After a lot of persuading, they finally get a hold of the corpse and are able to give it a secret burial.5 The way Andric shows that the Turks, although after committing such a barbaric act, allow for the Christians to at least give the body a proper burial, demonstrates a sense of flexibility within the multiethnic community of Višegrad. ... The local priest, the rabbi, and even the Muslim leader share some good laughs, a sight not easily pictured. ... The change brought by the arrival of the foreigner's shows the difference between the Western's urge to keep making changes and t...

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Like many European nations, Italy emerged from the First World War as a democracy in distress. Italy was on the winning side, but the war had cost nearly 700,000 Italian lives and over $15 billion. Moreover, Italy had received secret promises of specific territorial gains during the war, only to fin...

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World War I, the first globally destructive conflict that the Western Civilization produced, has been the subject of various analysis, interpretations and reevaluations of the various causes that led to it. Initially, the guilt was placed upon Germany and its allies. Eventually, historical analysis...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate