The response of the Romans was hampered by the absence of the Roman legions‚ which were already engaged in fighting a revolt in Spain and the Third Mithridatic War. Furthermore‚ the Romans considered the rebellion more a policing matter rather than a war. Rome dispatched militia under the command of praetor Gaius Claudius Glaberus‚ which besieged the slaves on the mountain‚ hoping that starvation would force the slaves to surrender. They were surprised when Spartacus had ropes made from vines‚ climbed
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prevent them from industrializing Colombia (“Revolutionary”). The Colombian government planned to industrialize the country and rebuild them after a bloody civil war that had just ended called La Violencia(“Profile”).La Violencia was a civil war‚ fought mainly in the rural parts between the liberal and conservative parties. This civil war began with the assassination of Jorge Eliecer
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The War on Drugs is such a huge issue in today’s society. What is the war on drugs? It refers to the governmental programs intended to suppress the consumption of certain recreational drugs. There are many other drugs that are more harmful to your body then marijuana. Alcohol and tobacco‚ which are legal “drugs”‚ are two of them. There are many reasons to why the government should legalize marijuana and there are also many reasons to why the government should not legalize marijuana. Today I
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Patriarchal Ideology in “The Boarding House”: The Characterization of Mrs. Mooney James Joyce’s “The Boarding House” is one of the short stories in his collection of The Dubliners. In this story‚ Mrs. Mooney‚ after separating from her abusive and alcoholic husband‚ runs a boarding house for working men. Her daughter Polly entertains the boarders by singing and flirts with them. Mrs. Mooney learns that Polly is dating Mr. Doran‚ a man in his mid-thirties who has worked in a Catholic wine-merchant’s
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The Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865 and led to over 618‚000 casualties. Its causes can be traced back to tensions that formed early in the nation’s history. The most common misconception is that the American civil war started solely over the issue of slavery. There were many other issues that lead the United States to divide such as the importance of state rights‚ the failure to compromise‚ sectionalism and finally the election of Abraham Lincoln without any southern votes. Slavery was essential
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The Chocolate War is a fictional novel written by Robert Cormier. This book discusses whether the main character disturbs the universe. From studying The Chocolate War‚ it is clear that people disturb the universe in fiction and reality. Jerry Renault ( a main character) is a freshman in high school. He is trying to do what all freshmen in high school are trying figure out about themselves. Jerry is trying to figure out who he is and how he impacts his world. Jerry is a new student at Trinity‚ an
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no single work of literature in the world‚ where a full‚ completed characterization of a person would be‚ no matter if he/she is the main character‚ or does not play any role in the novel at all. The main idea is to develop an image of a character through actions of others‚ and as it gets more complicated‚ the greater novel becomes. In Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” the author uses the technique of indirect characterization to make the reader feel the atmosphere of the society of the nineteen-twenties
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Characterization: Reverend Twycott: Reverend Twycott was the vicar at Gaymead‚ a little village in North Wessex. Following the death of his wife‚ he became aware of Sophy’ s devotion and care for him. Following the sad little accident that left Sophy incapacitated‚ Twycott proposes marriage to her. Twycott has committed what in his eyes was “social suicide” and he moves‚ exchanging the charming Gaymead for dull and drab south of London. The Reverend seems to have had a poor opinion of Sophy as a
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2012 [Turn over 2 Option A: 19th Century topic WAS THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR CAUSED BY SLAVERY? 1 Study Source A and B. How far do these two sources disagree? Explain your answer using details of the sources. Level 5 Compares overall points of view of sources about the causes of the Civil War Level 4 Agreement and disagreement of detail or sub-messages
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As America we are known for sticking our noses in things that do not concern us. One example that a lot of people use is the Vietnam war and how we had no business being over there and fighting their war but our government says we have to protect democracy when and where ever it calls for help so we shipped our boys off and got our asses handed to us pretty much. We lost a lot of good men for nothing we wouldn’t have gotten anything if we would have won the freaking thing anyways. With that being
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