Benito Mussolini

THE POWER OF WORDS HOW A TYRANT INSPIRES HOPE AND ENLIGHTENMENT Using the archetype “Power of Words” a famous speech was delivers on the stage by one of the greatest pioneers of the film industry Mr. Charlie Chaplin. “The Great Dictator’s Speech” was a mythical moment in the history of film for two reasons. The first being, this was the moment the most beloved and famous tramp of all, became a dictator. The second was, the words spoken by this tyrant were to become timeless words of hope and…

Mrs M in 1999 by W. Ugolini. This source was part of a collection of interviews for ‘Memory, war and the Italians in Edinburgh: the role of communal myth.’ Mrs M, an Italian living in Edinburgh describes the anti-Italian sentiment and riots when Mussolini, dictator of Italy declared war on Britain and France on 10th of June 1940. This source was written 59 years after the events took place as a result the details could possibly be blurred with the passing of time. As it is a primary source it is…

In Umberto Eco’s Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt, Eco contemplates on what fascism is. He offers a list of 14 “typical” features to recognize fascism, a political system Italians got to name. He refers to these features as “Ur-Fascism” or “Eternal Fascism.” Eco makes clear that these points are unique to fascism and that they “cannot be organized into a system” as “many of them contradict each other, and are also typical of other kinds of despotism or fanaticism” (Eco,…

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco was a dictating leader who rose to power through his hard work, force, and the want for power. He was born in 1892 and died in 1975. He ruled over Spain from 1939-1975, a total of 36 years. He served in the war, earned merit promotions and awards, and he even managed to survive a gunshot wound to the abdomen. This strong, forceful leader saw chances of rising to power and gladly took them. Although standing tall and dressing well is one way he shows physical…

An analysis of flashbacks shown in the scene where Marcello is seen waiting for the Fascist official and walks in a beautiful blonde woman sprawled out on a desk being provocative for a man from Bernardo Bertolucci The Conformist (1970) this reveals how people will hide their true selves to reform and fit in with the fascist society around them and Marcello’s past experiences that led him to his fascist ways. The film’s title Conformist clearly fits the struggle of conforming into fascism but…

only role of the women was to be a mother and nothing more nor less. Since the birth rate in Italy after the war was very disappointing Mussolini insisted that this be the women’s one and only role. While the man’s role was to be the leader of the household, and the bread winner. So fascists indorsed a paternalistic hierarchy of the family. According to Mussolini real men are family men, and “he who is not a father is not a man”…

the Foreign Secretary, laid out the Foreign Office’s reasons behind their support for the deal, stating “If we fail to take what is probably our last chance of bringing the agreement into force and resuming our former relations with Italy, Signor Mussolini will be likely finally to…

Themes of the doll’s house A Doll’s House is written by Henrik Ibsen in the year 1898 when he was traveling from Italy, Rome and Amalfi. Ibsen used A Doll’s House as one vehicle for questioning the importance—and the tyranny—of wealth. This play comes from Ibsen’s peak of radical ideasand when they were presented. Was written originally in Ibsen’s mother tongue Norwegian . The play was highly controversial when it was first published and since then it played am important role in Victorian…

In this essay I will go on a quest to try to identify and analyse the certain approach of “Bicycle Thieves” and the direction it had taken. I will be discussing about the overall impact that the film had on its audience and the importance of the subject of ‘realism’ displayed within the film. Ladri Di Biciclette which is the Italian Translation for Bicycle Thieves was filmed and then released in 1948, firstly in its native Italy and then again in the US as “The Bicycle Thief” just over a year…

The two counties, Germany and Italy, are very different from each other. Both were affected by the French Revolution, which additionally allowed Napoleon to alter the minds of different politics so political movements changed in Europe as well. Throughout the nineteenth century, both Germany and Italy had various similarities and differences that were shown throughout Europe. Starting with Italy’s history, early in the 1800s after all that happened, the people wanted to start again, which was…