Benito Mussolini

Compared with the Violin Concerto no. 1 op. 77 (1948), and Quartet no. 4 op. 83 (1948), the oratorio Song of the Forests op. 81 is seemingly foreign due to the optimistic atmosphere of the oratorio, the simple melody, the modes, and the original text of the song no. 7 that praises Stalin as a gardener. Therefore, the oratorio Song of the Forests op. 81 has a widely accepted staple as a proof of Shostakovich’s ultimate submission to the regime. The analysis shows that the oratorio also has…

Roosevelt: The Lion and The Fox It is often said that Franklin D. Roosevelt was not as great a President as his cousin Theodore Roosevelt, but leading the United States during the Great Depression, he had to be as strong as a lion and as clever as a fox. James McGregor Burns does an amazing job at describing Franklin’s life as a young boy to the day he was re-elected for the third time to be the president of the United States. Mr. Burns was a prize winning author that specialized in…

In the final analysis, the Court’s judicial “activism” has been terribly misguided. Instead of creating constitutional “penumbras” in Griswold, the Court should have upheld the limits on corporate expenditures in Citizens United. Instead of inventing a right to abortion in Roe, the Court should have upheld aggregate limits on individual contributions in McCutcheon. Instead of defining “liberty” in the most broad and unworkable terms in Planned Parenthood, the Court should have held that the…

“Someone said to me 'To you football is a matter of life or death! ' and I said 'Listen, it 's more important than that '. (Bill Shankly) Soccer is a sport that crosses boundaries and is played all around the world. It brings people together to enjoy the intensity of 90 minutes filled by passion and uncertainty of who will ultimate winner. Most of the people who watch soccer do it in a passive way as a source of mild entertainment, but there’s a growing minority of fans who have taking the…

William Butler Yeats was a very talented poet. In his lifetime he accomplished many great things. He was a 20th century Irish poet. He helped with the foundation with the Abbey Theatre, and later served as an Irish senator. He was well known for believing in occults, and including them in his works. Also, William Butler Yeats was a pervert. The study of the childhood of William Butler Yeats, his natural origin, his religious beliefs, and his Irish decent affected the style and setting of his…

Plato 's case which favours philosophers creating the ideal polis, the Kallipolis, which is dependent on philosophers ruling with political power; knowledge and love of wisdom being key for this ideal polis. The case, presented in “the Republic” which is Plato’s most fascinating and most significant pieces, works in the development of philosophy. Socrates is at the center of this narration and for this reason is described as, “merely, the mouthpiece of his own opinion.” The case is subject to…

The Holocaust: 12 Years of History World War II was just half of the story. The other half of the story was a very tragic event called the Holocaust. The Holocaust consisted of over eleven million people killed, for nothing but their background. The time of the Holocaust was a very tragic and devastating experience for many people who were killed for no reason but their background, and were treated very poorly; by torture, starvation, laborious work, and other cruel treatments. World War I…

The Nazi party was growing but it was only growing in one state, Bavaria, in south Germany. Bavaria is a long way from the capital of Berlin so Hitler would have to reach Berlin to seize any power over all of Germany. Benito Mussolini achieved a plan where his troops would march on Rome, Italy 's capital, to seize power on behalf of the nation. This plan worked and by surprise the Italian government showed no resistance. Hitler wanted to follow Mussolini’s plan, thinking he…

hijab bullshit and the Italian crucifix being displayed in public buildings bullshit. The law allowing for the crucifixes to be displayed inside the classrooms, the Italian courts, and hospitals was passed in 1924 by Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini (Thomas, R. Murray, 2007). After the Second World War in 1948, Italy passed a new constitution, which officially made the state a secular one (Thomas, R. Murray, 2007). This did not entirely change the role of the Catholic Church in Italy…

Adolf Hitler once said, “To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens” (brainyquotes.com). Adolf Hitler was born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria (biography.com). Hitler was the fourth of six children born to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl (biography.com). Adolf Hitler showed great interest in fine arts; he applied to the Academy of Fine Arts from which he was declined twice (biography.com). Hitler and his father often clashed, Alois Hitler did not approve of Adolf’s interest in fine…