Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 15th around noon in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. The alleged assassins have been identified as a Siberian terrorist organization‚ The Blackhand. Franz Ferdinand‚ the Archduke of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ and his pregnant wife were on their way to have Ferdinand recite a speech and meet with the mayor of Sarajevo. He was there on behalf of Austria-Hungary as he wanted Bosnia to follow Austria-Hungary. The Blackhand had executed a poor attempt to kill him during Ferdinand’s
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One of the world’s most devastating and history-changing wars was caused by the assassination of Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He was next in line for the throne to govern over the Austria-Hungary empire in the beginning of the 20th century‚ and he was rising at a very dangerous and tense time. In the early 1900s‚ Austria-Hungary was in a stressful conflict with the country of Serbia. The Serbians wanted the land of Bosnia‚ in which the Austria-Hungarian empire had annexed into their
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Two bullets were fired on Sarajevo Street in June 28th 1914. The two victims were the archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ who was the heir to the throne of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and his wife Sophie. Archduke Ferdinand was unpopular because he told the people that once he became Emperor he would make changes and he also married Sophie who was counted as a lower class. They were visiting Sarajevo because Archduke Ferdinand was asked by his father to go make a speech to the Bosnians about how to improve
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Throughout the novel‚ The Metamorphosis‚ Franz Kafka‚ the author‚ demonstrates the parallel between his relationship with his family‚ and Gregor Samsa’s relationship with his family‚ in addition to how Gregor came to chose to become the insect he was physically‚ after having already been one psychologically. Following the existentialist theory‚ Gregor allowed himself to become an insect‚ as he chose how he would let his family affect him. Ultimately‚ it was he that made the choice to become accustomed
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In Part I of Metamorphosis‚ Kafka ends the part by illustrating the rejection of Gregor by emphasizing that even before his transformation in an insect; a situation which forces him to hid away from others‚ Gregor has always been isolated from others. Due to his job as a traveling salesman‚ Gregor is unable to make any friends or stay close to anyone at all for that matter‚ turning him into a very reclusive person (though Kafka never states is Gregor has always been this way or if is simply the job
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FANGZHOU LIN 03/27/14 Dance 38A Final Research Paper K-pop My topic for today presentation is Kpop. Since the first quarter when I came to Deanza college‚ the Club Day was caught my eyes. I fall in love with Kpop after when they performed. I decided to let the Kpop got in my life. Korean pop‚ or Kpop as it is more popularly known as‚ is a huge hit among Korean and -international students. With Korean music getting recognized on the Asian market‚ as well as at a worldwide level‚ Kpop is becoming
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Franz Kafka: How his relationship with his father was revealed in “A Letter to My Father”‚ “The Judgment”‚ & “The Metamorphosis” Franz Kafka is an icon of dark existentialist and absurdist literature that frequently wrote about themes of isolation‚ alienation‚ and authoritarian oppression. His well-known work includes the short stories "The Metamorphosis"‚ and “ The Judgment.” as well as his prominent "Letter to His Father"‚ in which he attempted to clarify the tense relationship and
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Ambiguity of Characters in Franz Kafka’s ‘In The Penal Colony’ and ‘Waiting for The Barbarians’ J.M. Coetzee is one of many well-known post-colonial writers. He was born and spent hid childhood in South Africa. Therefore‚ many people think that his novel “Waiting for The Barbarians” is an allegory of the situation of South African in a time of apartheid (Head 75). In addition‚ Coetzee is strongly influenced by the famous author‚ Franz Kafka. As a result‚ it is not surprised that “Waiting for
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The film Saving Face is about representing one self’s identity. There are three motifs that allow this transformation; transportation‚ face and time. The central motif in the film Saving Face is transportation‚ which is centralized with face and time because they explain the character’s change of identity. The motif of face represents the characters’ identity. Saving Face is an expression to keep definition. Face is a motif because face is used repeatedly‚ especially in close-ups to captivate the
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Franz Liszt’s style and music were almost always considered dazzling‚ lush sounding‚ and brilliant. One could say he was a pioneer who broke substantial ground in classical music and laid a path for future musicians. Among the 1300 pieces he composed during his lifetime‚ a number of them were transcriptions of operas and violin caprices. Liszt was greatly motivated to make transcriptions in the first place because he wanted to expose the works of old masters to audiences that otherwise could never
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