In 1775, because Britain was angry with the colonists and George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia At the age of twenty-one, Washington was looking for glory and also an acknowledged position among some of his "aristocratic role models." Washington soon had the chance to gain the glory and position he wanted. ... Also in the war, Washington brought back "crucial intelligence" from the French and Indian territories to Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie and was made a "colonial hero," giving him glory and position. ... Washington claimed to have "no ...

• Word Count: 1069
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although the Weimar Republic had strived to be a progressive democracy, the president carried an inordinate amount of power. ... However, the president had enough vetoing power to override even the calls of the Reichstag Legislature. ... They were still looked up to by many and, along with the support of the far right, reminded everyone of the glory days of Bismarck's imperialism. ... The problems of the present were clear and the glory of the past was romanticized. ... Through people power and some underhanded means, Hitler gained President Hindenburg's support to get the position o...

• Word Count: 943
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Consequently this led to a constant struggle of power and fear of an uprising and/or revolution, as the nobles wanted power that was taken from them by the monarchy, the bourgeoisie resented the privileges of the nobles and the Bourgeoisie and the Peasants criticized the tax system. ... Napoleon claimed Frenchman only wanted glory, aggressive Nationalism and demagogic leadership. ... The dreadful of his reign was that wars continually drained France, They caused a great loss of life and destruction, his continental system dislocated trade and industry, Private interests and rights became su...

• Word Count: 959
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Fascism rejects the liberal doctrines of individual rights, political equality, and representative government, yet it advocates broad popular participation in politics and may use established representative systems in order to facilitate its ascension to relevance or power. ... Arguing that, while a modicum of personal liberty is necessary, the lengths to which the libertarians stretch it creates too much potential for dissent, and thus harms the glory of the State and the individuals of the State. ... The fascist sees expansion and imperialism as vital to the tenets of the State and vita...

• Word Count: 800
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

well forever the french have been losers about war wwII they give up and hardly put up a fight to germany then call to America for help,Same with Vietnam the FRENCH occupied part of it then N Veitnam invaded and they called to America to save them, then 9/11 happens they say to us: "violence should not be met with violence we need a proper way to solve this" because they dont want stuff to happen with iraq, the UN has had a embargo on iraq so we wont trade stuff with them so the french trade with iraq all the time because they can get their gas and other stuff real cheap with the embargo in pl...

• Word Count: 892
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This encouraged people to reach their full potential in their quest for glory. ... Secularism weakened the power of Christianity over the people, and therefore, as Christian humility and the quest for god weakened, and allowed individualism and humanism prevailed. ...

• Word Count: 392
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Islamic Fundamentalism encourages suicide bombings, like the one we have seen in the tragic events of September 11, promising the one who dies a path to heaven and eternal glory of Allah. ... Fascism tends to celebrate masculinity, mystical unity, and the regenerative power of violence, just like Islamic Fundamentalism. ... Fascism also rejects the liberal doctrines of individual autonomy and rights, political pluralism, and representative government, yet it advocates broad popular participation in politics and may use parliamentary channels in its drive to power. ...

• Word Count: 619
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The movie opens with its title theme "Overture" chorus provides a rousing, dramatic opening to the movie an immense choral and orchestral power full of suspense, darkness, and kind of scary and intimidated at all at the same time. ... But while it contains all the necessary elements of a grand period score, it essentially lacks a genuine power and essence to convey the proper gravity of the throne. ... This orchestration also uses the weightiness of the trombones to set texts dealing with glory as well as terror. ...

• Word Count: 642
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Observing their actions through a somewhat stoic lens, they imply that they are abiding to the workings of the universe and that a thirst for power is an innate quality of human nature. ... A fundamental aspect of a democracy is that the citizens are given the power to voice their opinions. ... The power war generals had on the Athenian citizenry somewhat contradicted the democratic nature of the city. ... This created a social hierarchy of power, contradicting the egalitarian nature of the democracy. ... A conflict of interest comes to play here, demonstrating the struggle between individua...

• Word Count: 923
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout history, many societies have attempted or strived for glory by exploring new lands. They have the hope of leaving an impact while at the same time, gaining fame, political, and cultural power. The eunuch, Zheng He, and Prince Henry did so by using maritime to gain cultural influence, power, and success for their rulers. ... Zheng He wish to gain knowledge, trade, and force people to acknowledge Chinese power while Henry wanted to spread his religions and focused on gaining allies....

• Word Count: 797
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mercantilism, the theory and system of political economy prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism, based on national policies of accumulating bullion, establishing colonies and a merchant marine, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade, as defined by The ...

• Word Count: 498
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Though he would like to, Papa did not have the power to keep Hurston at home forever, especially with her brimming curiosity of the world beyond, which was made apparent in her yearnings for the rare treats of apples and beef stew, and in her awe at the fact that Cape jasmine blooms - gardenias - were worth a dollar each up north. ... Through her choice diction and deft manipulation of point of view, Zora Neal Hurston opens her readers" eyes to her childhood world, capturing it in all its glory and comfort, and then suddenly creating a sense of foreboding and mystery about the world loomin...

• Word Count: 534
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

War had become a difficult task in achieving victory because of the great costs it entailed, which included the mass production of resources and man power along with the mobilization it required. ... Alike with the novel Ceremony, the film Days of Glory also displays a non-discriminatory aspect of the French and their colonized peoples of Algeria. ... In the latter part of this film, Days of Glory, the scene has this French First Army, comprising of currently colonized Algerians who were recruited, in France at the war's end. ...

