because of German’s territorial losses. The topics this essay will cover are troop reduction‚ the humiliation of Germany‚ and German territorial losses. One underlying cause of WWII was the humiliation of Germany. In 1919‚ Germany took responsibility and blame for the damage caused during WWI. However‚ they felt that the Treaty of Versailles was an “atrocious injustice”. They saw the treaty as a humiliation and were infuriated for having to pay reparations. “The way in which Hitler restored a sense
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portrays Hester as a rather strong woman who can still raise her daughter and continue on with her life despite constant mockery and humiliation. Given that female empowerment was unusual during this period of history‚ Hester’s character became a significant symbol of the strength within women
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various chapters Hawthorne uses the scaffolding to depict Hester’s shame‚ Dimmesdale’s struggle‚ and later his confession. In the beginning of the novel the scaffold served to symbolize Hester’s public humiliation. As her punishment Hester had to stand on the scaffold as her form of public humiliation. The symbolism of the scaffold in this scene describes the public shaming that Hester was forced to endure. The scaffold is located in the market‚ the most populous area of the town‚ and serves as the
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beliefs. There are several events that take place in Shooting an Elephant that reveal Orwell’s character flaws. He lacks the ability to make decisions based on his own morals‚ refuses to utilize his power to act according to his values and fears humiliation‚ proving that he does not possess genuine courage. True courage is defined by one’s ability to not only possess strong values‚ but
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Thor and the Life of Christ can be looked in the same way. There are similarities between the two people and there are also many differences. There is a common theme between both Thor and the Life of Christ. Prominence‚ humility‚ suffering‚ and exaltation‚ in that order‚ are themes that happen to both Thor and Jesus. There are many similar relations that connect to both of these people but are presented in different way. Prominence was big in both of the people. Thor was the Norse god
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11/28/12 HIST485 Honor-Shame Code in The Tale of Heike In The Tale of Heike‚ the way in which the Japanese viewed defeat and dying is revealed to the reader through various incidents covered during the time of the novel. To be defeated was shameful but to prevail was a way to gain respect and honor. The accounts in Heike tell us that one could defeat an opponent by exiling him‚ insulting him‚ or even taking revenge upon him. Because being defeated was shameful‚ warriors would kill themselves
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three areas: suffering‚ humiliation and media. When referring to suffering‚ he states that when youth is exposed to something that hurts them like their own people suffering‚ it leads them to outrage. They don’t know how to control the outrage and that leads them to pain. Humiliation when committed by friends it could lead to anger and anger brings out right and wrong and that leads to violence. Some terrorist don’t act on the humiliation of one’s self but the humiliation of their brothers or Islam
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defined as violence. In short‚ humiliating anyone in any way is violence. But at what point do we cross from her definition of violence to what a reasonable person would call the hard knocks of everyday life? For athletes‚ humiliation is part of everyday life. On the field‚ humiliation is your coach calling you out in front of the team for missing a block or dropping the football. In this piece‚ I am not focusing on anything akin to psychological warfare‚ but something as simple as making an athlete do
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The Russian revolution The Russian revolution of 1917 was the result of several major problems of political‚ social‚ and economic nature such as the tsar and his ruling‚ Russia’s humiliation‚ and the peasant’s voices. One of the several major political problems of the revolution was the tsar and his ruling. The tsar was a horrible leader‚ one for leaving the tsarina in charge and two just a horrible at being a leader. This caused a problem because when the tsar went to the front lines he left the
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The GMD’s ‘three principles’ was sought after as they promoted democracy‚ peoples livelihood and nationalism which was lacking at the time. Another individual such as Yuan Shikai also helped bring about the downfall of the Qing Dynasty‚ using his humiliation as motivation he built up an army that would be able to crush the dynasty and be ruler of China himself. These two men helped increase opposition against the Qing which in turn led to their downfall. Similarly‚ the reforms offered by the Qing between
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