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- 1081: Black Legend
- ... blocking off all England s and Europe s attempt in colonization. Thus, the use of force was needed to conquer new lands and promote God and His Majesty for Spain. Since the view of the French, English, and even Spanish are used, in my best words I claim the Black Legend to be true. In the words of de Las Casas who he himself was a Catholic Spaniard said that the ... people, the Spaniards killed and robbed the people and even at times took advantage of their women. This brutality, however, only seemed to exist in the eyes of conquistadors. For among present day America, the French and Puritans struck remarkable friendship among the local natives. The French with the aid of the noble Samuel de Champlain struck a trade deal with the Indians for beaver fur. Even the Puritans gained trust from Squanto in Plymouth to build a long-lasting relationship ...
- 1082: Austria Ottoman Report
- ... the north and south were very unorganized, and still didn't have any rights. The principle political figure in Austria was Prince Klemens von Metternich. He worked to crush all revolutionaries. He failed, and a revolution still occurs in 1848. Austria would have disappeared except for the divisions in the revolutionary peoples. They each wanted much different goals. At the end of this, Emperor Francis Joseph came to power. Under his ... for its demise. In The Crimean War, from 1854 to 1856 Russia fought Turkish forces to win access to the Mediterranean Sea. The British helped the Turks to keep the current trade routes, and the French fought to keep a balance in the already shaky Balkan area. During this war, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania fought for their freedom from their oppressors. There were not enough Turkish troops to suppress all of ...
- 1083: Abstract On Communist Mannifes
- ... its primary purpose of unifying the League s opposing fractions it also acted as a beacon to the oppressed working class people of the world to unite against their oppressors. The birth of the industrial revolution brought upon enormous economic change. With the implementation of machinery the laborers, referred to here as the Proletarians, were able to produce more goods in a shorter period of time. In a capitalist society the ... position of the ruling class through democracy. Marx inspired this in the minds of the proletariats in the closing lines of the manifesto which so powerfully reads: Let the ruling class tremble at a Communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE! For a first time reader of Marx the Communist Manifesto opens one s eyes to the thoughts of a brilliant, awe inspiring man. Not only did Marx speak of revolution, he was revolutionary himself in his ideologies. As a philosopher, an economist and a thought entrepreneur he has molded the hearts and minds of millions through his genius.
- 1084: Absolutism In The 17th Century
- ... Parliament continued to gain power over the King through the end of the 1600's, and would eventually become the leading governmental body of England. In France, around the middle of the 17th century, a revolution against the current monarch, Cardinal Mazarin, by the various and scattered parlements, who wanted the right to claim royal edicts unconstitutional, and nobility, who hoped to gain power by sanctioning the monarch or removing him ... married four times, to Antonia Princess of Naples; Maria Isabel Infanta of Portugal, Maria Josephine Princess of Saxony, Maria Cristana of Bourbon. Ferdinand succeeded to the throne upon his father's abdication(internet 3). The French had at that time invaded Spain and their troops were in Madrid. Napoleon ordered Ferdinand to return the crown back to his father. Upon doing so, Charles IV handed the crown over to Napoleon, who ...
- 1085: Farewell My Concubine -- Inter
- ... and contributing factor to the relationships between two young opera stars and a prostitute who changes her life and gets herself involved in a complicated triangle of love and betrayal. The times of the Cultural Revolution in China puts pressure on the opera stars and of course forces them to abandon their one and only passion – acting. Douzi, one of the famous actors to-be, has a hard time adjusting to ... live as a girl in order to perfect his role. This would explain his very intimate love affairs with men and his longing for Duan Xiaolou as a life partner. By the time the Cultural Revolution was upon them, they were already devastated from losses they had endured and tried to cope with. The Chinese Communists had accused them of not being loyal to the government and taking sides with the Japanese. Duan and Cheng are persecuted nevertheless in 1966 when the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution arrives. Under pressure from a wild mob, Duan betrays Cheng by revealing his homosexual "crimes." Cheng responds by telling them about Juxian's prostitution past. To save himself, Duan declares that he is leaving ...
- 1086: To Be, Or Not To Be
- ... his childhood. In the 1860s, the hope of the peasantry in Russia and the surrounding area was that they were on the verge of a bloody revolt against the nobility and the autocracy (Freeze 192). Revolution was on the minds of many. By 1863, Poland began a revolution against Russia that would sadly end in failure (Polonia online). After the defeat, Tsar Nicholas Russified everything. The leaders of the revolution where tried for treason and killed. Other fighters of independence were sought out and sent into exile, most to Siberia (Polonia online/Jean- Aubry 26). The people lost hope. It was just six years ...
- 1087: The Future Of The Race
- ... here and flourishing and his heroes are not. West s essay, at odds with this personal warmth and engagement, is downright gloomy. His title Black Strivings in a Twilight Civilization owes as much to the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritains 1939 Twilight of Civilization as to Du Bois s concern with racial ambition. Where Gates is autobiographical and empathetic, referring only occasionally to Du Bois, West thrice in his opening pages ... and lack of education. Toward the end of his life he gave up hope of amelioration and went into exile in West Africa. He died in 1963 in the early years of the civil rights revolution. Du Bois never saw the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the age of affirmative action, which provided unprecedented opportunities to men like Gates and West. Du Bois died before the growth ...
- 1088: The True Evil - Frankenstein
- ... Dare its deadly terrors clasp?" (Lines 13-16) This stanza continues the questions that God asks after the creation of the evil Satan. Given that Blake wrote this poem at the beginning of the industrial revolution, these lines give evidence that the poem can be interpreted as a symbol of the industrial revolution and its positive and negative effects on society. "Hammer," "chain," "furnace," and "anvil" provide this illustration of the industrial revolution. "When the stars threw down their spears / And water'd heaven with their tears, / Did he smile his work to see? / Did he who made the Lamb make thee?" (Lines 17-20) Lines 17 ...
- 1089: Lord Of The Dead
- ... s theory of the subject is inadequate for these purposes in “Feminism and the Question of Postmodernism,” in Situating the Self (New York: Routledge, 1992), 214-218. 7. Nancy Fraser, “The Uses and Abuses of French Discourse Theories for Feminist Politics,” in Revaluing French Feminisms, ed. Nancy Fraser and Sandra Lee Bartky (Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1992), 185. 8. Fraser, “The Uses and Abuses of French Discourse Theories for Feminist Politics,” 191. For reasons that puzzle me, Benhabib does not consider Fraser’s work a version of “postmodern feminism,” because she considers it more “neopragmatist” than “postmodern” (Benhabib, “Feminism and ...
- 1090: Animal Farm
- ... abused for his own benefit. Mollie She is a mare who abandons Animal Farm for sugar and ribbons at the human inn. She represents the nobles of Russia that abandoned the people after the Russian Revolution. The Dogs These animals are the military force and secret police of this totalitarian government. They were trained at birth to be completely loyal to Napoleon. They are Animalism only true physical force and without ... repeat it. Their role in this communist society is self explanatory. Farmer Jones He is a human who is drunk and neglects the farm. He is later thrown out of the farm at the Animal Revolution. Humans in this story represent cruelty and evil. Setting This story takes place in England in the countryside on a farm. The name says basically where it is; On a Animal Farm. Plot After decades ... for his benefit while abusing them. He next talks about Animalism, a government in which Animals rule themselves without humans for the benefit of animals. The old pig dies shortly after. The animals begin a revolution in which Mr. Jones is forcibly banished from the farm. The pigs learn to read and write very quickly. They write commandments for all animals to follow and for the good of all animals. ...
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