Sir Winston Churchill is widely known and is considered one of the best statesmen of the 20th century. Winston Churchill has always been a peoples’ person and he has dedicated himself to providing what is best for the public service. “His legacy is a complicated one; he was an idealist and a pragmatist; an orator and a soldier; an advocate of progressive social reforms and an unapologetic elitist; a defender of democracy as well as of Britain’s fading empire (History.com).” Although his legacy is
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individuals tried to warn Caesar. List three of them and explain Shakespeare’s purpose in the warnings. •The soothsayer warns Caesar to "Beware the Ides of March!" Caesar calls him a fool. Calpurnia warns Caesar about a dream she had. Willing at first to heed the warning‚ Caesar scorns her for making him look like a coward. Artemidorus writes Caesar a letter‚ which Caesar refuses to read before he gets to the Capitol. •Shakespeare shows the reader‚ through these warnings‚ that Caesar thinks highly of
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Winston Churchill was a strong and effective leader who became the prime minister of England in 1940. He was known for his enthusiasm‚ optimism and ability to inspire people. Churchill’s wisdom and strategic foresight in addition to his passion and desire for strong efficiency in Britain’s warfare‚ lead him to become a great leader. If I were a British citizen‚ I would have been excited to support Churchill just based on his personality because he had charisma that previous leaders of Britain didn’t
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Forum with Caesar’s body in tow and will use the corpse as a prop throughout his oration. - / - / - / - / - / - I come to bury Caesar‚ not to praise him. Antony follows with a line of straight iambic pentameter punctuated with a feminine ending. Here’s the first irony of Antony’s speech‚ in that he is unequivocally here to praise Caesar. Antony is‚ in fact‚ lying. This is a calculated tactic to disarm a crowd firmly on the side of Brutus when Antony takes the pulpit. - / - -
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"(1.2.68-70) This quote is referring to act 1 where Cassius brings Brutus into the room and starts to talk about Caesar. When Cassius suggests to kill Mark Antony alone with Caesar‚ Brutus says‚ "Our plan will seem too bloody‚ Caius Cassius. We cut off the head and then hack the limbs‚ seem to kill Caesar in anger and then vent malice on his friends‚ for Antony is only a branch of Caesar."(2.1.169-172) Brutus doesn’t want to just kill everyone‚ and be know as a killer‚ he just wants to do what he thinks
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Who knew that one great leader from Dublin‚ Ireland and another from Hyde Park‚ New York could share similar ideas‚ goals‚ and ways of treatment? Winston Churchill‚ born on November 30‚ 1874‚ was the great leader previously mentioned from Dublin‚ Ireland. Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ born on January 30‚1882‚ was the second from Hyde Park‚ New York. These two men were leaders during the 1930s and 1940s. I will be comparing and contrasting them. The places they were born was just one difference between
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others’ eyes. In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar‚ two main characters‚ Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus‚ present different personas- one being each characters actual self-characterizations‚ which we learn through their discussions with others‚ and another is how they are actually perceived in the eyes of others. Their inability to project their true motives in performing certain actions eventually brings about their tragic downfalls. Julius Caesar believed that people needed one strong ruler
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Background Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was one of the greatest leaders of all time. He was born in 1874 and he lived in the UK. He was a Prime Minister‚ but he also had a passion of writing‚ so he was a writer as well. The leader known as Winston Churchill stood by himself when all the other countries were being taken over by Nazi Germany‚ him and the British army and prevailed. Winston Churchill was an outstanding leader because of his great characteristics and traits that allowed him
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than Winston Churchill. For a leader to be followed they must lead. One of my favorite quotes about leadership is “A leader without followers is a man taking a walk” (Unknown). This uncredited quote is highly propagated and gets to the heart of leadership. Sir Winston Churchill was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice once from 1940 to 1945 and then again from 1951 to 1955. He widely regarded as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century; Churchill was
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like a colossus"�(Julius Caesar 1.2.142-43). These words were spoken by Cassius‚ a character in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. He is speaking about Julius Caesar and Caesar’s arrogance and overconfidence. This quote also shows how Shakespeare perceived Julius Caesar as a prominent and influential man of his time. However‚ this view is not shared by all of the biographers that chose to write about Julius Caesar. In fact a famous ancient writer named Plutarch depicted Julius Caesar as a power-hungry
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