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- 3811: Clement Richard Attlee
- ... country's first majority Labour government. He was born in London. From 1935 to 1940, as head of the Labour Party, Attlee was leader of the opposition in Parliament. In the coalition Cabinets organized during World War II (1939-1945), Attlee served under Prime Minister Winston Churchill in various posts. In 1945 he succeeded Churchill as prime minister in a surprising landslide victory. He began to carry out the program of the Labour Party, which included nationalizing the iron and steel industry, the railroads, and the coal mines. He also nationalized health care, improved education, and rebuilt housing destroyed by the war. After the Conservative Party won the 1951 elections, Attlee again became opposition leader in Parliament. He resigned in 1955. The British government began to think about Newfoundland 's future in 1942. The Commission of ...
- 3812: Emperor Constantine I
- ... great events of his reign laid foundations that would affect the future of Europe and Western Civilization for centuries to come. His recognition and support of Christianity was one of the most important moments in world history. Moving the government of the Roman Empire to Constantinople and founding "New Rome" was one of the most significant decisions ever made by a Roman ruler. Ten emperors who reigned after Constantine took his ... Constantius, his father, was in charge of the Roman Province of Britannia. When Constantius died Constantine he was immediately proclaimed emperor by the army. However, it took many years of political struggle and actual civil war before he could consolidate his power. Constantine finally became the sole ruler of the Roman Empire in 323 CE when he defeated the eastern Emperor Licinius. Of Constantine’s major accomplishments I feel that the ... him easy access to the Balkan provinces.. Constantine also believed the move to Constantinople would help economic development in the Empire. The move left Rome as one of the wealthiest and greatest cities of the world and the capital of the Western Empire. I believe Constantine was a conqueror who was very popular with the army because he had been an officer and worked his way up through the ranks. ...
- 3813: JFK: His Life and Legacy
- ... and Legacy On November 22, 1963, while being driven through the streets of Dallas, Texas, in his open car, President John F. Kennedy was shot dead, apparently by the lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald. The world had not only lost a common man, but a great leader of men. From his heroic actions in World War II to his presidency, making the decisions to avert possible nuclear conflict with world superpowers, greatness can be seen. Kennedy also found the time to author several best-selling novels from his experiences . His ...
- 3814: Antigone Vs. Billy Budd
- ... Vere is symbolic of God. He is portrayed by Melville as the father figure of Billy (Jesus). From this interpretation, one theme can be there is a constant struggle between good and evil in the world. All of the actions in the play point toward this. Some examples include the existence of the Claggart figure and Billy Budd. They coexist all on the little world aboard the ship. They both fight each other. In this case, the battle was started by evil: Claggart. Vere is the person that is in between and must decide between good and evil. In a ... stern discipline. Vere is described as: "never tolerating an infraction of discipline." (3,16) He is generally regarded as a reliable and honest man. If the story had not taken place in a time of war, Billy would have most certainly survived. It is fate that Claggart hated Billy, fate that Billy killed Claggart, and fate that Vere decided to execute him. Fate is what changes Billy's life greatly. ...
- 3815: An Autobiographical Portrayal
- ... look across Manhasset Bay, you can still see-- as Gatsby did --the promising lights winking on the opposite shore (Meyers, 126). While living in the Great Neck area, Fitzgerald s closest friend was the aristocratic war hero and polo star, Tommy Hitchcock, whom he often saw playing in championship matches on Long Island. Born into a wealthy, upper-class family in 1900, Tommy went to war while still in his teens, and after having his plane shot down in German territory, escaped to Switzerland by jumping off a moving train. He earned numerous awards for his bravery. After the war, Tommy attended Harvard and, like Jay Gatsby, spent a term or two at Oxford. Fitzgerald idolized Tommy, who possessed many of the qualities he himself desired. Tommy had the great wealth, social class 5 ...
