“While like ghastly rapid river‚ through the pale palace door‚ a hideous throng rush out forever and laugh- but smile no more.” Thus ends The Haunted Palace‚ by Edgar Allen Poe‚ haunting any reader with images of depravity and vacuity. Poe often used the sound of words to depict the emotions of a story. Joseph Conrad‚ a modernist author‚ not only wrote on similar themes as Poe‚ but also chose words for their emotions first and meaning second. Conrad’s personal experience in the ivory trade by the
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Aim Did the Treaty of Versailles Accomplish in Providing Peace? The main goal of the Treaty of Versailles was to keep peace. Georges Clemenceau from France was part of the Big 3 and he utterly despised Germany. He believed that if Germany was weakened and broken down into little pieces they could never start another war or threaten France again. He mainly wanted Germany to be severely punished and they were. A large section of the Treaty dealt with the punishment of Germany because many others
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The Treaty of Versailles was unfair to many nations‚ but to Germany in particular. When the meeting to discuss the treaty was held the German representative was not invited. The other countries decided Germany’s fate for them. They confiscated much of German land and German colonies and divided it among themselves. Germany lost 13% of its land and 12% of its population. Furthermore Germany was left with a weakened army and navy marking them defenseless against surrounding countries. Woodrow Wilson
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short term effects. The creation of the Treaty of Versailles was the most important long term effect on WWII and created an environment that made the war inevitable. The precursor to the creation of the Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the end of World War I (1914 – 1918) on the 11th of November‚ 1918 when Germany signed an armistice with the Allied powers. Three months after the end of WWI‚ the Paris Peace Conference (1919) was held at Versailles Palace in order to decide exactly how Germany should be
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Another voiceless character who neglects to detach herself from the Chinese diaspora is Kingston’s aunt‚ Moon Orchid. In the story "At Western Palace‚" Moon Orchid struggles to confront and speak with a husband who abandoned her in China. When Moon Orchid reluctantly faces her Americanized husband‚ her silence denotes how virtually voiceless a Chinese woman is who lives in a traditional patriarchal society. Although Brave Orchid provides a chance for Moon Orchid to question her husband‚ Moon Orchid
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Antigone Enter ANTIGONE and Ismene from the palace. ANTIGONE: Ismene‚ my dear sister through common blood‚ do you know of any evil from Oedipus Zeus will not perform on us who still live? For I have seen nothing—nothing painful‚ nothing mad or shameful or dishonorable—(5) that is not among your or my sorrows. And now what do they say? The general has just put an edict over the whole city. Have you heard it? Or have you avoided learning how our friends suffer the fate of foes?(10)
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The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty put into place at the end of world war one (Schultz‚ 2014). The treaty involved Germany‚ France‚ Britain and the United States. Although the Treaty was envisioned to create peace between these countries‚ it wasn’t entirely fair on Germany but rather punitive (Schultz‚ 2014). Germany was banned from the negotiations. Some believed this made the Treaty unfair from the beginning‚ as it appeared the ’Big Three’ (France‚ Britain and the United States) could
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The Treaty of Versailles came to be at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and with its signing officially ended World War 1. The conference was attended by the heads of state from Great Britain‚ France‚ the United States and Italy where everyone signed and joined the League of Nations except the United States. Ultimately‚ the United States Congress refused to ratify the treaty even though President Wilson was a supporter of the League of Nations. Was it because Senator Lodge loathed President Wilson
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The Versailles Peace Treaty‚ which was between Germany and the Allies‚ had many aspects of punishments for Germany in particular. The reason behind this treaty was World War I‚ which was triggered by many things including the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. World War I consisted of Germany aganist the Allies( Britain‚ France‚ Rusisa‚ who later dropped out‚ and later United States). There were an immense amount of casualities and lethal new technologies used throughout this war
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The palace of Versailles was built by Louis XIV of France (1643-1715)‚ and the Escorial was built by Philip II of Spain (1556-1598). By examining the aerial and frontal facades of these two palaces‚ it may be seen that there were many similarities and differences between the two kings’ perception and practice of monarchy. Each king set his own goals for his life‚ and concluded as to how a monarch ought to behave. Both Louis XIV and Philip II had religious duties to pay attention to‚ organized the
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