Elective 2: Powerplay – Antony & Cleopatra Consider representations of and the interplay of types of power Analyse portrayals of the powerful Consider how the depiction of particular relationships provides insight into the nature of politics Consider the extent to which power resides with the people Techniques Suspense Delays entry of main characters and Caesar Caesar powerful- delayed entrance- magnifies his power for audience (dramatic technique) Soothsayer foreshadowing/foretelling
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The representations and interplay of types of power: In Shakespeare’s famous play Antony and Cleopatra‚ the powerful are portrayed including their personalities‚ their reactions to other powerful figures and the interplay of these powers as the characters interact. Antony’s Power: Shakespeare uses Rome and Egypt as binary opposites not just to reflect qualities inherent in the two places‚ but the changes that come upon Antony depending on which place he is in. The changes in Antony’s behaviour
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1) The topic that I chose‚ for this week’s forum‚ is Cleopatra. 2) What interest me about this topic is her role in Egyptian history. I recently visited the Virginian art museum‚ which has a mummy‚ and ever since I have been interested in Egyptian history and culture. I stumbled across an article about the woman rulers of Egypt and have found that Cleopatra has a very interesting life story. 3) I know that Cleopatra is considered the last true pharaoh of Egypt. Also‚ that contrary to widespread
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In the science fiction story of “How to Talk to Girls at Parties‚” a character name Enn is reminiscing about a past experience that happens thirty years ago with his friend Vic. Both boys go to an all-boys school‚ but Vic seems to have a lot of experience with girls then Enn did. Going to a party that was full of pretty girls was the perfect opportunity to talk to girls. While at the party Enn was shy to make his move on any girls at the begin at the party and Vic found the prettiest girl at the
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BSN Essential VII is about clinical prevention and population health. Acute care and disease-based care are very important in nursing practice but on their own are inadequate for improving health. One of the main parts of nursing practice is health promotion and disease prevention across the lifespan that is why nurses need to be knowledgeable in growth and development. Also‚ nurses need to know evidence-based clinical prevention practices to provide best care. Practicing health promotion‚ disease
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English 10P 9 February 2010 Queen Cleopatra of Egypt The equality amongst woman and men has changed in a major way throughout time. Woman in history were very often ignored and not rewarded for their achievements or for their hard work. Although woman couldn’t make big decisions in earlier times‚ many of them helped change the world and everybody’s perspective on the female gender. Queen Cleopatra VII helped change the view on woman in certain ways and proved to her
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A look at chapters V‚ VI‚ and VII of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl revolves around a teenage slave girl and the control placed over her by her slave owner. The passage goes to reflect the atrocities placed over many slaves of the south in that time. It goes to show that these poor individuals had no power over the system in place over them and that they had to submit to the rule of those masters above them regardless of how heinous the act was. These acts were not unique to just her but was
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SIDDARTHA HIGH SCHOOL FORMATIVE TEST - I ABILITY |I |II |III |IV |V |VI |TOTAL POINTS |TOTAL GRADE | |GRADE | | | | | | | | | |I. Listening and Responding. II. Reading with Comprehension: Many years ago a very poor peasant bought a plot of land. One day while he was plowing it‚ he came upon an iron box that was buried in the soil. When he opened it‚ he was astonished to discover that it was filled with valuable gemstones and coins made of silver and gold. Since he owned the land where it was
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daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain‚ and was originally married to Henry’s brother Arthur. Henry married Catherine to maintain the alliance with Spain after Arthur died‚ leaving Catherine a widow. This marriage was organized by Henry VII a short time before he died‚ but took place after his death in 1509‚ when Henry was almost 18 and Catherine was 23. After twenty years of marriage‚ she had only given birth to one girl‚ Mary‚ later to become known as Bloody Mary (although she had
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What do the representations of Cleopatra in film and on television (as shown on DVD video ’Cleopatra’) tell us about howher reputation changed over time? Discuss with reference to two or three representations In order to answer this question we must explore how the social and economic differences altered interpretations of Cleopatra and the effect it had on visual representations. Cleopatra‚ the last Hellenistic Queen of Egypt‚ was first portrayed by Theda Bara in 1917. She used her ’vamp’ like
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