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- 1201: Fascism and its Political Ideas
- ... of counter-revolutionary politics that first arose in the early part of the twentieth-century in Europe. It was a response to the rapid social upheaval, the devastation of World War I, and the Bolshevik Revolution. Fascism is a philosophy or a system of government the advocates or exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with an ideology of aggressive nationalism ... to and superior to the intellect or reason. George Sorel, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Georg Hegal are main philosophers whos beliefs and ideologies greatly influenced the shaping of Fascist theory. Sorel (1847-1922) was a French social philosopher who had a major influence on Mussolini. Sorel believed that societies naturally became decadent and disorganized. This decay could only be slowed by the leadership of idealists who were willing to use violence ...
- 1202: Natural Law
- ... believed that each individual retains fundamental prerogatives drawn from natural law relating to the integrity of the person and property. This natural rights theory was the basis of not only the American, but also the French revolution. 1 During his lifetime, he wrote many essays and letters to his colleagues on a variety of topics:2 Letter on Toleration (1689) Second Letter on Toleration (1690) Two Treatises of Government (1690) Essay Concerning ...
- 1203: Communism in the Soviet Union and Why it Failed
- ... be in fewer and fewer hands where the workers would plunge into a state of ever-increasing misery. These impoverished workers grow in numbers and organize themselves into a political party which would lead a revolution in which they dispose of the capitalists. The proletariat would establish a society governed by a " dictatorship of the proletariat" based on communal ownership of the wealth. According to Marx this phase of human society is referred to as socialism. Communism is the final transcendence of this revolution in which there is a break up and elimination of the state and no class division. That is the primary reason that it was called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In 1991 the Soviet ... the Soviet power and causes of the 1991 breakup. The person who started the whole transition into a communist empire was Vladimir Lenin. He felt that the working class was not capable of starting this revolution on their own and needed a professional group of revolutionaries to guide it. This led to Lenin and Bolsheviks coming into power in 1917. The Bolsheviks renamed themselves the Communist party and under the ...
- 1204: Imperialism
- ... following the Age of Exploration, when European countries acquired colonies to support mercantilism, can be called old imperialism. In the nineteenth century, a new era of imperialism began, this time spurred on by the Industrial Revolution. Some reasons for imperialism were political, economic, and social. These are some political reasons. Feelings of nationalism itensified throughout Europe during the nineteenth century. Nationalism in the extreme promotes the idea of national superiority. Industrialized ... the right to take control of weaker areas. Countries also tried to increase their power through the control of more land and people. Economic causes also led to imperialism. As a result of the Industrial Revolution, countries needed colonies for Raw materials to feed the ever- increasing number of factories, Markets for finished products, places to invest surplus capital, and places to send surplus population. And social causes also led to ... that the souls of the non- believers would not be saved. The new era of imperialism brought about important and farreaching effects. Through the creation of global empires, the imperial powers helped spread the Industrial Revolution and the capitalist system around the world. Christianity, western European languages, and Imperialism benefited underdeveloped regions through improved transportation, education, and medical care. Imperialism also had its negative side. It undermined native cultures and ...
- 1205: Military Governments
- ... are all legitimized either by the electoral process as the democratic government is, by the rule of succession as the monarchical government is, or by Lenin's theory that the Communist party must lead the revolution. In all other senses, the military government has no process of choice and therefore is not a true political state. Shively states that politics, consists of the making of common decisions for a group through ... to the previous form of government or evolve to a new sophisticated government. In any case, military governments are weak internally and externally. They pose as forms of transitional governments, not necessarily in times of revolution, but in times when the state itself becomes weak or poses a threat to the status quo. Though some military governments do perservere for years and years without being overthrown, their inability to run the ... a new civilian-run government decided so by the general consensus. Generally, all military governments will fail in time and return to it previous government or evolve to a whole new governmental system with a revolution.
- 1206: King Lear: The Use of Letters
- ... so Edmund can get what he wants. This false letter revealed that Edmund wasn't loyal to his family and he betrayed his brother. Another important letter that appeared on the stage is talking about French invasion. This letter was written to Gloucester. Gloucester decided to help Lear after he read the letter. Gloucester worried about Lear and this revealed Gloucester s loyalty to the old king. Gloucester told his decision ... betrayed his father who is horribly punished. Edmund becomes the Earl of Gloucester. Edmund had no loyalty to his father. In Act III, the letter was in Albany's hand. Albany chose to fight the French army and that showed his loyalty to England. The last letter on the stage talked about the plan of murder Albany. It was written by Goneril to Edmund. Goneril didn't love her husband and ... also means she would betray their marriage. In King Lear, letters developed the story and displayed the characters' loyalty or betrayal. Edmund's false letter showed the betrayal between brothers. Edmund used the letter about French invasion to get higher rank by betray his father, Gloucester. Gloucester decided to help Lear once he knew of the invasion. Albany would fight for England even he knew the army trying to rescue ...
- 1207: King Lear: Everything About the Play Hangs on First Two Scenes
- ... of the key events happen. Along with the plot there is also extensive amounts of setup that occur within the dialogue which key the audience in on the morals and values of the characters. Marilyn French is completely accurate when she states that "Everything about the play hangs on the first two scenes not just the plot but the values as well" (Shakespeare's Division of Experience, 226). The opening scenes ... throughout the length of the play. The fact that the two most important pieces of plot information are structuralized in the two opening scenes of the play add a profound amount of credit towards Marilyn French's opinion that everything about the play hangs on the first two scenes. The plot of King Lear is not the only part of the play that rests on the first two scenes. An enormous ... every aspect of the play including the plot, and the values of the characters contained within the plot. Works Cited Clemen, Wolfgang. The Development of Shakespeare's Imagery. New York, NY, USA: Methuen & Co. 1977. French, Marilyn. Shakespeare's Division of Experience. New York: Summit Books. 1981. Hales, John. Notes and Essays on Shakespeare. New York, NY, USA: AMS Press. 1973. Lerner, Laurence. Shakespeare's Tragedies. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books ...
- 1208: Hamlet: Chivalry
- ... cape over a puddle for a lady. It actually began not as a way to conduct ones life but rather as a social and economic class. The word chivalry has its roots in the middle French word for horseman, chevalier. Chivalry as defined in Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary means "mounted men-at-arms." Chevalier also gave birth to a word almost identical to chivalry: cavalier. Webster's defines cavalier as ... that we tend to think of today did not appear until the very beginning of the eleventh century. So, what made a knight during this time of chivalry? The author Sidney Painter, in his book French Chivalry, broke down the character of a knight in to four basic virtues. The first of these is prowess. Prowess is described as "the ability to beat the other man in battle" (Painter 29). Some ... solider (227). The playwright suggests Hamlets training in the line "I do not think so, since we went into France, I have been in continual practice
" (Shakespeare 1340). The same can be seen with Laertes. French horsemen praised him because he was well trained in the area of the equestrian arts. Again, a regimented training was to be undertaken in order to acquire a chivalrous status. The chivalric use of ...
- 1209: "Rage"
- ... that I could understand the difference in spelling and grammar. I take Spanish class, so it was easy for me to comprehend what the word was in a different language(s). Being that spanish and french are similar, I found it easier. The spanish version is estar furioso, to be angered. The French version is fureur, angered. When I looked my word in books of poetry and quotations, the eternal statement Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night made by Dylan Thomas, was in there. When I ... Granger's Index to Poetry Edith P. Hazen copy. June 3, 1993 Bartlett's Familiar Quatations John Bartlett/Justin Kaplan copy. 1882/1891- Bartlett Little, Brown & Company Larousse Spanish copy. 1986/1993 Larousse Larousse Larousse French copy. 1986/1993 Larousse Larousse The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations is licensed from Columbia University Press. Copyright © 1993 by Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. Caedmon recordings reproduced by arrangement with Harper Collins Publishers. . ...
- 1210: China
- China The history of China is embeded with revolution and tension dating back to the feudal periods and the " first unified Chinese empire under Qi Shi Huang Di in 221 B.C. " The Confucianism ideology entrenched in the minds of the Chinese people with ... an End-Cycle, or natural disaster where the the ruler was unable to provide workable remedies. Rebellion or invasion would insue sending the country spiralling. The Sinocentric and Nationalist approach China maintained during the Industrial Revolution resulted in the innablity to reap its benefits at an early stage. The Sinocentric world view the government applied not only hindered the success the Industrial Revolution had to offer, it also blinded its own views of the growing powers in the West. " China had once considered itself the center of the world and in it's long history....Since the ...
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