... and goes to school to become an educated young woman. She then performs the extraordinary of: she marries into society. Many low-class Victorian women would strive for anything to marry a wealthy man. However, Jane is marrying for love. "Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel" It is when she realizes happiness is not ... a sin that she begins to embrace her own nature. Kingston's peculiar writing style requires the reader to struggle along with the protagonist to make sense of the story. While the protagonist's struggle is ... on how she and her s...

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... . Hindu followers have no doubt they go to moksha after they accomplish redemption, but Buddhists believe that the main goal is to achieve nirvana in the afterlife. A Hindu can conquer redemption by living a life of asceticism. After becoming a Sadhu, or holy man, and renouncing all material possessions they are able to be one with Brahma Nerguna. In order for a Buddhist to become one ... . He educated people on such topics as "Humanity", "Filial Piety", "Rites and Music" and perhaps one of the most important teachings of "The Gentleman." This was a group of sayings by Confucius about how...

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• Grade Level: High School

... serve them in many ways. Confucianism had five cardinal relationships. One was between father and son. The others were between ruler and subject, husband and wife, elder and younger brothers, and friend and friend. Confucianism also defined the term gentlemen, to mean a man of moral cultivation rather than a man of noble birth. But, it did not advocate social equality; instead, it minimized ... the importance of class distinctions and opened the way for intelligent and talented people to rise in the social scale. The highest virtue of Confucianism was "ren." It translates into ... did n...

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