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    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 propaganda. Hitler 's speech proved the Night of…

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    say so he ran for presidency. Although he did not win, the President made Hitler, his chancellor so that he could calm down the people that follow Hitler (“Nazi Germany”). One night the Nazis held a protest know as the Beer Hall Putsch, although there was a fight and he got arrested (“The rise of the Nazi Party”). That night about a dozen people died in the fight (“Adolf Hitler”). He had a trail and was supposed to do five years in prison, but was only in for nine months. While he was jailed he…

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    People see artwork in many ways, either in the form of physical or mental. With all the different forms of artwork, Hitler felt as if he could control all of them, then he could rule over all. With all the different forms of artwork, Hitler felt as if he could control all of them, then he could rule over all.During WWII, Hitler and his commanders ordered Nazi soldiers to steal artwork from captured countries in order to show German power, to suppress cultures, and fund the war. Hitler would kill…

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    In what ways, and with what success, did one authoritarian or single-party ruler deal with internal opposition? Existing internal political, military, social and economic opposition in Nazi german was dealt with by both legal and illegal means with varying degrees of success. Hitler’s exploitation of situations and use of violence allowed him to successfully destroy threats from other party’s as well as within the NSDAP as well as potential economic opponents. Violence as a method was mostly…

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    Propaganda was widely used in the first world one. They were many different parties, especially in Germany, and each one wants the population to join their party. One of these parties is the Nazi party. The leader of the Nazi party was Adolf Hitler. He gave many persuasive speeches in order to win the German nation, which he then did. One of the famous and well know speech he gave was the “Proclamation to the German Nation”. He gave this speech on February 1st, 1933. it is a great example of…

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    themselves to sleep, stare into empty space, and not be themselves, breaks you. Your words don’t bring comfort and you know you can’t do anything. Many individuals seem to be stuck. They are living day by day, yet they can’t move forward. In “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” Mary says, “The past is the present, isn’t it? It’s the future too,” (O’Neill 424). This line shows that no matter how much time has passed since her child’s death, she is still reminiscing the past. According to Healgrief,…

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    For example, in Long Day’s Journey into Night, Tyrone continuously tells Jamie that he has no ambition in life, that he is a horrible influence on his brother and accuses him of being lazy. Even when Jamie volunteers to help with the hedge, Tyrone unkindly turns him down, saying “You’d…

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    August: Osage County

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    called Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill. This play tells the story about a family struggling with addiction, and they’re hard and eventually vain attempt to fix things. They play in a drama and is semi-autobiographical. The play that I read to compare in comparison, is a dark comedy play called August: Osage County by Tracy Letts. It has many characters but the main characters are the Weston sisters, Barbara, Karen, and Ivy, and their mother, Violet. It has similar themes to Long…

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    Beowulf Perspective Essay

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    king's best man with me as a hostage and possibly a snack if I get hungry. As I escaped through the night I went to my lair beneath the lake in my underwater cave. I waited for Beowulf to come and rescue…

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    A long time ago, enemies of the Sioux were taking their horses and running off the buffalo. Standing Bear the First asked his brave warriors to help punish the enemies and make them return to their homeland. On his horse Standing Bear, was followed by ten warriors on foot. His horse was his most prized possession. For days, the party traveled, but the enemy hid, because they didn’t want an open fight with the Sioux. Enemies knew that the they were the bravest of the brave. Eventually the Sioux…

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