Why have so many films of the "gritty realism" tradition been set in northern landscapes? There are several factors that have contributed to many films of the gritty realism tradition being set in northern landscapes. ... Therefore explaining why so many gritty-realism films are set in Northern landscapes. ... This is again following on the same theme of showing characters that have to deal with familiar situations it also means that it will show characters in conflict, which is both a base human emotion that every member of the audience can feel empathy with and a suitably dramatic e...

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With this political centralization, independent, self-governing regions were joined together to become one nation, abiding by one set of laws, under one government, which was put in place to serve the interest of the bourgeoisie. ... "No sooner is the exploitation of the laborer by the manufacturer, so far at an end, and he receives his wages in cash, than he is set upon by other portions of the bourgeoisie, the landlord, the shopkeeper, the pawnbroker, etc.... Political centralization also meant that what were once numerous disconnected struggles throughout the country, against local gov...

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Because they believe that history must go through a set of stages, however, this may mean sometimes supporting the bourgeoisie, in order to eventually make a workers' revolution possible. ... If not inspiration, these models serve as evidence of the possibilities democracy holds. ...

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When Tsar Nicholas the II abdicated from the throne, Russia was in turmoil, set against the backdrop of wide social disorder and economic corruption and inefficiency. The ineffective and corrupt rule by the Tsars in the 19th Century created this backdrop and served as a stimulus for further discontent. ...

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When Tsar Nicholas the II abdicated from the throne, Russia was in turmoil, set against the backdrop of wide social disorder and economic corruption and inefficiency. The ineffective and corrupt rule by the Tsars in the 19th Century created this backdrop and served as a stimulus for further discontent. ...

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Many of those in the teaching profession are of middle class and therefore operate an elaborated code, not only this but as education continues to serve as re-enforcing the class inequalities in society, it is almost impossible for working class children to thrive and succeed as they're up against the middle class child who develops to be able to achieve greater qualifications and to continue to function as members of a society in which educations operates as a sphere in which only the wealthy can do well. ... Jones encourages the notion that formal education serves to aid educational p...

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The economic problems of Russia were serve people were starving because they couldn't afford the food or there just wasn't enough, the factory's were only producing enough ammunition to give each soldier that had a weapon three bullets a day, boots and clothing was also scarce for the soldiers. ... The living conditions of working class Russian family at the time was extremely poor with run down and unhygienic living conditions a serve shortage of food and the money to pay for any food that became available. ... The Bolsheviks were also flexible to certain extent, this was shown...

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In Hitler's case in Nazi Germany, the Third Reich set up a "Terror State", which was comprised of the Gestapo, the SD (Sicherheitsdienst), and the SS (Schutzstaffel). ... Though it is hard to prove whether or not it was Mao's original intention to condemn the intellectuals through this campaign, it served to oppress the opposition anyway, which helped to get rid of the negative views regarding the Maoist regime, which in turn helped consolidate their power. ...

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Shortly afterwards, Karl Kautsky who served as the literary executor of the works of Marx and Engels boldly attacked Lenin and his plans for Russian revolution as non-Marxist and anti Marxist stating that a true Marxist revolution would be democratic. ... These events set the stage for bringing about the overthrow of the liberal provisional government led by Alexander Kerensky as Leninism moved from theory to government....

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He then established a rooted obligation to social justice and equality on account of the depressing realities he encountered as president of the National Workers Union (NWU), where he served poor workers against wealthy employers. In agreement with the Marxist philosophy that the masses should control the means of production, the Manley administration set out to owning majority of the shares in the transport system, as well as the electricity and telephone companies. ...

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Review of Literature Published in 1867, Capital, Volume I serves as the beginning of a trilogy of works that attempts to analyze capitalism through an economic, political, and social lens (Marx and McLellan, 2000). ... It would seem as if the three volumes of Capital serve as both a history and explanation of capitalism, while The Communist Manifesto shows the movement that was created as a result of the exploitation that capitalism can bring. ...

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Due to the problems caused by alienation and exploitation, Marx introduced the idea of socialism, that which he believed was a society that served the individual needs of man. ... Marx argues that by putting a set price on an individual, particularly on wage-earners leads to dehumanization from commodification. ...

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The transformation of European societies occurred as the population shifted from rural communities to urban centers due to industrialization. This dramatic adjustment in people's lives, which took place due to living in cities, caused many to take a look at the conditions they were living in. The ma...

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In the era of Mao, CCP had developed its set of methods to solve the crisis swiftly, relying largely on brainwashing, violence and intimidation. ... Hence CCP started to cleverly manipulate the nationalist sentiments of the Chinese people to serve its purpose of consolidating its rule. ...

• Word Count: 1912
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The Institution of Education- A Conflict and Feminist Perspective There is a number of sociological imaginations, or theoretical perspectives, from which social issues, phenomena, and organisations such as schools may be explained or understood. Education is important in society and the structur...

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Despite the facts that some public schools served all students (not students let behind Act), Mexican American children during the first four decades of the twenty-century was limited to elementary grades. ...

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Capitalism is defined as an economic "system of wage-labour and commodity production for sale, exchange, and profit, rather than for the immediate need of the producers" (Marshall, 1998: 53). As observed by Karl Marx, capitalism transformed a small proportion of a society's population into capitali...

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Literature itself has no defined meaning. In the beginning introduction of Literary Theory: An Introduction, Eagleton states numerous definitions of literature to prove the point that there has yet to be one specific definition. Eagleton's definition of literature involves a text that is written in...

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The Developments Caused by Liberalism in the Rise of Socialism Early theories of the Enlightment philosophy formed an underlying theme through the history of liberalism and the development of socialism. However often contradicted through our own human err of bias perception, the works of great thin...

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