Celone Verna English 101.2652 Professor. Van Slyck October 4‚ 2011 To Break or Not to Break? All through the play of Antigone‚ written by Sophocles‚ Antigone believes in the supremacy of religious law and tradition. Although Creon has proclaimed to the city that the traitor‚ Polynices‚ should not be buried‚ Antigone insists on following the religious law requiring that females bury the deceased of their family. Antigone’s pride ensures that she will die rather than renounce her beliefs
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Why did attempts at cooperation in Europe between 1919 and 1939 end in failure? (Nov 11) There were many reasons why attempts at cooperation in Europe between 1919 and 1939 failed. These included the Treaty of Versailles‚ Great depression‚ and failure of the League of Nations However‚ the Hitler’s foreign policies and the appeasement of Hitler were probably the most important factors in the failure of cooperation in Europe throughout the interwar period‚ as it cemented the start of WWII. The
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There are a few reasons why the South lost the Civil War. One reason is that the North not only outmanned the South but also at almost every point‚ militarily. The South was also outclassed industrially. If it was not for European recognition and military aid the South would have never had a chance to win. Industrially the South could not keep up in out put and in manpower. By the end of the war the South had‚ more or less‚ plenty of weaponry still‚ but it just did not have enough men to use the
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The Korean War was between North Korea‚ a communist state‚ and South Korea. It was the first major strife of the Cold War; the Soviet Union supported North Korea and the United States backed South Korea. The German and Italian tyrants‚ Hitler and Mussolini‚ were defeated by 1945 after which United States and Soviet Union turned to fighting Japan later in the year. After General MacArthur forced the Japanese to surrender‚ the USSR and the United States acquired control of the adjacent Korean Peninsula
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States Civil War was a challenging time for the American people. Numerous factors led the Southern states to secede from the United States and form the Confederate States of America. More than a century after Robert E. Lee surrendered his soldiers to the Union‚ people continue to argue about how the Confederacy was defeated. In the past thirty years‚ historians have examined the most popular believed explanations for Southern demise (Beringer). Of course‚ there is no established belief to why the Confederacy
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There are constant debates on why did the South lose the Civil War. The Civil War ended 150 years ago but that has not affected historians to question the outcome of the war for the Confederacy. According to Gary Gallagher‚ many historians work backward starting from Appomattox to explain the failure of the war. He continues by stating that those historians claim the reasoning for the failure was caused by the lack will to win the war by the Confederates. Gary Gallagher disagrees with these methods
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first few weeks after war was declared in 1914‚ “daily newspaper editorials‚ political speeches‚ and lectures from the [government] implored men that their duty to King and Country meant serving in the military. Early recruitment posters urged enlistment on the basis of patriotism and emotional connections to the war’s major issues.” Thousands of men enlisted in the first few weeks from Britain and Canada and even more volunteered after the retreat from Mons in August of 1914‚ and after the news of
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‘The outbreak of the war in Europe in 1914 was due to an aggressive German foreign policy which had been waged since c.1900.’ It has been a matter of fervent controversy that Germany went to war with aggressive or defensive intentions. Source V seems to be of the opinion that Germany went to war solely for defensive reasons due to the extensive array of alliances that encircled her as well as diplomatic tension. On the whole‚ Source W seems to take the opposite approach deeming how Germany’s aggressive
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Why did the Bolsheviks win the Russian Civil War? The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the start of 1921. During this time the Bolsheviks faced massive opposition to their rule in the form of the White Armies‚ led by the former officers of the Tsarist state‚ and also from intervention by the forces of foreign countries. The Bolsheviks were surrounded‚ and often outnumbered by their opponents. At times‚ their situation seemed hopeless. Yet‚ by the start of 1921‚ the Bolsheviks had defeated
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Before we speak about the African American experience we must understand why the war begin. There is a common miss belief that the war was started because of slavery. Now slavery did play a big role but‚ “The Civil War began as a southern war for Confederate independence and a northern war to defeat the Confederate rebellion and restore the Union. At the outset‚ neither side thought that the war would last very long or eventually lead to the destruction of slavery. The Confederacy was founded to
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