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- 9361: Rising And Falling Of The Berl
- ... professional people 688 doctors, 296 dentists, 2,698 engineers. The total estimation of 2.5 million people had fled between the years of 1949 and 1961. Although Berlin was politically divided after the end of World War II. To emphasize the point of and to stop the flow from East Berlin. It was physically divided by a wall in 1961. Fleeing the republic was now a criminal offense. The people of East ...
- 9362: Nuclear Energy
- ... imports as low as possible. Worldly Wisdom Besides the United States and France, other nations have gotten smart about the benefits of nuclear energy. More than 400 nuclear plants operate in 30 countries around the world including more than 100 in the United States. They supply about 17 percent of the world's electricity. In many countries, nuclear energy plays an even larger role than in the United States. As their populations grow and economies expand, many of these nations are building new nuclear plants. Seventy-two new plants are under construction around the world. The 21st Century: It's Almost Here What will America face in the coming decades? A growing population...an expanding economy... greater reliance on computers and other electric technologies...too much dependence on imported ...
- 9363: Docter Faustus
- ... historical relevance. Faustus compares himself to Paris, saying he would allow his native land to crumble as Troy did in the story of the Iliad. His mentions of Menelaus and Achilles are as competitors in war. He says he will, "combat with weak Menelaus" (l. 105), and "will wound Achilles in the heel" (l. 107). These references may make Faustus appear strong, but in fact, they prove his weakness. First, he ... theological knowledge from a supreme being who cannot speak about God. The passage on page 93 is a paradox as well. Faustus asks the devil to give him Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, in return for his soul. For this gift, he promises to stop asking for redemption from God. Yet, when he comes face to face with Helen, he begs her "make me immortal with a kiss ...
- 9364: Man's Journey into Self in the Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now
- ... Coppola's movie, Apocalypse Now, is based upon Conrad's book "The Heart of Darkness." "Apocalypse Now," is a stunning vision of man's heart of darkness revealed through the peculiar madness of the Vietnam War. Captain Willard is a Marlow who is on a mission into Cambodia during the Vietnam War to kill an insane Colonel Kurtz, and "terminate his command with extreme prejudice." Willard's mission becomes an epic journey into himself, as he ultimately recognizes an aspect of his own soul in the strange ... he experienced his epiphany of horror, was an officer and wise, successful, brilliant leader. Like Conrad's Kurtz, Coppola shows us a man who once very well respected, but was corrupted by the horror of war and the culture he met. Willard travels up the river with four other men who do not know that his actual destination in Cambodia. One companion is a chef from New Orleans, a surfer, ...
- 9365: Did the Expansion of the Aztec Empire Lead to Their Downfall?
- ... the Expansion of the Aztec Empire Lead to Their Downfall ? I feel that it most likely did. This is because when the Aztec's were conquered they were the most powerful civilization in the New World. The Spaniards saw them as the ones to beat to gain supreme power in the Americas. To understand why the Spaniards wanted to conquer the Aztec Empire you have to be well aware of the ... recall Cortes, who defeated a force sent to retrieve him. (Gibson, Charles) Unlike previous Aztec rulers, who were great warriors, Montezuma was a weak and indecisive man, more interested in sorcery and philosophy than in war. (Leon-Portilla, Miguel) He was at first unsure whether the Spaniards were gods or men, and when a study of omens and prophecies convinced him that they were gods he concluded that he was doomed ...
- 9366: Epic Heros In Beowulf and Roland
- ... into shame reflects not only on oneself, but on one's family and nation. The field on which the epic hero performs is grounded in socio-political and historical 'reality'. Charles Moorman writes that "the world in which Roland lives and fights is ... a very simple world, rigidly, and comfortingly, described by the laws of the Church and Emperor". Although elements of 'the miraculous' appear in the epic, they result in no more than a heightening or aggrandizement of reality. The epic ... life for the future. The heros have succeded and now we live in a free nation, the heros if today still work for a similar goal, to improve life styles, and to create a better world.
- 9367: The Cuban Revolution
- ... thoughts invisible. Protestors of Batista were murdered, and their body's were thrown in gutters. During these times the life for the rich was plentiful, they had more Cadillacs than any other city in the world, and the highest number of T.V. sets per capita out of all the Latin American countries . Many gambling casinos were also present. While life for the poor was plagued with unemployment, inadequate health care ... opened a window of opportunity for the Soviet Union to change the global power balance towards the Soviet. In 1962 a event known as The Cuban Missile Crisis was born, the Soviet Union plant Nuclear War Heads in Cuba to prevent the U.S. from any farther attempts to invade Cuba. The U.S. in return setup a quarantine to stop trade with Cuba. After six days of public statements and ...
- 9368: Imigration And Discrimination
- ... from the "typical American" in language, customs, and religion. Many individuals and industries alike played upon America's fears of immigration to further their own goals. Leuchtenburg follows this common theme from the beginning of World War I up untill the election of 1928. If there was one man who singlely used America's fear of immigrants to advance his own political goals it was Attorney General Palmer. The rise of Communism ...
- 9369: Divine Comedy
- ... examined objectively, the outcomes of pursuing avarice, gluttony, and lust are in no way truly desirable. All that these accomplish is pain, suffering, and hardship for both the sinner and those around him in this world, and, for the sinner, eternal death in the next. Neither should the Siren-a loathsome, cross-eyed, maimed beast-seem in any way desirable. However, "this repulsive figure is idealized by the imagination of one who gazes long upon it, so that its defects pass out of sight, and it exercises a powerful attraction upon him. Similarly, the pleasures of the world and of sense dazzle the man who falls under their influence, so that their true nature is concealed from him" (Tozer 306). The traveler Dante, however, proves unable to overcome temptation at this point. The ... for the last phase of his journey. This purgation culminates in the traveler's meeting with Beatrice on top of the mountain. He confesses that "'Those things with their false joys, / offered me by the world, led me astray" (Purgatorio 31.34-5). Beatrice responds to this denunciation of his sins by telling him to master his feelings that he "may truly feel shame / of all [his] sins-so that, ...
- 9370: The Awakening: Edna Pontellier's Spiritual Awakening
- ... first time in her life she stood naked in the open air. (p.115) She was on her way to being free. She felt like a new-born creature, opening its eyes in a familiar world that it had never known. (p.115) Mrs. Pontellier had never known spiritual freedom. This was her release from a controlling world. As she swam towards eternity, Edna thought of a lot of things. She thought of her children and husband. She knew then that they need not have thought that they could posses her, body and ... the title itself relates the central idea of the novel. Ednas spiritual awakening is significant because everything else in the work is working towards that goal. Edna cannot have anything she desires in this world, and therefore removed herself from it in a final awakening of her soul.
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