CONFLICTING PERSPECTIVES ESSAY A composer has a purpose in intentionally assembling a text in order to depict their personal agenda. This is conveyed to the audience throuh the utilisation of the vehicle conflicting perspectives. Also‚ the presentation of a text significantly affects the audience’s overall perception of its set of values.These concepts are illustrated in the Shakespearean play‚’Julius Caesar’. Julius Caesar was published in 1623 during the Elizabethan Renaissance period
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system. Athens having been the great economic power it was‚ showed the world that a government where the people hold equal power to each other‚ can work‚ that a small group of ruling elite isn’t necessary. Even after the fall of athenian power‚ Pericles‚ a man who forged Athenian culture‚ made the ideals of democracy widespread (Doc 7). Athenian culture lived on and morphed‚ until‚ over time it became a part of modern day democratic cultures‚ and in what way is this more evident than
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<b>ORIGINS OF ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA</b><br>Theater was born in Attica‚ an Ionic region of Greece. It originated from the ceremonial orgies of Dionysos but soon enough its fields of interest spread to various myths along with historic facts. As ancient drama was an institution of Democracy‚ the great tragic poets Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ Euripides as well as the comedian Aristophanes elevated public debate and political criticism to a level of aesthetic achievement. Euripides and the ethologist Menandros
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speech. The comunication is enterely one-way. The audience has virtually no share in text creation being limited‚ at least‚ to non-verbal signals such as applauses. FIELD: the purposeful activity involved is the exposition of funeral oration uttered by the Queen the 5th September 1997 at 6 pm‚ live from the Chinese Dining Room at Bukingham Palace‚ screened by BBC1. The setting thus is Bukingham Palace. TENOR: the speaker is the Queen Elizabeth II. During her speech she tries to
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humanism A new concept of human individuality‚ originating in the citystates of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Italy‚ that was based on desire for excellence in scholarship‚ creative work‚ and education. The humanist movement spread to northern Europe‚ France‚ England‚ and elsewhere‚ and continued to flourish until the mid-seventeenth century. Among its more familiar literary figures are‚ in Italy‚ Dante Alighieri‚ Francesco Petrarca (known as Petrarch)‚ Giovanni Boccaccio‚ Baldassare
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two of his speeches and two contexts’ Martin Luther King’s speeches can be recalled in all parts of the world today‚ largely through his charismatic‚ albeit remarkably energetic demeanour. The powerful message that manifests itself in many of his orations - the dream in which Negros would one day be on equal terms with white people - appealed to his admiring audiences infallibly speech after speech. His lectures display his optimistic aspirations for Afro-Americans‚ as well as encouraging persons
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Germany. After experiencing tensions that arose into a war between Eastern and Western alliances‚ there needed to be a resolution to restore security. President Reagan sternly demanded the barrier between the East and West be torn down‚ however‚ his oration also encouraged freedom and hope for the nation. In his speech‚ he expanded on his beliefs of the potential of Germany. He noted in order to establish unity‚ citizens needed to be educated and open-minded. He also stated that Berlin should consider
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Marcus Tullius Cicero of the Roman Empire was not only a lawyer and politician‚ but was a writer and a philosopher. With his great orations‚ and essays on matters such as old age and friendship‚ it comes as no surprise to know that such a great intellectual wrote the following quote‚ which I will break down and explain‚ as I understand: "History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time‚ it illuminates reality‚ vitalizes memory‚ provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of
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Plutarch‚ Life of Lycurgas‚ 14. ii-iv‚ in The Greek City States: A source book‚ translated by P.J Rhodes. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press‚ 2007) Plutarch‚ Life of Lycurgas‚ in The Internet Classics Archive‚ translated by John Dryden Thucydides‚ Pericles on Athenian Wives‚ II. 44. i-iii‚45. ii‚ in The Greek City States: A source book‚ translated by P.J Rhodes. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press‚ 2007) Xenophon‚ Oeconomicus‚ vii Xenophon‚ Xenophon on The Spartans‚ in The Internet Classics Archive
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Answer on your notecards To turn in at the end of class. What legacy did the Greek civilizations leave to be implemented by Future generations? “A” “P” “E” ANCIENT AND CLASSICAL GREECE CIVILIZATION COMES TO EUROPE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY • The Land – Mountains dominate land; cross land travel difficult – Fertile river valleys were center of settlement and the basis of the polis – No place more than a few miles from sea – Outdoor life common due to temperate climate • The Sea – Greece is a series
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