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During the 5th century BCE, Old Comedy was the most prevalent comedic form in Ancient Greece. This was largely due to the success of Athenian playwright, Aristophanes. His plays were frenetic, visual and personal, often containing historical figures. In particular, Aristophanes’ comedies contained automatist utopian themes that were used to satirize various aspects of 5th century Greece, often in Athens. The present essay will first define utopia and the automatist subtype. Then it will explore Aristophanes’

Satirical methods have been introduced since the beginning of history as a form of entertainment and a way to get a message across. This is demonstrated through Greek comedies in particular. Greek comedies were typically written to address the common people of that area through actions and words that they would find humorous. Not much has changed today. Comedy and satirical methods are still present and continue to hold a place in current society. The Acharnians is a clear example of an ancient Greek

It Seems That All Keys Are Keys A key possesses as many definitions as the number of cuts it has. “A Key in Salonika” is a sonnet composed by Jorge Luis Borges that presents the reader with three keys. All serve to symbolize the reaction of the Jewish community to three different events. Even though the speaker writes a series of stanzas adorned by literary devices and words, the reader must keep in mind the degree to which the speaker is feeding to us an effective representation of these historical

Ferdinand and Isabella used the Inquisition to eliminate opposition in Spain. Their thoughts were that by eliminating the Jews, Muslims, and New Christians in Spain they would gain unity, wealth, and power. They wanted to make a Christian and only a Christian Spain.      Since Ferdinand and Isabella were married they strived to make Spain a whole. With Ferdinand ruling Aragon and Isabella ruling Castile they united Spain as one. Soon Ferdinand and Isabella had the regions

How Far the Weimar Constitution Can Be Described as Creating an Effective Democracy For the first time in the history of Germany, the state was a democratic republic. The constitution was something of a fragile experiment, a guinea pig. Theoretically speaking, the Weimar Constitution could be described as the most democratic constitution the world has ever laid eyes upon, in practice, things were not as clear. Germany was to be a “Federal State,” with each “Lander

The Fate of Democracy in Revolutionary France and Weimar Germany Before the Terror in Revolutionary France, poor people who made up the eighty percent of the French population were starving and dying. However, the nobles and the king were living the life. The poor seeing this, had such anger and vengeance that they planned and successfully overthrew the throne. Overthrowing of the throne led to many changes that eventually led to the terror of the Revolutionary France. In Weimar Germany, similar

Many historians would disagree that the Weimar Republic aided in creating a dramatic improvement of the workforce for women. Before the establishment of the Weimar Republic in the late 1918, women did not traditionally take on a role in the workforce, but many were traditional housewives whose responsibility was to care for their families.’ However the number of women in the workforce increased after the establishment of the Weimar Republic and women developed a larger role for themselves in German

Weimar Republic's Problems in the Early Years of Existence The Weimar Republic face problems first because the Weimar constitution had weaknesses. After the war every one blame the government for signed it. · The article 48 gave the president the power to make laws with out asking the Reichstag. It was very dangerous because who decide what is an emergency!! · Prussia had the largest number of people representing them in the upper house of the Reichstag. Allowed

The Weimar Constitution was a genuine attempt to create a perfect democratic country. In his book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1960), American historian William L. Shirer described the Weimar Constitution as "on paper, the most liberal and democratic document of its kind the twentieth century had ever seen ... full of ingenious and admirable devices which seemed to guarantee the working of an almost flawless democracy.” The constitution guaranteed equal rights to the German people, yet also

Jacob Hall Nazi Germany Final Paper The Downfall of the Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic was created in 1919, at the time of near anarchy, after Germany had lost the First World War. It was named Weimar for the city the constitutional assembly and conception it took place in. The Weimar Republic was the era leading up to the Nazi Regime, and obviously ultimately failed. The main party that had created the Weimar Republic was the Social Demographic Party, which was primarily represented by