Desperate Measures

In 1533, at the age of fourteen, Catherine married Henry, second son of King Francis I and Queen Claude of France. Throughout his reign, Henry excluded Catherine from participating in state affairs and instead showered favours on his chief mistress, Diane de Poitiers, who wielded much influence over him. Henry's death thrust Catherine into the political arena as mother of the frail fifteen-year-old King Francis II. When he died in 1560, she became regent on behalf of her ten-year-old son King…

With respect to John Maynard Keynes, and his book The Economic Consequences of the Peace, caused a global shift propelling a paradigm founded on the notion that public investing on a global spectrum would create beneficial trading relationships that could boost the global economies. In addition, that World War II reparations, would in the long-haul cripple Germany's economic recovery and thereby negatively impact other European nations. This ideology was furthered by Keynes' simple idea that…

After the American Revolution, many countries faced difficult situations that would not have arisen had the colonies and Britain avoided a war. Due to the colonies’ rebellion, Britain and France fell even deeper into debt; the colonists’ actions produced lasting effects on other nations’ wellbeing. Sometimes countries benefited from it, but sometimes the revolution changed other countries in a cynical way. No matter how favorable or negative the influence, however, it seemed that “Gentlemen are…

Gaius Julius Caesar once said “ Veni, Vidi, Vici.”. This quote is relevant because in order to conquer, one must have a plan. Julius Caesar used numerous tactics in order to conquer the many regions he did. Caesar used the wedge formation, the maniple channels, and the strong right flank. The development of these tactics were the most essential contributors to his successes, and helped him to expand his vastly empire. One of Caesar's tactics was the wedge formation. The wedge formation was a…

Dilemmas in “The possibility of An Island” Most of the "future" theme novels put the sights or utopian outer space science and technology and prosperity and make a fictional order of higher envy of modern civilization. While I feel Michelle’s novel is just on the opposite. The future of the world will return to the possibility of a "dilemma". The "Island" seems to exist, perhaps technology can help them achieve that desire; it seems out of reach, because it is only with the presence of…

on a set of psychological tests. Those who thought that they would be participating in a prison study had significantly higher levels of aggressiveness, authoritarianism, Machiavellianism, narcissism, and social dominance, and they scored lower on measures of empathy and altruism” (Konnikova). The subjects responded to a certain wording, and this wording showed that the subjects were not as “normal” as Zimbardo claimed. Finally, the environment was crafted to be brutal. The guards and…

The author goes on to explain how that some Puritans solved the problems by preventing their measures, but he also includes that all the Puritans survived 'through ye help of God" (Bradford). Bradford sheds a positive light and glorifies God's power to help them through tough and dangerous times. The quote also goes to show the relationship between…

The event that had a puzzling reaction and has often sparked many experiments to test how this event could have occurred is the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a tragedy that occurred in Germany on January 30, 1933. It resulted in the genocide of eleven million people, six million of whom were Jews and other minorities such as Soviet POWs, Polish, Serbs, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Roma Gypsies, Homosexuals, African Americans, the physically and mentally disabled and anyone who resisted his ideology. In…

Worker felt that the whole situation was unfair, so in hope of obtaining justice they began to strike. Strikes were starting to break out frequently, so businesses took precautionary measures of their own hiring strikebreakers to break up the conflict. Many businesses and their owners assumed that the workers would eventually come to their senses. Eventually workers would get hungry, they will have to support their families somehow,…

In "Romeo ann Juliet," Shakespeare seeks to educate his audience on the tragic conseqences that can come from keeping two young lovers apart. Romeo and Juliet is the most famous love story’s every created in history. It tells the story of two young lovers who love was forbidden. Love is displayed throughout many acts and scenes and is certainly the most important theme in the book. The plays main focus is on the romantic love and passion that appears between Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the…