- 3816: Animal Farm vs. Marxism
- ... death of Lenin. He was underestimated by his opponents who always became his victims, and he had one of the most ruthless, regimes in history. In was not till very many years later that the world found out about the many deaths that Stalin created in Russia during the Revolution. For almost 50 years the world thought that the Nazis had done the killing in Russia, when in fact it was Stalin. (Imse 2). The last characters that are symbolic of each other are the animal Snowball with the Russian leader ... In Russia the growth of factory and industry was very depressing but depended on the obligatory labor of serfs. Russia hoped that by keeping the serfs working all he time and promising them a better world that they would not realize how bad their living conditions were. The Industrialists were pressing their own constitutional demands. (Clarkson 352). None of the social classes were fighting each other because there were no ...
- 3817: William Shakespeare
- ... tradition of the chronicle play of the fatal deeds of kings and potentates. Marlowe's plays, such as Dr. Faustus (1604) and The Jew of Malta (1633), are remarkable primarily for their daring depictions of world-shattering characters who strive to go beyond the normal human limitations as the Christian medieval ethos had conceived them; these works are written in a poetic style worthy in many ways of comparison to Shakespeare ... in the same field, and beyond his unrivaled projection of character, Shakespeare's compassionate understanding of the human lot has perpetuated his greatness and made him the representative figure of English literature for the whole world. His comedies, of which perhaps the best are As You Like It (1599?) and Twelfth Night (1600?), depict the endearing as well as the ridiculous sides of human nature. His great tragedies Hamlet (1601?), Othello ... first period represent a wide range. The Comedy of Errors (1592?), a farce in imitation of classical Roman comedy, depends for its appeal on mistaken identities in two sets of twins involved in romance and war. Farce is not as strongly emphasized in The Taming of the Shrew (1593?), a comedy of character. The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594?) concerns romantic love. Love's Labour's Lost (1594?) satirizes the ...
- 3818: Pericles
- ... Anaxagoras, who imparted to young Pericles the majesty and gravity he had in all his sayings and doings, superior to all arts of popularity. Anaxagoras was the first philosopher to attribute the order of the world to intelligence, rather than to chance or necessity, and to explain power as the affinity of similar things. With his mind occupied by such thoughts, Pericles was dignified in his language and serene and calm ... a kind disguised as a champion of the people. Pericles contrived to have his rival Cimon ostracized, even though Cimon had won many glorious victories over the barbarians and had filled the city with treasure. War broke out between Athens and Sparta. When Cimon volunteered to come back and join the Athenian army, which he had commanded as its general many times, Pericles and his party compelled Cimon to leave. The ... over leadership of the aristocrats against Pericles and his democrats. Thucydides was not as good a general as Cimon, but he was much better at oratory -- in fact, the equal of Pericles. At first the war in Athens was not serious, and hardly more than the ancient contest between the haves and the have-nots. But with the personal rivalry between Pericles and Thucydides, aggravated by resentment over the bad ...
- 3819: The Chosen
- ... from adolescence to adulthood. They face many conflicts, and through those trials the author makes his readers think more deeply into life’s true meanings. The novel was set in New York during the Second World War. Since the main characters are Jews, this period of time is very significant. Not only were the Jews persecuted during WWII, but New York was also close to a military base, which made it a ... grows a beard, and wears the traditional Hasidic outfit, but he doesn't have the reverence for it that he should. Danny is a genius. His religion forbids him to read literature from the outside world, so he struggles with his thirst for knowledge and the restraints that have been put on him by both his father and his religion. He lives with his father, mother, older sister, and younger ...
- 3820: Paradise Lost
- ... do this they will need someone who can take pain, stress and strife. He addresses the idea of getting back into Heaven, and the ways to do this, whether they should attack and have a war or they should be devious and regain the kingdom that way. Satan also defends himself against revolt and convinces them that they will win. He did exactly the same last time and they lost, but he still thinks he can convince them. Moloch speaks second, the “strongest and the fiercest spirit that fought in Heaven ; now fiercer by despair”. He tells the devils that they should have open war, for he is a person possessed with the lust for violence and someone who just wants revenge on God. As his speech goes on he get more worked up and irate. He whips up emotion ... Belial, a fair person but all that he says comes to nothing, the speech is “false and hollow”, it sounds impressive but means nothing. Mammon gets up next to present his speech. Mammon is against war because he knows that war against God is impossible, “let us not then pursue by force impossible.” He knows that they would lose. Mammon tells the Devils that they should set up a place ...
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