Pericles born 495 BC and died in 429 BC from the plague‚ in Athens‚ Greece. His father‚ Xanthippus‚ was a wealthy Athenian politician and general during the early part of the 5th century BC. His mother‚ Agariste‚ was a member of the powerful and controversial noble family of the Alcmaeonidae. She was the great-granddaughter of the tyrant of Sicyon‚ Cleisthenes. Her familial connections helped her husband‚ Xanthippus‚ start his political career. While Pericles was growing up he was quiet and avoided
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In the play‚ Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Caesar is killed a most brutal death. After his death‚ Brutus and Markus Antonius give speeches about Caesar. Both compel the crowd in their beliefs‚ but Brutus held the crowd for a good while and then Antony came in and stole the crowd’s hearts. This is a problem for Brutus‚ because if he held the crowd’s hearts he would live‚ if he lost the crowd he died. Antony knew this and he used a very blunt way of speaking to make the crowd turn on Brutus and the other
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Act III‚ scene ii‚ lines 164-192 of Julius Caesar displays how easily Antony can persuade a crowd against Brutus and Cassius. Mark Antony really relates to the Roman people and sarcastically compliments the conspirators with the intentions of infuriating the crowd. This particular scene takes place right after the murder of Caesar in the capital by the conspirators. After Brutus explained why Caesar had to die he let Antony speak to the crowd after him and left. This eventually will be one of Brutus’s
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The Public and Private Life In William’’ Shakespeare’s "Julius Caesar‚" there is a conflict in the characters public and private lives. The major characters‚ Julius Caesar‚ Brutus‚ Cassius and Antony‚ all experienced these conflicts. All actions these characters perform represent conflicts between the benefit of Rome and their own sense of honor‚ emotions and love for each other. Caesar is trying to form a new political system in Rome called dictatorship. Even though he has the ambition to become
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Love trilogy between Julius Caesar‚ Mark Anthony and Queen Cleopatra: Born in Alexandria in 69 BC‚ she may not have been particularly beautiful. Her portrait on coins of the time shows her with a hooked nose and manly features‚ though her voice was said to be alluring‚ and she was obviously of high intelligence and ability. She was not actually of Egyptian blood‚ but of Macedonian‚ descended from one of Alexander the Great¹s generals who had come to Egypt in the 300s BC and established himself
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Levi Orr Mrs. Clarke Freshman English Scarlet Ibis Paragraph Literary Devices Used in the Scarlet Ibis In James Hurst’s Short Story “the Scarlet Ibis” The scene of the ibis’s death is used to symbolize and foreshadow doodle’s tragically premature death. One Saturday afternoon at lunch‚ the family heard a croak coming from the bleeding tree‚ and doodle ran outside to see what it was. He found a scarlet ibis “perched precariously” in the tree awkwardly flapping its “uncoordinated wings” Doodle
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Nolan Nye Ms. Smith CP English 10 1 March 2014 Tragic Hero In Shakespeare’s play "Julius Caesar"‚ there are deaths‚ tragedies‚ and of course‚ a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a person of noble birth with heroic or potentially heroic qualities. In order to be identified as a tragic hero‚ a character must have at least one fatal flaw. Throughout the play a few main characters present themselves as possibilities for being the tragic hero‚ like Ceasar for example‚ but there really is only one person
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How far was Octavian’s rise to power achieved through violence? There were many factors that contributed to Octavian’s rise to power. Caesar’s death was an important event that helped the rise of Octavian. This is because it created uncertainty through out the people‚ without a leader could lead to chaos. Octavian‚ being Caesar’s adopted son‚ was the only possible next in line. Octavian possessed no doubts in eliminating those who stood in his way on the path to power and joined with Lepidus and
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Mark Antony was a cunning‚ strong-willed‚ and loyal Roman. He was a devoted friend to Caesar. He looked at life as a game in which he had a significant part to play‚ and played that part with excellent refinement and skill. Antony was a devoted follower of Julius Caesar. Because he was a good friend‚ he was willing to be second hand to Caesar‚ the new king. Whilst Caesar would become the king‚ the most valuable but least powerful piece in chess‚ he would become the rook‚ a semi-valuable‚ very important
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Julius Caesar Essay In the play Julius Caesar the character of Brutus seems to be noble‚ for he shows high moral principles. Brutus is noble for four main reasons‚ he cared for Rome and its people‚ Caesar feels Brutus does the right thing regardless‚ Brutus does not want Caesar to turn his back on Rome‚ and Brutus helps secure the good of the conspirators. In Julius Caesar‚ Brutus is asked to accompany a group of conspirators to assassinate Caesar‚ he joins and is soon in a lock with Antony and a
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