march week two Flashcards
(37 cards)
in british trade 1951-64, what does the 29% symbolise
imports into the uk increased 29%
what caused britain’s economy to overheat 1951-64
- short-term approach - stop-go economics
- rapid consumer growth (imp) with a lack of industrial growth (exp)
- lacked industrial modernisation, still using old coal, textiles etc
- priorities political popularity, not stability
why was the prices and incomes policy weak even without the sterling crisis and six-day war? 2
unions opposed it, didn’t want limits
weak enforcement, couldn’t force companies to abide
counter argument on the success of decolonisation in 1951-64
was reactive not proactive, trying to avoid economic crises and unable to sustain the empire.
mneumonic of changes to stalin’s government in ww2
splat
structures of government used
power to local gov’s
listened to high command
abandoned class warfare
turnover of 50%
mneumonic of continuity to stalin’s gov in ww2
crimp
communism
repression
individual power maintained
minorities repressed
propaganda
ESSAY PLAN
was high Stalinism a change or continuity of Stalinism pre-1941?
2 for 2 against
- CONTINUED
use of terror, party & cultural purges, secret police, antisemitism, gulags - CHANGED
cult of personality, now level to lenin, god like 2yr celebrations - CHANGED
centralised control, bureaucracy ideology, party turned on each other, lost party autonomy - CONTINUED
command economy, heavy industry cont, still diverting armaments, agric suffered, harsh labour, famine
2 key people in leningrad affair wanting power
vosnesenky
kuznetsov
what backlash did the provisional government receive after doing nothing with land, what were they offered instead too
- peasants refused to accept the PG’s fixed prices for being low, this led to grains being in demand for cities as they refused to send their grain.
3 reasons why it could be argued Lenin’s drive and persistence was the reason for the october revolution
- april theses: established his ideologies in a form of propaganda gaining momentum for the party. It was also good timing and took advantage of the PG’s weakness (not pleasing the public)
- marxist-leninism- it was a popular and clear ideology applicable to russia. he was a man of ideology
- he convinced bolshevik doubters on the eve of the october revolution which pushed for action
what are the issues going on outside of the capital when the bolsheviks come to power
- the workers support the mensheviks and SR’s - angering the workers who want their party instead. petrograd is mainly bolsheviks - elsewhere is different
- they refuse to work on railways as a protest of the bolsheviks being in charge - this makes running the country difficult for the bolsheviks
describe the weak opposition and why it allowed the bolsheviks to stay in power 2
- the mensheviks and right wing SR’s were uncoordinated and didn’t want to get involved in violence as they knew that a civil war was a lurking danger
- they also still had hope for the constituent assembly and didn’t expect the bolsheviks to survive
where in the handmaids tale is a symbol of the palimpsest of gilead
the colonies
describe the biblical allusion of the place ‘gilead’
the land of gilead is where jacob was the ultimate patriach with full autonomy
which figure does the commander contextually represent
adolf eichmann
meaning of moira’s name
no biblical character as she is a lesbian so such be removed and put on the wall
hebrew for rebellious
what method in work increases the pace and shows the never ending burden
asyndetic litany
2 connections of work and streetcar
- victims of capitalism and the patriarchy, perpetuates the intersection of them
- transformation of identities (b conforms to soc pressures; work loses identity)
what methods in tall are in the interaction with the man with the tattoed heart x3
caesura
internal rhyme (both show disruption cat calling causes)
infantilises men who resent women with more power
2 connections of tall and streetcar
social rejections - b as southern belle and appearing wealthy, tall is successful ostracising her
attempt to gain dominance
- fg loses femininity
- stanley always wins
2 connections of loud with streetcar
antithesis of stella - she is subservient and gets away unharmed (?) B + L persona’s do not
use their voices to try gain power - b criticises the system but has also used her voice to manipulate
fg sacrifices feminity
quote of gatsby’s car and the crash as a metaphor of d+g
‘anyhow - daisy stepped on it. i tried to make her stop but she couldn’t, so i pulled on the emergency brake
quote of the light losing its magic after meeting daisy
the colossal significance of that light vanished forever.
it was again a green light on a dock
quote about james gatz and the photograph
… with trembling fingers
it was a photo of the house cracked in the corners and dirty with many hands
