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Schindler’s List
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... with the Jews and the Nazi Army. Reality struck him when his workers were being taken away from his ghettos and placed in concentration camps. Jews, who worked for free were his main source of labor. Actually, what the Jews are getting in return is even more valuable than money. Freedom. He is freeing them from being destroyed. Once Schindler recognizes this tragedy, he puts his on life in danger to save all of the Jews that he can. He is so generous that people ask him to let people work in the factory so they will live. He does so. He has a heart but he also does it for his personal gain. At first, he just opens the factory to gain money. In the end, we ...



Renaissance Art 2
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... and Alberti, paintings were able to carry better-recognized religious ideas because the paintings became more transparent and more vivid in detail. Lastly, artists in the high Renaissance such as Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Titian, and Raphael developed paintings in the narrative style that demonstrated the “body in a more scientific and natural manner,” thus demonstrating the various aspects of every day life. Moreover, with the combinations of the two beneficiary notions, individualism and humanism, craftsmen were expected by society to be proficient in more than one profession such as literature, sculpture, architecture, and particularly art. One of the first ma ...



Death Of Romeo And Juliet
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... that happens beyond the character's control, Romeo and Juliet have control over everything that they do. The tragic ending of Romeo and Juliet is neither bad luck nor fate, but it is the result of the hasty personality and characteristic. Many, including Henry Alonzo, feel that Romeo and Juliet could not control and overcome their personality and therefor it brought them their tragic ending. Although many feel that Romeo and Juliet's tragic ending is fate and can not be change, Henry Alonzo agues against this saying that character flaws cause Romeo and Juliet's tragic ending. Henry Alonzo Myers feels that "fate…is determined by character and not by chance ...



The American Civil War
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... to the South. General Grant became known as the "Butcher" (Grant, Ulysses S., Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, New York: Charles L. Webster & Co.,1894) and many wanted to see him removed. But Lincoln stood firm with his General, and the war continued. This paper will follow the happenings and events between the winter of 1864-65 and the surrender of The Confederate States of America. All of this will most certainly illustrate that April 9, 1865 was indeed the end of a tragedy. II. CUTTING OFF THE SOUTH In September of 1864, General William T. Sherman and his army cleared the city of Atlanta of its civilian population then rested ever so briefly. It was ...



More About The 1968 Tet Offensive
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... of the 1968 Tet Offensive. It said that the North Vietnamese Army supreme command had imitated one of the greatest heroes of Vietnam, King Quang Trung, who won the most spectacular victory over the Chinese aggressors in the 1789 counter-attack - in planning the 1968 operations. The book quoted King Quang Trung's tactic of surprise. He let the troops celebrate the 1789 Tet Festival one day ahead so that he could launch the attacks on the first three days of the lunar new year while the Chinese troops were still feasting and not ready to organize their defense. Those who claimed the similarity between the two campaigns certainly did not know the whole truth, but ju ...



Neoclassicism
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... their work like balance, proportion, unity, and harmony which would facilitate the process of educating, and correcting mankind. Their favorite literary forms were the essay, the letter, the satire, and the spoof, while the theatre saw the development of the drama and sentimental comedy. Many of the primary beliefs of in fact have reappeared in the twentieth century. In the Neoclassic era hierarchy system was prevalent and prominent. We come to know about this from the story "Tartuffe" where Orgon displays his higher authority over Dorine. Such a system is still existent in most parts of the world but in a subtler manner for example the Caste system that exists i ...



U.S Involvement In The Vietnam War
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... rather than to bring a quick and decisive end to the conflict. This can be seen in the selective bombing of Hanoi throughout the course of the Vietnam War. Politically this strategy looked very good. However, militarily it was ludicrous. War is the one arena in which politicians have no place. War is the military's sole purpose. Therefore, the U. S. Military should be allowed to conduct any war, conflict, or police action that it has been committed to without political interference or control because of the problems and hidden interests which are always present when dealing with polit United States involvement in the Vietnam War actually began in 1950 ...



The Boston Massacre
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... famous people who was an African American sailor, Samuel Gray, a worker at rope walk, James Caldwell, a mate on a American ship, Samuel Maverick, who was a young seventeen year old male, and Patrick Carr, a feather maker. The purpose of the Boston Massacre was to try to make liberal and moderate people become radicals. It was really an accident and the radicals tried to use propaganda and turn something small into something big. The British soldiers were accused of Murder and manslaughter. To represent them was John Adams, a relative of Samuel Adams. Adams wanted the trial to get over and didn't want the truth to come out. The Boston Massacre and misleadin ...



Philadelphia
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... our legal system can be discriminating. When he started looking for a lawyer, he found many people who did not want to represent him because of his illness. The frustration he felt must ha been a real burden. Most people were afraid of him. Even the man who finally represented him was afraid of him. He soon came to understand Andy was no threat to his health or his reputation, but someone he learned from and ended up becoming friends. Andy himself feared his disease even before he was sure he had it. He did not want to go for his blood test. He didn't want to face the reality of having Aids. He really didn't have any choice. After the doctor confirmed his fears a ...



Conflicts Of Opinions In The Government
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... the government, not the common people. Hamilton favored manufacturing, shipping, and trade for the backbone of the economy. The Federalist’s also favored a loose, general interpretation of the United States constitution. The Federalist’s also favored tariffs to protect good manufactured in the United States. In contrast, Thomas Jefferson’s political views favored the common person. Jefferson believed that farmers were the most valuable citizens. His followers called themselves the Democratic Republicans. “Cultivators of the earth,” Jefferson wrote, “are the most valuable citizens.” This belief could be due to the fact that he was a farmer himself. Jefferson ...




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