English essay In terms of attitude to love‚ what are the similarities/differences between "Romeo and Juliet" and "Antony and Cleopatra"? These two Shakespearian plays are very similar in setting and plot. There seems to be a similar balance of corresponding characters who are fairly alike in each play‚ for examples Antony and Romeo‚ Cleopatra and Juliet‚ Enobarbus and Mercutio etc‚ although the time and geographical setting is different. In both plays the two main characters experience love and a
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TO WHAT EXTENT DO THE CHARACTERS ANTONY AND CAESAR EMBODY THE CONFLICTING WORLDS OF EGYPT AND ROME The Shakespearian play Antony and Cleopatra’ is a tragic love story between the two characters Antony a Triumvate Ruler of Rome and Cleopatra the Queen of Egypt. The play of Antony and Cleopatra is not just a tragic love story it also incorporates a storyline of international politics‚ therefore making it a public and also a private drama in which Antony and Octavius Caesar contend for control
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During the scenes depicting the Battle of Actium‚ Shakespeare’s presentation of Octavius Caesar‚ Mark Antony and Cleopatra cause the balance of audience sympathy to change between the three great leaders. Audience sympathy never lies by any real amount with Caesar‚ and in Acts III and IV‚ the audience feels increasingly alienated from him. This is largely due to his calculated‚ ruthless style of leadership‚ which becomes more evident during the battle. Caesar judges wisely‚ and is successful because
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Part 1 It is good practice to quote the question – it helps with focus Plutarch’s view of Cleopatra and Antony’s relationship is likely to be a biased one; given his background as a Greek with Roman citizenship (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/465201/Plutarch - Accessed 6th November 2008)‚ Roman opinions will have influenced him. Also‚ Plutarch was writing over 100 years after Cleopatra’s death; his passage cannot be a primary source. It’s almost immediately clear from this passage
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Bibliography: Moohan‚Elaine (2008) The Arts Past and Present‚ Reputations‚ Milton Keynes‚ The Open University Fear‚ T. (2008) ’Cleopatra ’ in Moohan‚ E. (ed.) Reputations (AA100 Book 1)‚ Milton Keynes‚ The Open University‚ pp. 1 - 28.
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From Reading 1.1 and Looking Closely at Plate 3.1.9‚ what do these sources tell us about fifteenth – and sixteenth- century cross-cultural encounters? This assignment will discuss the nature of a cross-cultural encounter in the 15th and 16th centuries between the Portuguese traders and the people of Benin‚ leading to Portuguese figures depicted in Benin art and furthermore our understanding of cross-cultural encounters in general The plaque under consideration (plate 3.9.1) is of three forward facing
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Leigh Hamilton AA100 TMA 4 In what ways did Pugin’s revival of the Gothic use tradition as a form of dissent? Essay Plan Introduction – What is dissent? Introduce Pugin Paragraphs 1 & 2 – Pugin’s aims and inspiration Paragraph 3 – Attack on the era of Reformations and Protestantism. Plate 4.7 “decay of taste”. Difference in Church styles. Paragraph 4 – Treatment of the poor. Plate 2.4.11 Paragraph 5 – “Christian” architecture – pointing upwards. Paragraphs 6 & 7 – Emphasis on Britain’s’ greatness
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The ongoing dispute about the ownership and location of Benin art remains a controversy over whether it should be returned to its place of origin. It is vital to observe the “encounter” between (Woods‚ 2008‚ ‘THE ART OF BENIN’‚ p.7) Europe and the kingdom of Benin‚ when the Benin artefacts were initially plundered and confiscated in the “‘punitive expedition’” (Mackie‚ 2008‚ ‘1897: the ‘punitive expedition’‚ p.23). The British opinion of the Benin people as a “savage and brutal” (Loftus‚ 2008‚ The
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Original answer with comments. Read the following passage from Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. What does this scene tell us about Faustus’s state of mind? Pay particular attention to Marlowe’s use of language. The passage is written in blank verse throughout using iambic pentameter.– The most typical form of writing from the 16th Century poets. In the passage Act 2 Scene 1‚ Marlowe gives the impression of Faustus feeling isolated and trapped almost between the good and evil angels. His lack of self-confidence
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Brown‚ R.D. (ed.) Cultural Encounters (AA100 Book 3)‚ Milton Keynes‚ The Open University‚ pg. 192-235. Heaney‚ S. (2004) The Burial at Thebes‚ faber and faber. The Burial at Thebes‚ Part 1 (2008) (AA100 DVD Rom)‚ Milton Keynes‚ The Open University. The Burial at Thebes‚ Part 2 (2008) (AA100 DVD Rom)‚ Milton Keynes‚ The Open University. The Burial at Thebes‚ Interviews (2008) (AA100 DVD Rom)‚ Milton Keynes‚ The Open University. The Open University (2008)‚ AA100 Illustration Book (Plates for Books 3
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