daughters of noble families that were chosen by the king to be his second, third or further wife, others were palace women, the kinds loved. The succession principle and the acknowledgement of mistresses’ sons, were the most important mechanisms that enabled the Chosun dynasty to last for 500 years under the rule ofa single family. Compared to England, where king Henry the 8th could not have a
a large geographical area that we can’t isolate honor killings to rural areas only, though one has to admit that majority of the killings take place in the rural areas.
But, it has also been seen recently that even the metropolitan cities like Delhi and Tamil Nadu are not safe from this crime because five honor killings were reported from Delhi and in Tamil Nadu, adaughterand son-in-law w
a woman could not get married. Having children was a blessing and not having them seemed a curse in those days. Those were days when people gave their daughters to other nearest families as a compromise or tradition.
In our days, Polygamy still exist for some more and range of reasons. The reasons depend on each person and each man and woman have his own understanding of what is polygamy.
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(1) Thomas Hardy(1840-1928) : "The Darkling Thrush"
"The Darkling Thrush"
1 I leant upon a coppice gate
2 When Frost was spectre-gray,
3 And Winter's dregs made desolate
4 The weakening eye of day.
5 The tangled bine-stems scored the sky
6 Like strings of broken lyres,
7 And all mankind that haunted nigh
8 Ha
Ⅰ. Introduction
1) Definition
Human Rights Watch defines "honor killings" as follows:
Honor killings are acts of vengeance, usually death, committed by male family members against female family members, who are held to have brought dishonor upon the family. A woman can be targeted by (individuals within) her family for a variety of reasons, including: refusing to enter into an arrange