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- 2451: Gods In The Iliad
- ... life. Naturally, divine intervention was a major variable in the equation of Homer's Iliad. Zeus, as the symbol of supreme authority and justice, made judgement calls as to the other gods' involvement in the war and remained impartial. Even when his own son, Sarpedon, was about to die, he chose to let the outcome go unaltered. On the other hand, his wife, Hera, displayed the more typical actions of a ... conflict. Both Apollo and Artemis gave aid to the city of Troy. Although Artemis takes a minor role, Apollo, perhaps angered by Agamemnon's refusal to ransom Khryseis, was constantly changing the course of the war in favor of the Trojans. Responsible for sending plague to the Greeks, he was the first god to make an appearance in the Iliad. Their mother, Leto, also helped the Trojans. Aphrodite sided with the Trojans. Although she was insignificant on the battlefield, she was successful in convincing Ares, the god of war, to help the Trojans. One view of the gods' constant intervention in the war was that they were just setting fate back on the right course. For instance, when Patroklos was killed outside Troy, ...
- 2452: Gods In The Iliad
- ... life. Naturally, divine intervention was a major variable in the equation of Homer's Iliad. Zeus, as the symbol of supreme authority and justice, made judgement calls as to the other gods' involvement in the war and remained impartial. Even when his own son, Sarpedon, was about to die, he chose to let the outcome go unaltered. On the other hand, his wife, Hera, displayed the more typical actions of a ... conflict. Both Apollo and Artemis gave aid to the city of Troy. Although Artemis takes a minor role, Apollo, perhaps angered by Agamemnon's refusal to ransom Khryseis, was constantly changing the course of the war in favor of the Trojans. Responsible for sending plague to the Greeks, he was the first god to make an appearance in the Iliad. Their mother, Leto, also helped the Trojans. Aphrodite sided with the Trojans. Although she was insignificant on the battlefield, she was successful in convincing Ares, the god of war, to help the Trojans. One view of the gods' constant intervention in the war was that they were just setting fate back on the right course. For instance, when Patroklos was killed outside Troy, ...
- 2453: Thomas Jefferson
- ... United States owned the land, farmers west of the Appalachian Mountains could use the land strictly for agricultural purposes. If the Treaty of 1795 had not been signed, the United States would have gone to war with France to gain control of the territory. Initially, Jefferson, through his minister of France, Robert R. Livingston, offered Napoleon $2 million for a small stretch of land on the lower Mississippi River (internet). There ... event of this mission depends the future destinies of this republic. If we cannot by a purchase of the country insure to ourselves a course of perpetual peace and friendship with all nations, then, as war cannot be distant, it behooves us immediately to be preparing for that course, without, however, hastening it, and it may be necessary (on your failure on the continent) to cross the channel. We shall get ... land includes: present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, most of Kansas, portions of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and last but not least Louisiana. By purchasing this land, the threats of war with France ceased to exist and opened up land west of the Mississippi River to settlement. By any measure the Louisiana Purchase was the most important action of Jeffersons two terms as president ( ...
- 2454: D-day
- What day in your life was the most important? One of the most important days during World War II was D-day. Don't be mistaken by the word D-day it did not all happens in just one day but many days. D-day was just a code name for the day that Operation Overload started. D-day is very well known for the beginning of the end of the war in Europe and Hitler's rule over most of the ruined continent of Europe. Many say that if it were not for D-day Europe would have definitely fell to Hitler. So was your day ... supported the Allied landings came mainly from warships. Then varied from five-inch guns of destroyers to the fifteen-inch batteries of the British battleships Waspite and Ramillies. (12-1) There were many things for war used on D-day besides the one hundred and fifty thousand Allied troops on the ground of Normandy. These are a few of the Allied numbers for D-day. (15-5) There were two ...
- 2455: J.D. Salinger
- ... critics consider J.D. Salinger a very controversial writer, for the subject matters that he writes.. J.D. Salingers works were generally written during two time periods. The first time period was during World War II, and the second time period was during the 1960s. Critics feel that the works during the 1960 time period were very inappropriate, because of the problems for which he wrote. The main characters ... for the character. (French, Salinger Revisited 133). The final function of religion as a means to attain happiness was to gain peace In "The Young Lion," Salinger uses religion to gain peace through a fictitious war. In the story many of the soldiers were dying and the countries were in turmoil (Lundquist 312). The leaders in the story see a vision on the battlefield that changes them, and stops the war (Lundquist 315). Salinger shows how religion can be a force used to create happiness in a story, by creating peace (Lundquist 313). Salinger is able to use religion as a means of attaining happiness ...
