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    between Hitler and Napoleon‚ however I feel there were more similarities. They were both immigrants in the country they ended up ruling‚ both conquered most of Europe‚ both had radical views about fighting‚ and both were very quick in their fighting. However‚ the most significant similarities between the two leaders is how they were accepted as monarchs in a previously democratic society‚ and what they did for the countries after becoming monarchs. Hitler and Napoleon were accepted as monarchs

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    Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15th of August 1769 in Corsica. Educated at military school‚ he served in Valence and Auxonne until after the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general at age of 24 because of his strategy in the siege of Toulon and subsequently appointed as the commander of French Army in Italy. France now faced a new coalition - Austria and Russia had allied with Britain. Napoleon returned to Paris‚ where the government was in crisis. He

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    respected in their reigns. They are the sculptures of Napoleon Bonaparte‚ also known as Napoleon one‚ who was a French emperor. The second sculpture is that of Thutmose III‚ the sixth pharaoh of Egypt. There are several artifacts crafted for these two leaders‚ but this work focuses on two. The Napoleon 1 sculpture is kept at the Auckland Art Gallery. It was crafted by an artist called Bertel Thorvaldsen‚ in approximately 1830 ("Image: Napoleon I; Bertel Thorvaldsen; circa 1830; 1927/2/11 - Auckland

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    Napoleon’s greatest contributions was the codification of French law and especially the great Civil Code that replaced the 360 local codes of the Ancient Regime. It was a combination of the egalitarianism of the Revolution and the authoritarianism of Napoleon. The code forbade privileges based on birth‚ allowed freedom of religion‚ and specified that government jobs go to the most qualified. It was‚ however‚ the first modern legal code to be adopted with a pan-European scope and it strongly influenced

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    Snowball and Napoleon have two very different personalities and fight for the power from the other animals. Both have their strengths and weaknesses that make them unique as candidates for power. The animals of Animal Farm must pick the candidate that best suits their needs and keeps the animals more powerful than the humans. Snowball is very inventive‚ he strives to make new innovations on the farm. For example‚ “He talked learnedly about field drains‚ silage‚ and basic slag‚ and had worked

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    Shalyssa Benson Dr. McCormick World History – 104 27 September 2013 The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte‚ the second of eleven children‚ was born in August of 1769 on a French island named Corsica. Being born into a gentry family‚ this made Bonaparte’s success rate very high. Growing up Bonaparte could not speak fluent French. As he entered school at the age of ten‚ it was a struggle for him because other students referred to Bonaparte as an “outsider” due to his background

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    Life and Times of the Four David Artists Through out the years there were many great artists who created many great works of art‚ but only four Italian artists really stick out for creating the same piece all with different points of views. These artists were Donatello‚ Verrocchio‚ Michelangelo‚ and Bernini‚ all of who created a David sculpture. Each one very unique and different. These four artists all stand out in there own individual ways. David who was supposed to be the second

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    Drawing a Breath of Fresh Eyre From the opening chapter of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre the reader becomes aware of the powerful role that art plays. There is something extraordinary about the pictures Jane admires from other artists‚ as well as the work she creates herself. Her solitary pastime often operates as an outlet of pain‚ either past or present‚ and offers her the opportunity to deal with unpleasant emotions and memories. Jane’s art transcends her isolation by bringing her into contact

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    allegorical to a political power of democracy‚ and Napoleon‚ an allegorical character of Stalin‚ play cards while speaking about how Napoleon’s “lower animals” are similar to Mr. Pilkington’s “social classes”. Finally‚ the two both pulled an Ace of Spades‚ which demonstrated that someone cheated since one deck does not have two Aces of Spades. This supports the theme Orwell wanted. It demonstrated that both political

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    David- Michelangelo vs. Bernini The Baroque period of the 17th century had both incorporated and rejected the ideals of the antecedent High Renaissance art. Like High Renaissance art‚ Baroque art focused on making idealized and natural artwork. However‚ Baroque art introduced a way of involving the viewer into the artwork that was new and differed from High Renaissance art‚ which instead kept the viewer at a distance. The composition and diagonal movement in the space are two of the features of

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