Rubicon by Tom Holland traces the events and characters that sealed the fate of the five hundred-year old Republican government. Rubicon surveys the decades of the Roman Republic‚ from the civil war‚ with Rome’s Italian allies to the reign of Augustus Caesar. It starts with Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon‚ which ultimately leads to the Republic collapsing. Holland takes you on a trip through the last decades of the Roman Republic in the last century B.C. He tells the stories of the main players
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STRATEGY BRIEF :TOMS vs New Balance Business Background TOMS TOMS is for-profit company based in Santa Monica‚ CA. The company was founded in 2006 by Blake Mycoskie an American entrepreneur and author from Arlington‚ Texas. The company designs and sells shoes based on the Argentine alpargata design as well as eyewear[1]. History Blake Mycoskie first visited the country of Argentina while competing in the second season of The Amazing Race 2002 with his sister and later returned for
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Introduction Vinegar Tom was written by Caryl Churchill‚ a feminist‚ in 1976 but set in the 17th Century. The play was inspired by the women’s rights act of 1970‚ and the discrimination of women. The title comes from the name of a horrible creature which is supposed to be a witch’s familiar. It is about how four naïve and innocent women’s lives are affected throughout the Salem witch-hunts. Modernised song‚ dance and rhythm are used to combine the horror of the past and attitudes which have carried
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The Devil and Tom Walker is a short story‚ written in 1824 by was Washington Irving. The story takes place in a swamp near Boston‚ in these swamps there lies a treasure buried by Kidd the Pirate‚ but guard by satan himself. After many years‚ Kidd The Pirate is finally caught and sentenced to be lynched for pirating‚ The devil sought out to sell the treasure at a high cost. Of course‚ the cost would be the buyers soul‚ which is a cost not too many people are willing to pay. Tom is a miserly man who
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with Daisy Buchanan the girl of his dreams. In both the movie and the book he expected things to return to what they were. Gatsby wished he and Daisy could live how he had planned‚ a long life of love without Tom. He had wished to return to the time when he could love Daisy out in public when he was the only man for her. Jay Gatsby shows his romanticism in the movie by urging Daisy to tell Tom about them. He wants Tom to know that he and Daisy are in love and that she never loved Tom. Although when
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person’s character to be built or changed‚ there needs to be a significant experience to provoke them into taking the first steps. This can be seen through the entirety of The Story of Tom Brennan‚ in the first few lines of the novel Tom says ‘I wanted to be back home having a barbie. Having our normal Australia day. Our Brennan Australia Day‚ the way we always did.” The colloquialism of the statement and the three words ‘home’‚ ‘Brennan’‚ and ‘always’ all used together show that all Tom wants is
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In Arcadia by Tom Stoppard‚ Bernard Nightingale is a scholar who craves fame and recognition in academia and he consequently creates a theory that Lord Byron killed Ezra Chater in a duel. In the excerpt‚ Bernard believes he has stumbled upon proof of this theory and pursues it despite Hannah Jarvis’ objections. In order to characterize Bernard as a fame-hungry scholar‚ Stoppard uses stage directions and dialogue between characters to portray his character. Stoppard inserts a variety of stage directions
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Tom and Arnie act as a trickster in many different ways. Although they both do things to manipulate people‚ one of them is a little better than the other. Even though Tom tricks others into doing his work‚ he still did some of it and was not as rude as Arnie. Tom and Arnie are similar because they both are very sarcastic and like to brag about what they have; however‚ they are different because Tom is not as snobby and "upper class" as Arnie is‚ which makes Tom more likeable. Tom and Arnie are
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Washington Irving’s The Devil and Tom Walker is an allegory warning people about the consequences of greed. The tale depicts Tom Walker as a miser who is greedy and exercises moral corruption when he sells his soul to Old Scratch‚ the devil‚ in exchange for a pirate’s wealth. He earns his wealth turning usurer for the devil and finally‚ karma strikes and the devil claims Tom Walker’s soul. The passage provided shows why Tom’s career as a usurer was so successful; the devil is successful for the same
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Swoon (1992; Tom Kalin)‚ inspired by the true story of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold‚ Jr.‚ has several elements in its favor when the viewer first sits down to watch it. The black-and-white color scheme of the visual images presented draws audience members into the movie’s world of 1920s Chicago. Purposeful placement of anachronistic objects by the filmmakers slightly confuse the viewer and brings them further inside the artistry on display in order to figure out a reason. Additionally‚ the most
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