• Word Count: 1178
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His physical power and strong-willed determination to succeed, to expiate his sin, and to do what he feels is best for Elizabeth-Jane are consistent with the usages of his society--as are his impulsiveness, quick temper, and manly pride. ... In Greek literature, a tragic hero is a well-known and respected individual whose tragedy usually involves some kind of fall from glory. ... The definition of a tragic hero includes his fall from glory, which in early 20th century literature would be social-class related. ...

• Word Count: 1167
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hobbes uses three principles as to what drives humans to be so hurtful and negative in society because of their human nature: Competition, Diffidence and Glory (Leviathan). Competition is what makes men invade for gain; the second is what makes them fight for safety; and glory is what makes them push for reputation (Leviathan). Because of these three principles, Hobbes believed that a government was necessary to bestow order in society and that all people should relinquish their power and control to this government so that all were created equal in society, and that no one person can know all ...

• Word Count: 1234
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The highly manipulative and convoluted discourse of the pigs, which only intensifies as the novel progresses, reveals the potential of language to be used by leaders as an instrument of coercion to manipulate the consciousness of the population and to consolidate power. ... He uses this term to unify the animals in their purpose and sings "Beasts of England " to prove that freedom and glory will follow the "Tyrant Man overthrow " (p.7). ... This, in turn, enables them to abuse their power without undermining their own credibility in the eyes of the other farm animals. ...

• Word Count: 731
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These ideologies were Hitler's plans for Germany from the first moment he came to power and an overriding ambition for his German foreign policy. ... However when hitler came to power, his foreign policy had aims of eradicting the treaty and to rearm Germany as this would aid in restoring german national pride and prestige. ... German Foreign Policy was influenced by the Nazi ideology of Autarky as Hitler and the Nazi's believed it would play a crucial part in returning Germany to it's economic, political and military glory. ...

• Word Count: 896
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By the middle of the war, women were already regarded as a force to be proud of, also were part of the glory of the United States. ... As a summarize, all of these posters tend to magnify women's potential/power, by either creating a heroic feature, or presenting a successful revolution, to convince that women's role was completely being changed during the World War I, with men's role somehow remained the same, even till nowadays. ... The role of gender may change all the time due to society needs, so the message would never be outdated, as people could still pick out a poster f...

• Word Count: 835
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Exploring a ruthless reality, William Shakespeare's Macbeth highlights human nature's desire for power, and the lengths one will go to obtain it. ... We follow the actions of Macbeth as he is consumed by his desire and demand for power. ... " Lady Macbeth further denigrates Macbeth's masculinity; she manipulates "brave" Macbeth's manhood and patriotic sense of glory and power, in telling him "when you durst do it, then you were a man.... As the play progresses, Lady Macbeth's power over Macbeth decreases, and as result, Macbeth loses his mind. ......

• Word Count: 882
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Germany had become heavily influenced by the Nazi Party in 1933-1939 under Adolf Hitler's growing power. ... The transformation of Germany under the influence of the Nazis was granted by Hitler's absolute power as 'the father of Germany'. ... Hitler became Fuhrer of Germany in 1933, giving him absolute power and authority over Germany as a whole. ... Hitler's reasoning behind his acts of terror was to demonstrate his unchallenged power as well as to convey the message that every person needed to abide by his rule or become a subject to death. ... Nazi ideologies in th...

• Word Count: 1141
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By enforcing the Roosevelt Corollary and completing the construction of the Panama Canal, Roosevelt hoped to improve the ability of the United States to project its power within the Western Hemisphere. President Roosevelt began his distortion to the Monroe Doctrine as an unyielding dominating world power, saying on December 6, 1904 "that a general intervention by some civilized nation which, in the Western Hemisphere, the United States alone had a right to exercise," (Kissinger, 39). ... For the agreement between the two nations, Roosevelt received high commendation and the Nobel Peace Pr...

• Word Count: 895
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the Iliad Arête is special excellence, honor or power to succeed action that can be earned from the gods when you display goodness, virtue, and strength unlike in todays' sports where you have to work hard in order to receive such a prize. ... (Book 1 lines 183-189) This shows that Agamemnon is a warrior who only cares about his own honor and would turn against his best fighter just to show that he has strength and power and is the only who should gain honor from the spoils of war. ... For example in today's sports you have a group of individuals all on one team competing tog...

• Word Count: 1177
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This assertion relies on a divide and conquer system of capitalism which workers compete against each other and never realize that the real enemies are their bosses who control all of the wealth and power in the system. ... Despite Jurgis's best efforts, he must reenter the relationship according to the socialist argument that capitalists yield coercion through the inequality and power between the labor and capitalist classes. Jurgis's role as a tool of the capitalist machine is relevant during this transition as he fails to achieve self actualization in have the power to make the de...

• Word Count: 1109
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On the twenty-sixth of April 1986, very poorly trained technicians (classic Soviet move to cut corners) decided to undertake a systems test of the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, at one-thirty in the morning. ... As gruesome horror stories about Chernobyl and the nuclear radiation poisoning that followed began to spread among the wheat farmers and belt buckle factory workers, the citizens of the Soviet Union began to lose faith in the state's ability to inform and protect them, and the government quickly began to lose control over its public, whereas before the people...

• Word Count: 1148
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On the twenty-sixth of April 1986, very poorly trained technicians (classic Soviet move to cut corners) decided to undertake a systems test of the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, at one-thirty in the morning. ... As gruesome horror stories about Chernobyl and the nuclear radiation poisoning that followed began to spread among the wheat farmers and belt buckle factory workers, the citizens of the Soviet Union began to lose faith in the state's ability to inform and protect them, and the government quickly began to lose control over its public, whereas before the people...

• Word Count: 1148
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate