According to the journal article‚ ‘Indonesia’s 2014 Elections: How Jokowi Won and Democracy Survived’‚ written by Marcus Mietzner‚ he presented his arguments by using comparative analysis. To analyze Indonesia’s 2014 election‚ he compared mainly the two president candidates- Probowo and Jokowi. The two candidates actually represented two different concepts on politics in Indonesia‚ which Mietzner classified in three perspective‚ namely grassroots volunteerism versus oligarchic machine politics; moderate
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To what extent were the motives of Marcus Brutus and Cassius Longius conspiring against Julius Caesar political rather than personal? | | | 2011-2013 Candidate number: 001386- 041 Gabvin Raphaël Branglidor Word count: 1997 Part A: The aim of this essay is to discuss whether the death of Julius Caesar by acquaintances Marcus Brutus and Cassius Longius was due to political or personal motives. The focus will
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The True Tragic Hero In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Marcus Brutus and Julius Caesar are different characters‚ but somehow similar. Marcus Brutus is a Roman political leader‚ son-in-law of the Roman philosopher Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger‚ born in Rome‚ and educated in law. Julius Caesar is a Roman general and statesman‚ who laid the foundations of the Roman imperial system. Brutus’s honorable ideals leave him open for manipulation by Cassius‚ a man opposed to Caesar. He believes
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Discuss how conflicting perspectives on events‚ personalities and situations are represented in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and one related text. Written in 1599‚ Shakespeare’s historical tragedy Julius Caesar portrays the conspiracy against Julius Caesar‚ his assassination and the defeat of the conspirators. Julius Caesar is one of the many Roman plays that Shakespeare wrote based on true events from Roman history. This play presents varying perspectives on not only characters such as Julius Caesar
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God was the cause of everything that occurred‚ and that philosophy was a way of approaching God. These Stoic beliefs would ease the spread of Christianity throughout the empire due to their many similarities. In his book To Himself‚ the Stoic Marcus Aurelius mentions several times that men have an eternal soul. It seems to be a main idea in his work‚ since it appears in many of his points. His emphasis could be easily compared to that of many contemporary Christians‚
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differed from history in ways such as the historical accuracy to the family‚ Commodus‚ as well as the weaponry used by gladiators. Marcus Aurelius was an emperor from 161 to 180 CE as well as a philosopher. He really did wage battles along the frontier as depicted in the film‚ and is remembered by historians of his time as a skilled leader. His full name was Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus‚ and he would’ve been called by these names not the antiquated "sire" and "my lord" like in the movie. His
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sculpture Dark Father by Genco Gülan‚ a contemporary Turkish artist focused on new media/digital age art whose work tends to have social‚ cultural and political connotations. Dark Father is a sculpture of Darth Vader’s mask on the shoulders of Marcus Aurelius‚ a piece heavily loaded with cultural and political meaning. What themes does Dark Father explore and what tools were used to achieve this? Dark Father was created in 2013 as part of the series Future Archaeology‚ smooth classical marble pieces
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and his successors. The Pax Romana began with the ascension of Augustus‚ in 27BC which marked the end of the Roman Republic and it ended in 180AD at the death of Marcus Aurelius. There were five emperors that ruled during this period more well known as The Five Good Emperors‚ Nerva‚ Trajan‚ Hadrian‚ Antonius Pius and Marcus Aurelius all from the Antony Dynasty. Nevertheless the peace did not start immediately because the fighting continued in Spain and the Alps. The Pax Romana was not immediate
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the events considering Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus. It vaguely focuses on facts but interprets them in different ways than they actually took place‚ for example where and how Marcus met his death. The movie
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Aurelius is a stoic that believes that individuals of a polis should live according to nature‚ and that nature is moral and rational. Though stoics believe that there are no social bonds on society‚ they do believe that other norms of the polis orient individuals behavior towards nature. Marcus Aurelius‚ an advocate for stoicism‚ believed that man should fulfill his duty in life and live according to
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