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Hospitality Heroism And Honor Journey To Discover Telemakhos
1,132 wordsLiterature Essay: Telemakhos Voyage In the epic the Odyssey, Homer explores a variety of different themes that are prevalent in antiquity. Such themes include the treatment of strangers, hospitality, heroism and honor. Homer uses the character Telemakhos, the son of the main character Odysseus, to help convey the themes of the story. From the beginning when Telemakhos goes out to seek for his father and after he helps his father defeat the suitors, we witness the changes in his character, as we ...
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Attack In Pearl Harbor
1,179 wordsAttack in Pearl Harbor in December 1941 shocked United States to its core. It signaled not only an utter destruction of an important naval base and the loss of many lives, it in the first place signified the beginning of a great struggle for nations survival. At time when France fails to Germany, and Russia and Great Britain are at the verge of failing, nothing seemed to prevent the Nazi and its powerful allies to conquer the world. And though Attack in Pearl Harbor was shocking, the nightmare o...
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The Atomic Bomb In World War Ii
1,913 wordsThe atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki marked the end to the world's largest armed conflict. Many debates have surfaced over the ethics of such an attack. The bomb itself caused massive amounts of casualties while the unknown effects of radiation caused many more deaths amongst the survivors of the blast. Despite the ghastly effects of such a weapon, it offered the best choice for a quick and easy defeat of Japan. President Truman, who authorized the use of the atomic bomb, made a wise de...
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The Myth Of Lost Cause
1,366 wordsFollowing the defeat of the Confederacy and to lift the morale of a shattered people momentum gathered to enshrine the Myth of the Lost Cause which would transform the Southern soldier living and dead, into a veritable hero. In order to come to terms with defeat and a look of failure in the eyes of God, Southerners mentally transformed their memories of the antebellum South. It became a superior civilization of great purity which had been cruelly brought down by the materialistic Yankees. At the...
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The Legend Of Saint Joan Arc
1,721 wordsBernard Shaw's famous play Saint Joan recalls the legend of a young girl who leads her nation to an improbable victory against the English. Joan of Arc has since become a role model for girls and women everywhere as a woman who conquered seemingly indomitable odds in a world of men. But one must wonder: Would the legend of Saint Joan have the magnificence that it does had Joan not been burned when she was? Is the grandeur of the story of Joan of Arc found in her life or in her death? The first s...
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Fall Of Rome The Military Role
1,848 wordsH 2 >The Militarys Role in the Beginning of the End of Rome The fall of Rome occurred over many centuries and was caused by several factors including military decay, barbarian invasions, and the failure of the government to respond to these problems. While these problems existed to a greater of lesser degree, since the end of the 2 nd century, their effects were accelerated by the reforms of the emperors Constantine and Diocletian. These reforms changed Roman life as well as the face of t...
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Side Of The World Civil Liberties
1,372 wordsThe idea that America is turning fascist has been popular on the Left for as long as I can remember: in the 1960 s, when antiwar radicals raged against the Machine, this kind of hyperbole dominated campus political discourse and even made its way into the mainstream. When the radical Weather Underground went into ultra-Left meltdown and began issuing incoherent "communique" to an indifferent American public, they invariably signed off by declaring: "Death to the fascist insect pig that preys on ...
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Ha Ha Ha Dark Side
1,369 wordsI think I need some help. Faith said, staggering inside the old, haunted mansion. Her right arm had a big cut in it, and blood was gushing out. Her face had a few scrapes and bruises, as did the rest of her body. Faith had just came back from a battle with an Excel demon. Faith was a witch, about 19 years old. She had brown eyes, and short blond hair. Her skin was pale, and she was very small, but strong for her age. Faith had a past life, where her name was Enchanted. In her past life she was a...
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Second World War First World War
1,979 wordsAdolf Hitler, aka 'Der Fhrer' ('The Leader'). Was born in Germany. He was directly responsible for the deaths of 66 million world wide, during the second World War. Following the First World War, the Treaty of Versailles penalizes the defeated Germany, annexing land, imposing large war reparations, limiting the size of the army and blaming Germany and Austria-Hungary for starting the conflict. The new German government, a coalition of left-leaning and centrist parties, attempts to rebuild the co...
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Red Army Soviet Union
771 wordsThe battle of Stalingrad raged from August 1942 until the German surrender on 2 February 1943. Significantly, it was the first catastrophic defeat to befall the Wermacht Army who not only lost the battle but were severely humiliated. Indeed, the German Army never fully recovered from this blow to its morale. Upwards of 270, 000 troops were killed and 91, 000 prisoners were taken by the Red Army; included in this latter number were 23 German Generals. Conversely, morale in the Red Army soared as ...
