Leonardo da Vinci was a man who was recognized mostly for his art, and his inventions that rivaled the others in Renaissance but he was also a man who divided his attention to so many other things, he couldn't finish and/or master any of those skills, he never supported anyone in his inventions and helped with war, this is why...
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Throughout the course of history, we have seen and met people with multiple faces who act kind in front of others and completely different when they are alone or offended. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare subtly impels the idea that the characters are a mixture of good and evil. This idea is exemplified through the...
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Introduction The assassination of Julius Caesar stands as one of the most pivotal events in Roman history, fundamentally altering the course of the Roman Republic. Central to this dramatic episode is Marcus Junius Brutus, a figure whose involvement has been subject to extensive scrutiny and debate. Brutus' participation in the conspiracy against Caesar is often characterized by a tragic dimension,...
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In the play, Fences, August Wilson uses the conflict of Troy vs. Society to drive the other battles and elements of the story as evidenced by showing Troy’s overlook of his life, and the struggles he had to face. Troy had been an ex-convict and fought daily to not blame society for everything he had to suffer since he had...
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Calpurnia Caesar casts a small but vital role in Julius Caesar. Calpurnia is cast as the humble and obedient wife of Julius Caesar. She is a very caring, humble, and deferential human who cares greatly for her husband. She is protective and wants to make sure that her husband and everyone are well. Calpurnia fears 'O Caesar these things are...
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Ambition is the driving force behind mankind’s history of success. With ambition, the great leaders of the world have achieved greatness. Yet, there is a delicate balance between just power and corruption. The abuse of ambition can lead to the downfall of anyone, no matter the amount of power they wield. In the play, Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare,...
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The theme I chose to write about is the power of speech. In Julius Caesar, speech plays an important role in the plot. The people in the play are easily persuaded into opposing viewpoints through both Anthony’s and Brutus’ speeches. In Brutus’s speech, he says “: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you...
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Augustus was in theory Rome's first emperor (although he never had that official title nor did he ever try to call himself an emperor). He steered Rome's evolution from a republic to an empire during the turbulent years after the assassination of Augustus's great-uncle and adoptive father Julius Caesar. It's undisputed that his administrative prowess was astounding. His lifetime accomplishments...
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The question of Brutus joining the conspiracy against Caesar was right is rather contradicting, but at the end of the day, I believe his decision wasn’t immoral and, in fact, was right. Brutus loved Caesar, but his love for Rome was bigger. The fear of someone taking over Rome entirely to themselves gave Brutus the strength to stab a knife...
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Over the past decade, the rights of Indigenous people have improved. Unfortunately, some rights and freedoms have not yet seen any improvement at all, and some have even worsened. Thomas King's 'Borders' is a short story demonstrating self-identity and the national pride of Indigenous people. Throughout the story, readers realize the theme is set to showcase the self-identity of the...
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The title of the novel comes from W.B. Yeat's coming descriptor for the chaos that was made in the modern period through the collision between tradition and modern culture cause to a kind of cultural trauma because Nigerian people demand the recognition of their traditional culture. Achebe compared the poem to the situation of Igbo culture that transformed from their...
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Cassius is one of the heads of the conspiracy to kill Caesar. As such, one of his highest objectives is to persuade Brutus to join their coalition. Cassius, being the manipulative man he is, uses multiple approaches to change Brutus’s mind. One he uses while talking to him is making Caesar seem equal to Brutus, “Like a Colossus, and we...
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Review of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle President Theodore Roosevelt coined the term muckrakers. A popular term used to describe journalists during the Progressive Era who exposed corrupt leaders and corporations. They had the intent to show the public how these companies eliminated competition, set high prices, and treated workers as “wage slaves”. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle is a famous example...
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In this essay, I will be discussing the stylistic techniques used by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the novel The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald, 1925). The Great Gatsby is a novel that follows the story of Jay Gatsby`s unrequited love for Daisy Buchanan, narrated by Daisy`s cousin, Nick Carraway. Nick acts as the focaliser as well as the narrator in this novel...
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A rhetorical device utilizes words in a certain way to convey meaning/convince and is a strategy that stirs emotions within the reader or audience. In many popular speeches, the speaker uses this strategy to cause the audience to agree with their claims or to create a feeling of fervor and intensity throughout the crowd. In the play “Julius Caesar,” Brutus...
