Benito Cereno

In 1922 in Italy after the March of Rome, the monarchy, the church, the political elite and the voters felt Benito Mussolini and his Fascist regime would provide the political and financial stability that the country of Italy needed. Mussolini came to power in 1922 during Italy’s time of corruption, economic depression and labor disputes . He did not come in as a savior but more or so a dictator. Mussolini invented the word Fascism and introduced it as a political party to Italy, and it…

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an italian dictator but originally a revolutionary socialist who later became prime minister of Italy from 1922 to 1943. After the leader of italy at the time gave mussolini permission to rule italy thinking that mussolini was going to fix a number of italy’s problems ranging from the bad economy to the lose of nationalism overall rose to power as prime minister after world war one. Benito mussolini was also the leader and creator of the fascist party which…

With the Fascist party repressed and World War II over, Italy was ready to establish a new political movement. In 1943 The Christian Democratic party or the DC a conservative group was founded. Although the Mafia had a long history of fighting over power with the government, especially during Mussolini’s rule, the relationship between the DC and mafia would be much more unified. When the DC was founded, Don Calo, known as one of the most influential mafia bosses of Sicily was also making his…

Mussolini used violence as a main tactic to help promote his political viewpoint of fascism. Through illegal violence, rather than elections, Fascists controlled government administration and destroyed the offices, newspapers, and cultural and social organizations of the Socialists, trade unions, and peasant leagues (Lyttelton). Socialists had a difficult time reorganizing because of the repeated violence toward local leaders. Large demonstrations, assisted by the police and higher classes, were…

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini were both dictators that rose to power after World War I. Both dictators were extremely unhappy with Treaty of Versailles. Mussolini wasn’t happy with it because Italy did not get the land they were promised and Hitler wasn’t happy with it because he thought it was way too harsh. They both rose to power during their countries Great Depression and were able to get their country out of the Great Depression by strengthening their military. They both were able to…

Fascism is abhorred by the vast majority of people, it immediately brings thoughts of Hitler’s regime and the atrocities of World War 2. Some would find it very surprising that many of the tenets associated with fascism can be paralleled to organized religion. The first tenet of fascism is the rejection of reason, they replace their doubts with passion and national pride. Some who subscribe to Christianity or Islam are faithful to their God, believing in them wholeheartedly on the basis of…

mergency. The political implications of different regimes coming to power exemplify the ability of capitalism to produce systems of oppression, whether legal or coercive. Fascist ideals came about through the works of capitalism, in order to stabilize revolutions and to maintain populations. Through the shadowing works of liberalism and capitalism, radical ideologies were able to be reproduced because of the failure of the “progressive” state. Fascisms can thrive off capitalism by manipulating…

be original? Benito Mussolini is a very well known figure in World War II history. Mussolini being influenced started out when he was young and simply following the footsteps of his role models. Eventually, it led to when he was middle aged and inspired by other more powerful dictators. As others realized a country was under the control of a mere tool, Mussolini simply became the one others had used to indirectly govern Italy. Even as the dictator of Italy during World War II, Benito Mussolini…

First, the history of Antifa needs to be clarified. Antifa isn’t a new organization by any means, as they’ve been around for nearly 100 years to this day. In the 1920’s and 1930’s many left leaning groups -communist, socialists, anarchist- started to organize to combat the fascist regimes on the rise in Italy and Germany. Fascism is a dictatorial government that controls all aspects of its people’s life, and puts emphasis on Nation, and often race. Opposition is not allowed to exist (3). As…

Benito Cereno is a story by Melville Herman, and the work was serialized for the first time in the Putnam’s monthly in early 1855. In developing Benito Cereno, Melville relies solely on the biography of the real Captain Amasa Delano, whom Melville depicts as the principal character and also as the main protagonist (www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/benitocereno). Delano relates how in 1805, his vessel that was named Perseverance bump into the Spanish Tryal. It was a ship whose captives had overthrown…