...What were the causes of the 1905 Revolution? Why did the Revolution fail to overthrow the Tsarist Regime? The Revolution of 1905 was the first time the Tsar had faced open opposition from so many groups in Russian society at the same time. It involved peasant disturbances, strikes, naval mutinies, nationalist uprisings and assassinations. This essay aims to examine the different causes of the Revolution of 1905. Short and long-term causes will be considered, and economic, political, military and social factors will be discussed. The essay will also explain why the Revolution ultimately failed to overthrow the Tsarist regime. A long-term social and economic cause of the 1905 Revolution was the continuing dissatisfaction of both peasants and landowners to the Emancipation Edict of 1861. Although this piece of legislation had brought an end to serfdom, peasants still remained tied to the village commune (mir) and were angry at the redemption payments they were expected to pay in return for the land they had received. They believed more, and better quality, land should have been given to them at no cost. Their anger was made evident during the peasant disturbances of 1902. The landowners were also unhappy with the terms of emancipation. They lost the free labour of their serfs and a large amount of land. As a result many were facing huge debts by 1905. Another long-term cause of the 1905 Revolution was the general disappointment with which many Russian people viewed the...
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...Essay – Reasons for the 1905 revolution in Russia In this essay I will assess the reasons I think are to blame for the 1905 revolution in Russia. I will look into; the Russo-Japanese war and how it was disastrous for Russia, Russification and the oppression of minorities, Pogrom (Jews) and how they were treated in 1905 Russia, Bloody Sunday and why it bought peoples opinion of the Tsar to an all time low, the living and working conditions for the people of Russia at the time, the Potemkin Mutiny and its rebellious crew and Russia being so backward compared to many other European countries. Firstly, the Russo-Japanese war was a huge factor on the 1905 revolution, this is because Russia went into the war expecting for it to be easy win they believed Japan was an inferior nation, much smaller in size and only holding a fraction of population that Russia had. It was close and easy to attack, being right next to Russia did not have to travel far to battle. Russia also thought the Japanese army wasn’t very well equip therefore they would not be able to fight back with any force. Russia went into war with Japan to obtain an ice free port for better trade, to expand its empire and show the Far East it had power but mostly to distract attention from the domestic troubles it was currently facing. Russia believed winning this war would bring composure to a country facing problems. The war did not go the way Russia had planned it to; they were eaten for breakfast by the Japanese. I think...
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...reality by ingesting drugs or drinking alcohol which could be their way of protesting against responsibilities and a search for freedom, or maybe it is just because they are in that age where they are open to all kinds of experimentations. This is what the main character Ellie is facing, in the short story “A Gap of Sky” written by Anna Hope in 2008; Ellie is wandering around in the streets of London and in her own mind as well. Her walk around London’s streets becomes a walk through her own mind. Crisis, confusion, changes, responsibilities and fear, are the main components of a short story by Anna Hope. A story which is intriguing, and will take you one step closer, to understand what a ‘typical’ teenager can go through. In this essay I will analyze and interpret Anna Hope’s short story A Gap of Sky. I will characterize the main character Ellie, and analyze her behavior as a teenager. I will also focus on the narrative technique in the short story and the importance of the city sitting. Though an analysis I will conclude upon my discoveries and determine the theme of the story. The main character of the short story, nineteen year old Ellie, is a university student and lives in London. She has...
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...character named Ellie who is nineteen years old and has come to a place in her life where she has to find herself and be a sensible person and take responsibility. Ellie is the main character in the short story. She’s nineteen years old, and a wild girl, living the wild life with several kinds of drugs, parties and alcohol in London. We are introduced to her when she wakes up in her room on a Monday after a wild night going out, which alludes that she’s been going out on a Sunday which is an unusually day to go party. She doesn’t care much about school and it seems like she really doesn’t want go there, and she’s only doing it because her parents forced her to do it (“To mom, to dad, not them especially not them, it was their fault she was doing this bloody course in the first place” p.2,l.65). She has gotten a warning from the school because she missed too many classes and things like that. Therefore it’s very important that she hands in her essay which is due for the next day. She decides to start writing the essay but...
