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Fatal Dowry, The
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Fatal Dowry, The, a tragedy by
Massinger and
Field, acted
c.1617–19, printed 1632. The play is based on one of the
controversiae (or imaginary legal disputes) of Seneca the elder. The ‘dowry’ is Beaumelle, the bride presented to Charalois by her father Rochfort: Charalois kills Beaumelle's lover Novall, stabs Beaumelle in accordance with Rochfort's condemnation, then is himself killed by a friend of Novall.
Rowe's
The Fair Penitent is founded on this play.
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Dowry: South Asian Malady
Magazine article from: Women's Feature Service; 2/11/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...developed areas of Pakistan, dowry demands are so high among the...the simplest way and minimum dowry should be given, lavish weddings and large dowries are the order of the day...collected because a large number of dowry deaths occur in rural areas...
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Dowry: Extreme or mainstream?
Newspaper article from: Kuwait Times (Kuwait City, Kuwait); 8/28/2006; 700+ words
; ...others in Kuwait the dowry is still a topic that...and religion. Although dowries are illegal in present...Opinions about the dowry vary greatly among the...I did not want any dowry but my wife's parents...needed to buy a house." Dowries don't always come in...
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Bangalore 'dowry court' hears harrowing stories, demands stringent law
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 7/28/2009; 700+ words
; ...harassed by their husbands and in-laws for dowry -- at a unique "court" here Tuesday...together to hold the India Court of Women on Dowry, called "Daughters of Fire". The special court was summoned to hear cases of dowry related violence from across the country...
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When Dowry Becomes Refundable.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 2/28/2005; 700+ words
; ...approach the court asking to be refunded dowry 36 years after a marriage has broken down...Kithuka went to court seeking a refund of dowry that he had paid for his wife, Kavata...Nzoka refuted these claims and said the dowry had been refunded to Kithuka's mother...
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Feature: dowry deaths hunt Bangladeshi brides
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 4/28/2006; 700+ words
; Feature: dowry deaths hunt Bangladeshi brides DHAKA...mother-in-law because she cannot pay the dowry. Sharmin Sultana, received the burn wounds...then set her on fire for failing to bring dowry from her father. The incident happened...
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When Dowry Went Wrong
Newspaper article from: Hinduism Today; 3/31/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...wedding parties or opulent dowries)." In Oldenburg's...grooms. An attractive dowry became the prize to catch...to death of wives whose dowries did not meet expectations...unfairly perceived as `dowry problems;' it would be...
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Stridhanam: Rethinking dowry, inheritance and women's resistance among the Syrian Christians of Kerala
Magazine article from: Anthropologica; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Keywords: dowry, testamentary inheritance, intestate...been given or promised stridhanam, or dowry, by her father. The Travancore Christian...Roy case as the backdrop for discussing dowry and inheritance practices among urban...
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A Brand Called Dowry
Magazine article from: Women's Feature Service; 8/5/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...image of Sharma - with hennaed hands and a dowry of branded washing machines, refrigerators...announced that her protest was not against dowry per se but against the manner in which...mutually brokered deal on the amount of dowry to be given. More dowry - that was the...
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India: State of Dowry Deaths
Magazine article from: Women's Feature Service; 2/18/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...and pregnant. She had been harassed for dowry by her husband, Hemant, and in-laws...that she had been married. Arguments over dowry were a common occurrence in this household...as a result of his incessant demands for dowry. Investigations by the police, the medico...
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India: Listening to Combat Dowry
Magazine article from: Women's Feature Service; 11/14/2005; 700+ words
; ...has channelised her trauma over her daughter's 'dowry death' to ensure that no other woman shares her fate. Although India has a stringent anti-dowry law (Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961), dowry deaths and harassment...
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Dowry and Bride Price
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...common occurrence than that of dowry. Only 3 percent of the cultures...demonstrate the practice of dowry payments, whereas 66 percent follow a norm of bride price. Dowries were common in the Near East...Americas. Although the custom of dowry payment has disappeared in most...
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dowry
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
dowry , the property that a woman brings to her husband at the time of the marriage. The dowry apparently originated in the giving of a...husband has been compelled to return the dowry in case of divorce or the death of the wife...
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Dowry
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms
Dowry a portion given with a bride; a gift of nature or fortune; a lot, a great deal — Slang Dictionary, 1874. Example: dowry of parny [rain or water], 1874.
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Fatal Dowry, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Fatal Dowry, The, a tragedy by Massinger and Field , acted c. 1617–19...controversiae (or imaginary legal disputes) of Seneca the elder. The ‘dowry’ is Beaumelle, the bride presented to Charalois by her father...
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bride burning
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...terminology links it to India and to the custom of dowry. It gets its name from kitchen fires or other...cases of bride burning can and do occur without dowry being the causal factor, although dowry is possibly the single largest cause. Dowry...
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