The methods in 1789 were too harsh. An estimated 35‚000-40‚000 of people were killed‚ publicly beheaded‚ and smothered or perished for their beliefs. Around 35‚000-40‚000 people were killed just by commissioners because the courts found them to be traitors (doc
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Emily Mills The Great Purges As previously quoted by George Orwell‚ “Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind”. In many cases‚ a historical significance used in literature can be very effective and can be used to get an event or message across using symbolism and metaphors. George Orwell’s novel‚ Animal Farm‚ incorporates both a children’s read of talking animals taking over a farm and the historical
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Baku‚ and lost the campaign against Russian forces in the Caucuses (Kifner). The Armenians were blamed for siding with the Russians due to both nations sharing the same religion of Christianity. Ottoman leaders began to argue that the Armenians were traitors; if they thought they could win independence‚ through the Allies winning the war‚ then the Armenians would be eager to fight the enemy (Central Powers and Ottoman Empire) (Armenian Genocide). The General Turkish suspicion led to their government
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people be captured as slaves. Leonidas denies these requests as a free man who will kneel to no one. Xerxes‚ seeing this as a threat to his newly established empire‚ wages war against Leonidas his city state of Sparta. As in any story there is a traitor‚ which only complicates Leonidas’ determination of staying a free Greek. Abiding by Spartan law‚ Leonidas consults the elders and the oracle and is told that the war he wishes to fight is forbidden by the gods. Leonidas refuses this fate and rounds
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The Journey of Dante Dante records journey through hell in the book "The Inferno." Dante’s poem records is thoughts and views of the punishments to get to hell and the sins accomplished to get their. Dante breaks down the lay out all the way through hell and give one an idea of the order that the punishments fall to be placed closer to the center of hell. Dante begins during the era of the middle Ages and shows the reader throughout poem of the dominance of the Roman Catholic Church through the
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DISCLAIMER: THIS IS JUST A ROUGH DRAFT. Mark Twain once said‚ “Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other”. Through events in the play Antigone‚ Sophocles discusses this choice between what is morally right and lawfully right. Sophocles believes that the god’s laws should be upheld no matter what the circumstance‚ and he demonstrates this through the events in the play. Using the Greek traits Hubris‚ Ate‚ and the Nemesis‚ Sophocles creates inner turmoil within
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replacement of Lady Anne. Through Richard’s plot to reign‚ Richard discovers Hastings’ favor of the young princes who‚ in fact‚ threaten Richard’s hunger for kingship. With Richard’s realization of Hastings’ position‚ Richard impulsively says‚ “Thou art a traitor.—off with his head” (3.4.76-77). The id is shown here because of the demand of immediate satisfaction. Richard’s need for instant gratification is also shown through a messenger’s news to Elizabeth. The messenger says‚ “Lord Rivers and Lord Grey are
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Matars protagonist‚ the young Suleiman in the novel ‘In the country of men’ is essentially bewildered about what it means to be a man in the Libya of his youths. Receiving conflicting messages about the meaning of true masculinity and various impressions of what it means to be a man in Libya complicates the protagonists perception of true manhood and which is further confounded by the contradicting messages he receives about the form of heroism and betrayal. The young Suleiman is also mystified by
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down to the ground‚ pondering.] Fleance: What is bothering you father? Banquo: Nothing of your concern Fleance. Banquo: Singing and cheering echo through the vibrant sounds of this lovely Lochaber night in celebration after our victory over the traitor Mcdonwald. Our home is imbued with the enveloping feeling of content as our mouths are glutted with food. I watch as my wife sitting across from me devours a lamb chop and my dear Fleance carve his way through a potato. My belly is already bulging
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Apostles‚ 1:18-19). Another interpretation was that he was persecuted by being stoned to death according to the Gospel of Judas. Not much is known about his beginning life‚ but he died in the year 30 A.D. Most Christians still consider Judas as a traitor‚ while others embraced him for
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