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...Cindy Thorn bush are you here? Cindy? Called Madame sortie as she went down the register I heard my name being called both times I just didn’t have the energy to answer I looked my Sunday teacher in the eye and chose to ignore her. I’d never missed a Sunday not even at the times I was ill she knew I was in what’s her problem She knows my mother Marianne Thornbush the biggest Jesus freak of all time she knows I’m here where else would I be my mum’s has a blimin tracking device on me so where could I possibly be! I shouted at myself? What’s this ladies problem I asked myself again? just another human been trying to intervene with my thoughts LEAVE ME ALONE i cried out to myself just to hear and echo repeat to me what I’d just said my games were playing head with me arghhh you see I meant my head is playing games with me my brain was going through a power cut all the light bulbs were of, my heads on standby, my lines been cut of forwards a message after the tone BEEEEEEEEEEP because I’m not BLOODY in! I wish all these bodies around me would just understand this. I could see all these pale faces around me all these little Jesus freaks staring t at me I couldn’t hear them though but actions were louder than words well in this case facial expressions were louder the words because everyone was in shock I hadn’t kept in chorus with everyone else by saying present Madame but rather just ignored her. GO MEE I sniggered The look on Madame sorties face was aghast I could tell what...
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...todays London and starts in medias res when the story's main character, Ellie, wakes up. Ellie seems tired, worn out from last night and you understand that she has a hard time getting out of bed. The first sentence describe the darkness around her: “It is dark, but the wrong dark. Something is wrong with the dark” (p. 1, l. 1) Her room is probably dark because the curtains block the sunlight. The wrong dark may symbolize Ellie's state of mind. Her unconsciousness tells her that something is wrong in her life, but she has yet to discover what it is. Ellie is a 19-year old girl who attends University College London (UCL). We quickly get the impression that Ellie is a rather obscene girl because she wakes up a monday morning after a party sunday night. She barely remembers anything that had happened the night before other that she did some hard drugs such as cocaine and K. But even...
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...the most dangerous areas of the Deep South for African-Americans. While both worked to register voters, King’s method is better characterized as an attempt to change the public discourse about race in this country, while John Lewis’ method attempted to change public action. Led by John Lewis and William Hosea, “Bloody Sunday” occurred as a result of the fight for freedom and equality. In order to make some headway against centuries of legally sanctioned racism and discrimination, the United States government began to promote and support the Civil Rights Movement. The relatively scarce attention the march in US history textbooks is quite disappointing in a sense that it illustrates an event that is not fully depicted. The battle fought on the bridge, in a way, is being fought till this day. Voter registration laws, though not as harsh as Jim Crow literacy tests, create barriers that restrict minorities from having the opportunity to vote. By surveying a few of the patterns of inequality that still prevail in many sectors of American society, this essay will explore the significance of the bridge and what it represents. The annual march held in recognition of “Bloody Sunday” promotes a sense of hope for a better future and efforts to correct the effects of persistent discrimination. Ironically, the Edmund Pettus Bridge is named after a Confederate general and U.S. senator, but holds as strong a memory in the black community. The bridge evokes emotions...
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...by; nightly the packed mass meetings listened, panting, to patriot oratory which stirred the deepest deeps of their hearts, and which they interrupted at briefest intervals with cyclones of applause, the tears running down their cheeks the while; in the churches the pastors preached devotion to flag and country, and invoked the God of Battles, beseeching His aid in our good cause in outpouring of fervid eloquence which moved every listener. It was indeed a glad and gracious time, and the half dozen rash spirits that ventured to disapprove of the war and cast a doubt upon its righteousness straightway got such a stern and angry warning that for their personal safety’s sake they quickly shrank out of sight and offended no more in that way. Sunday morning came — next day the battalions would leave for the front; the church was filled; the volunteers were there, their young faces alight with martial dreams — visions of the stern advance, the gathering momentum, the rushing charge, the flashing sabers, the flight of the foe, the tumult, the enveloping smoke, the fierce pursuit, the surrender — them home from the war, bronzed heroes, welcomed, adored, submerged in golden seas of glory! With the volunteers sat their dear ones, proud, happy,...
