Brutus vs. Macbeth through Power‚ Ambition‚ and Honor “Absolute power corrupts absolutely‚” unless one knows how to use it‚ it shall not corrupt. Everyone has ambitions‚ a strong desire of achieving great things‚ and some will do whatever it takes to achieve their goal. Honor is a title one receives through their noble acts; but some honorable and strongly ambitious people may go as far as to give up their noble title to accomplish their purpose. William Shakespeare is a well-known English poet
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Antony and Cleopatra is a fable about the destructive duality of Antony’s character. Shakespeare uses gender bending as a device to portray Antony’s transformation from Roman to Egyptian. This transformation causes constant conflict between Antony the Roman defined by empire and duty and Antony the Egyptian defined by folly and lust. This duality finally proves to be fatal. Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare’s Roman plays. It is a tragedy about Antony one of the triumvirates who rule the
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The Fall of a Tragic Hero: Marcus Brutus William Shakespeare is the master of tragedy. The universes in which his heroes live are never perfect: justice doesn’t always win‚ and people never simply get the answers to their questions. There is always somebody who gets hurt‚ the tragic hero‚ who’s downfall occurs from a reverse of fate and hamartia‚ an error of judgment. In Julius Caesar‚ Marcus Brutus is often seen as that tragic hero. He was always seen as an honorable man‚ and although he had joined
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play Julius Caesar. Mark Antony‚ one of the few who understands how to command‚ is a loyal friend who is gifted with the ability to use rhetorics‚ and is able to appeal to people’s hearts. While Brutus uses force and facts‚ Antony is able to lift others up while conspiring against them. It is a skill that comes into play later in the tragedy when Caesar is killed Antony takes it into his own hands to get even with the conspirators. By being able to command respect Antony is able to turn the throng
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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 and
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Stephanie Quick Quick 1 6th Hour English 2012 April 24 Introductory Paragraph: About Antony Gormley Everyone is curious by nature‚ constantly seeking answers to questions we may know nothing about. Our inquisitive minds leave us pondering the fact that some questions have a multitude of answers leaving us with only our own opinion on what is right. Antony Gormley had an endless amount of questions dealing with the human body. He asked questions such as‚ where do we begin and where do we end
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In the two speeches‚ “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Ferguson speech by President Obama‚ both use similar techniques in their speeches. Both of these people are serious advocates from there problem and express their opinions greatly. Throughout these speeches both leaders express examples of Ethos‚ Pathos and Logos while including tone‚ parallel structure and repetition‚ yet they sometimes the ways they express it can be different. Both of these leaders use a form of ethos‚ the
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In the book Julius Caesar‚ I think the character Brutus changes a lot. This character starts out mean‚ but he thinks he has good intentions. By the middle of the book he undergoes changes for the worse. He gets mean and starts becoming a lesser‚ meaner person. By the end of the book he is more noble and sees things in a different way. At the beginning of the book Brutus wants to kill Caesar. He wants to do this for the good of the people. He truly and honestly thinks that if he kills Caesar that
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« ANTONY & CLEOPATRA »‚ SHAKESPEARE Act IV‚ Scene 14 This tragedy‚ “Antony and Cleopatra”‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ was first printed in 1623. The title itself already announces some information: first of all‚ that these two are great characters; one is a Roman triumvir‚ the other is the most famous queen of Egypt. The second main information is the duality‚ which announces a great theatrical theme and the variations between a duel and a duo. Having previously defeated Caesar in a land
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Secondly‚ Shakespeare represents the idea of Brutus having more power due to controlling the conspirators and letting Brutus himself in the leadership role. In Act Two Scene One there was a passage that shows how Brutus was leading the conspirators to do the right thing for Rome. “No‚ not an oath: if not the face of men/The sufferance of our souls‚ the time’s abuse/ -- If these be motives weak‚ break off bedtimes/And every man hence to his idle bed/………. If he do break the smallest particle/Of any
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