.🦅 KAISERREICH + PRE-WWI CONTEXT (1890–1918)
Wilhelmine militarism: Kaiser Wilhelm II’s obsession with military prestige alienated socialist and democratic factions. He expanded the navy via the 2nd Naval Law (1900), provoking a costly arms race with Britain.
Authoritarian constitutional monarchy: The Chancellor was unelected, answerable only to the Kaiser, not the Reichstag — creating a democratic façade masking autocracy.
Rapid industrialisation: By 1914, Germany overtook Britain in steel
War Guilt Clause (Article 231)
Germany accepted sole responsibility for WWI, despite the Fischer Thesis (1961) later arguing that German militarism had long-term war aims, the clause ignored broader Allied responsibility.
Psychological humiliation: Germans called the Treaty a “Diktat” — a dictated peace — fueling Dolchstosslegende (stab-in-the-back myth), used by the Nazis to discredit Weimar.
Clause used to justify £6.6 billion reparations, equivalent to 2% of Germany’s GDP annually until
This line is from the short story "The Doll’s House" by Katherine Mansfield, describing the Burnell children’s admiration of the new doll’s house, especially the lamp inside it.
The lamp in the doll’s house becomes a symbol of beauty & perfection to the children. Their admiration is almost spiritual, as it fills them with ecstasy—an intense
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Meglitinides:
Beasts of every land and clime,
Hearken to my joyful tiding,
Of the golden future time.”**
These lines are from the song "Beasts of England" in George Orwell’s allegorical novella Animal Farm. The song is introduced by Old Major, a visionary boar, who shares his dream of an animal utopia where all creatures are free from human oppression.:
Old Major begins the song by addressing all animals regardless of their region (“land and clime”). He
"The Parrot in the Cage" is a short story by Mulk Raj Anand, one of India’s most prominent writers in English. Known for his humanistic themes, Anand often explores injustice, suffering, and social realities in his works. This story is a symbolic and emotional monologue of a parrot, trapped in a cage and voicing its sorrow and longing for freedom. The story is a strong allegory for human suffering, particularly
George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a brilliant allegorical novella that uses animals on a farm to represent political figures and ideologies. It is rich with symbolism, serving as a powerful critique of totalitarianism, particularly Stalinist Russia. Orwell uses characters, events, and objects symbolically to mirror the events of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath.
The entire book is
THE FORMATION OF DICOT EMBRYO AND MONOCOT EMBRYO The formation of embryos in flowering plants begins after fertilization, when the zygote (formed by the fusion of the male and female gametes) undergoes a series of divisions and differentiations. Though the initial stages of development are similar in both dicots and monocots, the final structure of the embryo differs significantly.
Dicot Embryo Formation– In dicot plants (e.g., bean, pea), the zygote first divides asymmetrically into a small terminal
1. Fertilization
Frogs reproduce through external fertilization, where the female lays eggs in water, and the male releases sperm over them. Fertilization occurs in the animal hemisphere of the egg. This process forms a diploid zygote. The point of sperm entry determines the gray crescent, which helps in the later development of the body axis.
2. Cleavage (Early Cell Division)
The zygote undergoes holoblastic, unequal, and radial cleavage. The first two cleavages