Henrike Donner’s book ‘Domestic Goddesses: Maternity, Globalization and Middle-class Identity in Contemporary India’ published as a series of articles, is an ethnographic endeavor into the Calcutta of the 1990s. With the data she collects through extensive fieldwork, she examines the lives of its middle-class women, and how their identities got shaped and morphed by the processes of globalization and the introduction of neo-liberal policies. Donner limits her field to two paras (neighborhoods) in Calcutta, in the period between 1995-2005, she...
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A little over 400 years ago on April 23rd William Shakespeare passed away, however, he became somewhat immortal through his fantastic dramas and literature. We learn about his tragedies, comedies, and poetry even today all around the world in high schools and at the university level. Famous English romantic poet John Keats even kept a copy of Shakespearian literature near his desk in the hope that Shakespeare himself would spark his creativity. Shakespeare is such an important figure in British...
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In diverse societies, witchcraft is used differently, and its level of importance varies due to this. Our definition of witchcraft is: “the manipulation of powerful substances or words (via magic) to cause harm (only occasionally good)… It can also frequently be an unconscious activity, which means that the “witch” often does not know he/she is bewitching anyone” (McGarry 2016). The Bantu tribes that will be focused on in this paper, the Lobedu and the Chewa, abide by this definition and...
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In the United States, many social scientists can agree that the society they live in is stratified into social classes. There have been disagreements, various definitions, and competing models which make a social class very controversial issue in America. Social stratification is the main reason for the relational set of inequalities in economic, political, social, and ideological aspects. It is a system by which people rank and assess each other. Since the basis of evaluation with social stratification is education,...
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In most cultures, there is always a god or a variety of gods that the people of mankind worship and look up upon. These gods are associated with culture, and blessings and are seen to be of great power. In Greek Mythology, there were known to be twelve chief gods in total. Some of the greatest greek gods and goddesses were Zeus, Poseidon, Aphrodite and Athena. They were all seen to exhibit great levels of power and control. The gods...
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We are living in a process of globalization nowadays, and the trade between countries and countries makes us nicknames that human beings are close to each other as living in the same village. However, thousand years ago, people still did not know what the Earth was, and humans dispersed wars constantly. As human self-evolution, there have been a number of unified orders that have gathered a large number of human beings, such as money, religion, and empire. From my perspective,...
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The Chinese culture has a deep affection for food, which means this is a part of their everyday routine that they take seriously. At every meal dishes served contain deep meaning and spiritual purpose within the Chinese belief system. Including ingredients: vegetables, spices, and meat each holds meaning. For example, rice means increasing prosperity, garlic symbolizes eternity, and bamboo shoots are a sign of wealth. The Chinese cooking system is best described as simple and clean. According to Wiki, a...
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Leadership is an important quality. It is the ability to provide direction. Being a leader can be both an honor and a difficult role. The bible provides a multitude of notable leaders. Among these leaders is David. David who is also known as King David was the son of Jesse and Nitzevet and was born in Bethlehem. David was a musician and a shepherd that became well known for his acts in the bible. In the bible, David demonstrates acts...
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“Revolution always requires that people shed blood” (Kim Chew Ng 123). This is the grim fact that the protagonist and his comrades had agreed upon prior to following a path of revolution. And after him and his comrades are convicted of conspiracy and treason, plenty of blood was shed, as his comrades were shot to death by a firing squad (Chew Ng 125). A childhood promise between the protagonist and his royal, cherished friend, allowed for the protagonist to evade...
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According to Chaucer, the question it is better ‘to be rather than to seem,’ is answered simply. To be is who you really are behind what is shown, while to seem is how you want to seem despite who you really are. In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer depicts the character's worthiness through their features and clothing. For him, each characters respect is earned through their charming style behind their face and value. As Chaucer introduces the characters in The Canterbury...
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Since the birth of our world, we have recorded plentiful amounts of changes to it. We have acknowledged this change through events such as the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs and the ice age and even climate change. This, however, is not the only change we see within the world. We have also seen various alterations in society. It is because of these different changes in humanity that people have lost happiness and faith within multiple aspects of life. In...
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'Witch-hunting... helped to unite men – by demonstrating the ultimate evil was female, not male.' The study of popular magic and witchcraft tells us that early-modern European society was a wholly misogynistic one that demonized and persecuted women. The patterns of popular magic and witchcraft can be traced throughout most of Europe from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The idea that 'Witchcraft was not sex-specific but sex related' according to Christina Larner, is arguable. The study of popular magic and...
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The protagonist, Ivanovich Poprishchin is a titular councilor who has noted his sentiments in a diary. From the onset of the diary, it appears that the protagonist is unsatisfied with the way he is treated at his job, stating that the chief has been unpleasant to him and he has been informed he often “rush about as though he was possessed”. The protagonist believes that his colleagues are “certainly envious” of him because he is favored by the director (Gogol,...
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Virginia Woolf (1882 –1941) was an well-known English novelist, essayist, feminist, to a greater degree, a modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. Unlike antecedent literary works of her time, she experiments with different techniques, forms, and structures – denouncing former Victorian, Romantic, realist conventional use of description, generic characters, and plot, yet, maintains concern for the depiction of the human experience, ultimately, defining her transformative style as a modernist writer. In this paper, I will closely examine Virginia Woolf’s...
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Food security is defined by The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as a “situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” Within the past year, there have been several reports released by a multitude of organizations regarding the devastating effects that climate change will have. It’s scientifically proven that the recent drastic change...
