The Spanish Civil War in 1936-1939 strongly affected Pablo Neruda. The war started when General Francisco Franco in Spain Morocco organized the revolt against the lawful Republican government. The explosion of the civil war and the murder of Garcia Lorca‚ whom Neruda knew‚ made him join the Republican movement. During that period of time‚ Pablo Neruda started working on his collection of poems Espana en el Corazon. A poem I’m explaining a Few Things is included in the collection of poems
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have a certain meaning behind them. During the Spanish Civil War in 1937‚ the Nazis bombed the Basque town of Guernica. This bombing left tragedy and despair throughout the country. Pablo Picasso was inspired to create a work of art to represent the devastation that happened at Guernica. He created a scene that perfectly describes what war is like. He wanted to be a symbol for peace‚ and to show the world what civilians have to go through during war time. Because of his excellent depictions‚ Guernica
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he visited when he was a young boy. His upbringing. (Young life) * He was born on 25 June 1903 in Motihari‚ Bengal. This place used to be a British colony but it is now India. * His father‚ Richard Walmesley Blair‚ worked in the Indian Civil Service (group of British that controlled the Indian colony) * When he was one year old‚ his mother Ida Mabel Limouzin Blair him and his 6-year-old sister Marjorie and moved back to England to raise the children there. This was common at the time
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illiterate and closed-minded society to a country whose citizens had a voice and wanted to be heard. There are several reasons that made Spain unable to adapt properly to this new movement‚ starting by a perennial political instability caused by wars and different idologies. At the beggining of the 19th century‚ Napoleon marched into Spain with the excuse of temporaly positioning his troops there in order to attack Portugal. Instead‚ he forced Carlos IV (the king) to abdicate and put his brother
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and goes into the army for the two years of compulsory national service. 1906- Becomes a journalist again‚ gets arrested and imprisoned a few times. Became editor of Socialist newspaper. 1914- goes to war. 1918- He returns from war and is an anti socialist. 1919- There was a war veteran gathering‚ Benito created new powerful force. 1921- At election 35 fascist including Benito won seats. Organises‚ the movement into a formal political party. 1922- Benito was appointed Prime minister
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------------------------------------------------- Analyse the causes and results of the Spanish Civil War. From 1936-1939‚ Spain had undergone through turmoil and destruction as they plunge into an inevitable internal incident that wreaked havoc across the country militarily‚ economically‚ politically and socially. The Spanish Civil War had begun. There are many causes to as why the war ignited and the list of results is not that negligible either. Causes such as the unpopularity of the monarch
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fire. The old man at the bridge theme of peace and hope: The birds the old man refer to pigeons‚ but the narrator switch these birds to dove. When he asked the old man ”Did you leave the dove cage unlocked?” dove symbol of hope and peace in a time war ‚and he hoped the fascists army are not able to launch their plan. Characters Major character: The protagonist is the old man he wear black dusty clothes and his gray dusty face with steel rimmed spectacles‚ he does not have family . Comes from
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Evaluate the importance of Foreign Intervention in the Spanish Civil War Alex Reilly The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) was very heavily influenced by foreign intervention. Communists‚ fascists and anti-fascists outside of Spain viewed the conflict between the Republicans and Nationalists in Spain as a decisive point in influencing politics in Europe. As a result of this‚ the fascist states of Germany and Italy sided with Franco’s nationalists‚ providing troops‚ tanks‚ aircraft and weapons
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contemporary Spanish novelist and short story writers that survived and experienced the Spanish civil war living through the horrors and the repression of Franco’s dictatorship. Known for her critical approach against Franco regime she used many of her writings to protest against oppression‚ prejudice and hypocrisy-a reaction to her own experience of the civil war. The beginning of her literary career emerged in 1940s‚ in a period when the literary censorship has been a major issue for Spanish writers
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Topic 6: Art as Response to War The paintings: Guernica‚ the Massacre at Chios‚ and the Living Dead are intimately akin‚ considering that these masterpieces depict the horrors of the war; and the blindness of the leaders who value most money and power than human life. The themes are war‚ ambition‚ genocide‚ rape‚ tyranny‚ civil unrest‚ looting‚ and lack of respect for human life. First‚ Picasso’s Guernica was painted to express the consequences of the uncalled bombing of the Nazis on the Basque
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