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    in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ Cleopatra VII was one of the most powerful women in all of history. From her early days of her throne at the age of 18‚ to ruling with her brother‚ to her love affairs with Caesar and Mark AntonyCleopatra had achieved greatness through her empire and throughout her life until her end. Cleopatra was from a long line of the Ptolemaic dynasty that had ruled since the 4th century BC. Women were very rarely seen as a power figure during this time. Cleopatra is assumed to have two

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    you have o’ergone‚ are number’d in the travel of one mile (Love’s Labour’s Lost)? Explorer: This is most certain that I shall deliver: [This explorer] is every hour in Rome expected: since he went from Egypt ’tis a space for further travel (Antony and Cleopatra). Prince: Ay‚ now

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    men do lives after them”‚ “I come to bury Caesar‚ not to praise him”‚ “But Brutus is an honourable man.” It is also a powerful speech‚ using both rhetorical patterns and emotive imagery to stir the crowd up against Caesar’s killers. Another thing Antony said to change the crowd’s mind and say Brutus was wrong without actually saying it was with some clever oratorical skills. Throughout the speech he repeatedly says “Brutus was ambitious.” and “Brutus was an honourable man.”‚ but he didn’t really

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    Greek Theatre – Tragedy & Comedy As part of the festival called Dionysia which honoured the God Dionysus‚ tragedy‚ comedy & satyr play were the three genres to emerge from the theatre of ancient Greece. Tragedy is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in the viewing. From its obscure origins in the theatres of Athens 2‚500 years ago‚ from which there survives only a fraction of the work of Aeschylus‚ Sophocles and Euripides

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    With Reference to Sources‚ Assess the Achievements of Cleopatra VII “Ancient writers tend to depict Cleopatra as a power hungry woman” . This is just one perspective from historical literature. No one can doubt that Cleopatra achievements were historically dynamic‚ but the way in which they were viewed through the biased eyes of historians‚ some what nullifies or exaggerates there affects and the assessment of this is the crux of my essay. First we will look at the negative Roman interpretations

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    William Shakespeare is the noted author of a vast array of plays‚ ranging from comedies to histories to tragedies. Perhaps one of his most famous in the tragedy genre is Macbeth. Though Shakespeare can be considered as a scholar in the sense that he was both a renowned and prolific playwright‚ look back a few hundred years to find Aristotle‚ one of the most famous scholars and philosophers of all time. In his treatise titled Poetics‚ he defends poetry against criticism as well as sets standards for

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    a drama or perhaps a tragedy because Richard ends up dead. Despite the overlap in genres‚ Much Ado About Nothing comes the closest to the contemporary definition of its genre. Comedies‚ today‚

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    Based on these two speeches‚ it’s quite obvious who won the crowd over. It was Antony‚ but him and Brutus had similar tactics in how to persuade the audience. Along with that‚ they also had many different ways they persuaded.Some of the similarities and differences will be listed. Altogether though‚ Antony and Brutus both had very persuading speeches. Antony and Brutus used quite a few of the same tactics to persuade the audience. They both used ethos to try to make the audience relate more to

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    In Act 5 Scene 2 Lines 82-92‚ after the death scene of AntonyCleopatra reminiscences about Antony and begins to describe his appearance and the powerful persona that he carried as a man‚ lover and soldier of Rome. Cleopatra’s description of Antony portrays an image to the readers of what Antony looked like and was viewed as being personality-wise. “His legs bestrid the ocean; his reared arm/ crested the world: his voice was propertied/ as all the tuned spheres‚ and that to friends;/ but when

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