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Spanish Civil War Ernest Hemingway
1,150 wordsFor Whom the Bell Tolls is a novel loosely based on Ernest Hemingway's own experiences in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930 's. Before I delve into the book itself, I thought it would be best to give some background information on Ernest Hemingway and on the Spanish Civil war and the circumstances surrounding it. Hemingway was born July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, and the second of six children. His father, Clarence Hemingway, was a physician and his mother was a devoutly religious woman wit...
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Romeo And Juliet Version Of The Play
393 wordsWilliam Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet leaves a lot of room for creative elaboration and from this had come countless video versions of the play. This well-known tragedy lives in peoples heart since it was written. Two brilliant directors, Franco Zefferelli and Baz Luhrmann, showed two totally different sides of Romeo and Juliet. It is amazing how two unique directors had shaped one play for different viewers using setting, text, costumes, music and even actors. First, directors F. Zefferelli an...
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Soviet Union Red Army
1,008 wordsPoland In The Second World War Jozef Garlinski The Macmillan Press LTD, 1985 Poland had gained independence after the First World War but unification of Poland, which was apart for such a long time, created many problems. Weak economy, disrupted government, and the population being mostly minorities group. Also the Poland had to deal with two aggressive countries by her side, Germany and Russia. Hitler had known the situation Poland was under. He knew that Poland would not agree to his demands b...
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World War Ii Northern And Southern
1,413 wordsThe historical impact of Operation Barbarosa cannot be denied. The Soviet victory over the Nazi German invaders set up the Soviets as a world superpower and set the stage for the Cold War. Had the Germans not attacked, the Russians may not have gained their dominance in Eastern Europe, and the Warsaw Pact may not have ever been. The war effort forced the Soviets to industrialize faster than ever, particularly in Siberia. Additionally, defeating the Nazis let all the countries of the world know t...
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Spanish Civil War Back To England
1,399 wordsGeorge Orwell: The author and his times George Orwell was a quiet, decent Englishman who passionately hated two things: inequality and political lying. Out of his hatred of inequality came a desire for a society in which class privileges would not exist. This to him was "democratic socialism. " His hatred of political lying and his support for socialism led him to denounce the political lie that what was going on in the Soviet Union had anything to do with socialism. As long as people equated th...
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Franco Prussian War Moulin Rouge
1,065 wordsAuguste Escoffier was born on October 28, 1846, in the village of Villeneuve-Loubet, France. He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Escoffier and his wife Madeleine Civatte. His father was the villages blacksmith, farrier, locksmith, and maker of agricultural tools. Escoffier's childhood dream was to become a sculptor. Unfortunately he was forced to give up that dream at the age of thirteen, just after he celebrated his first Holy Communion Escoffier was told he was going to be a cook. Although he did ...
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John F Kennedy Years In Prison
1,087 words... nd. Hoffa had announced that he intended to vacation there with his wife, who was getting better from her recent illness. Well one day Hoffa was returning to his Americana Hotel in Miami Beach where the AFL-CIO Executive Council was meeting. When George Meany heard of Hoffa's presence he said, Whats that gut doing around here? (6) Hoffa told the newsman that he was active in the real estate business in Florida. So Hoffa had to lie sometimes just to take a vacation. That isnt the kind of life...
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European Union Spain Spanish
317 wordsPhoenicians began colonizing Spain. Modern cities such as Cd and Malaga were founded by the Phoenicians around this time. The Carthaginians conquered much of Spain. Spain became an important part of the Roman Empire following the Punic Wars. The Visigoths completed their conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. The Moors conquered most of Spain. Many Spaniards converted to Islam, and Moorish culture began to flourish. The Christian reconquest of Spain began. Again and Castile were united under Ferdina...
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Helena Bonham Carter Franco Zeffirelli Hamlet
731 wordsMel Gibson and Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of Hamlet has filled some of the gaps left by Shakespeare. This version of the classic story is thoroughly watchable. This is "Hamlet for the 90 s, " according to the director, and it is an especially entertaining version. With much of the text diced, the pace quickened, and the action streamlined, the film offers what amounts to an introduction to Shakespeare's classic, without losing any of the play's psychological complexities. Gibson is perfect a...
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Germany And Austria Britain And France
812 wordsIn 1871 two new major states of Europe had been formed the German Empire and the kingdom of Italy. The new German Empire, under the hand of Otto von Bismarck, was steered carefully, always with an eye upon France, for the Franco-Prussian War (187071) had left France thirsting for revenge and for recovery of the lost provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. 2 Germany had allied itself with Russia and Austria-Hungary in the Three Emperors League, but Austria-Hungary and Russia were not the best of friend...
