the spread of education. Prior to the Opium Wars‚ imperial China lacked the proper ideology and infrastructure needed to successfully compete with the Western world‚ resulting in the “Century of Humiliation”‚ or the period of intervention and imperialism by foreign powers. Consequently‚ the imperial Qing court made numerous reforms in industry and education through the Self-Strengthening Movement to contend with the foreign powers and regain sovereignty. The Opium Wars‚ and the resulting Self-Strengthening
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The Second Opium War (1856 - 1860) Despite Treaty of Nanjing and following treaties‚ imperialistic countries wanted more privilege and opened ports. In 1856‚ Qing officials boarded Arrow‚ a Chinese-owned ship which was registered in Hong Kong and suspected of piracy and smuggling‚ and arrested its crews. British officials in Canton asked Chinese government to release sailors because the ship was registered in Hong Kong‚ a British territory. Moreover‚ British government insisted that
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The Opium War‚ the Taiping Rebellion‚ and the Indian Rebellion all had many issues with government‚ society‚ economy‚ and the citizens. Also‚ all three had leaders that wanted a change. The three wars and rebellions had a very large amount of deaths‚ damage to citizens‚ lack of money‚ and a forever memory of these horrible events. Leaders like Lin Zexu‚ Hong Xiuquan‚ and Guofan all demanded a change‚ whether it failed or not. The Chinese had many problems leading in the government‚ society‚ and
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Romantic Period Literature Characteristics: Love of Nature Love of the Common Man Neo-Classicism The Supernatural Nationalism Heroism Strange and Far-away Places Love of Nature Emotions and instinct became more important than reason. There was a glorification of “The Natural Man”‚ the “noble savage‚” and the primitive and untutored personality. Primitivism‚ meaning the thought that the simple and unsophisticated life was best‚ also grew popular. These ideas led to an interest in old
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Factors Affecting the Romantic Period Nasim Afsari English Literature of Semnan University‚ Iran Nasim.afsari1990@gmail.com Abstract This paper elaborates on the factors which affected the rise of Romantic Movement and it tries to show how the works of art in this era were influenced by social and historical influences such as French Revolution‚ Industrial Revolution and publication of Lyrical Ballads. Among these factors posthumous impact of writers such as Milton‚ Rousseau and Gray are
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the narrator is emphasizing the bitterness of romantic notion and how it often misleads people. He mentions the hairdresser’s romantic notion of becoming a lion trainer‚ and that of the Italian circus performer. When we take a closer look on his criticism on male’s romantic notion of going to war‚ we can tell he is extremely harsh on such idea: “honorable and brave with your buddies in glorious battle. But when your balls are blown off‚ it is not romantic…My son got his nuts shoot off?” (36). The “balls
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representations have dramatically changed? Has stereotyping become less accurate and more common or has the Romantic Comedy genre developed its representations to break female stereotypes? This investigation aims to explore these questions and‚ ultimately‚ to evaluate if the representation of femininity has developed over the last 25 years. Also‚ to find out to what extent the female role within Romantic Comedy has changed. Exploring the representations of female characters by comparing and contrasting the
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initially being choreographed by Julius Reisinger in 1877. The musical score was composed by Pytor Tchaikovsky. Swan Lake’ was created towards the end of the romantic period‚ so the culture and style of romanticism was prominent‚ with glimpses of the beginning of the classical era. Because of this‚ it contains elements of both eras. Some of the romantic characteristics include the pursuit of the unattainable‚ romance‚ fantasy‚ focus on the female role‚ gas lighting and simple sets‚ pointe work‚ soft and
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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s usage of duality and descriptions displays Romantic Era ideas and shows how his content is a product of this time and environment. The Romantic Era brought about the development of the archetype of the Romantic hero. Hawthorne uses Hester Prynne‚ the main character of The Scarlet Letter‚ as a near-perfect example of the Romantic hero to contrast her with Puritanical society as well as to show the duality of sin. The Romantic hero is characterized by a rebellious nature; they defy convention
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Grace Dare Discuss the influence of culture on romantic relationships. Within the world there is no relationship that is the same‚ there are many different experiences and these experiences are vastly different for each culture. The western culture (Europe or USA) is very different when compared with the non-western cultures (India or China). The main different between Relationships in Western and non-Western cultures is the in the degree to which they are voluntary or non-voluntary. Western cultures
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