Marc Bloch’s Strange Defeat: A Statement of Evidence Written in 1940‚ was the result of his experiences during the Nazi invasion of France during World War Two. As the title describes‚ this Memoir was written in 1940 but was not published until after the war in 1946. This work was written while Bloch was in hiding from the Nazis in Gueret France during the months following the Nazi occupation of France. Bloch‚ who joined the war effort against the Nazis in 1939 at the age of fifty-four‚ was of jewish
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Shakespeare’s epic‚ Richard III‚ there is a clear theme showing the power of word choice. Richard uses words to gain power‚ woo Lady Anne‚ motivate his army‚ and to trick Hastings in putting himself to death. Throughout Richard III‚ Shakespeare shows the power of diction in getting what one wants. The first evidence of the power of diction is evident when Richard wins over Lady
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Hamlet An Ultimate Tool and Demise By obtaining the respect and trust of others‚ one can easily control his or her followers to benefit any goal. This sort of manipulation can cause unforeseen effects that lead to unfathomable consequences exemplified in William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet. The titular character‚ Hamlet‚ the conniving King Claudius‚ and the foolish Polonius all attempt to control people to further their own ends and accomplish cunning deeds. Despite each of their respective
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The Composer: Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born on May 22‚ 1813 in Leipzig. Richard Wagner was so influential that his writings on drama had a huge impact on people throughout the second half of the nineteenth century. Richard Wagner’s father passed away when he was only six months old‚ with typhus. His mother remarried‚ who was a writer and an artist. Richard’s stepfather educated him. Richard attended Leipzig University to study music‚ but he dropped out of college to take a job in
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Response to The Lost Tools of Learning Sayers believed the main problem with modern education is that children aren’t being taught to think. She believed that public education does not teach students how to understand relationships between subjects‚ nor does the public system teach students how to make sense of the information they learned. She was frustrated that adults cannot properly debate a question‚ write a lucid article in the newspaper or think for themselves when it comes to evaluating
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The attack of "conscience" that King Richard suffers in Act 5‚ Scene 5 of Shakespeare’s Richard III (133-157) can be seen as the psychological climax of the drama‚ one that is critical to both Richard’s development as a character and the play’s ultimate success. Richard’s struggle to reconcile the many different roles he attempts to play into one unified self‚ reflected in the tone and composition of his speech‚ adds depth and humanity to his character; at the same time‚ his ultimate failure to maintain
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Civilization is an immensely useful tool for studying history. The reasons are myriad and complex however a few stand out in particular. Civilization is a characterized by the presence of three basic institutions: a ceremonial center (a formal gathering place for social and cultural activities)‚ a system of writing‚ and a city. Implied by the presence of these institutions is the existence of the Civilization’s language‚ culture‚ social practices and economic power. Due to the immense density of
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In the article “An Education in Language‚” Richard Rodriguez reflects on his childhood and teenage years in the 1950s as an immigrant and claims that losing his native culture had a
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Pacino’s Looking for Richard Review? That’s exactly what you’re doing‚ and this pleasant surprise is about all the insight I can give you about the fantasy sto… I mean ‘docudrama type thing’. Yes ‘Docudrama type thing’ as described personally by the narrator Al Pacino. The opening scene with the cold winter background‚ leave less grounds and the grey skies that was alluded to above‚ is a direct connection to the opening soliloquy exerted by Richard in Shakespeare’s Richard III‚ "Now is the winter
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The narrator in "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson is a low class working citizen telling the reader‚ in detail‚ about a distinguished gentleman named Richard Cory who eventually "put a bullet through his head." Almost everyone‚ including the narrator‚ would stare at him with awe every time they saw him. He was "imperially slim"(4)‚ always charismatic and well-dressed. He was extremely courteous and polite. He would please everyone’s heart with a simple "Good Morning." Then the narrator soon
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