accepts that‚ “the character challenges the author‚ as well as the reader. To follow a narrative through the remembrances of the people with whom she lived in the time of the epic. But this story is not merely about the perspectives of other people on Sita. I attempt to create a new story‚ a fiction‚ by drawing upon an age-old familiarity with the different characters of the epic.” (Naidu 2012:172) The epic Mahabharata is full of myths and mythical characters. But‚ in the context of the Mahabharata‚
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Pietas? Dharma? Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off! Written in 29 B.C.E. by the famous poet‚ Virgil‚ The Aeneid tells the legendary story of Aeneas‚ a Trojan warrior who travels to Italy to find a new home. As Aeneas makes his way across the ocean‚ he encounters a plethora of complications. In the face of all this adversity‚ Aeneas continues to exhibit the principal Roman virtue‚ pietas‚ which comprises the concepts of piety‚ public virtue‚ and duty. The idea of pietas bears an uncanny resemblance
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Abstract: This thesis examines Deepa Mehta’s trilogy—Water‚ Earth‚ Fire—and the trilogy’s exploration and contestation of colonial‚ anti-colonial nationalist‚ and religious ideologies as intersecting with patriarchal norms to enact symbolic and actual violence on the bodies of women. I argue that Mehta’s trilogy foregrounds the ways in which patriarchal nationalism legitimizes violence against women’s bodies and sexualities through different social and cultural practices and discourses which are
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There are three paths in Hinduism - the path of knowledge‚ the path of devotion and the path of action. The topic to be discussed in this paper is the path of devotion‚ or ’bhakti’ in Sanskrit. Devotion is defined as‚ "love‚ loyalty‚ or enthusiasm for a person‚ activity‚ or cause" (Google Definitions). In the case of any religion‚ specifically Hinduism‚ this devotion is towards a God or number of gods and realizing that they are not just there to be worshipped but will also protect you and help you
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All that glitters is not gold is a well-known saying‚ meaning that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. This can apply to people‚ places‚ or things that promise to be more than they really are. The expression‚ in various forms‚ originated in or before the 12th century[1] and may date back to Aesop.[2] Chaucer gave two early versions in English: "But all thing which that schyneth as the gold / Ne is no gold‚ as I have herd it told‚" and "Hyt is not al golde that glareth."
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In a nation that produces around 800 films a year Indian people see films a a very important part of their culture. For Indian people "cinema is integral to their lives; it is not a distant‚ two to three hour distraction‚ but an explicit life-style for them."(Jaya Ramanathan). The large screen provides an alternative‚ an escape from the realities of day-to-day life. The protagonists are totally identified with‚ the hero is applauded‚ the virtuous is worshipped and the villain is condemned. The actors
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Indian society sees the dependency of wives on their husbands. Indian classical society sees that without a husband‚ wives lose their reason to stay in society as they no longer have a provider and protector. Moreover‚ when Rama threatened to leave Sita out of the claim that she was not pure‚ she went to the extreme to throwing herself into a burning pyre which shows that she rather die than not have her husband. Thus‚ Indian society views that without a husband‚ wives are destitute and might be better
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from: http://www.toboc.com/tradenews/Airline-Introduces-Iticketing-With-Apple-Ipad-Kiosks/1515.aspx [Accessed 21 August 2012]. SITA (2010) Press Releases: Two world firsts for Malaysia Airlines as they harness the IPAD and IPHONE [Online]. Retrieved from: http://www.sita.aero/content/two-world-firsts-malaysia-airlines-they-harness-ipad-and-iphone [Accessed 21 August 2012]. SITA The Star Online (2006) MAS: Not compromise on quality [Online]. Retrieved from: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/26/nation/14061620&sec=nation
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Like in the case of Rama and Sita‚ and how Rama dealt with her faithfulness after she was kidnapped by Ravana. Sita had to prove she still had her virtue. I know it was to prove to the people so that they would not question her virtue was stained. Yet when later the people of his kingdom questioned it he was too weak to
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This to me shows the power of love and how important it was to have offspring if you were royal so that they would be next in line for the throne. So even with Seth trying to kill his brother twice so he could become the King of Egypt‚ he was still not able to because of the fact that Osiris and Isis had a child‚ Horus‚ who became the new King when he was born. Another thing that I learned was how big of an impact fertility had on Western Goddesses. It seemed like every female goddess was viewed
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