Tyrant

Athens went through many changes in government structure, and eventually produced the most radical democracy of its time. The shape of the Athenian government in 403 BCE was especially important, because it changed from the oligarchy of the Thirty Tyrants, established by Sparta after the Peloponnesian War to a radical democracy. The radical democracy was successful and remained the shape of the Athenian government for around a hundred years. Athenians went through many government structures…

of the greater good like a noble leader would. Jack was too contumacious to even acknowledge Ralph’s opposition, instead blocking it out and continuing with his own agenda. Even if Jack can be proven to be a passable leader, he is still an arrogant tyrant because of his cunning personality. In his tribe, Jack “hemmed in the [boys] terror and made it governable” (152). This process of fear-mongering might have accumulated more adherents into his following, but it proves that he is not a good…

After the revolutionary war, America was struggling with finding an effective Government that does not include a tyrant for a leader. For the first few year of freedom, America followed the Articles of Confederation. This did not work because although they didn’t have a tyrant for a leader, “there was no chief executive, there was no court system, there was not even a way for the central government to force a state to pay taxes.” (How Did the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny?). In 1787, when…

that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they will always fall. Think of it -- always.” - Mahatma Gandhi According to this quote by Mahatma Gandhi, truth and love will always win and the tyrants and murderers will always fall. Love and truth have won almost every time in the end. The tyrants and Murderers think that they have won when they kill people or plant bombs in…

Why America Is Losing It’s Liberties And What We Can Do About It. “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham Lincoln There was a time when the tyrants that America fought to vanquish were easy to identify. They wore crowns, held titles and commanded armies. The threat was real and our objective was clear; if we were to ever win our freedom, we had to rebel, we had to shake off their chains and…

Guns save lives. Throughout the latter half of the 20th century and now into the 21st century gun control has been a very controversial topic. In spite of this, control measures have not been implemented federally or even statewide. This is because gun control does not reduce crime nor does it make civilians more safe, it actually tends to have the opposite effect. Gun control laws in the United States would lead to more violent crime, prevent civilians from protecting themselves and allow the…

tyrannical leadership even mean, you ask? A tyrannical leader is unjustly, harsh, or even cruel. Throughout history there have been quite a few tyrannical leaders. Tyrants have make a very negative impact on our world. Hitler, Stalin, and Maximilian Robespierre were all considered some of the most malicious tyrants who ever lived. Hitler is a tyrant because he tried to eliminate an entire race of people during an event that would be later called the Holocaust. The Holocaust refers to the…

Alice Notley’s The Descent of Alette is an epic poem that details a character known as Alette embarking on a journey through a series of underground subways, traveling further into the darkness ultimately seeking to destroy the tyrant who rules this underworld. The epic poem is divided into four different books. On her voyage, Alette passes from car to car, seemingly entering a new realm each time. Exhibiting a stream of consciousness, Alette describes each new world that she enters. As her…

In this text I will prove foreign, non-Western influences changed the course of history in Western Civilization. During the Western Civilization many groups and persons changed the way of living in the civilization. At first, during the 13th century CE, the people that stayed the longest were the Phoenicians from Lebanon. They were living in cities to make trades and setup trade colonies around the Mediterranean. They created a system of writing of 22 symbols that passed the torch from their era…

military forces in Sicily, there was an oligarchy of ‘the Thirty Tyrants’ in Athens which was a particularly brutal regime, noted for its summary executions. Megara and Thebes were other states which had an oligarchic system.” Oligarchies also sat in Corinth, Thebes and even Athens in 411 BCE when their democratic system failed. A group of 400 citizens took over the system and later an oligarchy, which in the text, known as “The Thirty Tyrants” took over Athens system, this regime famed for its…