- 2456: A Separate Peace
- ... obsessively against their imaginary enemy. They develop a particular frame of mind in order to allay the fear that arises while facing their nonexistent enemy. In the novel, the protagonist, Gene, tries to fight a war with his best friend, Finny, not realizing that the enemy he sees is not Finny but is his own insecurity. At the beginning Gene believes that Finny is actually his enemy who is trying to ... to find his own value. Gene also realize that wars-both the wars there at Devon, such as between him and his imaginary rival, Finny; and the wars fought at other places, such as World War II-are caused "by something ignorant in the human heart." Gene feels "only Phineas never was afraid, only Phineas never hated anyone. Other people experienced this fearful shock somewhere." This ignorance in the human heart ... sense, the battles they fight are against their ignorance. This internal conflict is essential in terms of people recognizing themselves and growing out of the shadow of their own weaknesses. In the novel, Gene's war is fought between mself and the desire to change himself. He sees the god-like Finny as an idol, and wants to become just like him. He follows Finny to jump from the tree, ...
- 2457: Herbert Spencer
- ... The state has no business to promote religion, regulate trade and commerce, encourage colonization, aid the poor, or enforce sanitary laws. Spencer went even so far as to deny the state the right to wage war; but as he says in his Autobiography, his "youthful enthusiasm of two-and twenty" had carried him too far in this respect. Viewing the nature of the state in evolutionary terms, Spencer is little interested ... forms of the state and society, according to Spencer, are the military state and the industrial state. The military state is the early form of social organization, primitive, barbarian, and geared to permanent readiness for war. The individual is no more than a means to an end set by the state: victory in war. Society is firmly organized, and every individual occupies the place assigned to him by the exigencies of militarism and authoritarian government. Status is the characteristic principle of the military society, and there is little ...
- 2458: Tupac Amaru And The Comunero Revolt
- ... generally don't acknowledge it as much as the carnage and slaughter we are all so use to reding in history books. For an eighteenth-century rebel perhaps, a revolution is more than the actual war in the battlefield. Although it might be a very important facet of it, the physical is but an outcome of ideas and energy that has been building up for years previous to the confrontation. So ... had been enough by itself to maintain order in the colony."1 Nevertheless, when Spain found itself having to seek external revenue in order to cover the expenses of their participation in the American Revolutionary War, they did not hesitate to consider the establishment of new fiscal policies in New Granada as a certain source of income. After all, they figured if the people hadn't been involved in matters in ... problems that were the original cause of the movement, but nonetheless showed the strength of feeling on the issue). So yes, there were improvements in the financial districts of New Granada, however once the American war was over, there was no longer a need for higher taxes anyway; not to promote troops or to fund naval bases,. Hence, one can surely predict that even without the uprising, the tax situation ...
- 2459: Articles Of Confederation 4
- After the Revolutionary War, the United States government was in a state of frenzied disillusion. In an attempt to solve the problem of a lack of a functioning government, the Articles of Confederation were formed. Often times called the ... the government with some sort of income, but it still was not sufficient. The same postal service is still in effect today, but in a more advanced and practical form. Before and during the Revolutionary War, the colonies had a stable and reliable governmental force. Although they were taxed to the extreme, there was still a sense of stability among the people of the colonies, and the separate colonies themselves. After the war, the Articles failed to reinstate that same feeling of structure throughout states, leaving the common folk of the country uncertain of their new freedom and liberties . This made the leaders in the public eye ...
- 2460: Political Criticism On The Eng
- From the war-torn wastelands of Europe to the exotic Cairo, The English Patient, is a reader's delight. This novel set in the twilight stages of the Second World War was created by Michael Ondaatje. Amongst Caravaggio, Hanna, Almasy and other minor characters, Kip is the only coloured character in the cast. Almasy, is the sick patient while Hana nurses him. Caravaggio is a thief who used to work for the Allies while Kip forages through the war torn regions of Europe, incapacitating unexploded bombs. The story revolves around a few individuals and reflects upon the metamorphosis of their lives, brought about by the war. However, while the story vitally revolves around ...
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