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    To what extent is “An Inspector calls” a socialist play? J.B Priestley uses his play as tool to get across his message of socialism. Priestley was a well known socialist and so would obviously want to express his views in some way. Priestley uses “AIC” to convey his views on capitalism and socialism: he uses the Inspector and some of the other characters as his mouthpiece of socialism‚ and uses some of the more arrogant and ugly characters to represent capitalism. Priestley would obviously be

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    To what extent does the law achieve justice? The literal meaning of justice is ‘the quality of being morally right and fair’ but there are various theories which can be considered and compared since they all define justice in a different way. Formal and concrete would need to be considered. Formal justice is concerned with the methods and procedures in place for decision making and allocating goods and services. It can be said that as long as procedures are fair and everyone has an equal chance

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    To what extent do you agree with the view that the period 1815-48 constituted a ’time when nothing happened’ in ’Germany’? The term “a time when nothing happened in Germany” is defined by in terms of unification between the 39 individual ‘German’ states and monarchies. Between the years 1815 to 1848‚ ‘Germany’ as one individual country still didn’t exist‚ and ’’German’ people continued to lack nationalist sentiment and liberalist views not until the end of 1848‚ a period when a series of ’German’

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    To what extent was Lenin crucial to the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917? On 24th October 1917 the Lenin and the Bolsheviks led a revolution in Russia. The Bolshevik Red Guards led a revolution against the Provisional Government by seizing control of stations‚ telephone exchanges‚ post offices‚ the national bank and the Winter Palace in Petrograd. Now Lenin set about creating the world’s first communist state. Although he was a strong influence‚ he was not solely responsible for the outbreak

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    To what extent did the Russo-Japanese War precipitate revolution in 1905? The Russo-Japanese War lasted from 1904 to 1905‚ and arose from both Japan and Russia’s desire for expansion. Russia suffered many great defeats in this war‚ against a nation that was considered inferior and was not one of the Great Powers. This was humiliating for the people of Russia‚ and caused them to lose confidence in Tsar Nicholas II‚ as well as causing great military‚ economic‚ and political problems for Russia. This

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    Heroes will come for aid to where they called for. It might be heroes that are seen in movies and books leading their country in battle or rescuing the princess from the dragon. Perhaps‚ the tragic hero is the rarest hero of all. William Shakespeare has imaginatively made the absolute most acclaimed the tragic hero and plays ever. With one of the best stories‚ Othello. Othello is a tragic hero because of his titled characteristics‚ his tragic mistakes‚ and his tragic defeat. There must first be

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    Lord Alfred Tennyson‚ a consummate poetic artist‚ consolidated and refined the tradition bequeathed to him by his predecessors in the Romantic Movement (especially Wordsworth‚ Byron‚ Keats‚ Shelley). Beginning in the after math of Romantic Movement‚ Tennyson’s development as a poet is a romantic progression from introverted and inert states of mind towards emancipated consciousness. The growth of consciousness‚ and the relationship between the self and the world beyond‚ are fundamental concerns

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    What is the moral status of non-human animals? Do they have rights? This question‚ and all of it’s complex entities‚ stands at the forefront among the most debated and philosophically dissected issues. To prove whether or not animals have rights without a doubt would forever change our treatment and use of animals as well as the world in which we live. The consequences of a definitive answer to the animal rights debate are numerous and profound which is why the issue continues to be argued for

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    What can affect attitude and behavior? Outline I. Family life. a. Divorce and attitude b. Family values c. Modeling adults II. Friendships. a. Friends and behavior. b. Peer pressure. c. Positive friendships. III. Surroundings. a. Home setting. b. Importance of education. c. Environment. IV. Economic Status. a. Career. b. Poverty vs. Middleclass. c. Improving your economic status. A person’s attitude and behavior can be

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    assess to what extent was Hitler the cause of the Holocaust. The four factors that will be assessed will be the widespread anti-Semitism‚ the role of Hitler himself‚ the demonizing of Jews made by the state churches and the Treaty of Versailles. The sources I will be comparing will be Hitler: 1936-1945 by Ian Kershaw and The war against the Jews 1933-1945 by Lucy Dawsidowicz. This is because they both focus on different things: Kershaw on Hitler‚ and Dawisdowicz on the Holocaust. This way‚ we can

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