The djam , or slaves, include the djam- bur , who are slaves of the king; the djam neg nday , slaves of one's mother; and the djam neg bây , slaves of one's father. ... The slave of the mother's household was the captive of our mother, as opposed to the slave of our father. ... Due to the matriarchal and polygamous regime, we feel him closer to us, because he belongs to our mother, than the slave of the father, who is at an equal distance, socially speaking, from all the children of the same father and different mothers. As can easily be seen, the slave of the father would beco...

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Despite the importance of Othello to the Venetian state, Brabantio (Desdemona's father) is both horrified and dismayed at his daughter's willingness and desire to marry a dark-skinned person. ... The Duke of Venice, the most authoritative and powerful figure in the play, promised Brabantio to punish the offender "yea, though our proper son/Stood in your action- [1.3.68-69] Yet upon realizing the offender was indeed Othello, the much-needed general, sharply changes his attitude to that of sympathy to Othello and respect. ... Although Othello's dark-skin automatically places his r...

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Says John to his mother, "We are doing an act; we are playing at being you and father- (89), as if gender roles are performed. John and Wendy's rehearsal of their parents seems like a recurring part of the dynamic of the family, so that Mr Darling's entrance and his petulant demand that his wife fix his tie read like an extension of the role playing: as the children play their parents, so the father plays his child. ... Given that the audience does not have access to the stage directions while they watch the play, and given that Mr Darling does later self-consciously play his son, th...

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Introduction Pride & Prejudice was written by British author Jane Austen in 1796-1797 and was first published in 1813. Plot The essence of the story is the antagonism between Mr. Darcy, a wealthy single man who believes Elizabeth to be beneath him, and Elizabeth, who upon being insulted at a dance by Darcy refuses to associate with him in any manner. Eventually through a family crisis, each over come their opinions of one another from their first meeting and fall in love. Significance of the Title The significance of Pride & Prejudice is that the two main characters of the novel, D...

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In the fall of 1794, Lord Malmesbury was sent to ask for the hand of a German Princess named Caroline (daughter of the Duke of Brunswick) for George Augustus Frederick, the Prince of Wales. On 16 December Malmesbury wrote in his diary of Caroline's wish to become Britain's Princess: "She ...

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