" Both poems engage in ambiguous word usage, pastoral images and sense of realism, which draw attention to his vivid lyrics and elusive quality of style. ... This particular poem emphasizes a common gruesome experience, which, Gurney implies can only be understood by those who participate in the Great War. ... "The Silent One" is more vivid and deploys a powerful sense of realism of the dilemmas faced in the frontline. ... "To His Love" employs a vivid sense of emotion that is transcended from shock to comparison and ultimately self-pity. ... This serves as a euphemism...

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He introduces neoclassical monumentalism as a commonality among the systems. ... 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. ... The construction of neoclassical monuments were essential for the stimulation of the population into a renewed...

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Any act of promotion can be propaganda only if, and when it becomes part of A deliberate campaign to induce action through influencing attitudes. During the Great War we were introduced to the first of its kind in Britain, and we seen it repeated again in the people's war. Today it is evident every...

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At the very beginning of Act One, we are introduced to Keller through the stage directions, which state that 'When he reads, when he speaks, when he listens, it is with the terrible concentration of the uneducated man for whom there is still wonder in many commonly known things, a man whose judgements must be dredged out of experience and a peasant-like common sense. ... As I previously pointed out, the appearance of oneself before others is a common thread in the play. ...

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There are numerous reasons which of almost all lie within the people in some sense. ... This led to an overall indecisiveness of the government and a quickly vulnerable ideology that was extremely unpopular with the common citizen. ... In times of crisis we all know that the common people do not want to be making the decisions they want someone to decide for them. ... These men would deal with troublemakers of the general sense (and sometimes the political dissenter sense) and they would also deal with criminals the current government lacked effective enforcement. ... Through this common ...

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The two books share a great deal in common, especially in tone and theme. The stories The Heart of Darkness and The Lord of the Flies, through their dark, hopeless, and horrible descriptions of life, present the common theme that man, at his heart, is an evil, violent, and "fallen- being. ... This movement is characterized by an "incessant appeal to the senses, or rather to the sense of imagination."" ...

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Or maybe the political reality, nowadays, has nothing in common with the situation from few decades back? ... The common belief about the end of the Cold War was very strong in American political circles. ... It created a situation that two powerhouses united for some period to fight against a common enemy which was a radical Islam. ...

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The sense of 'local' community was being lost. ... What went out was narrative, description, rational exposition; what emerged focused on stream of consciousness, images in poetry (rather than description or narration), a new use of universal myth, and a sense of fragmentation both of individuality and of such concepts as space and time. ... The language mix reflects a sense that there is no longer a fixed language of poetry just as there is no longer one English. ...

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One factor that must be argued to have contributed to the collapse of the European Empires was a new sense of nationalism in colonised territories. ... The nationalist power that was strong in Indochina meant any French return was an inevitable conflict.3 Considering that Indochina was already a land of two different cultures, it is no surprise that nationalism was on the rise, having been already indigenous peoples living there with their own traditions and always having a sense of pride of their heritage. ... According to Macmillan, there was a common belief that the British had lost the wil...

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E.E. Cummings and His Works Two women walk past him, conversing with their noses pointed to the sky, in glistening attire, with fur scarves slung around their necks and ornate designs engraved into their dresses. His eyes shift from the gossiping women to a cluster of businessmen laughing whi...

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Introduction As the world modernizes, the relationship between nations becomes increasingly important. Globalization has taken over, allowing countries to lower transactions costs across areas of economic trade and social interactions. This has prompted international governments to create trade, social, and security connections with one another. The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs focuses on establishing and maintaining beneficial U.S....

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Septimus Warren Smith and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway Works Cited Dowling, David. Mrs. Dalloway: Mapping Streams of Consciousness. Boston, MA: Twayne Publishing, 1991. Gilbert, Martin. The First World War: A Complete History. New York, NY: Henry Ho...

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In a sense, the film is undermined because its efforts to oversimplify a very complicated situation into what Leo Cawley describes as, "Americans are the good guys, the Viet Cong are the bad guys, and the peasants are the frightened townsfolk who need protection and the rule of law." ...

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Most Germans would tend to be ashamed of the cause these sailors died for, while, on the other hand, most Americans would tend to feel a sense of pride for overcoming evil. ... After identifying with the sedated the Lieutenant, and the common sailor, the audience now identifies with the self reflective Captain who communicates to the viewer the reality of the situation. ...

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Nonetheless there is however a general consensus amongst historians that the frightful events of world war one, distilled a sense of fear and regret amongst British society, and consequently Britain strived to prevent any future war, through whatever means necessary. ... As a result of the desolation a common consensus was becoming apparent amid the general public, which was that, there were no clear societal gains from the war and the obvious economic, and political decline of the country showed no gains in that sector either. ...

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There was a paradigm shift in the international community in regards to justice being brought upon those who commit these crimes and the common thought or feeling that this could "never again" happen was rampant. ...

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"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Family Redefining the American Teenager The Rise of the Hot Rod Culture The Rise of the Excess Culture Baby Boomers and Redesign Converting from Chrome to Muscle The Automobile as Identity Downfall and Decline Conclusion Bibliography Introduction With the end of World War II, the United State...

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