Spike Lee goes histrionic in “Chi-Raq”, a modern adaptation of Aristophanes’ Greek play, ‘Lysistrata’, here transferred to a problematic Chicago. It seems that the film didn’t please the Chicagoans who, during two hours, had to watch the women from their city going into a sex strike that aims to stop the local gangsters from shooting one another and kill innocent people in the streets. Through the lame slogan ‘No peace, No pussy!’, a group of women, led by the activist Miss Helen (Angela Bassett), decide to punish the dopey thugs and bring justice to the killing of a little girl who was playing in the surroundings of her home. This coward act shocked the neighborhood, including the lively Lysterata (Teyonah Parris), who becomes a fierce booster of the movement despite being the girlfriend of Demetrius (Nick Cannon), a rapper and violent gang leader, who carries a difficult childhood on his shoulders.…
Conservatives, such as Austria’s Prince Klemens von Metternich, were bent on maintaining the sanctity of traditional political institutions, particularly the monarchy. It was also their goal to maintain a balance of power in Europe in order to ensure a permanent peace.…
When President Woodrow Wilson arrived in Paris for the Versailles Conference, he carried, with confidence, his fourteen points that will bring a resounding peace and a new world order. Despite having the French public support and supposedly the support of Americans, Wilson quickly discovered that the rest of the leaders of the Allies, especially France and Britain, were in no mood to follow the idealism of the American president. Wilson’s counterpart in France, President Raymond Ponicaré also called for peace and justice but differs in his idea of justice. Ponicaré’s version of justice means a turning back to the old world order, even when he claims its nobleness.…
powerful countries in Europe battled Napoleon. He declared war on Prussia, Austria, Russia, Great Britain, Spain and the Italian states. Being at war with many countries at once is bad to keep peace after a victory because a country currently at war with France might want to help liberate the remnants of a country that just lost a war. This was seen with Spain during the Peninsular Wars because Russia, Britain and Prussian, all countries at war with France aided Spain in its liberation. Compared to Moltke who only went to war with one country at a time leading to no two front wars or multiple enemies.…
This was not possible previously. Hence, the Congress was effective in bringing stability to the whole of Europe before World War I…
by European Powers. In order to better analyze this issue, it would be helpful to have a…
“Texts convey certain attitudes and beliefs that help define who we are and how we relate to the world around us”…
There were many philosophers, such as John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, who presented a variety of new ideas about politics. Many of these ideas were drastically different from one another, however, all the ideas were still widely supported. I believe this shows the variety of people’s opinions at the time and why a variety of leadership styles and leaders were capable of obtaining and maintaining power. The event that surprised me the most throughout all the chapters was how countries treated their poor compared to their warfare. The amount of poor in societies was drastically increasing, however, many leaders began to disallow their poor to beg and discouraged the wealthy from donating money to the poor. Leaders also created heavy taxation in order to fund helping the poor, however, most of the funds raised by taxes were not used for the poor but for warfare. These leaders seemed like they cared more about international problems than the domestic problems that were occurring in their country.…
This film shows the cast as always being there for one another. The first thing that Darryl does when he gets his eviction notice is run to Jacks house to check on him. This sort of caring relationship is shown continually throughout the film and I believe it is put forward as the foundation of the Australian relationships. A prime example of mate ship in the castle is the scenario in which Denis represents Darryl despite his lack competence in the area. Denis is used to dealing with small things such as conveyancing wills and probate not constitutional law. I believe that entering into this case with no idea of what he is doing and only representing Darryl out of mate ship is a perfect example of what Australians are like, Dennis was a little short on specifics, arguing that Darryl's case violates the "vibe" of the Australian constitution. Dennis was willing to chuck himself in the deep end of the pool all for the sake of helping out a mate.…
Have you ever spoken to your friend, and stopped for one second to consider not only what he is saying, but also how he is saying it? The language, the structure and what this tells us about his voice. One can argue that the ‘voice’ is incredibly important. It is the ‘voice’ that enables Human beings to express their thoughts, feelings, and ideas orally to one another. Universally, we find there is a distinct importance on this idea, as despite the circumstance, the ‘voice’ provides us with important insights into the individuals and the messages they are conveying. However, in particular it is the language that individuals utilise at their exposure, which creates the power in their voice. For instance, we find that simple things such as the use of formal language juxtaposed to colloquial language, emotive language compared to rigid and objective language, all play a part in the representation of the ‘voice’. The film ‘The Castle’ and the song ‘You are the voice’ by John Fernham in particular, give us clear insights into not only the notion of voice, and how language influences ones voice, but rather Australian voices in particular. Throughout these texts, the power of language is used to represent ideas about the differences between the ‘authority’ and the ‘underdogs’ and their power and powerlessness respectively. By association, we find that the Australian voice is then further revealed through the exploration of language, as we see notions of justice, mateship and the Aussie battling mentality – central aspects of Australian culture and the Australian voice.…
What makes a great leader? There are countless examples of people who have lead their country, people, or religion with stunning capability. These people, although very different, all have one thing that they share, a quality personality which allows them to make the decisions that are needed to lead. With this essay, we will go in-depth into the qualities courage, mercy, and patriotism, and the men who had them.…
assassin's bullets set off the war. A system of military alliances (agreements) plunged the main European powers into the…
In this letter, Petrarch offers advice on how to rule as an effective leader. He uses various examples and sources to support his theories of how a good ruler should rule by laying out a good model. Petrarch emphasizes the first quality of a good leader should be friendly to the good citizens. He believed that nothing was worse for the state than to use fear and cruelty to maintain power. He used the case of the barbaric emperor by the name of Maxminus, claiming that it is far better for a lord to be loved than to be feared. He also advised the ruler to love the subjects like one’s own children. Next, Petrarch emphasized justice so that each person gets what is due, and no one is punished without a good reason.…
Early in the twentieth century, a generation of young leaders wanted to participate in the political life of their country. These young leaders were denied the opportunity because the leaders that already had power were not just going to give it up. This generation thought that…
Until 1914, there had been 40 years of peace in Europe, however it had been an armed peace. Each country sought better security by having bigger armies and better armaments than…