A.P English Literature Research Paper: The father-son relationship in The Metamorphosis‚ The Judgment‚ and A Hunger Artist is a complex and emotional fascination that is based on Franz Kafka’s life and is present as the main conflict in many of his other short stories. Kafka’s negative and struggling attitude towards the father figure in his works is based on his personal life as described from the translated works Das Schloss‚ a biography about Kafka’s life in his native tongue of German. “Hermann
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for the Austrian/ Hungarian throne. His name was Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Their plan was to be present at the carriage ride that Franz Ferdinand was taking before making his big speech in Bosnia. Many different problems arose during the assassination but Franz Ferdinand was successfully killed. The members of the Black Hand gang were captured and the truth about their motives were spilled. All anger broke loose and a month later‚ Austria/Hungary declared war on Serbia. Two main alliances were created
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Jesus Del Toro Period 9 Franz Marc Franz Marc was born February 8‚ 1880‚ in the German town of Munich. Marc was one of the main painters and printmakers of the German Expressionist movement. He was one of the creators of “Der Blaue Reiter” or in English “The Blue Rider”. His father was his main inspiration because he worked as a professor at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. The young Franz originally wanted to become a priest. But then he decided to study philosophy. And now again his decision
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rise. Austria‚ Prussia‚ and Russia were joining the ranks of other strong European countries due to the fact that they were all beginning to build powerful nations. There were important figures in all three countries that led them in the rise to power. Maria Theresa played a major role in Austria’s gain of power because unlike Russia and Prussia‚ Austria had once been a powerful nation. Maria Theresa was the only female ruler through out the 650 year history of the Habsburg reign in Austria. In
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(1) Franz Uri Boas: Born July 9‚ 1858‚ died December 21‚ 1942 was a German-American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the Father of American Anthropology. He contributed in one of the most popular ideologies of scientific racism‚ the idea that race is a biological concept and that human behavior is best understood through the typology of biological characteristics which he aground breaking studies of skeletal anatomy he showed that cranial shape and size was
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Throughout Metamorphosis‚ Franz Kafka gives clear examples on how Gregor affected the family. He tries to help the family by working a horrible job just to pay off the debts of the family. By using irony‚ imagery‚ and nostalgia‚ Franz shows how although Gregor seemed helpful‚ he actually held the family back from becoming closer and progressing in life. Once Gregor‚ “Had changed into a monstrous‚ verminous bug‚”(pg. 1) he discovered many new‚ but painful-forming qualities like‚ “The ball of his tiny
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June 1914 by Gavrilo Princip of the Serbain Secret society‚ the "Black Hand" had devastating consequences on the world. The causes of this event can be found in the determination of Serbian nationalism to create a Southern Slav state and the equal determination of Austria to prevent this from happening. This created growing tension amongst the Great Powers which would lead to a series of Ultimatums and mobilisations which would affect many
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If there is one person to blame for World War I‚ its Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ only he didn’t do anything bad‚ he was just assassinated‚ which sparked Austria’s tensions and therefore started the war. The buildup would’ve been much slower‚ perhaps even the war avoided‚ no costs for Germany‚ and no Second World War‚ which might’ve meant no Holocaust. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the leader of Austria before getting shot by teenager Gavrilo Princip. The assassination of Archduke was unjust because
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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 country‚ and Serbia wanted
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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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