Napoleonic Wars

Trust is the fundamental element to any relationship, but politically it is a deeper level of loyalty and commitment. Trust brings long-term prosperity, unites a nation, it is a nationalistic approach to the well-being of the nation, and it is what keeps the citizens bonded to each other and their leader. Popularity gathers the various aspects of trust and engenders a strong and competent leader. Such a leader is essential for a nation experiencing a political, social, and financial crisis.…

World War I: The Graveyard for People and Values The Great War was a dreadful experience for many people that put Victorian values six feet under. The war experience exploded the generation’s faith in cultural and social institutions of the 19th century. I will demonstrate how World War I poems stretched beyond the trenches into the souls and bones of the Europeans and their civilizations. This experience will directly reflect T.S. Eliot’s postwar epic poem, “Wasteland” that showed the…

In November of 1918, soldiers returned home after fighting in the first world war resented, alone and scarred. Veterans were shunned, mentally and physically hurt and most were homeless. America completely turned on the soldiers and gave them no support, help, or respect. This resentment had life-long effects on the veterans along with the struggle of coping to society without the help and benefits they deserved. The only option veterans had was to come together as a brotherhood and support…

For example, in World War Two they didn’t use trench warfare because it was too hard to overcome the conflict the first time. Instead, they used new tactics of war. One being Hitler’s surprise lightning attack on Poland. “It involved using fast-moving airplanes and tanks, followed by massive infantry forces, to take enemy defenders by surprise…

World War I and the Conquering Male Gaze in Marianne Moore’s Poem “Graveyard” When thinking of a graveyard, you think of a place where dead people are buried. Through imagery and metaphor, Marianne Moore takes you on a ride of your life capturing life’s hardships along the way. Moore’s early poetry was written during a period of profound political and social upheaval. The women’s suffrage movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries culminated in the ratification of the 19th Amendment…

Soldier’s Home took part in World War I, which was fought on an unprecedented scale in the history of civilization. War plays a crucial role in any States development towards a peaceful coexistence (Tzu 63). Therefore, soldiers make extraordinary sacrifices in the war zones. Nevertheless, these soldiers face a variety of challenges when they try to re-enter civilian lifestyles. In Soldier’s Home, Ernest Hemmingway highlights the predicament of a youthful…

I believe that conservatism dominated much of Europe in 1815. Conservatisms success was jumpstarted when the Congress of Vienna occurred in the year of 1814 when enemies of France came together, which included Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia stating that they would make an alliance and defeat Napoleon while maintaining peace following the defeat. The leader Prince Klemens von Metternich was guided by the principle of legitimacy which was the necessity of restoring the legitimate…

Napoleon Bonaparte was a leader in the French military who became emperor and led France into a European-wide expansion. Napoleon wanted to expand his empire to be all over Europe. Napoleon had almost accomplished this goal, but due to a mishap when trying to invade Russia he was he was exiled to the island of Elba. Napoleon seemed to have a weakness with certain battle strategy and over confidence which led to multiple downfalls of the the French military. Napoleon’s plans for the revolution to…

of victims of domestic violence or war veterans, it can take any shape and any level of intensity. In Virginia Woolf’s piece, Mrs. Dalloway and Wilfred Owen’s, “Dulce et Decorum Est” trauma is a consistent notion that is prominent in the characters’ lives. In Woolf’s piece, Septimus Smith is a World War I veteran who suffers from obvious trauma in the form of shellshock. He lives with the aftermath of the war and eventually sees hallucinations of his dead war friend, Evans. A less obvious…

The First World War took over 16 million lives (“World War I Casualties”); however, the impact was much more immense than the lives taken. On top of this high death toll, over half of the surviving soldiers faced severe psychological damage which was treated incorrectly because of the social stigmas perpetuated by many doctors. The war impacted all aspects of life, not just the lives of the soldiers who fought. Despite the fact that Mrs. Dalloway is set in the summer of 1923, just five short…