To successfully defend Marcus Caelius‚ Cicero aims to convince the jury that the witness’s testimony is full of reasonable doubt. He accuses Clodia of behaving like a seductress and adulteress‚ implying moral corruption. Cicero uses prosopopoeia to pretend to be Clodia’s ancestor‚ Appius Claudius Caecus‚ posing several hypothetical questions such as: “‘Did I bring water to the city for you to foul with your incestuous practices
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The gods have played their part altering the course of the hero’s voyage. Seemingly‚ in the epic harmony does not last long and challenges follow Odysseus like a plague. Calypso‚ the audience believes holds the last installment of the global journey‚ our hero has yet more battles ahead of him. In fact‚ the king of Ithaca wandered the Mediterranean and its coastal lands for 10 years before finally arriving home. As waves crash against the raft‚ “he was seen sailing the ocean”(284). The sea near the
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Ithaca and save his family from the suitors was completely pioneered by Athena. Without the guidance of Athena specifically‚ as well as a handful of others‚ Odysseus would never have been able to return to Ithaca‚ let alone leave the captivity of Calypso. Therefore‚ Odysseus is more unheroic than not. Odysseus shows he is undeserving of the admiration he receives through his selfish‚ merciless‚ and disloyal actions as well as his lack of leadership and reliance on the Gods. Throughout his trip home
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magnificent father‚ here...in the mind ’s eye–if only he might drop from the clouds and drive these suitors all in a rout throughout the halls and regain his pride of place and rule his own domains!" (Homer‚ ch. 1). Meanwhile‚ Odysseus is stuck on Calypso ’s island‚ moping around on the beach and crying for his family (Homer‚ ch. 5)‚ but his need of humbleness comes long before this point in time. In the Cyclopes cave‚ Odysseus plays a great trick on Polyphemus by telling him that his name is "Nobody"
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Tiffany Presley English Composition Dr. Philip Underwood October 21‚ 2013 My favorite celebrity I’m writing my essay on is Maya Angelou. The reason why I’ve chosen her as my favorite celebrity is that she has given us the greatness of poems. Her poem’s to me is so remarkable. My favorite poem is “Still I Rise”. This poem is so influential to me because the poem is so powerful. The thing I am going to discuss about Maya Angelou is her childhood‚ career beginnings‚ later successes‚ and her personal
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The Caribbean islands lie from the Bahamas in the north to Trinidad and Tobago in the south. The largest islands are in the central which include Cuba‚ Haiti‚ the Dominican Republic‚ Jamaica and Puerto Rico. The songs are vary from island to island so there are many types of music in Caribbean islands. Also their music culture has rich and diverse history. Jamaican mento‚ the Salsa‚ and the Puerto Rico Aguinaldo are the genres of Caribbean music. The music of Caribbean was started by the Native American
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earthquake‚ saw him- / just returning home … it made his fury boil even more … with that he rammed the clouds together- both hands / clutching his trident- churned the waves into chaos.” (5. 309-322). This represents after Odysseus is released from Calypsos Island onto his voyage to Phaeacia‚ Poseidon ship wrecks him. This is important because Poseidon is Odysseus’s worst enemy. He cannot kill Odysseus‚ but will help fulfill his blinded sons wish that he come home to Ithaca late and alone. Odysseus
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Cleopatra had relations with Caesar and Antonius‚ which influenced the Roman view of her as an evil seductress‚ witch‚ and adulterer. Some of the more powerful men in Rome viewed her as a political enemy and disliked her great power in a patriarchal world. Others wished to use her involvement with Caesar and Antonius to turn the public opinion against these
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[pic] The adventure of Odysseus What is an Epic? A long narrative poem about a legendary hero. Homer • poet • thought to be blind‚ but describes events as a seeing person • lived around 1200 B.C.E Ismarus City • From Troy‚ the ships first made land at Ismarus. • Ismarus – City of Ciconians • Odysseus lost six men from each ship. • Odysseus continued their sailing. • They were overtaken by a storm which drove them for NINE DAYS along the sea till they reached
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clearly document Odysseus ’s inability to resist temptation‚ some may use his stay with the goddess Calypso on her island as one of such instances as a case in point‚ however on that I would differ. In this case Odysseus was being held against his will. After losing all of his men and being shipwrecked on her island by himself with not a boat nor paddle‚ it is easily understood that he was at Calypso ’s mercy. A goddess with her powers‚ he had not a chance
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