Napoleon is seen as a very polarizing figure in history: On the one hand, he represented the values of the Enlightenment in his rise to power and defending the Revolution; on the other hand, once he crowned himself as emperor, he horrified many who saw him as upholding values of the Republic. What goals did he seek to accomplish, and can you argue that there was something beyond personal gain to be achieved by him?

he who divided his empire into the dual monarchy, in which austria and hungary coexisted as equal partners. in 1879 he formed an alliance with prussian-led germany, and in 1914 his ultimatum to serbia led austria and germany into world war i.

the flaw in the front of the house that the narrator observes early in the story is the barely noticeable fissure which extended from the building's roof and made its way down the side of the house.

this fissure foreshadowed the “fall” of house usher.