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of Dr. Frankenstein. However, in all honesty it is not the monster who is evil. The monster tries to learn, tries to find a place ...

"volk", another very endearing trait to the everyday German citizen. Because of his record during World War I, and because of the...

consisted of several different political parties, all representing those small factions that splintered off from their original pa...

result of the 1918 Treaty of Versailles (Deak, 1999). Hitler systematically made his way through the political ranks, solidifying...

said in hindsight. Consider that the average German citizen blamed Weimar personally for acquiescing to the contentions of the Tre...

the people and most of the groups or organizations involved with Germany actually supported Hitler and his ideas. Many of these gr...

had been only political, economic and social division. Kershaw begins by explaining that the "idea and image of a Fuhrer of the ...

of some fifty million people2. These deaths included not only Jews, but also gypsies, the mentally or physically disabled and eve...

and abundance" (Zagladin 262) but in reality "brought down on them terror and repression, and dragged the world into an era of blo...

come to fruition. In part, good wins out over evil. Even within Hitlers own ranks there was dissention, a lack of resolve, and a t...

and so there had been a religious bias after the advent of Christianity. Social animosity would grow as these two religious groups...

and racism" (Baron, 2003, p. 44). Two points in particular that bring a connection between X-Men and the study of history is how...

of the transformation of society. Leaders give people hope and vision. For example, during the Reagan eighties, people became exci...

1994). Hitler proved an able and courageous soldier in World War I, winning the coveted Iron Cross twice. He was blinded temporar...

anomaly. In actuality, however the type of dictatorship which would be skillfully put into place by the Nazis had erupted elsewhe...

other "undesirables" including gypsies, homosexuals and others who were considered unfit. His crime then is genocide. Saddam Hu...

but who was the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI ("Cesare Borgia," 2005). He was an Italian General but would resign to becom...

greedy for gain" (Machiavelli 56). Men, Machiavelli argued, were by nature more interested in their own good than in achieving th...

that what is done is not as important as the character of the leader nor of his ability to lead. At the same time, unlike a preach...

fortune / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them. To die- to sleep- / No more; and by a sleep to...

souls" (Wittenstein, 1999, p. 26) during World War II. Like Americans and a whole host of other foreigners who come to capture a ...

The ruler was seen as Gods representative on earth and his use of absolute power was justified by his receiving the right to rule ...

character of the leader nor of his ability to lead. The book is essentially about how a leader can be at his best. While it is tru...

people. Machiavelli contends that every ruler does not want to be mean or cruel leader and rather, they want to be merciful (58)....

out of joint. O cursed spite / That ever I was born to set it right!" (I.v.206-207) The pivotal moment in terms of Hamlets sanity...

leadership. Leadership is more than simply doing what the people say they want. It is acting to fulfill the needs of the people in...

At the opening of the novel it becomes clear that Tom Wingo is having some sort of emotional or mental crises. This is brought on ...

and sorrow" (Prince; 1). She was soon sold off to a master and then began to learn about being beaten and abused as a slave. Sh...

at one point (Lemarchand, 2002). This isnt too different from the directives of the Nazis, who were convinced that Jews needed to ...

toy and so she takes him home. The child learns that he cannot get everything he wants and he is well taken care of as his mother ...