in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ Cleopatra VII was one of the most powerful women in all of history. From her early days of her throne at the age of 18‚ to ruling with her brother‚ to her love affairs with Caesar and Mark Antony‚ Cleopatra had achieved greatness through her empire and throughout her life until her end. Cleopatra was from a long line of the Ptolemaic dynasty that had ruled since the 4th century BC. Women were very rarely seen as a power figure during this time. Cleopatra is assumed to have two
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Sympathy for Satan John Milton spent years trying to think of an idea to base his epic on; an idea that would make his epic last centuries and never be forgotten. His desire came to life since his work lives in history‚ along with Homer‚ Virgil and Dante. Finally‚ he found a muse in God and in the dawn of creation; rather than in earthly matters. John Milton’s intention while writing his epic was not to make Satan a hero‚ however‚ many people perceive such an idea. Instead‚ he simply wanted
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word of mouth. Cleopatra VII Philopator has had many different stories told about her‚ but what few forget to remember is that she is was the most powerful ruler of all time‚ and the only woman to sit upon a throne and rule in the ancient times. Cleopatra stood in the most dangerous crossroads of all time; woman and power. Years of schooling and discipline has lead the princess to this day‚ the crowing. Her father passed away earlier this year‚ leaving the government in Cleopatra‚ 18‚ and her
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Which Character does Harper Lee create the most sympathy for in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’? In ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’‚ Harper Lee creates many characters‚ which we‚ as the reader‚ can feel sorry for. Boo Radley‚ Atticus‚ even the Ewells at some points. However Tom Robinson has faced many hard challenges in his life but gets through them being kind and honest and yet in the end he still ends up shot out of cold blood. Harper Lee creates sympathy for Tom by allowing the reader to straight away know
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David had always heard the stories his parents would tell him about the golden safe.His Grandma would always bore him with banal stories of how his grandpa would spend hours each day trying to open the safe. His house had always been in his family‚ and since his great-great grandpa moved in‚ there had always been a golden safe in the closet of the basement. For years‚ they were adamant about opening it and cracking the code‚ but eventually around the time that david was born‚ they family gave up
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Macbeth‚ written by playwright William Shakespeare‚ is one of the most famous and beloved plays of all time. The play‚ a tragedy revolving around the tragic hero Macbeth‚ is about a regicide and its aftermath taking place in Scotland. The play begins with Macbeth along with his best friend and fellow nobleman‚ Banquo‚ successfully defeating two separate armies from Ireland and Norway respectively. On their journey home‚ Macbeth and Banquo encounter three witches who make prophecies to them. Macbeth
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Americans. In the poems “Sympathy” and “The Caged Bird” by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Maya Angelou‚ the authors do a great job expressing their feelings about Jim crow laws by using an image of a caged bird. These poems are a very popular because they relate to the Jim crow laws‚ the authors‚ Paul Dunbar‚ and Maya Angelou create such meaningful themes describing the feelings of being trapped that it gives strength in knowing why we keep moving forward. Both the poems “Sympathy” and “Caged Bird” use
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What strategies does Alan Bennett use to create sympathy for the characters in the History Boys? To what extent is he successful? Alan Bennett is a playwright acclaimed for his controversial plays such as “Beyond the Fringe” and “The Madness of George III”. The most famous of these is “The History Boys” winner of a Tony Award for Best Play in 2006. It is set in the 1980s in a traditional secondary school in working class Sheffield. Education‚ in this case A levels‚ is the overall focus of the
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Cleopatra During her reign‚ Cleopatra‚ achieved many things. She was one of the most powerful and manipulative female rulers of all time. She was not only beautiful‚ but smart and knew how to get what she wanted. From the time Cleopatra was born to the time she died‚ she did many amazing‚ crazy‚ exciting‚ and difficult things. Most of the exciting things that happened to her happened during the time that she ruled over egypt‚ but all things must come to an end and in 30 BC Cleopatra lost power over
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1: We feel sympathy for Pip because he is in a very volatile situation in his life right now. He is without Mother and Father‚ he has an iota of food to eat‚ and his sister and her husband are quite the capricious couple. I think that Dickens wants us to like Pip because he is the main character in the story‚ and gives a lightness to the spooky plot of the story. 2. Dickens uses an abundance of different devices in order to describe Mrs. Gargery. Mrs. Gargery is described to be: One who
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