Priestley uses the play to show his ideas and beliefs on community welfare and outdated principals, he does this in many ways to manipulate his audience against their normal thoughts and behaviour so by the end of the play they see why things need to change. Priestley presents his idea that the concept of self-help is outdated and uses contrast between characters to illustrate this. In an Inspector Calls there is a clear contrast between Mr Birling, a middle class man, and Inspector Goole. The play was set in 1912, where the middle class wouldn’t have respected Goole as he was of the working class and was seen to be below them. Whereas the play was written in 1946 and in 1946 the middle class would have respected the police more as it was seen as a fairly respectable job.
Word count: 1,963 How did Schwitters’ use of collage reflect the world around him? Schwitter’s was one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, and yet was probably considered a scavenger by those who had to tolerate his consistent rooting through public rubbish. His use of collage included hunting for pieces to use within his works from streets, squares, cafes, theatres, shops, railway stations and public vehicles. He would then use these cast off elements of society to create numerous collages; which did or did not have a political or social message or representation. This is the argument which I intend to resolve in this essay, and to also describe that if Schwitter’s use of collage did have a message to convey, then how did his collages do this and at the same time reflect the world around him?
Both texts expose the benefits and flaws in leadership, both good and bad, through the use of metaphors, characterisation and the development of theme. The Shakespearian play "Henry V" demonstrates the effect of intelligence on a leader's capacity and choices. In the play Henry does not outright declare war on France, but rather demands the French throne from the French king through the use of clever politics. Before advancing war on the French, and he sends a stern message to the French king, "Deliver up the crown, and to take mercy On the poor souls for whom this hungry war Opens his vasty jaws ; and on your head Turning the widows' tears, the orphans' cries, The dead men's blood, the prived maidens' groans, For husbands, fathers, and betrothed lovers That shall be swallowed in this controversy." Shakespeare has used a metaphor here to describe the seriousness of the issue at heart.
During the war, many German artists had turned to pacifism after being exposed to the horrors of war. • This concept of art, nation and state evolved from the ideas of early racialist and volkish theories. Anti-modernist aesthetic principles, which were in a large part reaction to the cultural developments of the late empire and the Weimar Republic. Believed that the Weimar period embodied modern art movements such as Expressionism, Expressionism dominated politics as much as paintings during this period. The National Gallery of
Rationality and empirical data became important cornerstones of Enlightenment thought. Meanwhile, John Locke broke with the religious doctrine of Original Sin in his An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. He argued that humans were a blank slate (tabula rasa) upon entering the world, and were subsequently shaped by temporal experiences. Like the later philosophes, Locke believed that the human condition could be improved. Britain’s domestic stability formed another major influence upon the philosophes, especially given the corruption and inefficiancy of the French government.
As described by Carl Friedrich, single party states are ‘crisis states.’ He believes this is so as single party states arise from periods of conflict, outcomes of wars, deep societal division or confusion. All of these factors leave a state vulnerable and allow for the population to be attracted to extreme measures or ideologies. One prominent reason for Mussolini’s successful bid for power is the attraction of the Fascist ideology. Founded by Mussolini in 1919, it was attractive to the Italian population who were tired of post-war unrest. Mussolini promised respite from their ‘feeble’ (AJP Taylor) government, as well as the return of law and order in Italy.
In the crisis, people wanted someone to blame, and looked to extreme solutions - Hitler offered them both, and Nazi success in the elections grew. The Germans turned to the Nazi’s because they were desperate. To Hitler, this depression was like a gift because for every problem the Nazi Party had come up with an explanation or promise. These included; promise to get rid of the hated Weimar government and replace it with a strong leader-Hitler, a promise to get people back to work on road building and public works. In a time of chaos (the depression) people chose to support Hitler because of his discipline and his promises he inflicted on the German general public.
Can propaganda win a war? According to Adolf Hitler, propaganda is very powerful tool where one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise. He believed in it so much that he established a Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Through the use of art, music, theater, films, books, radio, and the press, the German people were manipulated into hating the Jews and supporting World War II. The Germans weren’t the only ones using propaganda……the British and the Americans found this useful too!
Why has the functionalist perspective been so severely criticised? Structural functionalism developed out of the European philosophical traditions of the C19th. It was in some respects, a response to the massive social upheavals of industrialisation and political unrest of the times as it offered a way of accounting for social unrest by looking at the power of society over the thoughts and actions of men. The nature of humanity was seen as selfish but rational. Man needed the power of society to restrain and control him.
Looking at the other works that Pope mocks, he also reveals that looking back into history’s annals can reveal the solution to the problem that plagued the world then, and still infects it today. Essentially, mocking the epic is satirizing society in his time, and his scoffing is most noticeable in the invoking of the Muse, the game of cards, and the use of other-worldly creatures dealing in human affairs. These three examples all show “the powerful presence of the irrational,” as stated by Hugo and Spacks (300). Just like any of the great epics, the story opens up with Pope calling for help to let his creativity flourish. It is a traditional opening of epic poetry, as it is seen in The Iliad, The Odyssey, and John Milton’s Paradise Lost.