... of authority and power, and men who kept the agency and influence to direct the outcome of events. Nevertheless, the careful reader notices a curious trend in many of Shakespeare's plays: many of Shakespeare's female characters exercise a rather great deal of delicate forms of power and influence, and often do so in unusual and even subversive ways that challenge traditional gender roles. ... , and Twelfth Night remain compelling plays to the contemporary reader because, among other reasons, they portray women in their full human complexity. By confronting difficult social circumstances a...

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... an overriding concept, that of information and its transmittal" (Sarason, 1976: 87). Conclusion "Technology always moves ahead of society's moral and ethical judgments, giving rise to a cultural lag," according to Richard Gelles, director of the Family Violence Research Program at the University of Rhode Island, in Kingston (Shrum, 1995: 402). The underlying assumptions about the effects of violence are no longer ... ...

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... of learning". [Hir02] Summarized the limitations of Sutherland's theory as follows: i. The theory is defective on grounds that it fails to take into account the consideration of free will; ii. The theory draws upon psychology that assumes rational deliberation; iii. The theory does not take into consideration the role of the victim in the development of deviant behavior; iv. The ... ...

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