Peter I of Russia

lessons which have been learned and many more awaiting. The first source I will discuss is the speech President John F. Kennedy delivered to the public in 1961 about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Up until this day, April 20, 1961, many Americans were not aware of the depth of the crisis. By giving this speech, the…

While Henry IV Part I (Henry IV) may seem only a quintessential medieval tale of revelry and victory in battle, as we delve deeper into Shakespeare’s representation of the motivations and actions of its characters we begin to appreciate the latent political messages at play. The story of Henry IV Part I is fundamentally driven by a quest for legitimacy and an examination of what is required of a political leader. These personal and political ideas are similarly present in Peter Jackson’s film…

In Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky invites the reader to explore the results of fully embracing utilitarianism as a moral philosophy. The novel does this through Rodya, a character who adopts utilitarianism and acts in unsettling ways. I will argue Dostoevsky does not challenge the core premises of utilitarianism, but instead asks the reader to think about the consequences of this ideology. Rodya is both nonreligious as well as utilitarian to the extreme. Rodya is (at least in part)…

Last October, I took a weeklong trip to Haiti. From Port au Prince, I took the bumpiest bus ride of my life eight hours into the country to rural Leon. Over the 187 miles outside of the capital, I passed one store, one bathroom, and a few shacks with the word “Bank” painted on them. The bus drove through a river, stopped for an hour while a makeshift road crew moved boulders that had fallen in the road and miraculously drove along the winding narrow dirt paths in the mountains with only the…

the west began, where the Scythians were recognized by their settled neighbors - the Assyrians, Greeks, Persians. Scythians from ancient times became famous as skilled horse archers and those who did not know the fear and pity of the warriors. In Russia, the Scythian theme has always been particularly close and dear, despite the fact that the Scythians were not the ancestors of either the Slavs or the Russians. We learn about them on the school years, reading the "Scythians" by Alexander Blok…

The concept of nationalism was dealt with differently by many communist theorists and leaders during the 20th century, ranging from toleration, attempts to destroy the concept and the incorporation of nationalism into the Communist ideology. Early Communist thinkers such as Marx, Engels and Rosenberg shared similar views on the issue of nationalism in that it would become an irrelevance within a fully formed socialist state. Furthermore, Vladimir Lenin implemented these views of the Marxist…

In 1915, he was transferred to the Eastern Front against Russia; however, in April, he was seriously wounded by artillery fire and was captured by the Russians. Following a long hospitalization, he was sent to a prisoner-of-war camp, where he organized many demonstrations and became acquainted with Bolshevik propaganda…

Amanda Burnett 5/4/16 D - Block World History The Mao Zedong (TseTung) Genocide Through his campaign for Industrialization, the Great Leap Forward, Mao Zedong caused the deaths of 45 million civilians living in the People 's Republic of China. Through various events in the life of the chinese communist leader, Mao Zedong, it lead him to the powerful communist leader that he had become. On December 26th, 1893 Mao Zedong or Mao TseTung was born into a family of peasants,…

The decline of the Safavid was caused by the leaders not really being too capable after Abbass I,because they were unable to control internal matters and fend off foreign threats. As time went on the ottomans and mughals reduced safavid territory. The empire ended when the capital of Isfahan was taken by Afghani tribes in 1722. Mughals: The mughal…

connects the fictional world of Narnia to England during World War II. In doing so, he allows the reader to connect to difficult themes on an emotional and spiritual level. In this paper, I shall discuss how the political climate of 1940’s London is reflected in the oppression of Narnia by the White Witch. Next, I will explain and use Hannah Arendt’s theory on the “banality of evil” to interpret some of the fictional and historical connections Lewis makes…