Throughout life‚ people are faced with many choices‚ some easier than normal. All decisions follow the same pattern‚ you choose one. This holds true if you are buying a car‚ picking a spouse‚ flipping through the channels‚ or simply deciding what to wear. Some circumstances‚ however‚ call for a much deeper thought process. One decision that would be particularly hard to make is if a person should be killed for something they might do. In “The Soldier’s Dilemma‚” a soldier‚ Dillon‚ had to decide
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newspaper; he remade the calendar to 365 days which he added the extra day for the leap year every four years‚ he conquered Gaul‚ and his writings were amazing even Cicero spoke good things about his creativity. His most famous masterpiece was the funeral oration for his aunt Julia; sadly some of his work has been lost. Julius Caesar had a great impact on everyone’s life back then. People almost saw him as a God he was so high in power. There are many reasons why Shakespeare could have written the story
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appeals. From the beginning of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus wanted to do everything for the good of the people‚ but are the people actually good? The commoners have shown that they tend to go back and forth between leaders. After Brutus spoke at Julius’s funeral‚ the
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The True Tragic Hero In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Marcus Brutus and Julius Caesar are different characters‚ but somehow similar. Marcus Brutus is a Roman political leader‚ son-in-law of the Roman philosopher Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger‚ born in Rome‚ and educated in law. Julius Caesar is a Roman general and statesman‚ who laid the foundations of the Roman imperial system. Brutus’s honorable ideals leave him open for manipulation by Cassius‚ a man opposed to Caesar. He believes
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Thucydides book the History of the Peloponnesian War is a well written work of art. It is lacking a bit when it comes to historical accuracy but still has historical uses. It is an interesting and fun book to read but is lacking when is comes to specific events and speeches. Thucydides had to give up historical accuracies to create a long lasting book. He admits that he would like his book to last through the ages. "My work is not designed to meet the taste of the immediate public‚ but was
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and idealistic manner outline Shakespeare’s tragic hero. <br> <br>Honor is an underlying foundation of Brutus and can be clearly seen during the play’s dramatic speeches. Brutus himself makes his honor apparent in his orations. After the assassination of Caesar and during the funeral speech‚ Brutus asks the people of Rome‚ "Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any‚ speak; for him I have offended" (act III‚ sc ii‚ ln 29-32). This in Brutus proves he is noble as he cares and protects the
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political vacuum would be filled and no conflicts would occur. Antony was unsettled by Caesar’s death but mainly sought to use this to his advantage and gain power. He showed how clever and cunning he could be when he convinced the crowd at Caesar’s funeral ceremony to side with him and not with the murderers. The people became excited and rowdy when he teased them about the will‚ waving it in the air and pretending as if he was not going to read it. Antony took advantage of the public idiocy when he
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“It Is That I Love Brutus More” Mark Antony and Brutus’ speeches both successfully used rhetorical strategies to manipulate Caesar’s funeral rabblement‚ but only one can be the winner‚ Brutus. With superior logos and pathos‚ he captivated his audience with a short and sweet delivery. Antony may have turned the crowd against Brutus in the end‚ but only had the opportunity to do so because his speech was after his opponent’s. In his speech‚ Brutus proved the better of the two when employing logos he says
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in the just war framework‚ I will introduce those arguments and rebut those arguments to justify that it was an unjust war. The Melian Dialogue described a pre-contextual situation of a war between Athenians and Melians. The Athenian historian Thucydides depicted the negotiations between the emissaries from Athenians invaders and the leaders of Melos in “History of the Peloponnesian War”.
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share power or sovereignty (Thucydides 1954‚ 31). Thucydides makes a reference to Lacedaemonians who were of the notion of going to war only under dire need‚ reaching an understanding in which‚ they can give peace in place of war (Thucydides 1954‚ 67-68). He gives an example where if a courageous man experiences harm‚ he has every right to choose war over tranquility (Thucydides 1954‚ 68). Thucydides explains that ground rules were set for going into war (Thucydides 1954‚ 68). In this case‚ if
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