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- 5461: Annexation Of Hawaii
- ... held firm beliefs about the future of Hawaii in the hands of the United States. From the start of his stay in Hawaii, Stevens made it clear whose side he was on in the political war. He would openly criticize Hawaiis monarchy, and at times would refer to Queen Liliuokalani and her advisors as incompetent(2). Stevens may have not held anything against the Queen herself or any of her ...
- 5462: Hamlet Literary Analysis
- ... to proceed. Hamlet is caught in the middle of acting. Hamlet finally gets his act together, and decides to act the part his father had given him, when he sees the soldiers going off to war to die. The imminent death of twenty thousand men that for a fantasy and trick of fame go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot whereon the numbers cannot try the cause, which ...
- 5463: Hitler
- In the fall of 1922, the Germans asked the Allies for a moratorium on the reparations payments that they were required to pay according to the Versailles Treaty (from World War I). The French government refused the request and occupied the Ruhr, the integral industrial area of Germany, when the Germans defaulted on their payments. The French occupation united the German people to act against the ...
- 5464: St. Isidore Of Seville, A Grea
- ... world and its parts. The fourteenth was physical geography. Book fifteen, of public buildings and roadmaking. Volume number sixteen, was of stones and metals. Book seventeen, was on agriculture. Book eighteen, of the terminology of war, of jurisprudence, and public games. The nineteenth book was of ships, houses, and clothes. Book twenty, of victuals, domestic and agricultural tools, and furniture. The variety of these subjects shows the real diversity of the ...
- 5465: The Prince
- ... is better to be feared than loved. Another quality of a prince is that it is better to be considered merciful than cruel, but mercy must never be misused. Machiavelli declared that the art of war was the subject of most importance to the ruler. A prince can be attacked in two ways: internally, by conspiracies, and externally, by enemies. A prince can defend himself from external attacks by having good ...
- 5466: Lord Of The Flies 2
- ... frees the parachute. Then he wanders to the bottom of the mountain to tell the boys of the news. The other boys decide to join the feast. As night approaches, the hunters do a ferocious war dance, and even Ralph and Piggy jump in. As Simon approaches, he is seen as a mere shadow by the dancers, and they are so barbarian that they viciously attack Simon, not hearing the cry ...
- 5467: Arthurian Legend
- ... have or want a wife? He would answer back, it would take away his focus on from his adventure and knightly duty. He would have to attend to his lady instead of entering tournaments and war, and riding in search of adventure. Although Lancelot has said these things, he has always had a interest in Queen Gwynevere, but he never fully pursued her. Sir Lancelot proved he was not selfish in ...
- 5468: Machismo In One Hundred Years
- ... we see him slowly adopting another typical characteristic of machismo, "About that time he had begun to cultivate the black moustache with waxed tips and the somewhat stentorian voice that would characterize him in the war." (One Hundred Years of Solitude, p.59). With these physical characteristics provided, it is clear young Aureliano with his stentorian voice and waxed black moustache is already growing into some sort of militaristic, macho type ...
- 5469: Odysseus Personal Qualities (f
- The Odyssey, by Homer, is about Odysseus, the king of Ithaca. Odysseus fights in the Trojan War and wins. He travels towards Ithaca but does not reach it because he is not in favor of Poseidon, god of the sea, who prevents his return. For many years, Odysseus wanders the seas and ...
- 5470: The French Revolution
- ... perfect example of Thomas Hobbes theory that if individuals live by their own self-interests they will carry on a cycle of hurting one another. In turn they will be in a continuous state of war. It was a group called the Jacobins that took control. During this time thousands of nobles and clergy were sent to the guillotine. On September of 1792 the September Massacre broke out. A prison filled ...
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