Gaveston in “Edward II” by Christopher Marlowe Piers Gaveston first appears in “Edward II” in Act 1 Scene 1 and is a major character throughout the play even after his death in Act II Scene VI. Before the beginning of the play‚ Gaveston was assigned by Edward I to be a companion to Prince Edward (later King Edward II) in the hope that Prince Edward would lose some of his non-masculine qualities. Once Edward I dies‚ however‚ and Edward II is crowned King of England‚ Gaveston is free to return to
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World War II DBQ After the deaths of 37‚508‚686 soldiers by the end of World War I‚ Europe was a mess. Countries had been dissolved and rearranged‚ governments had fallen and been replaced‚ and economies were thriving then crashing‚ all as a result from World War I. One of the main goals at the end of World War I was to prevent another tragedy like World War I from happening again. Clearly that did not happen‚ as World War II still happened‚ causing over 50 million deaths. The repercussions
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blitzkrieg to attack Poland. Blitzkrieg‚ also known as the “lightning war”‚ was a German military strategy in World War II that consisted of high speed attacks by airplanes along with tanks to destroy German victims. The Nazis damaged a lot of Poland’s largest cities and bombed the civilian population. Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ the President of the United States during the beginning of World War II‚ believed that the military tactics of the Nazis were horrible and wanted to stop it. Once the United States entered
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changed themselves. Czar Nicholas II is an example of an individual who helped spark World War I. However‚ more notably‚ he is also an example of how the war affected him in ways much larger than the way he impacted it. Czar Nicholas II‚ also known as Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov‚ was born on 18 May 1868. Czar Alexander III‚ Nicholas’s father‚ died with kidney diseased at the age of 49‚ and Nicholas II “succeeded his father in 1894” (NicholasII BBC). Czar Nicholas II was neither trained nor ready
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Alexander II: Liberator or Traditionalist? During the Tsarist reign of Alexander II (1855 – 1881)‚ Alexander implemented a number of reforms that were destined to change the Russian social system. These reforms were the result of Russia’s humiliating military defeat in the Crimean war‚ as it awakened Alexander to the need for far reaching reforms in order to bring Russia up-to-date with the rest of Europe. However as these reforms were implemented a number of social and political issues arose
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Causes of World War II World War I was one of the most destructive wars in modern history. Nearly ten million soldiers died as a result of hostilities. The enormous losses on all sides of the conflict resulted in part from the introduction of new weapons‚ like the machine gun and gas warfare‚ as well as the failure of military leaders to adjust their tactics to the increasingly mechanized nature of warfare. A policy of attrition‚ particularly on the Western Front‚ cost the lives of hundreds of
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Oscar Hammerstein II – Lyricist‚ Writer‚ Producer‚ Director Oscar Hammerstein II was born July 12‚ 1895 in New York‚ New York. He died August 23‚ 1960 in Doylestown‚ Pennsylvania of stomach cancer. His given name was Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein. When he entered the theatre profession‚ he dropped his middle names and adopted the “II” from the grandfather for which he was named. His grandfather was a theatre builder and opera company producer. By titling himself “II” he capitalized
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reactionary‚ unlike the reformer his father‚ Alexander II‚ had been. However‚ as so often the case‚ this interpretation of Alexander III’s rule is undisputed. There is much reason to believe that despite some different policies‚ ultimately both men wanted to reach the same goals. Alexander III unquestionably did undermine the reforming policies of his father‚ but the underlying reasons for this are not so obvious. “The reign of Alexander II‚ which began with bright promise‚ and changed to dreary
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Masculinity and World War II The image of Man has changed throughout time. Dominant constructions of masculinity‚ which are basically attempts to stabilize gender identity‚ are developed within the dynamics of shifting cultures and societies. The male stereotype‚ which is still prevails nowadays‚ started rising at the end of eighteenth – beginning nineteenth century in Europe with a great concentration on the male’s body. The stereotype made the world look at man more like a type rather than an
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during World War II. One reason was the weakness of the military. For example‚ during the Battle of Britain‚ Hitler’s German troops failed to defeat Britain with the Luftwaffe. Hitler’s tactics could not overpower the powers of the Allies. Also‚ there was a time after World War I when Germany had to pay loads of reparations to the winning countries‚ leaving Germany in inflation and a financial crisis. 3. Nazi Germany enjoyed such success during the beginning of World War II for several reasons
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