... returns home when the food shortage becomes unbearable in Rome. She assumes that "home- will provide her with sustenance. She says, "We'll go to the country, and we'll wait there for the end of the war. They have plenty of things to eat, they have beans, they have eggs ... the eyes of the Madonna . . . they've ruined her for good and all, a daughter who was an angel and now it's worse than if she were dead- (Moravia 284). Cesira recalls biblical imagery in this scene, calling attention to the fact that Rosetta is no longer a virgin and as such, no longer innocent ... battle. Rosetta, unf...

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... Gautama believed that to truly free himself; he must be released of all pleasures of the world, including both his wife and new-born son. He even went so far as to name his son, "Rahula" or "fetter" (this all in his life before his search for peace). The ... receive instruction from a bhikkhu once every fortnight: they could not hold their own ceremonies; a nun who had committed a grave offense must do penance before the monks as well as they bhikkhunis; a nun must request ordination from both the male and the female Sangha; she must never rebuke a bhikkhu, ... possibly divine history. Th...

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