Between 1880 and 1920‚ the population of the Congo was slashed in half: some ten million people were victims of murder‚ starvation‚ exhaustion‚ exposure‚ disease and a plummeting birth rate. Why do you think this massive carnage has remained virtually unknown in the United States and Europe? 2. Hochschild writes of Joseph Conrad that he “was so horrified by the greed and brutality among white men he saw in the Congo that his view of human nature was permanently changed.” Judging from Hochschild’s
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Document 2-1‚ “The King of the Congo Writes to the King of Portugal‚” addresses King Joao III of Portugal from King Alfonso of Congo about how important Congo relies on their trade system with Portugal. King Alfonso mentions how his power of authority in the kingdom has fallen as materials are becoming scarce‚ in hopes that the Portuguese will provide them with the necessary goods. Congo’s community is heavily revolved around their Christianity faith‚ though individuals have caused a loss on God
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Luther and King Henry VIII both had very different reasons of why they disagreed with the Catholic Church. Martin Luther didn’t agree with the church because they were selling indulgences and he knew that that wasn’t right. In result he posted 95 theses on the doof of the church and the church excommunicated him because he refused to take them down. King Henry VIII didn’t like Martin Luther or his ideas and took a stand against Martin Luther‚ but Luther didn’t back down. After King Henry VIII stood
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Oedipus Rex – Key Quotes OPENING SCENE – TONE‚ LOCATION AND EXPOSITION The action takes place in Thebes in front of the royal palace OEDIPUS: the city fills with incense‚ chants‚ and cries of pain? PRIEST: For our city‚ as you yourself can see‚ is badly shaken—she cannot raise her head above the depths of so much surging death. Disease infects fruit blossoms in our land‚ disease infects our herds of grazing cattle‚ makes women in labour lose their children.
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Vision of Tragedy. London: Yale UP‚ 1959. 25- 43. Print. Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. Perrine ’s Literature: Structure‚ Sound‚ and Sense. 7th ed. Ed. Thomas R. Arp. Fort Worth: Harcourt‚ 1998. 948-953. Print. Sutton‚ Brian. "Sophocles ’s Oedipus the King and Spielberg ’s Minority Report." The Explicator 63.4 (Summer 2005): 194(4). Academic OneFile. Gale. Web. 14 Sept. 2008 . Vernant‚ J. P. “Ambiguity and Reversal: On the Enigmatic Structure of Oedipus Rex.” Sophocles’
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Mad King George Beau Brummel and The Madness of King George are carefully examined movies in “Representing the Mad King: George III in Cinema”. Chandler considers the significance of early images of King George III‚ as well as focusing on the Kings illness itself‚ and portrays the importance each film had to illustrating events in its particular era. Chandler summarizes the impact that the King’s illness and healing had on Britain by using an understanding of the mental illness that the King had
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Louis XIV‚ King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715‚ had a love for the arts and a discipline for military and government actions. Due to the king’s eager enjoyment for the arts‚ the countries economics suffered greatly while the artists‚ architects‚ composers and choreographers flourished greatly monetarily.When Louis XIV had complete power and no longer ruled under a prime minister‚ in 1661‚ the military of France was now the leading power in Europe. “A weaker man‚ one less sure of his
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Elizabeth I of England and King Henry IV of France are key examples of Machiavelli’s theory of being “cunning like a fox” and “ferocious like a lion.” These two rulers displayed the primary assertion of Machiavelli: a leader is there to make the difficult decisions for his subjects; it is not a leader’s
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promoted the authority of the Capetian Kings of France in the Twelfth century? France in the eleventh century had been a fragmented land‚ divided into federal principalities‚ or mini-states ruled by princes or dukes. Though they recognized the King of France’s authority they did not expect him to exercise it in their individual territories. Feudalism increased the power of these mini-states in the twelfth century‚ and was the tool used by the Capetian Kings of France to advance their influence and
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anti-overthrow party made a strong case‚ saying that Hawaii was annexed without the consent of people with Hawaiian blood. Therefore‚ the annexation of Hawaii was illegal because Hawaii was not a part of America‚ so the joint congressional resolution was not legal. On January 17‚ 1893‚ the Hawaiian monarchy was first overthrown because a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate. When Kalakaua became king in 1874‚ his goal was sought to reduce the power of the white missionary
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