Julius Caesar: Background Knowledge Is Needed To Understand Play Having a good background and knowledge of the history of Rome is very helpful to understand Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar. The setting of this play took place hundreds of years ago‚ so if one knows a little bit of Roman history‚ it would help very much in understanding what is going on in the play. It is important to know about the connection‚ or relationship that there once was between Caesar and Pompey. When Crassus died‚
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A Man is Only As Great as his Mother Alexander the Great. The power of that name is astonishing. There is no last name needed other than just “the Great.” That is how undeniably powerful and influential Alexander of Macedon was during his reign as the Emperor of Greece from 336 to 323 BCE‚ and continues to be today. As talked about in Worlds Together‚ Worlds Apart‚ although most people in European‚ Asian‚ and western civilizations may not recognize it‚ Alexander’s policies‚ laws and ultimate dreams
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alongside with the birth of the kings was celebrated. When Cleopatra VII gave birth to Caesarean‚ she doubted that he would not be accepted by the Egyptians because he was the son of Julius Caesar‚ a Roman man. Therefore‚ she invented a divine birth story for her child resembling the one used before by Hatshepsut and Amenhotep III. This story was inscribed on the walls of the temple of Arment‚ in which she mentioned that Isis – in the form of Cleopatra – was visited by Amun-Re and that a child was conceived
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A R Y. Guiding Questions for the commentary: How does the use of setting contribute to your understanding of the poem? Comment on the poet’s style (For example‚ language‚imagery‚ diction‚ form‚the use of a quote from Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra) In the the poem ‘The Sunshine in the Garden’ written by Louis MacNeice‚ the poet is a prisoner of war and is close to his death. The line ‘We cannot cage the minute’ and words like ‘freedom’ used throughout ‚ make it evident that the poet is
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significance. An example of Dante’s incredibly blatant political bias is Cleopatra and Dido’s placements in Hell. The two women are both condemned to an eternity in Level Two: Lust. Here‚ “...the infernal hurricane that never rests hurtles the spirits onward in its rapine; whirling them round‚ and smiting‚ it molests them.” (Dante Canto V). This punishment seems fit for overtly sexual beings. Unfortunately‚ Cleopatra and Dido are not two of those beings‚ per se. It is true that they both were
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thinking about female leaders‚ names like Cleopatra‚ Queen Elizabeth‚ Margaret Thatcher‚ and even 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton come to mind. Whether‚ male or female‚ political leaders through the ages have been surrounded by controversy and rumors. A leader’s reputation that today‚ still conjures up debatable rumors‚ is Wu Zetian. She was the first woman in China to hold the title of emperor‚ but at what cost did she get there? Wu Zetian’s reputation is tarnished with mentions of sabotage
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Alexander the Great Alexander the Great was a Macedonian king born in July of 356 BC. He was the son of King Philip and Queen Olympia‚ and was tutored by Aristotle throughout his teenage years. He later went on to become King of Macedonia after his father’s death at eighteen. He led military campaigns across the middle east and south Asia‚ but why was Alexander so important? How did he change the world? Alexander was born into the royal family of Macedonia in 356 BC to King Philip
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WOH Notes * B.C.E * Before the Common Era * A.D. * Does not mean After Death * Iraq/ Kuwait area named (4) different names * Mesopotamia * Fertile Crescent * Sumeria * Cradle of Civilization * Zigerath * Temples of ancient Sumeria * City State * Independent political economic entity which dominated the area around the city * Bigger than a city‚ smaller than state * Sumeria * Cuneiform (soonyform)
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Slave Culture and the Harlem Renaissance: Finding a Home in Modernism For years scholars have noted the importance in history of the African- Americans from the time of the Atlantic slave trade‚ even up to current culture and entertainment. As prominent as the slave trade is taught within the schools and the education systems‚ there has been little noted in the history classes about the art and literature of that time period for African-Americans. However‚ in spite of the little we know of the
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The most famous statue of Augustus (the Roman Empires first emperor) is known as Augustus of Primaporta‚ discovered at Villa of Livia at Primaporta near Rome‚ the statue Augustus of Primaporta has a much greater amount of symbolism than other statues of Augustus which contributes to its fame‚ some of the symbolism includes; the Armor breastplate he bears on his chest‚ the top half of the plate has several powerful gods represented on it with one of the overall messages being that Augustus had the
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