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    William Shakepeare’s Julius Caesar Mark Antony proves to be the most skilful politician in the play. Do you agree? Power is the ability to influence the behaviour of others - whether this is achieved with or without resistance‚ for good or for bad. Some would go as far as to say that all human behaviour is propelled by the want of power. One can conclude‚ however‚ that power is inevitable in the human society. It’s natural. William Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar‚ is brimming with humans

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    assassinated‚ Brutus allows Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral. Bad idea. 1.How does Marc Antony’s image change throughout the play? •Antony is looked upon as an irresponsible kid who likes to attend plays and go out at night. He was Caesar’s loyal assistant. That Antony loved Caesar there is no doubt. There is‚ however‚ ample evidence that Antony was the "sleek-headed man" of whom Caesar warns in Act I. His oration at Caesar’s funeral was more than an attempt to avenge Caesar’s death

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    Over the past few years’ colonist had passed out many pamphlets preaching liberty‚ for instance “A Chariot of Liberty”‚ “Oration on the Beauties of Liberty” and “Common Sense”. The Oration of Beauties of Liberty” was a sermon first‚ before it became a pamphlet. John Allen a preacher at the Second Baptist Church strongly opposed what he called British “tyranny”. Common Sense was a bit different. It was

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    scripted 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

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    Against Cassius’s advice Mark Antony is allowed by Brutus to speak a funeral oration in the market place after Brutus has addressed the people of Rome to explain the conspirators’ reasons and their fears for Caesar’s ambition. Brutus calms the crowd but Antony’s speech stirs them to rioting and the conspirators are forced to flee

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    and it is our inability to separate a situation from bias and self-interest that often results in conflicting perspectives. Both composers explore this concept through the use of a variety of poetic‚ dramatic and cinematic devices. In the funeral orations in Julius Caesar it is evident that the perspective of Brutus on Caesar and his death are driven by his bias. Brutus’ avid patriotism results in his bias against Caesar‚ and consequently he puts the good of Rome before his loyalty to Caesar.

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    Ancient Greek Cultural Values (Fiero 76-136) rational explanations experiential extensions Pericles’ Funeral Speech (88-89) the Iliad (81-84) Aristotle’s Poetics (99) the Antigone (92-98) Plato’s Crito (102-104) Sappho’s poems (128) Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (104-107) Pindar’s Odes (128) Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics (109-110) Vitruvius on Symmetry (114-116) * * * * *

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    and Athenians knew that their political process was different in and they were intensely proud of it. “Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions of others. We do not copy our neighbours‚ but are an example to them” (funeral speech.37). The concept of the citizen‚ the allotment (lottery)system of choosing members of government administration and courts‚ and it’s form of direct (pure) democracy are all traits that set the Athenian political system apart. The first

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    a war in his story the ‘Iliad’‚ are all nice stories yet they can’t actually be proven. But what evidence do we have that could support these mythical legends? Archaeologists such as Calvert‚ Schliemann‚ Dorpfeld‚ Korfmann and historians such as Thucydides have established some provable ground for the Trojan War. Written sources suggesting the Trojan War is real are in scarce amounts‚ the main source is Homers ‘Iliad’. Homers ‘Iliad’ describes Troy as a great city upon a hill across the plain of

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    Pericles was the leader of Athens and was born in 495 BC and died in 429 BC. His father‚ Xanthippus was a political leader and military commander for Athens who grew up in the family of the Alcmaeonids. His mother‚ Agariste provided Pericles with political value and a religious background. Growing up Pericles was very bright‚ his family was wealthy which meant he had access to the best teachers in the whole of Athens. This meant he was able to fully pursue his education. As a young man‚ Pericles

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