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Major Causes That Led Up To The 1917 Revolution

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Forough Rajabi
HUM 2250
20th Century Humanities
6/3/2018
Test 2
1. World War I undermined the shaky regime of the Russian Czar and became one of the major causes that lead up to the 1917 Revolution. TRUE or FALSE. EXPLAIN your answer.
The statement is true. In early 1900s, Russia was an undeveloped country and in a severe bad economy. The economy was getting worse and laborers used to work long hours and live in horrible residents. Russia’s decision of entering the World War I lead to more disruption in economy and worsened the fuel and food shortage. Czar failure in leadership caused the death of hundreds of army soldiers during the war between Russia and Germany. The revolution occurred in 1917 when people got more disappointed in Czar …show more content…

The enormous size of the painting is meant to show audience that war can wrap you around. Some people say the painting is in black and white resembling the photos taken from the war.
Guernica is a symbolic representation of the brutality and horror of war. There are symbolic figures of people in grief, death or dying, and a picture of a house burning in fire and a woman screaming in fear in the painting.

3. What are the specific differences between “social realism” and “socialist realism”? Connect each one with its correct geographical origins. Then provide one art example for each to support your response.
“Social realism” was an international art movement in the United States in 1930s that tracks back to the “realism” art style during the 19th century in Europe. Social real artists created images of lower classes and laborers as a tool to fight against Capitalism. American best known social realist artists include Thomas Hart Benton and Will Barnet. Diego Rivera was also considered social realist in Mexico. “City Building” by Thomas Hart Benton is one of the most famous social realism paintings. In this painting, Benton uses curves and bold colors to show the images of ordinary …show more content…

Read Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (Chapter 35). Explain how the character’s behaviors mirror the spirit of meaninglessness and despair found in the basic concepts of the existentialist philosophy.
In “Waiting for Godot”, Vladimir is an example of a person who trust religion and Estragon represent the Existentialist philosophy. Estragon constantly ask questions and prefer to stop waiting and find out the meaning of life by his own experience. He doesn’t want to lose his chances and is eager to take actions rather than waiting for somebody else (Godot) to tell him what to do.
Vladimir prefers to wait for Godot to come and tell him why he exists. when Estragon asks him questions, he simply say I don’t know and refer everything to Godot because he doesn’t really know the answer.
In the Existentialism philosophy, despair refers to the feeling of frustration and loss of hope. In Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, the two characters express their despair when the boy comes instead of Godot and make them feel confused and lonely. This scene resembles humans’ experience when they find out God doesn’t exist.

8. What does Sartre mean when he says we are all “condemned to be

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