There are different historical interpretations to when the Cold War actually began - was it in 1918‚ when the West fought against the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War? Was it at Potsdam in 1945‚ where disagreements between superpowers came about after the Second World War and no military alliance against Hitler was needed? Or was it in 1946 when Kennan introduced containment and Churchill declared the existence of an Iron Curtain between Eastern and Western Europe‚ within a month of each other
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“The political establishment in Germany succeeded in maintaining the status quo through a policy of moderate reform.” How far do you agree with this judgment? The political establishment in Germany (comprising of the Kaiser‚ Chancellor‚ Budesrat‚ Junkers and the Army) certainly would have wanted to maintain the status quo during that period and it could be argued that they succeeded using moderate reform. The actions of von Bulow and Bethmann-Hollweg can be used as evidence of this. However
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“The Boxer Rebellion was a turning point in China’s modern history.” Examine the nature of the Boxer Rebellion. To what extent do you agree with this judgment of the Rebellion? The Boxer Rebellion was the siege of the western legations‚ when the Boxers surrounded the diplomatic residences of the Western powers in Beijing. They were a semi-religious peasant group‚ who wanted to support the Qing‚ but were opposed to foreign influence in all forms and wanted to drive the foreigners‚ their works
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first-handedly. Looking at Carroll ’s "Alice in Wonderland" and Cohn ’s "Sex and Death and the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals"‚ the characters within these stories experience a reconstruction of their beliefs of the dominant fantasy through metamorphosis. In contrary to the dominant fantasy they are indoctrinated in‚ an alternative fantasy consists of new and unusual ideas which question and challenge the characters ’ set of beliefs of the boundaries they live within. The alternative fantasy within
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A.P English Literature Research Paper: The father-son relationship in The Metamorphosis‚ The Judgment‚ and A Hunger Artist is a complex and emotional fascination that is based on Franz Kafka’s life and is present as the main conflict in many of his other short stories. Kafka’s negative and struggling attitude towards the father figure in his works is based on his personal life as described from the translated works Das Schloss‚ a biography about Kafka’s life in his native tongue of German. “Hermann
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Franz Kafka: How his relationship with his father was revealed in “A Letter to My Father”‚ “The Judgment”‚ & “The Metamorphosis” Franz Kafka is an icon of dark existentialist and absurdist literature that frequently wrote about themes of isolation‚ alienation‚ and authoritarian oppression. His well-known work includes the short stories "The Metamorphosis"‚ and “ The Judgment.” as well as his prominent "Letter to His Father"‚ in which he attempted to clarify the tense relationship and
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tag are prominently portrayed in his more popular pieces such as "The Metamorphosis" and "The Judgment.". His work had many themes portrayed but most unmistakably seen is the notion of isolation. Not only was Kafka socially awkward‚ to in addition he was also a depressive person with a difficult childhood. Isolation and alienation are predominantly shown in his life as well as in his writing from The Judgment and "The Metamorphosis." These aspects are
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continue his life‚ although not in the same way as he had started it. As he explains to his audience‚ “All in all‚ I have achieved what I wanted to achieve. Let nobody say that it wasn’t worth the trouble” (Kafka 88). Another story by Kafka‚ The Metamorphosis‚ shows a more dramatic twist in ones; journey in life. Gregor‚ a traveling salesman‚ transforms into a monstrous vermin (3). He‚ for sure‚ did not see this roadblock coming. The change took place overnight‚ an unanticipated time considering that
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generation that created Israel has evolved from forbidden or hidden unity in the story “Facing the Forests”. Being similarly innovative‚ Kafka described a process of humanization of the non-human creature through imbuing it with humaneness in “Metamorphosis”. Many historical‚ political‚ and cultural events such as Proclamation of Independence of Israel state in 1948‚ Jewish fights for position in Prague in ninetieth century determined narratives of the texts. However‚ the stories have radically different
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some of his background and his origins. Then I will continue to describe‚ interpret and connect three of his short stories from my own personal perspective. The stories included in my analysis are “The Judgment” (I made emphasis in this story since it’s the one we covered in class) “The Metamorphosis” and “The Trial”. Franz Kafka was born in Prague to middle-class Jewish parents. His father‚ the son of a village butcher‚ did not have a strong educational background but his ambition compensated for
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