Discussion/ Main Body
Firstly, Raden Galuh Gemerenchang’s death started a war between two kingdoms: Pasai and Majapahit. Sang Nata, King of Majapahit and Raden Galuh’s father, attacked Pasai once he heard that Raden Galuh is dead. The King of Majapahit must have knows that something was wrong, as nobody would commit suicide for no reason. He, as a father, would have known how his daughter really is, and he must have come to a conclusion that something horrible must have happened. Otherwise, why would Raden Galuh Gemeranchang commit suicide? According to (Hill, 1960), Sang Nata came with an army to avenge his daughter’s death. Therefore, her death incited a war between two kingdoms.
Secondly, Raden Galuh’s death is significant as it symbolizes
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It was one of the greatest kingdom existed at that time. However towards the end, a series of unfortunate events occurred and it shows Pasai’s unfortunate moral decline. For example, Tun Abdul Jalil’s death. As for Raden Galuh Gemerenchang can be argued that her death was a form of protest. A person does not simply commit suicide for such a trivial matter, especially a princess from a great kingdom as Majapahit. Her suicide can be interpreted as a form of protest. Women in Malay literature are usually passive and silent, unable to breach a certain social conduct in a patriarchal society. They have a tendency to keep silent and simply agree to the course of event or even their fate. According to (Rahimah & Shaiful Bahri, 2014), female characters in Malay literature are passive because of increasing frustration. It is difficult to get a clear …show more content…
Raden Galuh’s death seemed to be the tipping point for Pasai. The kingdom was already heading down a dark road even before Raden Galuh’s death. Killing Tun Abdul Jalil was a poor decision on Sultan Ahmad’s part, as he knows about Raden Galuh’s affection towards the young prince. The decision to kill his son shows that he is a cruel and unjust king. According to (Denisova, 2012), proof of a sultan’s ability to lead is evident if the kingdom prospered, however, if a king is unjust the kingdom will be depicted in a negative light for example, the kingdom would be economically weak or underdeveloped. In the Hikayat Raja Pasai, we cannot clearly conclude the state of Pasai’s economy, but if we look at Sultan Ahmad’s actions and the fact that Pasai was defeated, it is further proof of his inability to lead. According to (Media ISNET Org, 1999) Majapahit didn’t win because they had stronger military power than Pasai, they won because Pasai’s military forces were poorly led. Tun Beraim Bapa and Tun Abdul Jalil was the kingdom’s last hope, so to say, but they were murdered. Sultan Ahmad Perumudal Perumal failed to lead Pasai to victory and he admitted if Tun Beraim Bapa was still alive when Majapahit attacked, they would have won. This indirectly shows that Sultan Ahmad admits his wrongdoing and failure as a King as he himself cannot assure
In a nation brimming with discrimination, violence and fear, a multitudinous number of hearts will become malevolent and unemotional. However, people will rebel. In the eye-opening novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled Hosseini, the country of Afghanistan is exposed to possess cruel, treacherous and sexist law and people. The women are classified as something lower than human, and men have the jurisdiction over the women. At the same time, the most horrible treatment can bring out some of the best traits in victims, such as consideration, boldness, and protectiveness. Although, living in an inconsiderate world, women can still carry aspiration and benevolence. Mariam and Laila (the main characters of A Thousand Splendid Suns) are able to retain their consideration, boldness and protectiveness, as sufferers in their atrocious world.
Mariam and Laila face a lot of social injustice yet they do not attempt to challenge the issues because they are told to endure all forms of pain and social injustice. From a very young age, Mariam was told by her mother that all she needed to do was to withstand any pain and suffering, it’s the one skill she needed.” Endure . . . Women like us. We endure. It’s all we have”(17). In addition, Laila also suffered the injustice of society since she was a single mother it was not safe for her to live on her own so she had no choice but to marry Rasheed. The society gave women no choice but to endure and that’s the main reason why Laila and Mariam were unable to take a stand. However, close to the end of the novel Mariam decides to take initiative and fights back. She finally takes action because she is driven by the love she has for Laila and her child since they are the only family she’s had that loved her. So when Rasheed her husband attempts to choke Laila to death, Mariam reflects on how much injustice she has faced and how unjust both her husband and the society have been towards her and other women. At this point, Mariam realizes that she must end her and Laila’s suffering once and for all. So she takes Rasheed’s life. Although Mariam is executed as a form of punishment, she is very successful at taking a stand to end the oppression and injustice. Mariam knew her actions were fatal yet she still did what she knew was right. Furthermore, she sacrificed herself and didn’t regret her action instead she was pleased that “she was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother” ( 329). Her actions freed Laila and her child from Rasheed’s abuse and helped them build a better life. Thus Mariam was successful and did not want to endure the injustice or see Laila suffer, she did it by
Yitzhak Rabin was a veteran of the Defense Forces in his country of Israel and years later he became the prime minster of Israel. In 1995, Rabin was assassinated. Due to Rabin status and career in the military, why was Rabin assassinated? Rabin must have been assassinated because of the jealousy/revenge of individuals who did not agree with the success Rabin had. This paper will argue that Rabin was assassinated because of jealousy/revenge.
had to pick a new leader. He chose the Duke of Medina Sidonia. He was
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Women, according to the ancient Greeks, committed suicide on impulse emotions.3 Their motives for suicide include “the destruction of their own household”, an escape from a forced marriage, grief, and “noble self-sacrifice, self-effacement in the face of the larger concerns of society.”3 Unlike callous men, women were susceptible to their emotions, resulting in their suicides.3 There is even an occurrence in which a women killed herself over the death of her queen.2 Ancient Greek women did not receive the same respect men received in ancient Greek society overall. Even if an ancient Greek woman committed suicide to save Greece, as did Iphigenia, she would be celebrated as manly.3 Not only did females get misogyny in their motives for suicide, the very way in which females executed the act was viewed as
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