He started his quest (from where we entered his voyage) rejecting God, but as his books are titled Confessions, Augustine begins to confess his sins and flaws to God in order to understand a deeper meaning of life. ... Augustine, like most people at the time, was trying to understand the true higher meaning of life and gradually began to shift his view from trivial doctrines to a greater religion, Christianity. ... By refusing to provide tribute and sacrifice to the Gods, it was seen as treason by the Emperor, Nero, and his officials at the time. ...

• Word Count: 700
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Once they find people who have committed treason they it them against their biggest fears until they are completely broke, and then eradicate every trace of their existence. Although some of the techniques may seem a bit unrealistic things like the torture of Winston and Julia have happened in places like communist Russia, China, Cuba, Germany and current day North Korea, meaning it could possibly one day happen in America. ...

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Phocion was an Athenian general who was prosecuted for false treason and denied entombment in the city. ... Though these are two contrasting ideas the paintings in themselves contradict their own meaning through aesthetics. ...

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When Richard meets his brother, Clarence, who is being arrested for treason, he tells Clarence that Edward's wife is the one who is controlling Edward and making him go mad and that she is the reason for his arrest, when really it is Richards' fault. ... He greets him with "Brother, good day " and "your grace " meaning he is wishing him a great day of well-being. ... In addition, another kindness shown by Richard is when he tells Clarence that he will "enfranchise [him] " meaning he will lie to the court for Clarence. ...

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In consequence of this, adultery is presented as a romantic feature of love although in reality adultery, especially that form of adultery in which a vassal seduced the wife of his lord, was "regarded in medieval law as a form of treason on a level with regicide" (Benton, 27). ... Paris and the other modern authors missed entirely the contextual irony and thus the real meaning of the story. ...

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In consequence of this, adultery is presented as a romantic feature of love although in reality adultery, especially that form of adultery in which a vassal seduced the wife of his lord, was "regarded in medieval law as a form of treason on a level with regicide" (Benton, 27). ... Paris and the other modern authors missed entirely the contextual irony and thus the real meaning of the story. ...

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Oedipus wanted nothing more than to kill Creon in order to show the citizens of Thebes what treason looked like, but Jocasta and the chorus convinced him not to kill Creon. ... After leaving Thebes, Oedipus began a long journey to discover the best course of action he could take in order to bring some sort meaning to his tragic life. ...

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Schivelbusch expresses that both the revolutionary states of Bolshevism and fascism as well as the reformist ones of the capitalist democracies, needed an architecture that would tower on behalf of, but also above, the people like a temple, inspiring trust, respect, and a quasi-religious sense of deeper meaning and community while at the same time showing the rest of the world who it was dealing with. ...

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In 1769 Lee attempted to show Lord Shelburne that Americans in revolt were not guilty of treason or disloyalty to Britain, but were merely taking necessary means of security, while remaining "warmly attached" to Britain. ... In this sense, it is not likely that Lee was calling for international alliances for any kind of military responsibility or support, but the term "alliance" held a broader meaning and might be looked at in this context as "virtually synonymous with commercial treaty." ...

• Word Count: 1997
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Propaganda is a biased point of view, which is promoted to influence peoples actions and opinions. Propaganda in Nazi Germany is mainly used for encouraging their ideology and manipulating people forming fear and hatred. In Nazi Germany Joseph Goebbels was in charge of propaganda. On February 27th 1...

• Word Count: 2000
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What Bacon did not know was the House of Burgesses and William Berkeley had a secret fur trading deal with the Native Americans for great profit and accused Bacon of treason. ... Marshall argued that the Constitution is the "supreme law of the land " and that the Supreme Court has the final say over the meaning of the Constitution. ...

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The term 'capital punishment' is derived from the Latin caput, meaning 'head'. ... (Australian Institute of Criminology report in crime and criminal justice 1993) Queensland was one of the first jurisdictions anywhere to abolish the death penalty in 1922, and Western Australia is generally regarded as the last State to abolish capital punishment in Australia (in 1984), New South Wales did in fact retain some residual offences relating to piracy and treason, which continued to carry the death penalty. ...

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It was at this time that he adopted the name "Stalin," meaning "steel one." ... This period culminated in the Moscow Show Trials of 1936-38; in these, Stalin tried all of his defeated 1920s opponents for treason--and, via horribly effective torture, forced them to make public confessions which he broadcast worldwide. ...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Sta...

• Word Count: 7507
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