Marc Stier’s Home Page • IH51 Home Page • IH52 Home Page • How to Reach Me • Syllabus • Texts • Paper Topics • Examination Questions • Notes Individual and Community Introductory note: this is not an outline of the entire funeral oration but an interpretation of some central theme of the work‚ the way in which individuals serve the common good by pursuing their own ends. The first part of the speech focuses on the contribution of the democratic constitution of Athens to the good
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CHECKPOINT WEEK FOUR One public figure that I can say acted unwisely this year would be Anthony Weiner. The US Congressman used a social media site to send sexual photos of himself to a woman that was only twenty one years of age. When he was confronted about it he claimed that it was not him that sent the actual photo‚ also stating that he believed his account was hacked. After Weiner realized that people were not going to believe his lies and find out the truth he made the decision to
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Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15‚ 1820 in Adams‚ Massachusetts. With a long history of activist traditions‚ her ability to motivate others led her to become an active member in the temperance which was the absence of alcohol‚ joining women’s rights movement‚ and woman suffrage. Susan B. Anthony was also an influential speaker of the women’s labor organization and a strong supporter of the abolition of slavery. Throughout her life‚ she was able to create great and powerful speeches that have
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Discovering Life In Marc Forster’s Stranger than Fiction Marc Forster’s Stranger than Fiction employs an intriguing screenplay and a diverse cast in order to explore the meaning and purpose of living life. In the film‚ IRS auditor Harold Crick lives a straightforward‚ strict routine type of life‚ all coordinated by Harold’s simple wrist watch. However‚ on one particular Wednesday‚ Harold’s watch malfunctions and needs to be reset. After asking a bystander for the time‚ Harold enters it into his
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(Attention Grabber) “Men‚ their rights‚ and nothing more; women‚ their rights‚ and nothing less.” With these simple words‚ suffragist Susan B. Anthony epitomizes the women’s rights movement of the 1800s. (Topic Sentence) This movement swept the nation and spoke out to various groups of people. (Background Information) When men began to work in factories and shops‚ their wives suddenly had their own house to be in charge of. This small spark quickly blew into a flame that no man could ever put out
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Caesar Funeral Speech In Julius Caesar‚ Mark Antony pleads with his “Friends‚ Romans and countrymen” to lend him their ears in an effort to discharge Caesar from false charges laid against him. The three main conspirators in Caesar’s murder‚ Brutus‚ Casca and Cassius portrayed Caesar as a formidable tyrant to the Roman people. After Caesar was unjustly killed by the people he trusted‚ the crowd was persuaded to believe that his death was necessary for the good of the republic. Marc Antony was cleverly
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Marcus Brutus and Mark Antony were two important men in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. These two characters played a major role in Caesar’s life and had a great impact on Rome’s future. Marcus Brutus‚ a praetor‚ was an excellent public speaker and he could easily persuade the people of Rome to his thinking. Also‚ he loved Julius Caesar and he was extremely close with him. But‚ he loved Rome more than he loved Caesar. Because of his strong and loyal patriotism‚ Brutus decided that he had to
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Zach Ward English Period 1 Final Exam: A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess‚ W.W. Norton and Company‚ New York‚ 1986. A Clockwork Orange is a book set in a nightmarish future society‚ where criminals take over after dark. The book is centralized around a teenager‚ Alex‚ who is the leader of a gang consisting of Alex and his three “droogs” (friends) Georgie‚ Pete‚ and Dim. They steal from‚ beat up‚ torture‚ and sometimes rape their victims. The most inventive part
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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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In 1775‚ Jerry Cruncher stops the Dover Mail to give a letter to Jarvis Lorry. It tells Lorry to wait for a lady at Dover once he gets there. When Lorry arrives‚ he meets Lucie Manette‚ a young women in London. Lorry tells Lucie that her father‚ who she assumed dead‚ had been found in a prison. They go to Monsieur Defarge‚ who has kept Lucie’s father safe‚ and he lets them inside so Lucie can talk to her father who just made shoes the entire time when he was there. He remembers her even after spending
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