Do you agree with this interpretation of Dunkirk? In this essay‚ I am going to explain a painting of Dunkirk‚ which was painted by a British painter in 1940. The artist‚ who painted the picture‚ was called Charles Cundall. He was sent by the British government to paint a picture about The Evacuation at Dunkirk. His main aim for painting this picture was to make Germany look bad and Britain look good. Therefore he had a reason to paint the picture as he was British himself. By looking at the picture
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Political Views on Angels in America The representation of individualism and stagnation during the presidency of Ronald Reagan‚ juxtaposed to Kushner’s progress and collectivism. Angel: Greetings Prophet! The Great Work Begins: The Messenger has arrived. Prior: Go Away. (Kushner‚ 149) Throughout Part Two of Tony Kushner’s play Angels in America‚ Prior the Prophet envisions progress in the world after the Angel confronts him at the end of Part One. The red line connecting Prior and the
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The Crimean war played a huge factor in the selling of Alaska to the US. First of all‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ an empire that controlled many parts of the middle east except for Persia‚ gradually disintegrated after a largely prosperous and cultural time. Egypt and parts of the Balkans were slowly declaring independence from the Ottomans. Russia saw this disintegration time as an opportunity to advance its territory southward. However‚ the British saw this expansion as a threat‚ and if Russia took over
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Would you agree with the view that Mussolini’s foreign policy was always expansionist? Mussolini’s foreign policy aimed to revise the Paris peace settlement.‚ increase influence in the Balkans and Mediterranean and to expand Italy’s overseas colonial empire. In 1935 Mussolini achieved one of these aims by taking over Abyssinia‚ this increased his colonial empire. He was able to achieve this because of Britain and France’s ever increasing pre-occupation with Hitler’s Germany. Because Britain didn’t
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Do you agree with the view that Party Politics was the main reason that the suffrage campaign failed 1860-1914 Sources: I (pg.49)‚ J (article) Despite many years of campaigning‚ by 1914 the suffrage women had not achieved the vote. There were many things holding back suffrage progression from 1860-1914 and came most significantly in the form of the Prime Minister W.E Gladstone. But how much party politics had to do with the liberals position against suffrage is not a certainty. The liberals
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How far do you agree that the Russo-Jap war was the main cause of the 1905 revolution? There were many factors that contributed to the 1905 revolution in Russia. They range from political opposition groups such as the Bolsheviks and the social revolutionaries‚ to the failure to reform. The Russo-Jap war of 1905 acted as the trigger to the revolution. However many factors such as increasing political discontent within the cities and countryside were also important and these issues can be linked back
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Music is purely for relaxation. Do you agree? I agree to a certain extent. The primary purpose of music is for relaxation. Yet‚ there are many other types of music that does the opposite. The types of music include‚ dance music‚ religious music‚ spiritual music‚ ethnic music‚ children music‚ Baroque music‚ classical music and many others. These different types of music have various purposes. Each type of music will invoke different moods in the listeners. Dance music is produced specially for
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drowned all aboard. Clifford things the shipowner is guilty of their deaths even though he sincerely and in all good conscience believed the ship was sea- worth. What do you think? Do you agree with Clifford? Why or why not? Answer: I think that Clifford is absolutely correct in the scenarios that he provided. Quickly‚ Clifford made it clear that the shipowner was fully aware that his ship had not been built well‚ and because of this the ship had needed repairs often. That means that the ship had been
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regime collapsed‚ and many would argue that it was mainly as a result of the First World War beginning in 1914. War broke out in 1914‚ with Tsar Nicholas becoming commander-in-chief in 1915‚ meaning he was away from Petrograd. Not only was this poorly thought out by Nicholas because it gave the people an opportunity to plot against him‚ but as he was away he left Tsarina (also a German princess)‚ Alexandra‚ in charge during his absence. Due to the war being against Germany‚ this made the Russian
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Do you agree with the view that the main cause of the English Reformation was the character and influence of Anne Boleyn? Source 7 agrees with the view put forward in the question implying that the character of Anne Boleyn and influence over Henry was responsible for the English reformation. Source 9 to a certain extent supports the view in the question and source 7 by implying that Anne Boleyns acquaintances and view shared by her influenced Henrys decision to reform. however source 9 also implies
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