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Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey are poems centered around the events of the Trojan War. The Iliad recounts the events from the Trojan war during the final weeks whereas The Odyssey is a sequel telling the story of Odysseus and his journey back home. Within the poems, the role of gods and goddesses plays an integral part in influencing the human characters and the events of the Trojan War. The divinities are split between the sides of the Trojans...
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One Small Step? Neil Armstrong, the first man to supposedly land on the moon, once said: “Every sight in space is spectacular.” The question is, did he and America really land on the moon? Or was it a broadcasted fraud? When looking at the scenery, timing, science, etc it is clear that the United States did not land on the moon on July 20, 1969. When investigating the logistics and other aspects of the alleged moon landing all signs point...
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Music plays an important role in films. Often music aids the setting of the tone for a film and grants the audience insight into the internal states of the main characters as well as clues towards the directionality of the plot in general. The Disney film Tangled (2010) directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard and with music composed by Alan Menken takes an interesting direction with its use of music. Although including some musical numbers, as is typical in...
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1. Identify the areas of law that are relevant to the chosen media report, and explain how they are relevant to the matters outlined in the report. This media report is based on the article from 31/07/2019 by Robyn Ironside “Widow sues CASA over Tiger Moth pilot’s fatal crash” Tort Law The main aspect of this article is that a pilot and passenger lost their lives as a result of a wrongful decision made when the Civil Aviation Safety Authority...
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Tess encounters Angel Clare who forms a relationship with Tess after agreeing to tutor her and who becomes a significant impact on her life. Hardy presents Tess as a powerful force as he creates a border between happiness and depression in her life. Mark Asquith critiques “Angel abandons her, masking his prurient disgust at her sexual history with spurious Christian principles”. This is evidenced when Tess grows fond of Angel Clare and Angel returns his love for her. But the...
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Epigraph means generally the beginning part of a literary text, a short phase (Hornby, 2010,502). An author's short directions and messages relative to the reader at the beginning of the chapter. The usage of epigraph in literature is widespread with romanticism. It is used for indicating another works, comparisons, and foreshadowing about text’s topic, sometimes it is used to remind something, sometimes to do irony. It can be used to prepare the reader for the text to be read, for...
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Background of the study The study focuses on the relative contribution of the Family Socioeconomic and Academic interest on ABM students. The consumption of a large amount of money on education, and to the social classes have focused on the educators and the problems of the understudies. Meanwhile, how students learning based on family SES are affected. The purpose of this study to examine the family income, family occupation, and the family population and ability of ABM students. This study...
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It goes without saying that the study of human memory has been well researched and studied for psychologists and neuroscientists for many years, needless to say, there have been several case studies with amnesic patients to help psychologists gain an insight into the understanding of short- and long-term memory. There have been several amnesic patients that have helped Psychologists and Neuroscientists understand to human memory and how certain parts of the brain are essential for short- and long-term memory. Memory...
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Human memory is a complex phenomenon which psychologists have been studying for years. Atkinson and Shiffrinâs (1968) multi store model shows how memory divides into three different stores, sensory-, short- and long-term memory, which pass information from one to another using various methods. Baddeley and Hitch (1974) criticised the model for oversimplifying short term and long-term memory. Through the development of the working memory model, they claimed that short term memory is composed of three stores: central executive, phonological loop...
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The two seminal philosophers, Confucius, and Plato whom we have known as the “father of philosophy” in their respective cultures, though separated by thousands of kilometres and half a century apart, still arrived at similar answers to complex questions. In this essay, I will be discussing the similarities between Socrates as presented by Plato and Confucius in their common pursuit of wisdom as philosophers, and how Confucius displays characteristics and embodies beliefs that Socrates himself preached in Phaedo. Firstly, in...
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Bystander effect occurs when the presence of others hinders an individual from lending a hand in an emergency situation. According to a study conducted by social psychologists Bibb Latané and John Darley (1968), the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any one of them will take action to help a person in distress. Observers are more likely to take action in a crisis if there are lesser or no other witnesses present in the vicinity....
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This discussion calls for an analysis of Paradigm Shifts. Within this analysis, it will be prevalent to look at Paradigm Shifts of the Past, Present and Probable Future, to see how they influence society. Kuhn outlined scientific paradigms as “accepted examples of actual scientific practice that include laws, theory, application and instrumentation that provide models from which particular coherent traditions of scientific research springs.” (KnowledgeBrief) A paradigm shift is a significant change that occurs when the usual way of thinking...
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Abstract Aspirin, a medicine that dates back to the times of ancient Sumeria and Egypt, has played a vital role in helping with inflammation and pain. Felix Hoffman is responsible for what we know aspirin is today. At first, it was salicylic acid, and it was too harsh on the stomach to be taken. Felix modified the hydroxy group and this allowed it to not cause people's stomachs to get upset. In modern times aspirin is not just used for...
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Mythology Final Paper Some themes or scenarios portrayed in myths are similar due to the fact that writers create their own spin to the myths that inspired them. This can be seen in the different instances of the destruction of mankind by the gods, the types of generations that are described by the narrators, the kidnapping of Persephone into the underworld, the deception of the Muses/the gods/Clytemnestra versus the truth by Cassandra, the origin of the lyre, plots made by...
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Metabolism Introduction Metabolism is biochemical system that the body uses to convert food to energy in order to maintain life and can be fully simulated at genome scale. Metabolism is partly genetic and largely outside of one's control and changing it is always a matter of an ongoing considerable debate. In biology, metabolism is the only system that can be simulated at genome scale and is the best indicator for the cell's physiological state and the biggest biological network fully...
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