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...This essay will be about the fall of the Russian tsar, Nicholas II and his family, how it all started and the consequences of the tsar's decision. When it all began to go downhill and where it all ended. The reason that the people overthrew the government will also be included. The end of the Russian empire happened because of the Tsar's decisions and actions. The people were protesting and rioting to get rid of the current of the government and tsar because of the economy isn't doing so good. Inflation, and the loss of the Russo-Japanese war, and mistakes in war and treaties angered the people causing them to dislike the current tsar. The movements started by the people to show their ideas on how to improve the safety of workers and the people were disbanded by the tsar, Nicholas II, and he considered everyone who opposed him despite their views of the government as conspirators. and shut down their ideas as quickly as possible. Soon after the revolution started the tsar went back to stop the riots but before arriving he abdicated leaving Russia without a ruler. Later the tsar and his family were shot dead in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Tsar Nicholas II was the...
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...History Essay: How far was there political and economic reform during the period 1881-1914? (30 Marks) The years in Russia between 1881 and 1914 were a time of great instability and unrest. Political assassinations were common place and military defeat was normal. Furthermore, Russia was an economically backward country – its industry was based solely around agriculture which itself was outdated and not modern. Russia wanted to become a great power like Britain, to do this it would have to be able to deal with these problems and would be essential for the survival of the Tsarist system. In 1881 Russia was a very diverse country, there were many different cultures and languages spoken and 80% of the population were peasants. Alexander III unexpectedly came to the throne in 1881 on the assassination of Alexander II. Alexander III was under no illusion that he could suffer the same fate as his father. He introduced repression of opponents as the corner stone of his reign. Alexander had three main beliefs: Repression of opponents, undoing the reforms of his father and to restore Russia’s position internationally and also her national identity, which he believed had been diluted throughout the 19th century. These were labelled ‘Russification’ and they came into being immediately he was crowned tsar in 1881. The primary aspect of Russification was to rid Russia of western ideas that Alexander III believed had weakened the nation and reduced its national identity. So, there was some...
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...the course of this story, O'Connor uses strong imagery to foreshadow the people and the events in this story. There are three significant times she uses this technique. They are the description of the grandmother's dress, the death of the family, and the conversation between the Misfit and the grandmother. The grandmother did not want to go to Florida; she ironically dresses in her Sunday best. She was dressed very nicely with, "A navy blue dress with a small white dot in the print. Her collars and cuffs were white organdy trimmed with lace and at her neckline she had pinned a purple spray of cloth violets containing a sachet." (11). A strong foreshadowing imagery can be seen in these lines. Knowing the ending of the story, the grandmother's elaborate dress Is this essay helpful? Join OPPapers to read more and access more than 550,000 just like it! ------------------------------------------------- get better grades symbolizes a preparation for her coffin. When a person dies, they are usually dressed in their best outfit, just like the grandmother was dressed in what seemed to be in her Sunday best. A stronger foreshadowing is when O'Connor states the reason for the grandmother's beautiful dress, "In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady." (11). She herself predicts her own death. Unfortunately, she does not know this yet. Not only does O'Connor foreshadow the grandmother's death, she foreshadows the deaths of the...
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...things around the corner but you must focus on the important things and not choose to follow all your impulses – life is too short for that. The main themes in the story are developing and identity. Ellie finds out that it is important to keep up on her studies and take care of her body, by staying clean of drugs. Ellie is the main character in the story. She attends University College London, but she does not take her studies very serious. The text says: “It was their fault she was doing this bloody course in the first place.” So it seems like her parents have forced her to go there. She does not care much about her education. She is very close to expulsion. “She remembers the letter, the stomach-lurching letter. If this lack of application continues we will have no choice but to reconsider your place on the course.” She most likely skips classes and papers and parties instead. In the beginning she wakes up after a party. It is Monday afternoon which means that she had been partying all Sunday night. She cannot remember last night clearly because she had taken drugs. It seems like she often take cocaine. When she is about to make her homework she needs coke “to get things started”. It tells us that she has a serious problem. She does not only take drugs in the weekends at parties but also on weekdays where she has to study. The city of London plays an important role for the story. The big city is wild and full of temptations for...
