“Il Duce” (Greenspan par.1). This is what Benito Mussolini was known as during his 21 years in power. Rising from a modest background to a world class dictator is not easy. However, Mussolini’s assertive leadership and strong will power makes this ambition feasible. Where others fear to tread, Mussolini rushes in. From his menacing disposition to his charming cajolery, he effortlessly makes an impression upon millions. A spellbinding orator, Benito Mussolini hypnotizes the Italians with Fascism through his captivatingly threatening demeanor.
In order to remind people of Italy’s past battles, Mussolini begins his introduction by nonchalantly summarizing Italy’s struggles and triumphs. Casually picking their brains, he muses aloud, “Have
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1). This rhetorical question achieves the desired effect of subtlety by absentmindedly asking instead of directly making a statement. Connotatively, the phrase “in an hour of meditation” refers to spare time. These words fit Mussolini’s relaxed tone because it puts his audience at ease and creates a calm atmosphere. Most importantly though, the question’s purposeful answer provides a place for Mussolini to bring up the country’s history. Along these lines, he introduces a series of anecdotes recapping Italy’s victories and defeats (Biagio par. 2, 3). The anecdotes revive the audience’s memories by making them relive every single event through vivid detail. To structure the rundown of events, he uses smooth transitions like “On another occasion...” and “The events during these months…” to lead the audience through the maze of anecdotes (par. 3, 4). These fluid turning points effortlessly connect one anecdote to the next. As a result, they create a smooth, flowing synopsis that is simple enough for the audience to understand. Chronologically sequencing the events in his summary, he also uses transitions like “We have actually been at war since 1922…” and …show more content…
Attempting to inspire his listeners, he addresses them as “...this people of heroes, of poets and saints, of navigators, of colonizers…” to emphasize Italy’s various strengths (“Great” par. 9). This isocolon uses different words that are in the same structure to affirm Mussolini’s flattery. Via parallel structure, Mussolini creates a symmetrical pattern that engages the audience and makes them connect to his faith in Italy’s bright side. Activating their spirits, he guarantees them that their “...immense cry will cross the mountains and oceans like lightning...” (“Rome” par. 48). By comparing the people’s cry to the strength and speed of lightning, this simile drives the audience to believe in Italy’s power, as well as their own. Appealing to the audience’s sense of hearing, the “immense cry” triggers a life-like quality in Mussolini’s aspiration, making his aims seem more tangible to his listeners. Moreover, he uses parallelism: “To economic sanctions we shall answer with our discipline….To military sanctions, we shall answer with military measures...To acts of war, we shall answer with acts of war” to drill the concept of Italy’s strength in the audience’s head (“Great” par. 7). Adding force to Mussolini’s voice, the parallelism asserts his confidence in his ambitions. Furthermore, the anaphora
Next, in section 8.2 we transition into a perspective from the German side in the “All Quiet on the Western Front (1929) Erich Maria Remarque Excerpt From: “Sources of World History.” iBooks. This book is written from the perspective of someone that went to war and it shows the destruction of what happened to this man during his life and it goes through the story about his life during this war and at the end you can really see the comparison of the scene as he watches his friends die to the story of the battle of Somme. In Source 8.3 we go into a discussion of Benito Mussolini and Fascism.
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Mussolini, Benito. “The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism.” The Human Record . By Alfred J. Andrea and James H. Overfield. Vol. 2. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2011. 2 vols. 399-400.
In Italy, Mussolini’s Fascist regime may be attributed to the significant role football played in government manipulation and intervention towards its citizens. As football was known as “the sport for the masses”, its rise in popularity was the perfect opportunity for the Italian government to gain the nation’s public support. This scheme resulted to Mussolini’s relentlessness in terms of controlling certain aspects the sport had to go by, especially in the 1934 FIFA World Cup which was held in Italy. People believed that Mussolini orchestrated Italy’s victory to show the world their capabilities, and I quote Josef Bican, an Austrian player who played against Italy in the semi-finals, “Before we played Italy, Mussolini had a meeting… with the Swedish referee… and according to our coach, Hugo Meisl, he knew that the referee had been bribed… and would referee in favor of the Italians.” Its manifestation includes the influence football had not only on the Italian government, but towards the kind of system Mussolini wanted to impart to his people as well. With that, dominance on the field also meant power and superiority over other European nations such as France, Spain, and England. Thus, triumphant results did not only mean supremacy in race, but also in terms of governing principles and political structure.
