6/14/12 History: a study of the past Civilization: an advanced state of human society‚ in which a high level of culture‚ science‚ industry‚ and government has been reached. Historian: Someone who studies the past Archaeologist: Someone who studies the past by looking at artifacts Fossil: Natural remains Artifact: Man-made remains Anthropologist: Someone who studies the past by looking at the culture of ancient civilizations Paleontologist: Someone who studies the past by looking at fossils
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Unit I: The Bildungsroman and the transition to modernism Approximate dates: 9/12 – 10/21 Essential questions: ➢ What constitutes the hero’s journey in a bildungsroman? ➢ How does a work communicate the anxieties of its age? ➢ What are basic tenets of Freudian theory? ➢ How does “metafiction” change the relationship between author and reader? Concepts‚ terms‚ and themes: Archetypes‚ light/dark dichotomy‚ phallic and yonic symbols‚ the natural world vs. the mechanized world‚ psychosexuality
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What is a tragic hero? A tragic hero is an honourable protagonist (or any literary character) with a tragic flaw‚ also known as fatal flaw‚ which eventually leads to his death or decease or downfall. A tragic hero usually has the following sequence of "Great‚ Good‚ Flaw‚ Downfall." and more often than not dies at some point in the story. Tragic heroes appear in the dramatic works of Shakespeare‚ Seneca‚ Marlowe‚ Webster‚ Strindberg‚ and many other writers. Tragic heroes possess some flaw or obsession
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Caesar adopted a policy of special clemency toward his former enemies and rewarded political opponents with public office In 63 BC Caesar had been elected Pontifex Maximus The Senate named Caesar “dictator perpetuo” Julius Caesar was stabbed to death‚ receiving 23 wounds Probably the greatest general in Rome’s history‚ and among the most successful of all time He served as a young officer in Asia Minor His command included the Roman province of southern Gaul. In 52 B.C. the bill allowing Caesar
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betrayed by the Egyptians. When Caesar arrives in Egypt to confront Pompey‚ he is presented by Ptolemy‚ to his horror‚ the head of Pompey. He orders the sum of money owed to him from the previous ruler and develops an affair with the joint ruler‚ Cleopatra VII who bores his son‚ Caesarion. But through this‚ he gains an alliance providing rich resources from Egypt to
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In 1603 when King James came into throne he ordered a license to Shakespeare and partners issuing them as the King’s Men. During the time King James was on the throne Shakespeare wrote his most notorious plays such as King Lear‚ Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra. During 1609 and 1611 all of Williams sonnets were published‚ although he didn’t live to see the First folio of his plays be published.(The Life of William Shakespeare). With Williams health slowly dwindling‚ he revised his will in 1616. With
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Nabataeans joined forces with the Parthians during Rome’s civil wars after Julius Caesar’s death because they felt misled. In 40 B.C.‚ the Parthians invaded and took over Jerusalem. The Nabataeans had no choice but to accept the Parthian rule. Antony and Cleopatra were defeated in 31 B.C.‚ and Octavian (Caesar Augustus) took over as leader of the Roman Empire. The Nabataeans then tried to get back in touch with Rome. In 26 B.C.‚ they worked with Rome to try to take over the valuable spice trade by attacking
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Table of Contents ABSTRACT This research paper is an appreciation of Shakespeare’s portrayal of women in his plays. It examines how Shakespeare’s writings reflect the treatment of women during the 16th century. Does he reveal himself as being sexist and misogynist? In how far are his views about the sexes influenced by the conceptions of gender in the Elizabethan time‚ and does he support‚ question or even reject them? Ch. 1 posits the oppression of women as being a representation of
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Roman Culture (753 B.C.E. C.E. 476) • Dated from the legendary founding of Rome by Romulus in 753 B.C.E. to the fall of the Western half of the Roman Empire in C.E. 476. • The Roman Mythos • The goddess Venus and the mortal Anchises have Venus Anchises a son named Aeneas‚ whose story is told by the Aeneas Roman poet Virgil in an epic called the Aeneid. Aeneid Roman poet Virgil Aeneas’ descendents rule the Kingdom of Alba in Italy. One of his descendents‚ Rhea Silvia‚ is Rhea Silvia
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In Nine Greek Lives: The Rise and Fall of Athens‚ Plutarch presents the life of Alcibiades as a contrast between inspired military excellence and disappointing moral failure. Although he was a brilliant and accomplished military strategist‚ Alcibiades’ lack of moral fortitude‚ and his provocation of the Athenians into reckless action led to his downfall‚ and that of Athens. Although Alcibiades was a man of prodigious gifts who could have led Athens to military dominance‚ he gave in to base self-interest
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