Fatherland

pain, with blood coming out of his mouth. The narration then suggests that if one would have seen that, they would “not tell children the old lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”, which is Latin for sweet and fitting it is to die for your fatherland. This statement tells us Owen felt that to die for one’s country, was not something that should be romanticized, and the death is never something to take lightly. This concept would permeate throughout war poetry during both the first world war…

“I speak to you as a friend, as one who knows of your deep attachment to your fatherland, as one who shares your aspirations for liberty and justice for all”. That exert from his speech portrays ethos in a way that shows that he loves his country as much as all of his fellow citizens. To be able to address this speech to the nation…

What was the short-term significance of The Night of the Long Knives? The Night of the Long Knives was significant because it marked a turning point in the Third Reich; as the first publicised official government purge, it signalled the types of activities for which they would later be primarily known. Its name was coined by Hitler, alluding to a popular German song about revenge, which captured the direction in which he wanted to push his particular version of events as part of Nazi…

An explanation that is potentially one of the more conventional validations of the relationship between Machiavelli’s The Prince and the Discourses is reading The Prince as a manual for the founder of what would eventually emerge as a republic. Once the prince has established a foundation of the state, the republic that Machiavelli advocates for in the Discourses will become achievable and desirable. The Prince was written to establish a unified state; the republic in the Discourses will…

over only family members, the power of the princeps extends to all residents of Rome. In addition, in Chapter 35 of the Res Gestae, Augustus claims that “…the senate and equestrian order and people of Rome all together hailed me as father of the fatherland [patrem patriae] ….”, which seems an honorific title, but Augustus may have saw the title as concrete rather than figurative (Res Gestae 35.1). Thus, by positioning himself as the paternal figure of all residents of Rome, Augustus justifies…

Based on one of Friedrich Nietzsche's most distinguished philosophy book ever written during the 18th century, he develops a new philosopher ideal. In the book "Beyond Good and Evil," Nietzsche inquires a philosophy of the future for "free spirits". Nietzsche describes the distinct species of a philosopher, the "free spirits" and contrasts the false free spirits with the true free spirits. Nietzsche mentions the French Revolution, Voltaire, Stendhal, and "modern ideas". Nietzsche's claim argues…

The story “Things Fall Apart” the village tribe that the book revolves around loses their old traditions and customs to the White Men who try to convert them to Christianity. Throughout the story, some of the characters agree with the missionaries, but some of the others completely disagree with them and want to keep their old traditions and customs. Even though some of the characters try to keep their tribal members, they fail and it becomes harder for them.…

Music of the Third Reich During the Nazi regime, Hitler and his party members used propaganda as an integral method to promote the philosophies of the Third Reich. Due to Hitler’s lifelong passion for it, music became one of the essential avenues of Hitler’s propaganda messages. Bruckner, Beethoven and most Notably Wagner were just a few of the many composers whom were glorified by Hitler. Through a discriminant handpicking of composers, the Nazi regime was able to rewrite German music history…

The seventy-four years of the Soviet Union’s experiment with communism created various social, economic, and political standards within society that were not easily put aside. During the political generations of Lenin and Stalin, the Soviet leader’s cult of power was both consolidated and highlighted in connection to the Russian Empire’s historical figures, legitimizing the ruler’s leadership and government. Likewise, the process of centralization not only emphasized Moscow and the successes…

The labeling of individuals as “subversives”, atheist, anti-fatherland, and delinquents played a great role in the justification of the lexicon of terror in Argentina. It created confusion and distorted the truth from the Argentinian people where the enemy became somewhat of a faceless enemy. This meant that readily…