two speeches there really is no contest. Mark Antony really just takes the cake with his beautiful speech. To be fair Mark Antony had a huge advantage over Brutus in the fact that he got to speak last‚ so his words were the last the crowds got to hear‚ but that is not suppose to discredit Mark Antony. He still delivered an Amazing speech and what was overall just better than Brutus’s. This was just a big mistake on Brutus’s part he never should have let Mark Antony speak after his best friend was just
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Appeal to the Women of the United States by the National Woman’s Suffrage and Educational Committee‚ Washington D.C.(1871)‚ She discusses the rights of women with a hopeful and longing tone; Her writing displays her as an altruistic idealist. Anthony wishes to offer justification to why women deserve the vote to those who could make this happen. One can tell from Anthony’s writing that she is very educated. Quotations from the piece such as “We‚ the undersigned‚ believing that the sacred rights
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Julius Caesar Noble. Honest. Trusting. These words all describe Brutus‚ the tragic hero of William Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar. In the famous play‚ a group of conspirators ask Brutus‚ an honorable and righteous man‚ to assist with the assassination of Caesar for a noble cause‚ when actually it is out of their own envy. Brutus agrees‚ thinking this is best for Rome. After he delivers the fatal stab to Caesar‚ Casear’s allies‚ Mark Antony and Octavius‚ meet Brutus and Cassius for battle of
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Julius Caesar Synopsis. Act I: The play opens humorously with a little word play between Flavius‚ Marullus‚ and a few workers. The workers are on their way to see Julius Caesar who has recently returned from his victorious battle against Pompey. The reader immediately sees the dislike the tribunes have towards Caesar. However‚ the commoners seem to love Caesar. The scene moves to a large gathering where Caesar is the focus. As Caesar converses with Mark Antony‚ we learn that Caesar is superstitious
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Reading Assignment Part 1 (Susan B. Anthony) 1. Who is Susan B. Anthony? a nineteenth-century champion of the cause of woman’s suffrage. 2. What was the reason for her delivering this speech in 1873? Her reasoning for delivering her speech was for the right for women to vote. 3. What two words in the first paragraph reinforce Anthony’s argument in the speech? Two words that reinforced Anthony’s speech would be “indicted” and “lawful. 4. What statement does Anthony make in lines 14 and 15? She’s
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The Protagonists of Julius Caesar In the play‚ Julius Caesar‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ the plot uncovers several different characters: the tragic hero‚ Brutus‚ the anti-hero‚ Cassius‚ and the hero‚ Mark Antony. These three characters continue to display fitting attributes throughout the entire play. All of them are defined as a protagonist and they endure changes and grow as the play progresses. Brutus acts out of a desire to limit the self-serving aspects of his actions‚ ultimately dooming
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Nate Neumann When Caesar says about Cassius‚ "He thinks too much‚ such men are dangerous‚"(I.II.195) he is implying that Cassius is smart and can think for himself. This makes Cassius a danger to Caesar’s rule and therefore a danger to Rome. This renders Cassius a danger for the empire because he will not just do whatever Caesar tells him to do. Cassius can challenge and threaten Caesar’s powers‚ unlike the people of lower intelligence who are sworn to the cult of blind obedience‚ represented
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English Antony and Cleopatra essay Topic 1: ‘It is hardly surprising that Antony and Cleopatra has at times been read as a parable about empire and duty conflicting with folly and lust.’ (René Weis‚ in her introduction to the Penguin Antony and Cleopatra‚ (London‚ 2005)‚ page xxii.) William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra is‚ in Rene Weis’ words a “parable about empire and duty conflicting with folly and lust”‚ and we see this through the two main characters of Antony and Cleopatra who
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that will sabotage its status as a democracy. Brief information about Susan B. Anthony is firstly she is a leader in the women’s rights movement of the 19 th century likewise she is the person who wrote this passage. The most memorable thing to me is when the main character Anthony voted even though she knew it was illegal. So she wanted to annunciate to people to know the women are not able to vote. I think Anthony was a hero for
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Anthony of Padua or Anthony of Lisbon‚ (born Ferdinand Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231) was a Portuguese Catholic priest of the Franciscan Order. Though he died in Padua‚ Italy‚ he was born to a wealthy family in Lisbon‚ Portugal‚ which is where he was raised. Noted by his contemporaries for his forceful preaching and expert knowledge of Scripture‚ he was declared a saint almost immediately after his death and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 16 January 1946. He had a very
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