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- 1181: Helen of Troy: The Face that Launched One Thousand Ships
- ... Greek mythology. Helen was the daughter of Leda and Zeus, sister of Klytemnestra, Kastor and Pollux and wife of Menelaos. Before her marriage she was abducted by Theseus her abduction by Paris caused the Trojan War. In the Iliad, 3 she is depicted watching the Greek army from the walls of Troy, identifying the leaders for Priam, later in the same book, when Aphrodite wants her to go to Paris she ... imitate the voices of all the wives of the Greeks while they waited inside the Trojan Horse, she is also in possession of an Egyptian drug which removes all sorrow. Helen's role in the War is ambiguous. In the Iliad she is critical of herself and of Paris (and of Aphrodite), while the Trojan horse episode seems like an attempt to trick the Greeks and save the Trojans. After Homer ... in the well-decked ships Nor did you reach the citadel of Troy.... The alternative story was that Paris took a phantom off to Troy while the real Helen spent the whole period of the war in Egypt. This story is told in Euripides' Helen. Helen (often called "Helen of Troy") was the daughter of Leda and Zeus, and was the sister of the Dioscuri and Clytemnestra. Since Zeus visited ...
- 1182: George Walker
- ... like success. Walker's sharpened sense of comedic irony along with his unique patterns of thought have contributed to his success and his being one of the most widely produced playwrights today. The Art of War , Escape From Happiness, and Zastrozzi, are all very different plays from Walker, having all come from different periods in his career. Despite their differences, there are some underlying commonalities. One of them is language and ... in a bigger mess than what they started with in their efforts for happiness, or their escape from happiness.' They always speak directly from their minds revealing their almost one-sided characters. The Art of War, is very similar in regard to character honesty. Tyrone Power is on a quest to stop his mortal enemy from lying, cheating, and being unjust and unmoral. He's chased him around the country dragging ... Power because of Power's weakness. Hackman is there to conquer. He is absurdly civilized and composed in everything he does while Brown is nearly the opposite, unable to be composed because of his old war wound. They fight with cause, but it has a game-like feeling to it, somewhat like cat and mouse. But they're driven by unnaturally honest causes and for that reason will keep running ...
- 1183: Atomic Bomb
- ... Hiroshima. Truman's staff did in fact tell him that they thought Japan was about ready to surrender. While Japan was being bombarded from the sky, a Naval blockade was strangling Japans ability to produce war materials. Admiral William Leahy, the Chief of Staff to President Roosevelt and then to President Truman, wrote, " By the beginning of September 1944, Japan was almost completely defeated through a practically complete sea and air ... bombings of Japan that, " It wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing." It didn't take long after the atomic bombings for questions to arise as to their necessity for ending the war and Japans threat to peace. One of the earliest dissents came from a panel that had been requested by President Truman to study the Pacific War. Their report, the United States Strategic Bombing Survey, was issued in July 1946. It declared " Based on a detailed investigation of all the facts and supported by the testimony of the surviving Japanese leaders ...
- 1184: The Us Is Murdering The Iraqis
- ... a democracy. Part of the US policy is to take part in every conflict that goes on, by participation, they have a bit of control in the outcome. Such is demonstrated in the Iraq - Iran War. This war lasted from 1980-1988. The US sold weapons to both Iraq and Iran during this war. The law had to be changed to sell arms to Iraq, because no nation is supposed to trade weapons of mass destruction with "terrorist nations." The US sold weapons to both sides (partially in ...
- 1185: Peter The Great
- ... Peter to see the necessity of internal governmental reforms and the requirement of building an army that would be loyal to the monarchy. Peace had not yet come to the Russian people. The Great Northern War with Sweden would last for two decades and rip through Russian economy and daily life. Peter's goals in entering the war was the possibility of gaining access to the Baltic Sea. Not long after the war had begun, had Russian suffered a great defeat at Narva. Their attempt to attack the Swedish city was disastrous. But Peter was determined to be victorious in the war. The Russians had to recover ...
- 1186: World War 2 And The American Navy
- World War 2 And The American Navy The American Navy joined World War II in 1941. Actually they had already started fighting unofficially in 1939. The American Navy did everything that they could to stay out of this treacherous world war. America even gave away supplies such as warships, food, and medicine. America was extremely supportive of the war as long as they didn’t have to get in the trenches of it. They supported ...
- 1187: Breaker Morant
- ... Hancock. Harry Morant understood that he was being sacrificed so the British government wouldn’t look bad. When he uttered “that is what comes of empire building”, he was simply saying that sacrifice, injustice, and war is the ammunition the British used to expand its boundaries physically, politically, and economically. There were obviously many motivations for the British occupation of South Africa during the turn of the twentieth century, but they ... At the time of British occupation of South Africa, many Dutch settlers had already been living there. The Dutch, also called Boers, did not appreciate the corruption brought about by the British, and eventually a war broke out between the two. The Boers used a different type of warfare called Guerrilla warfare in which you can’t tell who the enemies are. This allowed the Boers to have sneak attacks and snipers because women and children were also involved in the war. The Boers used Guerilla warfare to their advantage because it allowed them to use surprise attacks and their knowledge of the land to outsmart the enemy. Guerilla warfare was very tough to defend because ...
- 1188: Antigone: Civil Disobedience
- Antigone: Civil Disobedience The short play, Antigone, was written in 441 B.C. by the Greek playwright Sophocles. It deals with some of the most basic problems that affect a society. One of them is Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience both a right and responsibility of a person to fight an unjust law. Government is given the right to control a group of people by the people composing the group. If an individual ...
- 1189: Owen's “Dulce et Decorum Est”
- ... the most powerful ways to convey an idea or opinion. Through vivid imagery and compelling metaphors, the poem gives the reader the exact feeling the author wanted. The poem "Dulce et Decorum Est," an anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen, makes great use of these devices. This poem is very effective because of its excellent manipulation of the mechanical and emotional parts of poetry. Owen's use of exact diction and vivid figurative language emphasizes his point, showing that war is terrible and devastating. Furthermore, the utilization of extremely graphic imagery adds even more to his argument. Through the effective use of all three of these tools, this poem conveys a strong meaning and persuasive ... out of their nightmarish walk and surrounded by gas bombs. How everyone, in "an ecstasy of fumbling" was forced to run out into the mist, unaware of their fate. Anyone wanting to fight in a war would become nervous at the image of himself running out into a blood bath. The graphic images displayed here are profoundly affecting and can never be forgotten. The poem ties it all together in ...
- 1190: Vietnam And LbJ
- By: anon To many, the 1960's could definately be considered one of the most controversial decades of this century. It was a time in which many mistakes were made evolving around the Vietnam War which resulted in the immense suffering of two nations. The war had many casualties; along with the death of soldiers and civilians, LBJ's presidency and the 'Great Society' also were killed by the war. The US's fear of the domino theory led them in an attempt to control the spread of communism in North Vietnam, whose government was led by Ho Chi Minh. This attempt had failed ...
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