The warriors within Europe and Japan also differed in the way that they interacted with one another in their societies. For example, the women of the samurai were expected to exhibit great courage in their daily lives such that they were not to fear even death when it approached. Their bravery was supposed to be the same as that of their men. In the case of the …show more content…
The Christian teachings among the Europeans prevented most of their warriors from partaking to suicide attempts and in a number of occurrences; they struggled to partake to practices that helped them in avoiding death. This was not the scenario among the samurai warriors. One certain fact is that the samurais had not solid religion that they could resort to for guidance whenever they were faced with tragic moments. Therefore, in most times these individuals did not fear death . Samurais were willing to commit suicide whenever they faced defeat with the belief that by doing so they would be retaining their honor as warriors. Suicide practices among the samurais were referred to as