War is the fighting between countries or one part of a nation fighting against the other. Wilfred Owen wrote a poem‚ “Dulce et Decorum East” and Jessie Pope wrote “Who’s for the Game?” both pertaining to war although very different. The poem “Dulce et Decorum East” was written by someone that has been in war and she explains all the cruelties of war. The Poem “Who’s for the Game?” was written by someone has never been to war and tries persuading others to join. Wilfred Owen‚ the author of “Dulce
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Pope Leo X was originally Cardinal de’ Medici. He was the second son of Lorenzo de’ Medici. He made Rome a cultural centre and strong in political power.but he depleted the papal treasury‚ and‚ by failing to take the developing Reformation seriously‚ he contributed to the downfall of the Western church. He was put on a religious life so he received the tonsure. This was a ceremony involving the cutting of hair from his head that indicates a change of status. Leo X was not only the head of the Christian
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In 1095‚ at the Council of Clermont‚ Pope Urban ll made a powerful and well planned speech. His message was clear and precise‚ ‘go to the holy land in Jerusalem and claim back what is rightfully yours or die trying‚ and in return remission of all your sins with the assurance of the imperishable glory of the kingdom of heaven’. He was addressing Christians from all over France calling for a ‘Crusade’ in the name of God and as many would argue‚ abusing his authority and status he received from the
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There would not have been a crusading era without the First Crusade. Pope Urban’s willingness to aid Alexious I of Byzantine to halt the rise of Islam‚ his desire to retake Jerusalem and unite eastern and western Churches proved to be more difficult than he anticipated. Therefore‚ there cannot be anything more significant than the First Crusade as it established a new Christian policy‚ one in which the papacy called upon Christian warriors to embark to distant lands and kill in the name of God. For
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The Elizabethan age (1558 – 1625) is generally regarded as the greatest in the history of English literature. It is also known as the golden age of English drama. In this age the tremendous impetus received from the renaissance‚ reformation‚ and from the exploration of the new-world. Such an age of thought‚ feeling and vigorous action finds its best expression in the development of drama which culminating in Shakespeare‚ Johnson and University Wits. Though the age produced some excellent prose
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Mary Pope Osborne was born May 20‚ 1949 in Fort Sill‚ Oklahoma to William Pope and Barnette Dickens. As a child Osborne moved on multiple occasions due to the fact that her father was an U.S. Army Colonel. Therefore‚ she was able to experience many locations and receive different connections in each place. When she was four years old she got an experience that seemed fit for a princess‚ “Across the street from our house was an ancient castle on a cliff. So when I first heard fairy tales‚ I felt
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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE THEORIES ON NATIONALISM‚ FOCUSING ON THE THEORIES OF BENEDICT ANDERSON AND PAUL BRASS. Submitted by: A. B.Tekkethil M.A Sociology- III Semester. Human beings‚ in any given interaction with each other‚ attach to themselves and others various identities. This way‚ based on the situation‚ one can attach multiple identities to oneself‚ ranging from gender‚ religion‚ caste‚ class etc. In a survey of this kind today‚ one will find that the nationality of a person is
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Was King Louis XVI partially responsible for his own downfall Awkward and timid‚ no man appeared less like a king than Louis XVI‚ he was merly 20 years old when he succeeded his grandfather Louis XV and came in to the throne. No one could have seemed more out of place than he did. Louis himself realised this and often wished‚ even before the revolution‚ that he were a common man. Although he made an earnest effort to reform the government at the time‚ when his predecessor had so far exhausted the
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How do Pope and Hardy explore responsibility for the downfall of the protagonist? Pope in The Rape of the Lock and Hardy in Tess of the D’Urbervilles both explore the responsibility for the downfall in their female protagonist‚ one losing her virginity and another only a lock of hair. In Tess of the D’Urbervilles it is mainly shown to be the fault of the male aggressors such as Alec and Angel‚ whereas Pope doesn’t explore the Baron in great detail suggesting he is less at fault for Belinda’s
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Poles had a difficult time practicing their religion. Due to his country’s inability to practice Catholicism‚ Pope John Paul II grew troubled. This led to June 2nd-8th 1979‚ when the Pope visited Poland to awake the religious zeal and pride under the weight of the Soviets. Pope John Paul’s interactions brought hope and faith to Poland and influenced Gorbachev and Reagan. Before his life as Pope‚ Karol Jozef Wojtyla‚ raised in Poland‚ learned the value of free speech after being subjected to Nazi and
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