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The Berlin Wall was both a force and stigma in Germany because it divided the communist East from the democratic West. The Berlin Wall was also paramount during the Cold War because even though it was intended to divide the Germans, it later united them. From the time that The Wall was erected to the time that it fell there were many radical cultural changes within the country of Germany and revolts from all around the globe. When The Wall fell, it was not only a turning point, but also marked…

An alternate rhyme would allow for progression and development as the poem progresses, whereas the enclosed rhyme featured emphasises stasis instead, in how the speaker cannot go anywhere, trapped behind the permanent iron and is, on the contrary, becoming more excluded as the poem continues. Thus the rhyme scheme symbolises the conflict between the speaker’s desire to be free and the…

The Execution of Socrates The trial and execution of Socrates has become a symbol of the violation of freedom of expression and thus sullies this treasured concept of freedom in ancient Athens. Socrates has become commonly seen as a martyr for free speech and it seems inconceivable for this execution to be consistent with a democratic regime by modern standards. However, this tragic event is heavily steeped in its context and cannot be read at a glance as completely anti-democratic and stripping…

“Text means tissue” Roland Barthes once stated, emphasizing that a text should not be viewed as a finished product “behind which lies, more or less hidden, meaning (truth)” but rather as a fluid entity which “is worked out in a perpetual interweaving” (64). Thus, a text does not hide one single truth, waiting to be discovered, but – in perpetual interaction with its readers – creates or at least permits a multiplicity of meanings. Symptomatic of the complexity of meanings woven into a single…

The poem “The Song Love of J. Alfred Prufrock” is written by T.S. Eliot in 1939. During this time period, the “late Victorian culture forbade the public expression of feeling” (McNamara 359). Eliot defies such principles and writes poems that contribute to the new era of poetry, the Modern Era. Eliot utilizes every aspect of the poem to exploit the hypocrisy of the people during the Victorian Era. Eliot develops this poem to expose the frustrations of the modern individual and the hypocrisies…

more immature, non-compacted myocardium. In addition to congestive heart failure and arrhythmias, adults often present following a thromboembolic event. In these instances, the lack of laminar flow through intertrabecular recesses combined with stasis caused by a hypokinetic left ventricle are the presumed…

The Life of Junot Diaz and His Notable Works Junot Diaz is known for incorporating different genres in his works that stem from the traumatic events that he and his family experienced under the wrath of the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, who ruled the Dominican Republic for more than 30 years, before becoming immigrants (Contreras 5).“Diaz establishes an interesting technique that brings together different genres of North American pop culture: the comic book, science fiction film, and 1960’s…

” James Charlton makes the point, “Access is a simple proposition obscured by prejudice that prioritizes resources and projects in terms of tradition and wealth” (Charlton 103). The lack of accessibility that pervades reflects a focus on money and stasis over concern for the inclusion of as many members of our society as possible. That so many places Mairs mentioned are not accessible both represents and perpetuates negative attitudes toward mobility…

The United States has always considered itself a shining city on a hill, a place that makes the rest of the world better. This is the narrative that many Americans have been sold, that whenever the United States intervenes, it is always for the better of not only that country, but the rest of the world. In spite of this narrative, the United States has not always had the best intentions, and many of their interventions have left lives and countries in ruin. Many of the darker parts of American…

1920s Americas history was a major catalyst in changing American culture. Straight out of World War 1, Americans brought light to many social issues that were left in the dust because of the focus on the war. F. Scott Fitzgerald, a novelist during the 1920s said on the era "The parties were bigger…the pace was faster…and the morals were looser." The “roaring twenties” played an important role in shaping social aspects of American society. Ideas like women’s rights, alcohol consumption, and black…