Honour Killings

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    Saga Of Gisli The Outlaw Summary

    of Thorkel Goldhelm. The first chapter tells of the marriage of his eldest son, Ari, to a beautiful woman who was the daughter of a ruler. Another man, Bjorn, challenges Ari to a battle over the wife. Ari ends up dying and to defend his brother’s honour and reclaim his land, goods, house, and

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    Forced Marriage

    Forced marriage, family cohesion and community engagement: national learning through a case study of Luton Dr Nazia Khanum OBE March 2008 Forced marriage, family cohesion and community engagement: national learning through a case study of Luton Completed by: Dr Nazia Khanum OBE Director Equality in Diversity Commissioned by: MP Margaret Moran’s Office – Ushrat Sultana Metropolitan Police Service – Jim Blair Home Office – Deborah Jamieson Published by: Printed by: Equality in Diversity

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    Young Blood

    It’s an honour for us to be your guidance as you study and discover more of your precious talents. We assure you our available facilities will help you practice your skills. As for your researches, internet is available inside the campus but still we encourage you to read books at our grand library.” I heard someone woohoo-ed. Orientations, I really hate attending one. They all talk and talk about their state-of-the-art facilities; a bunch of show-offs flashing their fake smiles. An honour to be

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    Social Issues

     Child Brides in India Improving Child Nutrition – The achievable imperative for global progress – UNICEF REPORT 17th-April-2013 Key fact and figures on nutrition 17th-April-2013 Trends in Divorce in India UNICEF REPORT: Water Situation in India- Situation and Prospects Khap Panchayat: Tradition v. Modernity Gender Discrimination and child abuse Child Mortality In India- UN Report 2012 Urban Mental Health in India Global Hunger Index -2011 Anemia in Urban India 10th-September-2011

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    Macbeth and Gladiator

    but only vaulting ambition". Macbeth says this to Lady Macbeth to show his hesitancy towards this act. Lady Macbeth on the other hand looks at this completely different, she sees it as a chance for true power and somewhat brainwashes Macbeth into killing King Duncan to become the King of Scotland. “I have given suck… I would… have plucked my nipple… and dashed the brains out, had I so sworn”. This is Lady Macbeth speaking to

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    Shakespeare

    Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ is a classic example of a Jacobean Tragedy; the appearance of the Witches, Banquo’s ghost, the settings and the Good vs Evil dichotomy all provide evidence for this. Perhaps the most distinctive feature is the inclusion of major characters with a single obsessive motive. When Malcolm refers to Macbeth as a “dead butcher” in Act Five, Scene Four, the point is clear: the events of the play have been created and undertaken by a man with a driving blood-lust and lack of respect

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    Andy Warhol Red Car Crash Analysed

    Flex.boston.com jpeg Flex.boston.com jpeg Andy Warhol Red Car Crash (Death and Disaster Series 1963) It is important to note that Andy Warhol’s Red Car Crash Piece was part of a series of car crash images produced in different colours and repeated and put in groups of the same image and colour. Warhol was a serial artist that used the same image again and again in different pieces and so the red car crash image can be taken to be self-contained but also as part of a bigger picture. Warhol’s

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    Crime

    Indian girls and women face a barrage of abuses in the largely patriarchal country. These include female foeticide, so-called ''honour'' killings, acid attacks, and rape, trafficking and dowry murders. The National Crime Records Bureau says more than 24,200 rapes were reported in India in 2011, or one every 20 minutes. As per a recent UNICEF survey, despite changing values in the young generation, 57 percent of Indian males between the ages of 15 to 19 contend domestic violence against women is

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    Bayeux Tapestry

    catch up with Conan at Dinan. During the battle soldiers on horseback throw lances, and others try to set fire to the defences. Conan surrenders. He passes the keys of Dinan to William on the point of a lance. As a reward for his services, William honours Harolds with the gift of arms. This ceremony makes William Harold's

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    Examples Of Catastrophe In Othello

    Othello is clearly very much in love with Desdemona and in killing her he denies himself his own happiness; which heightens the tragedy. Iago’s true Machiavellian victory is that he orchestrates Othello having to take responsibility for his own downfall. Othello means to act righteously, but he fails to use his sense

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