Act One Comprehension Check To give you a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of the play‚ answer the following questions for Act One. Write your answers on a separate piece of paper using complete sentences. Scene One 1. What is the setting of the first scene? 2. Why have the shopkeepers left work? 3. What is Marullus and Flavius’s reaction to the citizens’ behavior? Why? 4. What important information about the political and social atmosphere does Shakespeare provide us in the first scene
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Subjective bias is at the heart of all representations. Through the representation of language to manipulate a text‚ several diverse agendas and interpretations are shaped. Varying representations arise through events‚ personalities or situations are shaped through contextual form‚ language features‚ altering the meaning and creating textual integrity. The composers construction of various mediums allows responders to perceive a text to form their own particular view and depiction of these conflicting
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ruthless Augustus was‚ and as he had seen the fate of Caesar it is likely that he was determined not to make the same mistakes as Caesar. The triumvirs were successful in eliminating many senators and political rivals through proscription‚ including Cicero‚ one of the surviving constitutionalist republicans. According to Appian ‘The number of senators who were sentenced to death and confiscation was about 300‚ and of the so-called knights around 2000 (Civil Wars‚ 4.2.5). The fact that Augustus eliminated
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Conflicting Perspectives: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Ambitious Tyrant or “Noblest Man that Ever Lived in the Tide of Times”? An Into English Presentation Conflicting Perspectives: The Theory • All texts are deliberately constructed to convey an agenda and a set of values. • This means that every composer has a purpose‚ which is based on the issues arising from their context and audience. • To that end‚ the composer uses conflicting perspectives as a vehicle for successfully conveying
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The monster’s eloquence and persuasiveness makes it easier to sympathize with him because as a reader it makes you believe that he is very human like in the way that he thinks and behaves. This aspect of the monster allows the reader to sympathize with him because it allows the reader to get a better understanding of who the monster really is as opposed to the appearance of him. I think most film versions of the story present the monster as a mute or inarticulate so that the viewers on see his appearance
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Nick Cruz 03/23/12 Period 4 Julius Caesar Study Guide 1) Flavius- Noble‚ who doesn’t like Julius Caesar‚ took down decorations to honor Caesar and silenced. Marullus-Same as Flavius Carpenter and Cobbler- Common people‚ clowns‚ workmen Caesar- Leader of Rome‚ gains a lot of power‚ successful leader Brutus-Political leader‚ comes from a respected high family‚ naivety brings his downfall Casca- Opposes Caesar rise to power‚ a Senator‚ noble but not very smart Calpurnia- Caesar’s wife
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Reading Brutus: Marcus Brutus is by definition‚ an ‘honourable man’‚ yet the play Julius Caesar poses the question; how can such an honourable man commit such a dishonourable act as murder? This ambiguity is tracked throughout the play as Brutus‚ a man who is constantly ‘with himself at war’ (I‚ ii‚ 51) attempts to convince himself that he acts ‘for the good of Rome’ (3‚ ii‚ 45). But the question is not whether Brutus has managed to convince himself of his nobility‚ but whether he has managed
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Tory Macdonald 9.25.12 Ethics of War and Peace Essay #1 My question: Plato‚ Aristotle and Cicero all talked about Just War Theory‚ and emphasis on the Just Warrior. Obedience and loyalty ( can lead to destruction. Plato‚ Aristotle and Cicero‚ the fathers of the Just War tradition‚ develop and enhance the concept of civic virtue and the necessity to uphold such morality during the most chaotic‚ violent and brutal of times – war. They each defend the necessity of war; yet emphasize
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Cicero sought to define the prefect form of government. De Republica by Cicero certainly displays similarities to Plato’s approach— especially in that it is a discourse not only on politics but also about the good life. After abandoning the Epicurean notions which dictated one to"avoid mental agitation" Cicero would conclude that virtues sought by the sage can only be attainable through being reinforced by the power of justice and laws. Justice and law according to Cicero are necessary
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The quality of having experience‚ knowledge‚ and good judgement. These virtues‚ otherwise known as wisdom‚ are things people value. Based on my reading of Cicero on Obligations‚ the people of Rome placed great emphasis upon wisdom on a social‚ economic‚ and political level. In Ancient Rome‚ these three aspects are more cohesive than we’ve seen in any other ancient civilization. For the first time‚ we saw a direct correlation between social status and economics. Due to these two aspects being so closely
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