... , it should be noted that many sources including Suetonius use much fiction to exaggerate Gaius' supposed insanity. Gaius presented himself as being divine, Dio tells us that he instituted his own priesthood and came out dressed as Appollo. By portraying himself as a god, Caligula completely ended the 'Republican Façade' which had been created under Tiberius and Augustus, thus creating more ... because he asked for an extension of sick leave, abused senators who had informed on his mother or brothers, held the consulship in every year except 38, thus curbing senatorial ambition, renewe...

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... of the natural order in the Romantic ideal by humanity's ongoing pursuit of progress and knowledge, a consequence of the Enlightenment Era and the Industrial Revolution. Victor's overreaching ambition to overcome the natural boundaries by taking God's creator role is highlighted in the metaphor "Life and death appeared to me ideal boundsI should break through." Victor's hubris ... that the Industrial Revolution, in its mechanisation of society exemplified in the textiles industry, exploited the natural world and natural elements of humans. Supernatural imagery "my own vampire" p...

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... the argument in Marxist terms, a monopoly over technical knowledge and managerial techniques creates power that can be used for exploitation. If governments were completely free to make their own choices, they would presumably try to weigh up the efficiency and prosperity gains from globalization against the economic vulnerabilities and potential political opposition that may come from economic liberalization ... in attempting to secure domestic authority and have engaged with international institutions and foreign powers in an attempt to shape global economic rules and foreign aid to t...

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... wealthy, and Jerome was well educated at home and in Rome, primarily in grammar and rhetoric. Although he describes his early life as one of idleness and lack of scholarly ambition, his increasing interest in ecclesiastical literature and scriptural studies was stimulated by his interaction with a close group of friends who lived in Aquileia and included Chromatius (the future bishop of ... to monasticism and asceticism. Some biographers of Jerome have claimed that he assisted Pope Damasus, and that, in the Roman hierarchy, he was to have directly succeeded him. However, Jerome's own wr...

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... girl's life. It is the day her mother has prepared her for from the moment she was born. The Victorian girl knew no other ambition."" In respect to attending her sister's wedding, Edna proclaims that "a wedding is one of the most lamentable spectacles on earth-, declaring her ... There are, however, isolated instances where individuals yield not to the allure of conformity but defiantly reject it, choosing instead to pioneer their own distinct path rather than follow the marked trails of the herd. Liberating themselves from the suffocating fetters of social constraints, the defiant striv...

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... and reiterated to the present day. Born into fairly humble surroundings, one of fifteen children, Franklin was somewhat rebellious but obviously precocious. He took advantage of this intelligence, with his ambition driving him from a very young age he was the owner of a print shop (a fast evolving trade at this point, in America) by twenty-four, soon using this to ... spoon."" He also recounted stories of less hardworking, more indulgent associates, and their subsequent downfalls, of which, he continues, is due to their chosen business strategies, so different from his own. Of a threat...

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... and his Empire, showing that Napoleon and his exportation of nationalism to countries such as Prussia involved in the Sixth Coalition against him acted as an indirect factor of his own downfall in 1815. His downfall also led to the Congress of Vienna in 1815 where Germany was reduced to 40 states following Napoleon's creation of the Confederation of the Rhine ... independence in 1918. Napoleon can be seen as an indirect and long term factor of Polish independence as the creation of Grand Duchy of Warsaw provided the Poles with the ambition to make Poland independent again although indep...

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