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    Honor killings include actual or imagined adultery or premarital sex. In comparison to Hester, who was condemn for adultery, both were women who committed the crime of extracurricular relations. “’I killed my daughter because she insulted all of our family by…

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    Should Brutus join the conspiracy? In Shakespeare’s play the Tragedy of Julius Caesar he joins the conspiracy and kills Caesar. Brutus should not join the conspiracy because he could get killed if anything goes wrong, what honor is there in killing you best friend, and if Rome is ok with Caesar becoming king then why put Rome in turmoil without a functioning government. How many crimes are stopped before they even happen because someone can't keep a secret? If someone accidentally said…

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    Santiago Nasar Reflection

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    example being machismo being a huge aspect of Colombia’s culture. Jina Malone and I connected together how the brothers were following what was culturally acceptable and doing the murder in a sort of honor killing. After reviewing my own research and listening to my peers; I learned that this honor killings were a morally acceptable thing. They were believed to be…

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    and “Does it Matter?” by Siegfried Sassoon (1917). The primary focus of Sargent 's painting defines the reality of “total war” and the meaninglessness of combat within the context of new war technologies that eliminated hand-to-hand combat and the “honor” of war in the old world 19th century context. In this manner, “modern” warfare of the 1910s made the premise of combat meaningless if soldiers could be killed by mustard gas, automatic machine guns, and artillery. The soldier standing in the…

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    to maintain her families honor. Therefore, women are not allowed to travel…

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    The word honor is used in many different ways today. Many people have different views on what honor is and how it can be attained. Honor has lost its true meaning over the years. When it comes down to defining what honor actually is, it gets tough because of all the different views on the concept. Honor means nothing to some, everything to others, and some people just don’t care enough about it to have an opinion. Honor has lost its true meaning in the world we live in today. Merriam Webster…

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    Sati: Sati is known as a suicide commit by a widow women on her husband funeral pyre. The logic behind this practice is that, after this sacrifice women purify her husband deeds and will remain with her husband in heavens. Female infanticide It is a killing of a new born girl child and the reasons are dowry, poverty etc. Trafficking Trafficking is a trade of humans. The purpose of this is to gain forced labor, sexual slavery and commercial sexual exploitation. Child marriage It is a marriage by…

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    Angela Vicario Essay

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    synonymous to having honor, the Vicario brothers, Pedro and Pablo, believe that they have to murder Santiago, the man who allegedly deflowered Angela, in order or preserve their sister’s…

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    offsetting about the situation. Caesar only trusted one person, Brutus, at the meeting, he wasn’t sure what to expect. The conspirators kept Caesar occupied with meaningless situations that held no importance to them because they only focused on killing him. There was nothing special about the murder, the group of conspirators repeatedly stabbed him to death. As to no surprise, Caesar didn’t show any empathy to those around him, but what disappointed Caesar was the fact that Brutus himself was…

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    In Japan, Samurai were of the military elite during the medieval and early-modern period. In Japanese, they are known as bushi or buke. By the 12th century, the word samurai became synonymous with bushi. It was closely associated with the middle and upper ranks of the warrior class. Usually associated with a clan and their lord, the samurai also followed a set of rules that later came to be known as the bushidō. Although the samurai numbered less than 10% of Japan's former population, their…

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