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Imagery In The Fall Of House
837 wordsImagery of the Supernatural in "The Fall of the House of Usher" Edgar Allan Poe's writings are known for their macabre subject matter. In "The Fall of the House of Usher", Poe uses the life-like characteristics of an otherwise decaying house as a device for giving the house a supernatural atmosphere. Frank N. Magill explains this concept best when he writes, "Usher feels that it is the form and substance of his family mansion that affects his morale. He believes that, as a result of the arrangem...
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Social And Political Hitler Began
711 wordsFrom A Mediocre Student to A Dictator: Adolf Hitler The day is April 20, 1889 and the place is Austria. It was there that the man who was to save the fatherland was born. Hitler began his schooling in a monastery in Germany and was known as a lazy, bad-tempered, arrogant leader. His dreams of being a great artist quickly went down the drain after he was rejected at the Academy of Fine Arts. Hitler sank deep into himself, living on the street and through his discontentment began to see the uses o...
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Bukharin Kamenev Lenin Stalin Party
425 words1879 - 1953, Russian revolutionary, head of the USSR (1924 - 53). A Georgian cobbler's son named Dzhugashvili, he joined the Social-Democratic party while a seminarian and soon became a professional revolutionary. In the 1903 party split (see BOLSHEVISM AND MENSHEVISM) he sided with LENIN. Stalin attended party congresses abroad and worked in the Georgian party press. In 1912 he went to St. Petersburg, where he was elected to the party's central committee. About this time he took the name Stalin...
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Bram Stoker Jonathan Harker
886 wordsThe aspect of Dracula that makes it so frightening, as opposed to contemporary horror, is that of the strong persona of Count Dracula himself. For all of the terror he inspires, The Count has few appearances in the novel, instead using his mystique to frighten the reader. While nearly all current books and films in the horror genre focus on the aspects of violence and shock appeal, Dracula uses the element of suspense to captivate the reader. By using the element of fear, Bram Stoker keeps the r...
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Red Army Working Class
356 wordsIt is now the 50 th anniversary of the terror bombing and burning of the non-military cultural center of Dresden, Germany. Somewhere between 35, 000 and 135, 000 civilians were killed in the Feb. 13 - 14, 1945 attack. The Bonn government is attempting to use the commemoration of the Dresden bombing to expand German imperialism's diplomatic and military reach. Working-class and progressive German groups are protesting this misuse of a great tragedy. They correctly point out the responsibility of ...
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A Wise King Or Foolish Hero
1,032 wordsGilgamesh is a character that evolves throughout the epic of Gilgamesh. Throughout the first half of the epic, Gilgamesh is depicted as courageous and heroic on a quest of terror with his great companion Enkidu. In the end after accepting that he too will have to die and be subject to fate, Gilgamesh settles back into his city setting, only this time to be a wise king rather than the foolish hero he once was. Gilgamesh's character is something a reader might question after reading the first half...
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French Revolution Nineteenth Century
450 wordsThesis: The French Revolution was a crucial event in Western History, and possibly the single most crucial influence on British intellectual, philosophical, and political life in the nineteenth century. The French Revolution was a crucial event in Western History, and possibly the single most crucial influence on British intellectual, philosophical, and political life in the nineteenth century. It presented itself as a triumph in its early stages but later proved to be a revolution of senseless ...
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Scarlet Pimpernel Play Paul
368 wordsThey seek him here They seek him there Those Frenchies seek him everywhere Is he in heaven or is he in hell That damn elusive Pimpernel! -Percy The Scarlet Pimpernel is a fascinating expose of the inner workings during the French revolution. This realistic play illustrates the terror and victimization of aristocrats, and Royalists like myself. A man of courage and disguise, the Scarlet Pimpernel is an English noble who has very insightful ideas regarding government and society. He risks his life...
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Five Feet Left Shoulder
1,555 words... any, the first thing he saw was Jan. A small girl, just five feet tall with a petite body and blond hair, she stood on the opposite side of the room, her legs spread apart in a shooter's-stance, both arms straight out and rigid, holding a gun aimed directly at him. He did not even have time to figure out the make of the gun, or register his own surprise, before he heard the blast and simultaneously felt something hot and painful tear into his left shoulder, knocking him backward and down ont...