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Form Of Justice Death Penalty
1,902 wordsThe Death Penalty is, undeniably, one of the most controversial issues of our day. Emotional tensions are high between those who hold human life above justice and those who hold justice above all human life. The Death Penalty, along with all other forms of criminal punishment, is barbaric. This form of punishment, indeed all forms of criminal justice, truly shows the level to which society has sunk. When people stand outside prisons and cheer as prisoners are murdered, there is a problem. When p...
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Unification Of Germany Rest Of Europe
1,474 wordsFrom the 1815 until the 1871, Europe underwent a great change. As the revolution of the 1830 s showed, the Vienna Settlement did not last, even though the great European powers were able for a while to take the situation under control with brutal repression. However, it was impossible to stop the liberal revolution, which led to important political events and deep social changes. In the political field there are three major events: the rise of Napoleon III, the unification of Germany and the Ita...
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Matter Of Time Soviet Union
1,768 wordsWar beyond Europe In order for us to understand what enabled Hitler to achieve easy victories, in early stages of war, we will need to analyze a geopolitical situation in Europe, before 1939. In years 1930 - 1940 Communism was at its strongest, while striving for no less than taking over the whole world. Up until collapse of Soviet Union in 1991, its emblem used to be hammer and sickle over the globe. Today it became customary to accuse Hitler of dreaming about globe domination, yet he never ope...
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U S Armed Forces U S Army
1,719 words... of the Armed Forces, and goes against the U. S. Army values. AWOL is conductive to the degradation of the U. S. Army readiness and, during the wartime, become extremely dangerous, as it may put the lives of other U. S. soldiers at high risk. AWOL And Military Readiness Absence Without Official Leave negatively affects the readiness of the U. S. Armed Forces. Military readiness, especially within the recent events (September 2001, recent Iraq war, etc) is the issue of primary concern for the ...
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Differences Between American And Canadian Core Executive
759 wordsDifferences between American and Canadian Core Executive The differences between American and Canadian governments can be seen if to look how they govern themselves. Another difference is that Canada is constitutional monarchy and the U. S. is republic. Canada has parliamentary-cabinet government, while America has presidential-congressional. This actually means that the president of the United States is the head of the government. In Canada, the Governor General is the head of the provinces and...
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Black E Mo Jekyll And Mr
1,974 wordsJudge a book by its cover Robert Louis Stevenson and Toni Morrison develop their main characters identities through their novels Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Bluest Eye in a rather skeptical way. In both cases we see stories of people that are not fully satisfied with their lives. The situation is probably even worth, they do not like the context of life that they have to face in their everyday activities. The reasons to that are probably the fact that they do not look at their appearance fro...
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Herbert Milton And Donne As Religious Poets
2,710 wordsHerbert, Milton and Donne as Religious Poets The genre of poetry had probably appeared as soon as people learnt to verbally express their emotions. It would be reasonable to suggest that poetry had been evolving simultaneously with verbal language. As human race celebrated the moment of its appearance on earth their verbal skills were rather limited and the whole spectrum of emotions has been mainly transmitted through the nonverbal devices of communication, such as gestures, mimics, body moveme...
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Milvian Bridge Ten Years
1,307 wordsHis coins give his name as M. , or more frequently as C. , Flavius Valerius Constantines. He was born at Naissus, now Nice in Servia, the son of a Roman officer, Constantius, who later became Roman Emperor, and St. Helena, a woman of humble extraction but remarkable character and unusual ability. The date of his birth is not certain, being given as early as 274 and as late as 288. After his fathers elevation to the dignity of Caesar we find him at the court of Diocletian and later (305) fighting...
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Iran Iraq War Quest For Power
1,804 wordsPersian Gulf Crisis Persian Gulf Crisis, 1990 - 1991: How Saddam Hussein's Greed and Totalitarian Quest for Power Led to the Invasion of Kuwait, World Conflicts and the Degradation of Iraq Joseph Stalin. Fidel Castro. Adolf Hitler. Saddam Hussein. These names are all those of leaders who have used a totalitarian approach to leading a nation. Stalin and Hitler ruled in the early to mid-nineteen hundreds. Like Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein is now. Saddam Hussein belongs to the Baath Party of Iraq. ...
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Political And Social Historical Perspective
1,149 wordsEdwin Oconnor's novel The Last Hurrah presents an effective view of the difficult and complex life of the Irish-American community in Boston of the 1950 s. The author uses a number of characterizations to produce themes that relate to the political and social considerations of this era. He also provides most of the accounts in his novel from a single perspective, that of Frank Skeffington. He is the main character. This character in particular enables OConnor to present the topic with some accur...
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