After receiving the prophecies Macbeth had to discard of King Duncan so that he could obtain the throne. Before killing King Duncan, Macbeth said "To prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition." (Act I Scene 7 Line 26-27). This demonstrates how ambitious Macbeth is to achieve that power of being king. Whereas in Animal Farm, Napoleon had to banish his main competitor for the role of leading, Snowball.
This revolution resulted from the horrific defeats in World War I for the Russians and internal pressures. As a result of this revolution, Tsar Nicholas II stepped down from his throne. Vladimir Lenin gained control and established the USSR in 1922. He was the head of the first Soviet Government. He died in 1924 and the General Secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) took control.
This is exemplified by the amoral actions that both utilized in order to gain and hold power, witnessed in the case of Napoleon during his inquisition and execution of certain farm animals, all in order to instill fear in the other animals. This is very similar to the case of Stalin during his execution of innocent people he had labeled as enemies of the state for the purpose of instilling fear in others and promoting obedience to the state. The evil done by Stalin was so great that “measures taken by Stalin to discipline those who opposed his will involved the death by execution or famine of at least 10 million peasants” from 1932 to 1933 alone (Kreis). Later, after gaining power, Napoleon orders that “in future all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself”, better showcasing his totalitarian desires (Orwell 26). Thus Napoleon and Stalin are conveyed as mirror-images of each other, as was certainly the intention of the author.
In 1917, Russia was crumbling into pieces. World War I was draining all of Russia’s resources. Through out the country there were massive food shortages, which left people starving. At the battlefront, millions of Russian soldiers were dying, because they did not possess many of the powerful weapons that their opponents had, like machine guns or the modern tanks, and Czar Nicholas the second’s government was disintegrating. In 1917, Lenin and his communist followers known as the Bolsheviks, overthrew Czar Nicholas II and set a communist government in Russia.
This source describes Russia in 1917. The Russian armies eventually collapsed in 1917, but this was due more to poor leadership, inadequate supplies and political developments at home, than to defeat in the field. Russia’s cities experienced food shortages. There was inflation and enthusiasm for the war had been replaced by discontent and waves of strikes. By early 1917 all the ingredients for revolution existed in Russia.
Michael Lieberman 1. Nicholas and Alexandra-An Intimate Account of the Last of the Romanovs and the Fall of Imperial Russia is a 1967 biography Gregory Rasputin -Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II Bolsheviks- of or relating to Bolshevism Leon Trotsky-Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist Red army-first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. Whites-White color or pigment Checka -istory the secret police set up in 1917 by the Bolshevik 2. proletariat -The lowest class of citizens in ancient Rome soviet-An elected local, district commissar-A head of a government 3. what were the causes of the march revolution ? was vast, 125 million
How significant was the work of reforming leaders in changing the nature of Russian government and society in the period from 1856-1964? Intentionalist historians such as Westwood, would say that the most significant factor for changing the nature of Russian government and society was the work of reforming leaders, such as Alexander II who carried out the Emancipation of the Serfs in 1861: “with the possible exception of Khrushchev, no other Russian ruler did so much to reduce the suffering of the Russian people”1. I agree with intentionalist’s views to an extent because reforming leaders did have a major impact in pushing reforms through however other factors of change must be considered. I also agree with a structuralist point of view, that the Russian people and key pressure groups like the Social Revolutionaries also played a significant part in changing the nature of Russian government and society. In addition, World War II introduced change through industrialisation, which was key to Russia’s success in the war.
How far do you agree that Trotsky’s leadership of the red army was responsible for the survival of the Bolshevik government? In October 1917 the Bolshevik’s took control of Russia after staging a revolution. However they faced many dangers/threats while in power from the years 1917-1924 such as a civil war and the economic crisis it caused. The leadership of the red army by Trotsky is a very important reason that the Bolsheviks got into power as his red army implanted the revolution but also to the survival of the Bolsheviks as the red army overcame the Bolsheviks biggest threat of the civil war. However there are other reason which just as or more important than Trotsky’s leadership such as the ideas and sacrifices made by Lenin during the year’s 1917-1924 such as signing the harsh treaty of Brest-Litovsk and enforcing the New Economic Policy or NEP, to create economic sacrifices rather than political ones which allowed the Bolsheviks to remain in power.
Stalin did this on his own; he lied to the people and accused the government of being enemies of the people. In February 1917 after the people of Russia already had lost faith in their leadership and the Imperial government was forced to resign. A provisional government was formed and worked with the Petrograd Soviet for control of the revolution. In March the Petrograd Soviet forced the Russian soldiers obey the orders that did not conflict with the directives of the Soviet. This led to Czar Nicholas to step down from his throne.
When Ivan was ill and about to die he wanted to make the boyars swear an oath of loyalty to his son, Tsarevich Dmitrii. The boyars organized a great revolt to refuse to pledge their loyalty to Ivan’s infant son. Once Ivan heard of this he gave them a “harsh speech”, and that’s what stopped the revolt. It just shows how frightening Ivan was. Ivan was on his death bed and he could still scare a group of people into doing what he wanted them to do.