In 1922, Benito Mussolini held leadership in Italy, promising a proficient and militaristic nationalistic state. During his control as prime minister, he gained a large group of followers, banned the disparagement of government, and used extreme violence against his enemies within the parliament. According to Oppenheimer, Adolf Hitler idolized Mussolini’s rise and respected his tactics to gain power. Hitler was a violent leader who brought For example, “corporatism” largely contributed to later policies that we still practice today.
Benito Mussolini was brought up in one the poorest regions in Northeastern Italy. When he was in school, he always kept to himself and very quiet. He wasn’t a class clown, never cried or rarely laughed. He always sat in the back of the classroom and read a book. He rather do that than play with the other children in his class. He got kicked out his first boarding school. When he was growing up he was surrounded by many political philosophies. There was anarchism, socialism, and others. Both Benito and his father Allesandro had very bad violent tempers.
Throughout Mussolini's life, he had made his rise to power, many accomplishments, and in the end he had made a huge effect on his country.
John A. Thayer, Italy and the Great War, (Madison and Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin Press, 1964), p.279
middle of paper ... ... y ambition, but by his aspiration for wanting to make Italy the supreme nation of the universe. Mussolini was exceedingly patriotic, which can be represented by the quote “ All within the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State.” Macbeth and Mussolini’s treacherous extent hurt their land and the people living under their rule. Macbeth’s native land was distraught by the end of his rule due to his descend into madness.
The Fascists’ social and economic policies up to 1939 significantly aided their control over Italy yet may not be cited as the sole cause. The Fascist party’s social and economic policies along with other factors attributed to the overall control of Italy. Through such policies it was a certainty that the Fascist party would hold complete power over the population of Italy in each aspect of an individual’s life whether it was their leisure time through the Dopolavoro or at work under the corporate state system which was formally introduced in 1934. This complete domination of the Italian peoples’ lives could be argued to have been the instrumental factor behind the Fascists’ control over Italy up to 1939. Other factors which assisted the Fascists’ control of Italy include censorship of anti-Fascist ideologies and criticisms of the party, the secret police OVRA, political reforms and Mussolini’s personality. The censorship and intimidation of those opposed to the Fascist regime meant that the majority were too scared to speak out against the government and the press were heavily censored also, ensuring that only a positive image of the Fascists was conveyed. OVRA, the secret police, terrified the population of Italy and this enforced the idea that criticism would not be tolerated and severe punishments would be administered if opposition was discovered. The reform of the electoral system in July 1923 meant that to gain 2/3 of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies, a party only had to receive 25% of the votes. This system almost guaranteed the Fascist party the majority of the seats and therefore ultimate control over Italy. Mussolini’s personality could be argued to be an important reason behind the Fascists’ control over Italy; he ...
Mussolini’s population policy was a clear effort to exercise his authoritarian control over the people of Italy, regulating the most personal and private details of their lives. In his bid for complete control, he used new laws, propaganda, and sometimes brutal tactics in order for his wishes to be recognized. It is during the 1920’s to the 1940’s that totalitarian control over the state escalated into full dictatorships, with the wills of the people being manipulated into a set of beliefs that would promote the fascist state and “doctrines.”
This somber conclusion to the film seems to be an expression of hopelessness for Italy's future. By 1948, the country had gone through a series of tumultuous historical events, caused by the inadequacy of its political and economic system. The disillusionment of its citizens with the system and in fact with the very concept of their nation was taken to its limits by yet another failure to achieve true social change after World War II. The transformismo of the Christian Democrats and the attendismo of the Communists offered no hope for Italians, appearing as just another stage in the country's endless cycle of political and social failure.
The story unfolds with the increasing limitations on the rights of Jewish people in Italy. Mussolini 's racial laws are beginning to take force on the rights of the Jewish people. Prohibitions such as no servants, no library
Source D is an extract from an online encyclopedia that gives information about how Italy operated under Mussolini. The entire text is in the Appendix.
passionately invokes the idea of his Italy brought back to life in the Exhortation, his motives are