Gangs of New York is just perfect entertainment. It is an enthralling‚ bloody‚ melodramatic epic that more than justifies its two and one half hour running time. In Gangs director Martin Scorsese spins another tale of the New York underworld but with a twist. Instead of the mid-twentieth century organized crime milieu of Goodfellas‚ Scorsese ventures back to the 19th century to show us the origin of the modern street gang. It’s the early 1860s and the notorious Five Points slum is ruled by the
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know who Cleopatra was? I do of course‚ I’m the one researching her. Well let’s get going with this. I have a lot to share about Cleopatra. She was born on June 23‚ 47 .B.C. Cleopatra had kids and there names are Caesarion‚ Cleopatra Selene the second‚ and Alexander helios‚ptolemy. Caesar met Cleopatra eventually they fell in love with each other. Marc Antony in 41 bc he murdered caesar so that cleopatra could answer questions about the empire’s fallen throne. In the year 31 bc Cleopatra and Antony
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Who is Cleopatra? Cleopatra was born in 69 BC‚ in Alexandria‚ Egypt. Despite what most think today‚ she was not a glamorous and beautiful queen‚ she was actually far from it. However‚ the queen of Egypt was one of the greatest romantic heroines of all time. Cleopatra‚ shown on ancient coins‚ had a long hooked nose with masculine features. Although she was not beautiful‚ she was clearly a very seductive woman and used that to further her power. The queen was believed to be highly intelligent
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Mark Antony Study Guide Character Overview Mark Antony is one of the many main characters in William Shakespeare’s world famous play ‘Julius Caesar’. In the play‚ he is a confident and devoted follower of Julius Caesar‚ and also his loyal friend. After the murder of Julius Caesar‚ Mark Antony sides with Octavius‚ Caesars nephew‚ to bring to justice the conspirators. Mark Antony is an accomplished soldier and a skilled leader. He is politically shrewd and he has the ability to use the power of
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Historical Investigation – Cleopatra Amid the splendor of mighty pyramids and mystic sphinxes a baby girl was born. She would be remembered throughout history as Cleopatra‚ the last queen of Egypt. Cleopatra came to the throne at ripe age of 17 years of age‚ this would not only have an impact on her homeland of Egypt‚ but a far wider and dramatic effect on the Roman Empire as well. Historical Context Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty‚ a family of Greek origin that ruled Egypt
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Cleopatra Cleaopatra was born in 69 BC and died august 12 30BC She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty‚ a family of Greek[2][3][4][5][6][7] origin that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great’s death during the Hellenistic period. Cleopatra originally ruled jointly with her father Ptolemy XII Auletes and later with her brothers‚ Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV‚ whom she married as per Egyptian custom‚ When her father Ptolemy XII died in 51 BC‚ Cleopatra became co-regent with her 10-year-old
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How does the director make the opening scenes in Mulan effective? The first scene is set at night time at the Great Wall of China and gives out a feeling of sinister and danger. The only characters which appear are Shan Yu‚ his eagle‚ the Huns that attack the great wall‚ as well as the Chinese guard who tries to escape and give signal. The music and sound effects also helps creating this more creepy and dangerous scene; the second scene moves to the Emperors palace cleverly and gives out a very
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Cleopatra VII was born around 69 B.C‚ to Ptolemy XII and she came from a long line of descendant Ptolemaic kings. Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica “She became queen on the death of her father‚ Ptolemy XII‚ in 51 B.C. and ruled successively with her two brothers Ptolemy XIII (51–47) and Ptolemy XIV (47–44) and her son Ptolemy XV Caesar (44–30).” (Cleopatra). After Cleopatra father’s death‚ she and her brother Ptolemy XIII married because the throne was passed down to him. Later her brother Ptolemy
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Compare the portrayal of Cleopatra in the 1963 film with representations of her in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century as discussed on the DVD Video ‘Cleopatra’. What aspects of her portrayal have changed or stayed the same‚ and why? Throughout the 21st century Cleopatra‚ we have been presented with both a “historical figure and a legend” (Cleopatra‚ AA100 DVD‚ Title 7‚ Chapter 1‚ The Open University). Portrayal of the Hellenistic queen shall be examined from the films in eras 1934
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Plutarch and Octavian both write damning accounts concerning the behavior and actions of Marc Antony and his lover Cleopatra. While Plutarch appears to take a more objective approach‚ Octavian sets out to condemn the former general and the Egyptian Queen. He declares that Cleopatra is everything a woman of nobility should not be and the soul reason Antony has gone so far astray. Octavian goes on to label Antony as “either irrational or insane” when referring to the mental state of the former roman general
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