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    04/29/2002 Saddam vs. Stalin Since the beginning of the world‚ there has been an ongoing cycle of tyrannical leaders that have ruled their lands with an evil hand. Since the beginning of the twentieth century we have seen perhaps the deadliest dictators of them all. Stalin’s regime in the 1930’s and 1940’s in the Soviet Union and Saddam’s regime in the present day Iraq share an exceptionally strong similarity. In order to understand the similarities between Stalin and Saddam‚ we must go back

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    "The Cult of True Womanhood" by Barbara Welter portrays the situation of women in the United States‚ in the nineteenth century. Where as most women write about fighting for women’s rights in this nation‚ Welter took on the initiative to write about something different. Her role in writing The Cult of True Womanhood came to be educating peoples about the life of a woman in the 19th century. Womanhood according to Welter’s article absorbed the life of domestication with the occupation of the ideal

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    The Pros And Cons Of Cults

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    Cults and Consequences Without even realizing it‚ people give their lives up to cults every day. Cults manage to convince people to join and do things they would never have done otherwise‚ ranging from boldly declaring false statements to removing themselves from society. However‚ the government almost never publicly condemns any cults‚ no matter the size or severity of them. The legality of cults is very general and often focuses only how it affects others outside of it. The devotee can start to

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    Stalin of Russia

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    org/C0112205/stalinsrussia.html http://ibatpv.org/projects/soviet_union/stalins%20impact%20on%20society.htm http://www.gendercide.org/case_stalin.html Essay It was said by many that Stalin was a great and successful leader‚ however‚ though he was successful in industrialising Russia‚ Stalin proved to be a cruel‚ merciless leader to his people. The economic growth of Russia under Stalin’s rule was abundant‚ but the human loss was devastating. Stalin was also very paranoid and took great measures in the purging

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    What Is Matamoros Cult

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    Matamoros Cult The Matamoros Cult is one of the most gruesome colts that has ever existed in society which was created by a very troubled man named Adolfo Constanzo. Adolfo was born on November 1‚ 1962 in Miami Florida from a Cuban immigrant mother who gave birth to him at the age of 15. His original father died when he was three years old which led for him and his mother to move to San Juan‚ Puerto Rico where she would remarry. Adolfo was a pretty well rounded kid who was baptized Catholic and

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    1984 Compared to Cults

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    In the book 1984‚ written by George Orwell‚ there is a group portrayed that is similar to what society would call a cult. A cult is defined as a religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false‚ with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian‚ charismatic leader. Totalism is described as the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government. The books main themes include language as mind control and psychological

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    Greek Hero Cults

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    Personal Heroes In order to answer the question of how the “hero cults” enrich the religious lives of the Greeks‚ it is important to identify what a hero cult meant to the Greeks. These cults were thought to have originated with the works of Homer due to the nature of his tales portraying humans committing great acts so as to set themselves apart from the ordinary. Now even though they may have been worshiped they were not gods‚ they were said to have descended to the underworld and their rituals

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    Stalin Dbq

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    up. In November of 1917‚ Lenin and his communist followers known as the Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government and set a communist government in Russia. However‚ in 1924‚ Lenin died and Josef Stalin assumed leadership of the Soviet Union‚ which was the name for the communist Russia. Stalin was a ruthless leader who brought many changes to the Soviet Union. Stalin’s goal was to transform the Soviet Union into a modern superpower and spread communism throughout the world‚ and he was determined

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    This has been perpetuated by the ideology that women are naturally submissive‚ pious‚ and gentle creatures. “The Cult of Womanhood” describes this ideology by placing men and women into two “spheres” – not unlike men are from Mars‚ women are from Venus. (reference here) The public sphere involves business and public life‚ ruthless and uncaring. This sphere is reserved

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    people argue that the “cult of domesticity” and child-centered families were a restriction on women status and condition. However‚ I believe they were key reasons as to why women status and conditions improved. Yes they further separated the private world of women from the public world of men‚ but I feel like these ideals did so much more. As single women who worked jobs married‚ they dropped their paying occupations to work as wives and mothers. They were immersed in the “cult of domesticity”‚ which

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