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    flight‚ learn‚ return" pattern apparent physically or emotionally. Symbolic people‚ places‚ and objects can be found in an archetypal works also. Gladiator fulfills all of these requirements; therefore‚ it is an excellent example of an archetypal movie. Maximus Dessimus Meridius is the main character and the hero in the film Gladiator directed by Ridley Scott. He is given instructions by Emperor Marcus Aurelius to return Rome to the people because of the corruption by the leaders. While thinking about

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    WARREN AGENCY CASE Warren Agency‚ Inc. Mr. Thaddeus Warren operates a real estate agency‚ which specializes in finding buyers for commercial properties. One day‚ Mr. Warren is approached by a prospective client who has three properties in and adjoining Cambridge‚ Massachusetts‚ which he wishes to sell. The client indicates the prices he wishes to receive for these properties as follows: Allston: $25‚000‚ Belmont: $50‚000‚ Cambridge: $100‚000 Warren would receive a commission of 4 percent

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    Antony and Cassius already have a lot of power in Roman society‚ but who would make a better leader? Leaders in the past have shown that they are a good leader by showing if they have faith‚ how persuasive they are and how much power they have. In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ Mark Antony and Cassius both show that they are good leaders‚ but Antony is a better leader compare to Cassius. Antony and Cassius both compare to each other in faith and how pervasive they are; however they

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    The Origin Of Cleopatra

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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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    Lawrence Introduction to Humanities 7 July 2014 Cleopatra Hardly any personalities from the Hellenistic period (323 BC – 31 BC) are as renowned as Cleopatra VII (69 BC – 30 BC)‚ the Egyptian queen. The focus of a wide array of Western historical texts‚ music‚ poems‚ literature‚ and arts‚ Cleopatra has been widely portrayed as a Queen who ruled her subjects and her Roman lovers through sex and gender. Despite such portrayals‚ very little is known about Cleopatra and there are doubts among historians that

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    and life as humans. This notion can be seen through the novel "The Great Gatsby"‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the film "Blade Runner"‚ directed by Ridley Scott. These texts explore the themes of human judgment‚ the ambition involved in being human and human morals‚ which make up part of the human condition. This is shown through the actions‚ comments‚ and descriptions of the characters in the texts. The quote "’They’re a rotten crowd‚’ I shouted across the lawn. ’You’re worth the whole damn

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    A Psychoanalysis on Ridley Scott’s Alien In 1923 Sigmund Freud noticed the clash within thought and mental processes which led him to identify three parts of our psyche. He referred to these as the Id‚ Ego and the Superego. The Id is ‘the primitive‚ unconscious basis of the psyche‚ dominated by primary urges’ *. It comes from the initial instinct to satisfy our needs and desires what can be known as the pleasure principle. The uncontrollable repressed part of our psyche‚ for example a newborn child

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    Cleopatra The historical epic film‚ “Cleopatra” depicts the queen and her relationships with two great Roman rulers‚ Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Produced in 1963‚ this movie is a one of a kind as it portrays the Roman Republic transition. Although the motion picture is mostly very true to the historic facts‚ there are a few examples where the producers deviated from accuracy. The movie is not entirely correct with some of the costume and set choices‚ representation of the character Octavian

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    Modern Gladiators

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    Mark Strage Prof. Polyne Sports Race and Politics 05/15/13 Modern Gladiators Football is an inherently flawed sport. It calls upon men to sacrifice their bodies and minds by using their heads as battering rams over and over again. In his Offensive Play‚ a 2009 article in the New Yorker‚ Malcolm Gladwell explains “much of the attention in the football world‚ in the past few years‚ has been on concussions—on diagnosing‚ managing‚ and preventing them—and on figuring out how many concussions a

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    What Is Cleopatra VII?

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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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