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Heart Of Darkness Central Station
1,519 words... hat he must kill and succeed or die and that those are his only choices to escape this frightening predicament. The constant fear of death compels the soldiers to do anything and just about everything to stay alive, for the hope of one day returning home. For example, the confused and scared soldiers go so far as to slaughter innocent Vietnamese with a boatload of harmless animals. Furthermore, when one woman appears to still be breathing Willard's skewed ethics perceive her as an obstacle o...
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Burke And Locke On Revolution
1,970 wordsI hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. - Thomas Jefferson Political rebellion takes place when the people of a country feel it is essential that a change in government is made. Different nations have different ideas about the responsibilities of government, and as a result there are many possible reasons for political rebellion. John Locke, an English medical doctor and philosopher who lived until 1704...
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Constitutional Monarchy Third Estate
1,224 words... ro, was a new incarnation of the character Figaro, where a man of relative humble birth succeeds in rising to power through strength of character, wit and determination once again representing the triumph of worth and intelligence over the gifts of birth and chance (Cox 154). Tarare, like Figaro, was a servant of a tyrant whose title was won by birth and whose status was undeserved. It was yet another strike at the imperfections and the injustices of the old regime (Chaudhuri 242). It was in...
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Islam Understanding The Religion
730 wordsDid the Quran or the sword accomplish the spread of Islam throughout the world? To me, the answer is obvious. It grew through the power of the Quran, but to many the doubts are beginning to creep into their minds. After the events of September 11 th, the media has been using Jihad as a replacement for the word terrorism. However, the people have no idea that the word Jihad is completely different than the word terrorism. Jihad, a holy war, when this word is heard, terrorism is a synonym which fi...
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The Red Scare Reality
542 wordsH 2 >During the cold war, fear and hostility toward communism were the driving forces behind many of the social and foreign policies in the United States. How much of this fear actually was grounded in reality? During the Red Scare America was totally taken over by a fear of communism, or anything / anyone that had anything to do with communism. Much of this fear was really unnecessary when you put things into prospective. Americans were afraid of a communist takeover, which would almost...
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Nazi Regime Joseph Goebbels
1,594 wordsThe Nazi regime in Germany implemented itself swiftly and effectively the National Socialists had only three Nazis in a cabinet of twelve in January 1933, yet within two months Hitler had consolidated his political power by entirely legal means. With this, came the need for support from the German public. For a regime to consolidate its power people could be too afraid to rebel against it, or they could be convinced of the value of the regime, or a combination of both. In the National Socialist ...
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Osama Bin Laden War Against Terrorism
2,226 wordsH 2 > 1. What is terrorism? Terrorism is hard to define. In its broadest sense terrorism can be thought of as the use or threatened use of force against civilians designed to bring about political or social change. Moreover, while we think of terrorism as being both a political and irrational act (especially suicide terrorism), terrorism can also be thought of as a rational act conducted specifically because of the impact -- fear, confusion, submission -- it will have. Given the U. S. go...
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Turning Points Neolithic Revolution French And The Industrial
674 wordsPolitical, social, and economic conditions have often led to revolutions that have changed the course of history for nations and peoples. These revolutions had such a significant impact that they can fittingly be labeled turning points. Two of these turning points, the Neolithic and French Revolutions, have drastically altered the world today. During the Paleolithic Period, which lasted from the start of human life until about 10, 000 BCE, people were nomadic. They lived in small clans, usually ...
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French Revolution American Revolution
812 wordsThe first thing to tell about these three revolutions is that only The French Revolution was a pure one. While the American and Haitian revolutions appeared to be the wars for independence. Let us view the results of all of them and compare them with each other. The American Revolution started in 1775. The British considered the Colonies more as a resource to be utilized for the benefit of their own economy and had little respect for the Colonialists. This difference in perception led to a vicio...
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Reign Of Terror Wasn T
770 wordsIt was 1789 and the citizens of France were fed up. They had had too many years of dealing with a monarchial government, one ruled solely by a king. Where had this gotten them? No where good they were bankrupt and the greatest percentage of the citizens was considered in the lower class. This was not a successful country; they were in a horrible economic and social state. What to do? Have a revolution! So in comes Robespierre, creating a sort of socialist dictatorship. Many believed that this wa...
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Five Year Plan Stalin Wanted
699 wordsStalin as a continuation of Lenin Communism is like a mining town. The government owns the people. They are forced to buy government food, work for the government, and follow what the government says, or else. No one can escape because their paychecks come from the same people they pay, causing them to did themselves deeper and deeper into debt. And they are forced to breath the cancerous air, just as the Russians were forced to endure the terror. Russia experienced communism in a horrible way: ...
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