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In the introduction part, the paper will explore and give a shortened synopsis of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar play and explore the modern interpretations of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar as a problem play. This will be achieved through the appraisal of some of the main actors such as Cassius, Brutus, and Julius Caesar, and give a detailed presentation of their characters. The...
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Introduction In the annals of literature, few works have captured the complexities of human nature and societal norms as adeptly as William Shakespeare's plays. Within his oeuvre, the characters of Portia from "The Merchant of Venice" and Calpurnia from "Julius Caesar" present intriguing case studies in contrasting female roles. While both women are ensconced in patriarchal societies, their responses to...
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For this assignment, I will be playing the role of Portia from William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Act 2 Scene 1. Portia is the daughter of Cato and the devoted wife of Brutus. She is proud of her identity as related to two eminent families of Rome and takes her role as Brutus’s wife very seriously. She makes her first appearance...
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Paradise Lost and Frankenstein share how little control we have to control our fate. In Paradise Lost God always had Satan under his control and was able to undue or influence his actions. In Frankenstein, however, the monster is not always under control by Victor but isn't able to change how people perceive him. Both novels seem to emphasize the...
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In the Renaissance, there was an emphasis on the rebirth of learning, and arguably, the face of the movement is Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519). Da Vinci was a master artist who had mastered multiple artistic media, including was not limited to painting and sculptures, but the major takeaway of his artistic masterpieces wasn’t his adaptability but his accuracy and precision...
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Chaos, is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as “complete disorder and confusion,” (Oxford University Press). In Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, the reporter figure Casca, accidentally meets Cicero, a prominent senator in Roman politics. From lines 15-32, Casca gives a long speech where he reveals more details about the storm of which he has a great fear. The first image of...
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'The Lottery' authored by Shirley Jackson was first published on June 26, 1948, just after World War II. It took place in a small village in New England. The story is such unique literature that once gets reading to it but also all attention gripping into the same. 'The Lottery' actually gives the lottery a different meaning because of the...
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How can people tell if they know how someone can act without a true experience? In Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee uses Scout a character to bring a challenge and understanding of what it was like to live in a segregated society. Mrs. Lee's, classic To Kill a Mockingbird has many valuable life lessons that...
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Many documentary narratives are heavily influenced by the unique relationship present between documentarian and their subject. Whether friendly, professional, neutral, or intimate, this connection ultimately skews the product’s position upon its’ subject matter and poses difficulties in exploring the subject matter in the manner intended by its’ documentarian. The choices in how each of the following documentarians presents their product...
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The United States of America is a country with a lot of history and culture. Different decades have especially marked this nation and the 30s were no exception. Many transcendental events took place, for example on February 18, the American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered the planet Pluto Moreover, on May 1, 1931, the construction of the Empire State Building in...
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Introduction Friends, Writers, and philosophers are not what we do every day influenced by our environment, our laws, and our morals. Do you intend to write nonsense? Or do you intend to write something timeless? What message do you want your audience to take in through your themes and morals and characters? This is prevalent in my most recent play...
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A tragic hero is a character in the play that is portrayed as having an important position. Tragic Hero has to undergo certain misconceptions in discernment which can lead to their own death. Shakespeare shows these characters as those who are expected to fulfill their goals but somehow fail to do so which may be caused by tragic weaknesses, which...
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Have you ever wanted something or someone so bad you would do anything for it, even kill? “Some Dreamers of a Golden Dream” by Joan Didion is about a murder trial that captivated the town of Rancho Cucamonga, California, in October 1964. Didion focuses on a woman, Lucille Miller, who ends up burning her husband, Gordon Miller, to death in...
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The extract which is taken from William Shakespeare`s Julius Caesar allows us to examine closely the distinct rhetorical strategies, figures appeal that Cassius uses throughout Julius Shakespeare and specifically in the monologue Cassius presented to Brutus in Act 1, scene 2. There is a theme of power, manipulation, and persuasion carried through Cassius' speech in the act to convince Brutus,...
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Every story has an antagonist but sometimes the antagonist plays the most important role in the story. Julius Caesar is a play written by Shakespeare that is based on true events from history. It shows ambition, destiny/fate, and much more. However, I will be writing about how Cassius plays the most important role in the play even though he is...
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