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So how did we go from a treaty to a global war? Many people and historians put the leading cause to WWII on the very harsh treaty that ended the first world war, the Treaty of Versailles. WWI had four main causes that ultimately led to the war; militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. From 1914…

“…A little rebellion now and then is a good thing…It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.” Thomas Jefferson Thoreau, a transcendentalist from the mid 19th century and Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights movement leader of a century later both believed the necessity of medicine for government. Although they showed…

The role of the king in the time of Greek tragedies was simultaneouslydesired and dreaded because of the king’s responsibility to the people andbecause of the effects of the position on the king’s character. Creon revealssuch ambivalent thoughts towards the kingship in his speech defending himselffrom Oedipus’s conspiracy accusation in Oedipus the King; these ambivalentthoughts…

Native American religions and witchcraft have many similarities as nature religions. In both, nature is regarded as sacred and their symbols and concepts often come from the natural world. According to Starhawk, The Old Religion, which shares a similar spirit with Native American traditions, highlights the importance of understanding and taking action. This emphasis on…

During the night of October 15, 1946, ten out of twelve major war criminals sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials were executed. However, two individuals managed to escape this fate. Reich Marshal Hermann Goring decided to end his own life by taking a vial of cyanide just two hours before he was supposed to…

Attention: As Rheingold considers attention to be the most basic and significant literacy of the 21st century, he explains how it is the fundamental building block for the way of daily life; with attention framing the way in which individuals think, create tools, teach, socialize, transform civilizations etc. multi-tasking would be considered a constant attention-splitting…

Albert Speer Albert Speer was born in March 19, 1905 and was first known as an Architect although later becoming Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich during World War II. Speer is now commonly known as ‘the Nazi who said sorry’. Speer grew up in the German town of Heidelberg. Speer…

            The play “Antigone” by Sophocles depicts the tale of Antigone who defies the orders of King Creon and fulfills her wish of burying her brother’s body.  King Creon argues that Antigone’s brother, Polynices displayed disobedient behavior by fighting against him in the Thebes’ civil war so he orders to leave his body on the…

Last year when I was lining up the contents for TGR #14, I almost typed up an e-mail to Steve Tompkins.  He had been contributing an essay to every other issue of TGR for several years. Of course, I quickly realized Stave was no longer with us and that got me to reflecting on his…

Analysis of Early Civilizations Through LiteratureA culture that evolves and changes through time is a healthy culture indeed. From the early pagan warriors to the artisans of the Renaissance, the European world dramatically reformed. The literature of each era indicates the profound cultural innovations. The Anglo-Saxons arguably most important literary piece, Beowulf, is a story…