Shakespeare’s world compared to the modern world By: Boston Williams There are many difference and similarities within the world we live in today and the world that Shakespeare lived in. The literal‚ physical playhouse was different in many ways‚ the crowd shares some similarities and quite a lot of differences. The rights between the people now have also changed and the way we have organized the playhouse. Some of these differences are extreme and some are very little and have hardly changed at all
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emerged as a leader of his own right after Caesar’s fateful death. Compared to Brutus‚ Antony is passionate more than principled‚ claiming alliance with Brutus to save his own life. However‚ he eventually maneuvers a masterful rhetoric to stir the crowd in a revolt against the conspirators with tears streaming down his cheeks. His impulsive nature serves him perfectly‚ allowing him to take advantage of every possible situation and twist it‚ allowing him to have an edge against his enemies. Antony
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mean!” “Trumpilius will make us richer than ever before!” “Hillicus will spread the riches amongst the poor!” The crowd started to get into a state of unrest‚ Many opinions were being screamed at which king or queen will be next‚ These screams turned to chairs flying about‚ Opinions were being hurled from bleeding mouths‚ Trumpilius and Hillicus took a step back‚ For each side of the crowd were about to attack‚ The soldiers stood in between the monsters about to collide‚ But once they were sucked into
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against a white competitor. The black men within the crowd were talking confidently about how they weren’t worried about Louis losing‚ saying they knew he was going to win. Around after the third round there was a point where Louis was pinned against the ropes and he was stuck getting swung over and over again and the crowd was beginning to groan in disappointment. Even after he got off the ropes and was moving towards the corner of the ring‚ the crowd didn’t hope for anything; they just waited in
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that man’s murderer? This is precisely what happens in Julius Caesar. Brutus kills his closest friend‚ Julius Caesar‚ and then he gives his justification for doing so in his speech at Julius Caesar’s own funeral. Although his speech was flawed‚ the crowd of people he spoke to were easily swayed‚ and they accepted Brutus’ justification. Unfortunately for Brutus‚ he allowed Mark Antony‚ another one of Caesar’s close friends to speak after him. His speech completely reversed the crowd’s opinion. Comparing
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didn’t agree with? Following the crowd can lead to disastrous consequences. In The Lottery by Shirley Jackson‚ a small town holds an event that they call the lottery but the winner does not receive money‚ the prize for the winner is death. In first they came by Martin Niemoller‚ a man in a concentration camp does not speak out for anyone when the Nazi soldiers came for the people that they were trying to kill. In these two short stories everyone was following the crowd and it led to disastrous consequences
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discharge Caesar from false charges laid against him. The three main conspirators in Caesar’s murder‚ Brutus‚ Casca and Cassius portrayed Caesar as a formidable tyrant to the Roman people. After Caesar was unjustly killed by the people he trusted‚ the crowd was persuaded to believe that his death was necessary for the good of the republic. Marc Antony was cleverly able to manipulate the citizens into rebelling against the assassins and the mourning of the great Caesar death. The death of Caesar was
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“The word ‘happiness’ would lose it’s meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.” However most people find joy and sorrow to be polar opposites that are in no way ever associated with each other. So when Walt Whitman created a poem with a dual theme by using positive and negative word connotation‚ two points of view‚ and dual focus it would surely lead to a poem that would require thought and would demand admiration. To firstly develop his dual theme Walt Whitman uses positive and negative connotation
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“LET’S GO BOYS!!!! LET’S WIN THIS!!! BEAT THESE RAVENS!!!!!!” The crowd was screaming and chanting wildly as we began to run out of the locker rooms and onto the large football field. I lead them‚ raising my arms up and down to signal the crowd to get louder with their cheers. As I did this‚ I was also sprinting to the middle of the field through the large slit that was cut for my eyes. I turned back to the crowd in the stands‚ and the players ran around me‚ with smiles of their faces‚ to get to
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Caesar‚ examines what gives rhetoric its power by pitting Brutus’s speech against Mark Antony’s. Shakespeare shows Antony’s rhetoric to be superior by the effect he has on the plebeians. Brutus’s speech fails to convince permanently win over the crowd because he does not understand them. His first failure is at the beginning of his speech when he asks the plebeians to‚ "Censure me in you wisdom‚ and awake your senses". It seems as though he does not realize that he is speaking to an angry mob. His
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