someone to point the finger to or are there perhaps more players to blame? As Sidney Fay once said: “Each country was‚ to some degree‚ guilty of the war. In my opinion‚ I believe Sidney Fay was correct”. Each power was involved in the war for their own nationalistic reasons‚ mostly fear. Some were indeed more guilty than others however I find it to easy to blame the war only to Germany. The gunshot of Gavrilo Princip can be seen as a small fire‚ which unintentionally led to a immense uncontrolled fire
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Queen Elizabeth I was one of the most influential rulers or history not only because she was a strong‚ independent woman‚ but because she ruled despite all the struggles and she proved everyone wrong. One reason that Queen Elizabeth I is considered influential is because from birth she was faced with struggle. When Elizabeth was born into the Tudor family on September 7th‚ 1553‚ her parents thought she was a disappointment. “The son she had hoped so confidently to bear the man child‚ who would save
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On the surface‚ the 2007 film I Am Legend comes across as a mainstream Hollywood action blockbuster and it certainly contains all the essential elements of that genre. It has Will Smith‚ an established Hollywood star‚ who plays the lone and masculine hero‚ who must save everyone at all costs‚ by defeating the monsters in a series of choreographed action scenes. The film also has a very high production value up to 150 million dollars. However‚ I Am Legend has a serious message about how we as a society
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4064003594100Did Germany cause the war? Did Germany cause the war? Who and what started World War 1? The verdict that I agree with of who started World War 1 is: “All of the major powers helped to start the war. They should share the blame.” I think this because one nation can not simply declare war at a country without knowing the consequences. If several countries declare war on each other then this is possible. This is my opinion but many people have other thoughts. World War One left
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thinking. Elizabeth I‚ Queen of England was a fine example of the enlightenment. One of the best known feuds between two female rulers at this time was that of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Mary‚ Queen of Scots. These two powerful women were cousins and ruled about the same time. Looking at how each of these rulers reigned in their own countries and the relationships between the two expresses a lot about how things were handled during the sixteenth century. Queen Elizabeth I of England was born
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Before World War I‚ a German U-boat sank the British cruise ship the Lusitania. 1‚195 people were lost. Could at least some of these deaths been avoided? What is some of the “hidden stories” behind this event? First off‚ yes many of those lives could have been saved‚ if not for ignorance. The Germans literally published warnings in major newspapers in America and Europe stating the danger of sailing on the Lusitania in May of 1915. And the morning the Lusitania was to set sail‚ a warning was
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citizens and the general populace had to be ready for the enemy to strike at any time. Attacks were not always so random. An Armenian woman tells of her experiences of being taken from her city with her children‚ knowing that she was going to be killed - "I was in the last caravan to leave the city; we knew they were leading us to our deaths there was a well wide open where the executioners immediately threw the women they
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I Heart Huckabees "Nothing’s okay‚ so it’s okay" was the major turning point for Brad Stand and the existential detectives working on his case. Which in reality makes perfect sense‚ since life is chaotic and hectic‚ wouldn’t it be perfectly normal for nothing to be "okay"? Since "okay" really isn’t a state of being you really can’t "be" "okay". However you sure can think that you are. Existentialism is the philosophy behind "being" and it can be interpreted in many different ways. In the beginning
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to his Allies remained unshaken to the last‚ it was his failure to harness the loyalty of his own people which eventually cost him his throne”. The crux of the revolution was the people’s belief that they were abandoned by the Tsar during World War I. Although the Tsar was well supported early on in the campaign his tentative star steeply declined after he made the bold‚ but ultimately detrimental decision to leave Petrograd and join the army at the front line. The Tsar felt he was taking the noblest
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