Rites Of Spring Analysis

The European experience of WWI was a unique and different because it was the first war that really brought the whole entire world on every single front. WWI was a new and unique experience because it was very devastating from the trench warfare on the west, constant moving warfare in eastern Europe, propaganda, and the effects the war had on the world through its many fronts. The thesis of rites of spring says a crucial movement in modern history and consciousness. Eksteins main argument consist of new war techniques, cultural change, and death.

World War One is explained by Eksteins as war that brings us into modern age changing the world and the way we think about war forever. Eksteins states some gruesome stories of World War one …show more content…
He is saying World War one is really the turning point in history were people and nations of the modern world realize how deadly war can be and how violent we can be towards each other. For example what really shocked the world was the birth of the deadly modern warfare while the people still used older style of fighting which was devastating. Eksteins also talks about the social and cultural changes in Europe. For example “ the idea of The Rites of Spring came to me, Stravinsky said later, while I was composing The Firebird I had dreamed a scene of pagan ritual in which a chosen sacrificial virgin dances her self to death” chapter one page 39 (4). This kind of Russian ballot cause outrage and riots in Paris because this was a new kind ballot that seemed more dark. The final message in Rites of Spring is death this because of the many causalities during world war one from machine guns, mustard gas, and brutal tactics.

In conclusion, according to Eksteins WWI was a brutal and harsh war that really no country or empire was prepared for. From its many fronts to new machinery and even cultural changes. All of these changes really changed the face of Europe and the entire world on how we view