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  • Women In Pakistan Live In Fear
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    There is an immense problem occurring to women of the Islamic world. In many parts of the world, especially the United States and Britain, girl power, as many girl bands refer to is growing rapidly. More and more, women are having more rights and privileges. But in many Islamic countries, including Afghanistan, Jordan, Togo, and Pakistan this girl power is hiding behind the burqa, a heavy, dark piece of clothing that surrounds the body, with only a small mesh window to see through. It is a great...
  • Importance Of Honor In A Persons Life
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    McCarthy vs. Faulkner Though Cormac McCarthy's All The Pretty Horses and William Faulkner's The Unvanquished are completely different, their style and plot techniques share more similarities than differences. All The Pretty Horses and The Unvanquished both depict the importance of honor in a persons life, whether it be honor through vengeance, honoring family, or honoring the tradition of woman, these two novels teach that honor can create a stronger person. Vengeance plays an important role in ...
  • Honorable Iago
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    Defending a Man's Honor The main male characters in Shakespeare's play Othello kill their wives in order to defend their own honor. In the period setting of the play, to show honor, women are expected to be subservient to their husbands. The characters Iago and Othello reflect this attitude toward their respective wives, giving them reason to feel just in killing these women. Iago kills Emilia because she dishonors him by revealing his manipulation of Othello and Cassio. Othello strangles Desdem...
  • Their Reputations And Honor
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    People will do and say almost anything to protect their reputations. Their reputations become such a large part of their lives that their thoughts and actions revolve around protecting and maintain them. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel Garca Mrquez and "The House of Bernarda Alba", by Frederico Garca Lorca, the characters focus their lives on building and maintaining good reputations. Bernarda's life totally revolved around her reputation. The Vicario brothers got so caught up in tr...
  • Middle East An Irrational Culture
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    Treatment on women in the Middle East Rationality has often been a valued attribute in Western culture, with the result that people may claim to be rational simply as a way of enhancing the value of their presentation. One of the central themes to be explored in this paper is the idea that what is rational and, therefore, what is irrational has received (and continues to receive) different answers at different times and from different people. The paper will focus on why and how women are treated...
  • Nation With The Fewest Reported Honor Killings
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    One of the worlds most hidden and heinous crimes is honor killings. Women are often murdered in all parts of the world for even slight rumor of dishonoring the family name. Hundreds of women of all ages are killed in the name of honor- most cases go unreported, and almost all go unpunished. Although a common occurrence in many middle eastern countries, this practice is virtually unknown in the western world, leaving millions unaware of the brutality of these killings. Honor killings can be defin...

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