Antony and Cleopatra is a Shakespearian play that focuses on the events that take place whilst Cleopatra‚ Queen of Egypt and Antony‚ a member of the triumvirate in Italy‚ are conducting a highly visible love affair. Whilst Cleopatra is portrayed as a strong‚ manipulative and selfish woman‚ Antony is shown to be weak and easily influenced when with Cleopatra‚ but powerful and level-headed when running his country. However‚ it is hard to determine whether Antony is the "strumpet’s fool" he appears
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about three hundred years. Precisely‚ the Hellenistic period began with the defeat of the Greek city-states by Philip and Alexander in 338 BC‚ and ended with the Battle of Actium in 31 BC‚ when Caesar Augustus defeated Marcus Antonius and Queen Cleopatra‚ the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt(Bosworth). Not a single person would think to believe that the greatest Greek influence would lie ahead. Due to Alexander’s early education from Aristotle‚ and that he learned his political sense from his Father
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The 1st piece of writing I chose was the Spartan Creed written by a man known as Tyrtaseus. Before even reading this I knew that it was going to be an interesting piece because Sparta basically only lived to fight and if you didn’t you became a slave if you were weak. Tyrtaseus was a well-known 7th century poet (PS19). What made this piece even more interesting was that Tyrtaseus was a General in the war against Messenia (PS19). In this war the “Helots” were captured and taken as slaves and they
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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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Defying Gravity by Roger McGough and Mort Aux Chats by Peter Porter are two poems that have death as a theme. Although they refer to death in different ways. Mort Aux Chats refers to death to convince you to dislike cats. Whereas Defying Gravity is about a mans “victory” with death. These poems rely on language to emphasise the attitude to death. Defying Gravity is told from the point of view of a dying mans best friend. It uses a lots of metaphors and I think this makes the poem very effective
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and Cleopatra is a play rife with ambiguity. Cleopatra’s character is‚ in itself‚ presented as a “glorious riddle‚ whose dazzling complexity continually mocks and eludes us”#; her unpredictable moods and multilateral persona constantly keep us guessing‚ and leave us uncertain as to the real motivations behind her words and actions. Many parallels can be drawn between Cleopatra‚ and Elizabeth I of England‚ who was renowned for her fiery temperament and for being ’the virgin Queen‘. Cleopatra is by
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Henry VII and Retaining Retaining involved magnates taking men into their service‚ generally involving the payment of fees and sometimes the granting of a distinctive badge or uniform (livery). This practice served the king‚ in that it allowed him to recruit armies more easily‚ by making contracts with leading magnates who then provided their retinues for service with the king’s army for a specified time. However‚ it did allow magnates to retain what were‚ in effect‚ ’private armies’ and‚ at this
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The artist lecture that I went to for the second time was the one by Liz Cummins on the uncovering of Nefertiti’s tomb. It was recently discovered by Nick Reeves that her tomb may lie just behind that of King Tut’s. Due to the same size of the tomb and the way that it is laid out has lead Reeves to think that her tomb lies right behind that of Tut’s and if we were to blast off the walls we would make another great Egyptian discovery. It is a common misconception that Nefertiti is Tut’s mother. She
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Antony and Brutus‚ both gave speeches to the people of Rome after the assassination. They tried to explain what happened and why Caesar was killed. They both had clear points of the events that happened but Antony’s speech was better and persuaded the crowd more. When Brutus spoke to the crowd‚ they loved him and understood why he killed him. However‚ when Brutus left the area‚ Antony won the crowd over with his story. He persuaded the crowd by making them angry at Brutus‚ even though just a speech
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Hatshepsut‚ female pharaoh of the eighteenth Dynasty. Hatshepsut is the wife and half-sister to Thutmose II‚ Hatshepsut took over the thrown for her stepson/nephew. It was Hatshepsut right to succeed her father after him and crowed “king” of Egypt in 1473 B.C. After the death of her half-brother/husband‚ Hatshepsut took over the thrown since Thutmose II child was underage. Hatshepsut legitimacy was formed from her father and includes all the social interest in politics. During‚ her time as ruler
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