement, which covers their product, economic and social goals, focuses both the leadership and the workforce on their key ...

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INTRODUCTION Norms, values and beliefs vary widely across cultures. All cultures are driven by guidelines that direct or conduct particular situations. These guidelines are what are known as norms. Norms are abstract (not written down) guides for behaviour in certain situations. For example the way...

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Hero is abused at her wedding ceremony and is performed as a cheater in front of everyone, when in "The Taming of the Shrew" Petruccio often makes fun of Katherine in front of people and even shows his disrespect when coming to his own wedding dressed as a clown, which was done with a purpose to humiliate Katherine. ...

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Before we can look at the Marxist and Functionalist theories of Religion we must first have some understanding of what religion is. For many, world religion is becoming something alien, only 3% of the population of Britain attend Church. Religion is, however, much more than simple Church attendan...

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When ritual is spoken of in Western society, images of cute, charming and sometimes dangerous activities of "native" societies tend to be conjured up into the mind. Television seems to be full of ceremonies which, at best, tend to be thought of as quaint, at worst, acted out for the tourist industry...

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This is reinforced by using the love test scene of the play as an example, proposing that this scene is a variant of the wedding ceremony, where male dominance is once again emphasised, both in terms of authoritarian and procreator. ...

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He worries that people distracted with rituals and ceremonies, the merest "sigh of protest," can not direct any energy towards actually changing their station, as religion "draws off into fantasy the very motives of anger and frustration they need to organise a revolt" (143)*. ...

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