The Rockefellers disliked Rivera’s addition of Lenin and they asked Rivera to remove the portrait‚ but the painter refused. The Rockefellers then had Rivera stop working on the mural. Soon after in 1934‚ Nelson Rockefeller ordered the demolition of "Man at the Crossroads." This demolition caused a lot of backlash from the media regarding the expression through art to which the Rockefellers responded that the mural offended them. During the late 1930s Rivera did not accomplish much of anything in terms
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basic political and institutional unit called a polis after the Mycenaean period. A polis is a city-state. A polis was a society of people who lived in a city and cultivated the surrounding countryside. The polis contained an elevated Acropolis‚ and a marketplace Agora. The city’s water supply came from public springs‚ and the city was usually surrounded by a large wall. The Polis was the center of Greek community life. There were two main large city states; Sparta and Athens. These city-states
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Nicole T How Democratic was Andrew Jackson? Mr. P 12/21/12 Andrew Jackson was the first person from the West to be elected as member of the senate and later a president of United States. He was also a war hero of the Battle of New Orleans in the war of 1812 against the British. As president he destroyed the charter of the Bank of the United States by abusing his veto power. But the reason the people consider him a "Democratic" is because he granted his supporters‚ friends‚ and illiterate
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Caesar‚ became dictator of the Roman empire in 44 B.C.. Being named ‘Dictator for life’ did not come easy. Caesar had shown the Roman Empire that he was dependable enough to make the right decisions at the right time‚ especially in the military. In fact‚ Caesar is often remembered as one of the best military minds in history. He was a very successful man when it came to government. He also did a lot of great things for the Empire. Most of the Romans’ loved him being dictator. Caesar thought more of
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finally man up to the situation he is in‚ ultimately ending it all by killing Claudius. Hamlet’s father‚ King Hamlet‚ influences him by visiting Hamlet as a ghost and telling him to seek revenge. Hamlet believes his father and stages a play in which it would capture Claudius’ guilt of killing King Hamlet-it worked. Hamlet would not have thought to create a play had his deceased father not visited him. After that incident‚ Hamlet started thinking of ways to seek revenge‚ but that was all he was doing:
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Arthur Miller‚ John Proctor is the tragic hero because of his indiscretion and his conceit to maintain his good name which leads to his demise and eventual death. One trait of a tragic hero is that the character must be noble or a person of stature within the story. John Proctor is a well-respected member of the community viewed as truthful‚ honest‚ and looked upon as a leader in times of trouble. While John Proctor appeared to be virtuous‚ he was keeping a secret. John had an affair
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questions still stands - just how influential was the American Revolution? To decide just how much of a revolution the American Revolution was‚ one must first see if it fits the definition. As defined by Princeton University‚ a revolution is “The overthrow
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To what extent was the industrial revolution a progressive process The industrial revolution‚ which took place in Britain and later spread to other parts of the world from the 18th to the 19th century was where there was a process of change from a hand production economy to machines and industrial methods. Moreover it later allowed mass production of food‚ material and significant inventions which was essential for conditions of life and that are still in used today. Although it occurred around the
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power was getting out of hand. They also thought that local government was being run terribly and needed improvement. This was also a time when child labor was a problem in factories and Progressives knew this must be controlled. They also thought that is was the responsibility of the Government to initiate this reform. Senator Robert La-follette of Wisconsin‚ Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were the leaders of Progressive reform during this time. Progressives knew it was time for
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John Proctor is a tormented individual. He believes his affair with Abigail irreparably damaged him in the eyes of God‚ his wife Elizabeth‚ and himself. True‚ Proctor did succumb to sin and commit adultery; however‚ he lacks the capacity to forgive himself. Unsurprisingly‚ his relationship with Elizabeth remains strained throughout the majority of the play. He resents Elizabeth because she cannot forgive him and trust him again‚ but he is guilty of the same thing. In fact‚ his own inability to forgive
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