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Abstract: Language is the reflection of the society and it is fundamental to gender inequality. This paper discusses about the reflection of gender in the Malayalam language, which clearly depicts the bias against women. The most common proverbs, wedding vows, movie dialogues, swear words, even lack of equivalent words for feminine gender shows the subordinate roles of women in the society or how they are treated secondary to man. (kerala india) INTRODUCTION What is language? Language is a…

Kim Jong-Un took his father’s place as North Korean dictator after the Jong-Il’s fatal heart attack. Joseph Stalin rose to power in 1924 when Lenin died. By his way of outsmarting his rivals, he became the dictator of the Soviet Union. Napoleon came to power after driving the former leader, Snowball, off Animal Farm. The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, farm animals get rid of their farmer, Jones, and become their own government. However, the animals end up living in a communist dictatorship.…

August Strindberg in the play ‘Miss Julie’ communicates the complicated and conflicted mind of the character Miss Julie through her actions in the play. Despite her materialistic fortune, her parents’ absence throughout her life, her mother’s lies, and rejection of her as a girl & a daughter shapes her into an empty shell of a person. The story reveals her effort to escape the cipher of her being as she ‘uses’ Jean and in the end commits suicide, in order to not be a nothing even if it means to…

the traditional way to greet someone so handshakes are not used often, but there is a certain rule to handshakes which is the male can not extend his hand out first, the female must be the one to do it. In Thailand it is also proper to use certain honorifics when addressing certain people. A instance to doing so is to address someone with a higher social standing than the individual with the word Khun, an example is a student talking to a teacher the student would address them by Khun followed…

Nephrite articles were of special significance and virtue since it was considered an imperial stone and was regarded as a lucky charm. Considering the value of the object, the “honorific seal, when not being employed was moved to special rooms” as means to protect the quality of the stone. (Crow Museum). The figurines of the dragon are strongly depicted with pointed ears, sharp teeth and a twisted snake body helping reinforce the…

and several other high ranking officials on almost every street, in every temple, and place you visit. Coined by Cassiodorus in the sixth century the vast numbers of these statues became known as Rome’s “second population” (Edwards 44). These honorific statues commissioned by commanding figures were a form of artwork but also pieces of ancient propaganda. These statues served as dissemination of the roman values and respect for Roman…

with his name: not the “Mohun Biswas” inscribed belatedly on his birth certificate by a solicitor, but the “Mr Biswas” by which we know him, right from the cradle. Mr Biswas faces many humiliations, but is rarely shorn of the modicum of dignity the honorific guarantees. The retention of this proper form of address is both comic and tense, particularly in the early sections of the…

The term “invasion” lacks any positive written definition or association. It communicates an unwelcome force, one that inevitably delivers death, destruction, and overwhelming terror. These components characterize much of history, for foreign invasions were commonplace, often a result of power struggles or intense greed. For England specifically, the Viking invasions and the Norman Conquest are indicative of such avarice and contention; they demolished significant buildings, destroyed texts, and…

CHAPTER 2 THEORETICAL FOUNDATION OF FUNERAL AND DEATH RITUALS This chapter explored the theoretical foundation of funeral and death rituals. In other words, the purpose was to gain a basic knowledge about how funeral and death rituals were treated in the past. Only with such understanding of funeral and death rituals background, the graveness of the issue would be appreciated. Therefore, this chapter started with exploring its Biblical perception that is, as told in the Old and New…

Another heavy influence to the story of Shingeki no Kyojin comes from the Ynglinga Saga from Snorri’s Edda. The main protagonist, Eren Jaeger (and others) can transform into titans, shown first during the battle at Trost. After being consumed by a Titan to save his friend, Eren himself transforms into a titan and goes on a violent killing spree, tearing apart any other Titan that comes across his path. This sort of mindless battle-frenzy is like that of the berserkers in the Ynglinga Saga, from…