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A Dolls House-victorian Morals
Words: 1159 - Pages: 5.... “values,” social conventions that could be debated and modified whenever convenience wanted. The moral system of European civilization is founded on Judaism and Christianity. He believed, once this foundation is removed, the structure would start to crumble. He predicted, "there will be wars such as there have never been on earth before." “Culture has,” Nietzsche argues, “hollowed itself out, and men, the ‘last men’, are left blinking in a world devoid of all meaning.” This is what Nietzsche calls nihilism.
The Victorian time was a time of ideological and scientific agnosticism . Th .....
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The Protector Of The Scots And The Hammer Of The Scots
Words: 2128 - Pages: 8.... Alexander (the heir to his throne) died in 1284, his second eldest David had passed away in 1281, his youngest son had died just two years earlier than that. After seeing that King Alexander’s male heirs have been wiped out let us look to the female children, the King’s daughter had married Eric II King of Norway in 1281, this of course was an attempt to create a bond with Norway, Unfortunately he was informed that his daughter had died and quickly realized he had no heir to the throne. King Alexander III had to get married and quickly! The King does marry a Counts daughter in 1284 however this is a little too late for the throne of S .....
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Atomic Bombs
Words: 1710 - Pages: 7.... about this project. The Manhattan Project cost over 2 billion dollars. Yet, Congress never voted to fund this program (Smyth, 87). Roosevelt authorized scientists to find out if an atomic bomb could be built. On December 2, 1942, scientists working in a secret laboratory under the bleachers of a football field in Chicago achieved the first man-made nuclear reaction. An atomic bomb could now be developed. Many scientists and other skilled workers participated in the making of the first atomic bomb. However, only few knew what they were making. In 1944, after D-Day, a spy was sent to find how far the Germans had come in the buildin .....
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Thats Not Art
Words: 464 - Pages: 2.... time it takes for the glue on a row of tacks to dry. Aesthetics obviously did not play a role in this sculpture, nor did the expression of any meaningful ideas or feelings. I do realize that not knowing the history of this piece or of its creator changes what I see when looking at this sculpture. When I view the iron, I see it as a meaningless object that does not appear to have any creativity or significance attached to itself.
Other artists from this time such as Duchamp and Picasso were also having a hard time finding an audience for their work because society did not understand the ideas they were trying to communicate, and now Picasso i .....
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The Shining
Words: 927 - Pages: 4.... forces both natural and supernatural which breaks and possesses and unites with the morally challenged father while the mother and the child through their innocence, love, and honesty triumph over these forces.
One motif which reappears in the film is the power of nature, especially in relation to the individual. In fact, the film begins with a majestic shot of the Rocky Mountains showing its beauty and height. The beauty of nature and even friendliness of nature changes as the film develops. As the movie progresses the snow still seems white and pure, almost virgin like, but nature becomes an isolating force, not providing the family .....
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McCarthyism
Words: 3101 - Pages: 12.... United States as surely as did World War Two (Fariello, 24). This was a time in American History where panic and terror controlled the lives and the laws of this country (Fariello, 28). When in 1919 the newly appointed Attorney General, A. Mitchel Palmer, was abruptly awoken from his house by a bomb, everyone was seeing red, so to speak. Instantaneously fingers were being pointed in the immediate direction of the Communist Party. The Communist Party had reason, good reason to go after Palmer. He had used legislation passed in 1917 to deport many "communist" that were a threat to the American way of life. As was clearly seen in the .....
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Civiliation And Culture
Words: 355 - Pages: 2.... which was based on justice, judges were used in their legal system similar to the court systems we use today. The Babylonians however created the most complete legal code we possess today, unlike the Sumerians legal code this code, known as Hammurabi's code was based on the ideal of peace, which established the rule of law and justice and is used daily by the people of the 21st century. Another 21st century concept the Babylonians have been credited for is the evolving concept of a national god which unified cultures all over. This belief in one main god is used in many religions and is the main belief used in our time, unlike the ancien .....
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Ivan The Terrible
Words: 663 - Pages: 3.... conquering for the satisfaction of occupying the most territory was secondary to the goal of opening links to the outside world. Good came out of the bloody and ferocious battles as Ivan IV was able to conquer lands that were essential for their location. Ivan IV had the challenge of facing three main Tartar enemies of Russia- Kazan, Astrakhan and Crimea. Ivan IV emerged victoriously as he established rule over Kazan and Astrakhan. The locations of these territories lied by a great source that enables communication and is essential for transportation and commerce. It is the Volga River that Ivan IV was able to obtain control over thus .....
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The Bay Of Pigs Invasion
Words: 4294 - Pages: 16.... bombed by B-26 bombers. The airfields at Camp
Libertad, San Antonio de los Ba¤os and Antonio Maceo airport at Santiago de
Cuba were fired upon. Seven people were killed at Libertad and forty-seven
people were killed at other sites on the island. Two of the B-26s left Cuba
and flew to Miami, apparently to defect to the United States. The Cuban
Revolutionary Council, the government in exile, in New York City released a
statement saying that the bombings in Cuba were ". . . carried out by
'Cubans inside Cuba' who were 'in contact with' the top command of the
Revolutionary Council . . . ." The New York Times reporter covering the
story allu .....
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Emerging Trends - Body Wearable Computers
Words: 3548 - Pages: 13.... or corporate mainframe computer. This is what sets the wearable computer apart from other wearable devices such as wristwatches, regular eyeglasses, and wearable radios.
The best definitions probably given to date are those of Steve Mann. Steve Mann is a self-appointed, and none opposed leader in the body wearable computer field. To avoid confusion and changing the meanings of Steve’s definitions I included them in their entirety from Steve Mann’s Keynote Address, 1998.
“Constancy, the computer runs continuously, and is “always ready” to interact with the user. Unlike a hand-held device, laptop computer, or P .....
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