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Sati practice in 1846 (Hawley,1994). It stopped for a while after the law was passed but soon the practiced began again. The social pressure accounted women to commit sati and most of the time it was forced. Women were tied with rope and seated on the pyre until the fire was lit so they can't try to run or resist. Sometimes they were drugged so it's easier to put them on fire (Embree, 2005). The most counter arguments come from the Indian feminists. They believe that it is just an ideology to…

Marriage is viewed differently within other cultures. Some believe that the women is inferior to their husband’s, while other culture fight for equality within a marriage. This paper will discuss the wedding traditions and spousal roles within the Hindu, Jewish, and Buddhist community. There are similarities and differences between the three cultures. The Jewish follow the guidelines from the Bible where it states it not good for man to be alone and should have a help mate opposite of him. The…

India is the births place of two of the world’s major religions: Hinduism and Buddhism. Around the year 500, Brahmanism dominated India, which was the continuation of Vedism, the culture bought to India by Aryans around 1500BC, The Aryans’ ideas of Brahmanism merged with the ideas of the native people in the Indus Valley, developing Hinduism. Around 500BC, Buddhism was established by Siddarttha Gautama. Both Brahmanical Hinduism and Buddhism in India are inseparable from its society, culture and…

Fahrenheit 451 shows the life of a society without books. The book is a representation of what society is going to become if thinking ceases. The characters of the book were being fed emotions that were created by the government. The government had wiped each of their emotions and made them selfish so they wouldn’t revolt against them. Bradbury wanted to show how a society with electronics and no books could make them lifeless. Having a lifeless society can consequently result in people not…

Death and the Afterlife Traditional Roman beliefs on Death and the Afterlife: Ancient Roman people had very specific ideas and beliefs about death and the afterlife. Romans often had traditions that would help a person’s spirit travel form earth to the underworld. Mostly of very high importance was ensuring a proper burial. Along with this other steps were taken such as a coin being placed of the mouth of the deceased, as payment to the demon boatman they believed carried the dead across the…

Pete Norris, the thirty-three year old Internet Security consultant, rapist and multiple murderer, was restless. As he had been for the past month, since the death of Analise Helm. She'd been His fifth victim, but very different from the rest. Ms Helm, he'd met on the dark net, and she'd offered him an opportunity that he'd never before contemplated, the offer of joining him in his spree, not, as she may have thought, as a partner, but to Pete, as a witness. A live human being, to be there as he…

How would you characterize Oedipus? Oedipus is described as sent from a god after saving thebes from the Sphinx’s riddles allowing the city to be open again. According to this passage “As to the man surest in moral ways And wisest in the ways of the God. You saved us from the Sphinx, that flinty singer, and the tribute we paid her so long; yet you were never better informed than we” Sophocles, Sc. 1, li. 37-41. This quote really describes Oedipus as it portrays him as a very clever man who…

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) is better known as a scientist all over the world. He studied physics and aerospace engineering and dreamt to be a part of the Indian Air Force as a pilot of fighter jet. Unfortunately he did not get the chance to fly in the sky. He had to compromise with his childhood wish. He became a scientist and started working with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He…

I’ve been planted in a pot My roots are welded to the soil My buds are blossoming But I am fed fertilizer named Hindering Eventually these petals will be a memory My existence dust (A Marginalized Rose) These words by Francisco DH in his poem ‘A Marginalized Rose’ illuminates the mental and emotional condition of the marginalized groups and draws a picture upon the cruel social system, that disconnect a particular group from the mainstream culture and hinder their growth. Marginalization is the…

In Cassandra Clare’s novel series The Mortal Instruments and other related series, there are many references to other religions mythologies. The main question that is asked refers to the number of mythologies that she uses without the readers realizing it until her books are re-read or researched further. Before things get too out of hand, I believe that we should go into the history of the Nephilim and their relatable mythology with other cultures. One of the most common angels mentioned in…