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...Jack Saindon English 201-046 Essay #2: Poetry Analysis In Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays” (154), he talks about his father whom he never appreciated as a child, but looks back now to understand the depth of his love. The story entails the author speaking of his past as a child, where his father would light all the fires in the house, early in the morning after a tough work week. He says, “then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather” (154). This went unappreciated by anyone in the family, including the author; “No one ever thanked him” (154). Once the rooms were warm, his father would call him, only for the author to return not the thanks he properly deserved. In his poem, Hayden uses contrast to illustrate the relationship between him and his father. The temperature of the house and outside, symbolize their relationship. His father goes out in the “blueback cold” to make the house warmer, to make “banked fires blaze” so that his child can wake up in a nice warm temperature. He says, “I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking”(154). Despite his effort, the author treats his father with just as much coldness as the climate they live in, even at the sight of his shoes cleaned. Hayden writes, “Speaking indifferently to him, who had driven out the cold and polished my good shoes as well.” (154). His father created literal warmth for him, but he did not warm up his father’s heart emotionally in return with love. In the last two lines...
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... * http://so1.cphwest.dk/kulturelle_materialer/Engelsk_kulturelle.pdf * Working with Fiction (dokumenter): Read "The New Girl" * Litterature: 'My Son the Fanatic * Film analysis (oral): 'Crash' * Literary analysis of short stories relating to racial diversity, immigration and general social issues etc. * Texts: Aline's journey, The New Girl; The First Day (US society; Racism; Social class in the US); 'Little Things' by Raymond Carver; 'My Son the Fanatic' by Hanif Kureishi (UK Area Study); First Confession by Frank O'Connor (Ireland: an introduction-Religion). Film analysis. * Subjects related to sporting, social, political and economic themes. Films: Green Street Hooligans (Sport+UK society); Crash (US society); Bloody Sunday by Paul Greengrass (UK - Nothern Ireland); Bowling for Columbine (Guns in America). 2. UK: Area study * “Two Speed Britain” (s.54-s.63) fra bogen;” What’s up, Britain” * Tekster fra Current magazien "Margaret Thatcher", "The Rise of UKIP", "The Weird Foods Brits Love", "Jack the Ripper Stalks London" og "London's East End" * “My Son the fantastic” * Waterboys sang ”Old England” 3. USA: Political, Society and culture * "Mapping where English is not the language at home" By Dan Keating and Darla Cameron: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/us-language-map/ * Cadillac advert analysis: http://adage.com/article/news/cadillac-clears-misconceptions-poolside-ad/291925/ * Presentation and discussion...
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...How far were the actions of the African Americans the main reason for the advancement of the Civil Rights in the period 1865-1980? “Power concedes nothing without demand, it never has and it never will”[1]. Said by Fredrick Douglass in 1857, an escaped slave who had bearded the brunt of the slave years. He had come to the realisation that African Americans had a fountain of “power”; however that power that they possessed would never establish anything without a “demand”. Fredrick Douglass awoke the conscious of African Americans to make them realise that wanting to be free and wanting to achieve full civil rights was not enough, neither was enduring a life under white supremacy waiting for life after death to see a new dawn .Believing and hoping was not enough. “Power concedes nothing without demand” the solution is to be willing to work hard to establish it yourself by demanding what belongs to them. However using power in order to concede civil rights was a struggle which was acknowledged by Fredrick Douglass “Without struggle there is no success”. To achieve advancement in African American Civil Rights, African Americans had to undergo a process of struggle. A rainbow is not made without rain; you can not want rain without thunder and lightening being accompanied by it. To achieve full civil rights African Americans had to pay the price along the way which was persecution, de-humanisation and scrutiny. Martin Luther King being inspired by Fredrick Douglass said “Freedom...
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