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Understanding Bismarck's Metaphor on the Precursor to World War I

In the powder keg metaphor above, Bismarck was talking about the events leading up to World War I.

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Europe today is a powder keg and the leaders are like men smoking in an arsenal ... A single spark will set off an explosion that will consume us all ... I cannot tell you when that explosion will occur, but I can tell you where ... Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans will set it off.

Otto Von Bismarck, Congress of Berlin 1878

Question 1

Short answer

Identify and explain Bismarck's metaphor: 'The leaders are like men smoking in an arsenal (full of gunpowder)'

Question 2

Short answer

Identify and explain Bismarck's metaphor: 'A single spark will set off an explosion'

Question 3

Short answer

Identify and explain Bismarck's metaphor: 'An explosion that will consume us all'

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