almost no liberal action but those allowed by her father. Although she unintentionally falls in love with Ferdinand‚ she has no choice until her father makes the final decision. The property-viewed quality is also depicted in Pericles (1606-1608) by Shakespeare on Marina‚ Pericles ’ daughter‚ when she is carried off by pirates and sold in Mytilene to a brothel. There she is treated like an object belonging to the brothel owner; however through chastity and purity‚ she makes her way out. III. Submissive
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People often refer to the United States as a democracy‚ yet if one were to ask a citizen of Athens in XXX bc how they would classify the American government structure‚ I seriously doubt that they would agree. Athens on the other hand was a democracy‚ and a successful one for a short time. However‚ no country or state wants to be successful for just a short time‚ the longing is to rule sovereign for centuries upon centuries as a great and powerful nation. Unfortunately for Athens democratic state
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using Aristotle’s postulated three argumentative appeals: logical‚ emotional and ethical. Powerful and superior rhetoric has a balance of all of three aspects. In contrast to Brutus‚ Antony presents a superb and more rhetorically powerful funeral oration because he is able to apply logical‚ emotional and ethical appeals in the perfectly balanced way. In comparison to Antony‚ Brutus bases his speech not on logical facts but on his reputation‚ manipulating with the fact that he is an honorable man.
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has had a very profound impact on the way people live nowadays. One way that ancient Greece affected western civilization is politics. Greece had the first known democracy. The Greek states man Pericles had three goals‚ to Strengthen Democracy‚ Hold strength in the empire‚ and to glorify Athens. Pericles stated that he wanted all citizens to have an equal opportunity to serve the public. The Greeks affected many of our constitutional rights. In both the US democracy
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In the study of Greek plays‚ one tries to recreate for an experience‚ to recapture something of what is meant to those for whom it was written. We know more about the life of Sophocles than we know do about the lives of any other Greek playwright‚ but this still is not a lot. Sophocles’ work has been said to be the pinnacle of Greek tragedy. Oedipus the King is something like the literary Mona Lisa of ancient Greece. It presents a nightmare vision of a world turned upside down; a decent man‚
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its overall sculptural decoration. It is said of Phidias that he alone had seen the exact image of the gods and that he revealed it to man. He established forever general conceptions of Zeus and Athena. Little is known about Phidias’ life. When Pericles rose to power in 449‚ he initiated a great building program in Athens and placed Phidias in charge of all artistic undertakings. Among works for which Phidias is famous are three monuments to Athena on the Athenian Acropolis (the Athena Promachos
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On Monday July 5th‚ 1852‚ Frederick Douglass captivated his audience at Corinthian Hall in Rochester‚ New York with one of the most powerful antislavery orations ever delivered‚ “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”1 As an African American and former slave himself‚ Douglass was a crucial component to the Civil Rights movement and the abolishment of slavery. His concern for equal rights sprouted as early as twelve years old‚ often listening to debates among free blacks in Baltimore‚ as well as
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individual more than the city and this made their imperialism possible. This freedom will create en energy in the city but will lead to problems and decline for Athens. Athens will have troubles with factions and the internal conflicts that come with. Pericles will be able to prolong the problems for Athens. He was able to do this by appealing to the passion and love for glory and the need for ultimate devotion. These more individualistic people will be able to connect with something other than themselves
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more unified nation than Greece. Greece was made of many city-states that fought between themselves more often than they fought together. But despite their disputes‚ Greece had managed to produce many talented philosophers and historians‚ such as Pericles‚ Sophocles‚ Socrates‚ and Plato. Many historians think it was because of the Greek political system. The following document will compare and contrast Ancient Athens and Han China and show how different the two nations really are using facts about
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is wrong‚ these ideas have be taught to us and have helped to shape our behavior. Therefore‚ Socrates’ belief that virtuous qualities are not emitted to others opposes an intrinsic fact that is exemplified by people such as Pericles in the dialogue. The mere fact that Pericles was trying to educate Cleinias demonstrates of how fathers or guardians aim to teach their children virtue and instill in them the qualities that make them outstanding
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