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Pablo Picasso Francisco Franco
989 wordsPicasso was arguably the most influential artist of the twentieth century. He had some degree of influence in all styles of painting which were used during his time, and was known and respected by almost every art enthusiast on the face of the planet. Pablo Picasso, born Pablo Ruiz y Black, came into the world on the 25 th of October 1881 in the southern Spanish town of Malaga. Pablo was an artist from early in his life he was a child prodigy. He began his career as a classical painter. He paint...
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Russian Revolution Printing Press Began
787 wordsEvents in global history are sometimes called revolutions when they have a significant impact on the direction that history takes. Time has been speckled by major turning points that have contributed to life, as we know it. Many great minds were encouraged in Europe between the 1300 s and 1600 s; this time of drastic change was called the Renaissance. After years of oppression the Church could no longer keep the lid on peoples minds. They began to ask questions and search for answers that would ...
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19 Th Century Triple Alliance
2,109 wordsThe causes of World War I have been discussed in great detail in many publications. Most agree that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was the final piece of the complex puzzle, but there were other factors that contributed to the outbreak of war. James John uses the approach of starting from the assassination and building layers of other possible factors around it, while Joachim Read gives us a timeline approach to the events leading up to the murder. Bismarck, the German Chancellor from 1...
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Ernesto Guevara Fidel Castro
594 wordsErnesto Guevara was born in l 928. When he was two, he moved to Cordoba, Spain, because of asthma. As a young child, Guevara became interested in reading Marx, Engels, and Freud found in his father's library. As he grew up, he watched the Spanish refugees from the Spanish Civil War fight against the fascist dictator, Francisco Franco. Mr. Guevara was influenced by the war and refugees. He began to hate military politicians, the U. S. dollar, and parliamentary democracy. Ernesto's parents were bo...
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War With Germany Alsace And Lorraine
2,730 words... Alliance, attacked Turkey, in order to conquer Tripoli, the required colonial territory. This undertaking brought her to the brink of a war with Austria, which, as the supreme Power in the Balkan Peninsula, can never tolerate the encroachment of Italy into those regions. The Triple Alliance, which in itself represents a natural league, has suffered a rude shock. The ultimate reason for this result is found in the fact that the parties concerned with a narrow, shortsighted policy look only to...
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Treaty Of Versailles Britain And France
1,073 wordsHitler had three main aims in preparing Germany for war. His first goal was to tear up the Treaty of Versailles which brought an end to WWI. This treaty blamed Germany for starting the war, it took away large amounts of land, money and materials from her, and cur her armed forces down to a minimum. Hitler's second aim was to unite all Germans into one single country. As there were millions of Germans scattered in neighboring countries such as Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland, these countries w...
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Napoleon Iii Mexican War
1,405 wordsThe Franco-Mexican War was a war fought by two very different countries then they are today. The war was fought over reasons that seem very unlikely to arise ever again between these two countries. The war was fought over gaining territory, group thinking, and just pure human Nature. These are very unlikely to be present between Mexico and France now. Humans are said to be naturally aggressive. From the time of Adam and Eve humans have always been looking out to gain power. Humans as well as ani...
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William Shakespeare Romeo Romeo And Juliet
988 wordsFranco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet Sex, drugs, and violence are usually a potent combination, and only William Shakespeare could develop them into a masterful, poetic, and elegant story. In the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, all these aspects of teenage life absorb the reader or watcher. It is understood that Hollywood would try to imitate this masterpiece on screen, and it has done so in two films: Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 Romeo and Juliet and Baz Luhrmann's 1996 Will...
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World War 1936 Hitler Germans
696 wordsMussolini and Hitler Compared Because of military unpreparedness, Mussolini did not enter World War II until June 1940, when the Germans had overrun France. Italy fought the British in Africa, invaded Greece, and joined the Germans in beating up Yugoslavia, attacking the Soviet Union, and declaring war on the United States. After Italy's many military defeats, King Victor Emmanuel dismissed Mussolini in 1943, and in September obtained an armistice with the Allies, who had invaded southern Italy....
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Germany And Italy B C
700 wordsThe two sides were: The Nationalists (a loose coalition of right wing groups, including Army high command, the Church, the landowners, monarchists, a the Falange [fascist party]) and the Republicans (looser coalition of left wing groups, including socialists, trade unionists, communists, anarchists, and moderate liberals) The Nationalists sought to preserve Spain's integrity, while Republicans wished to preserve the Second Republic. The Causes of the War Profound cause: long period of decline si...
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