Democracy In Athens The city state of Athens was thought to be one of the first democracies ever. Cleisthenes made final reforms to the Athenian constitution and united four separate tribes in 507 B.C.E.. This became the seed of Athenian democracy. To this day‚ about 60% of all governments are democracies‚ which makes Athens the father of modern governing. However‚ by today’s standards‚ Athens was far from what one would call “democratic”. Athens had several democratic aspects to its society‚ but
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Athens and Sparta in the ancient Greece world are both revered by many modern civilizations as being foundry influences on modern democracy. The two city states‚ however‚ were polar opposites in how they viewed democracy and ran their government. Sparta was known for its military prowess and power‚ while Athens has always been famed for its progress in the arts and sciences. While both being developmentally different and butting heads sometimes‚ they both were integral voices on how similar democratic
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Democracy has evolved over thousands of years of use. Democracy is a form of government that the people vote on who leads them. This form of government started over three thousand years ago by ancient civilizations. We still use democracy here in America‚ but it has changed over time. Ancient Athens was the first civilization to use democracy. They had a direct democracy which means all citizens voted on laws. There was no leadership position but there was a council‚ Citizens Assembly and courts
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week a number of new movies come on the market to go watch in a theater. Now the question is‚ would you rather go watch a movie in the theater‚ or watch it in your own living room? A theater is always nice because of the big screen and the fresh popcorn‚ but then again your own couch and popcorn sounds good as well. The first main thing to think about would be the difference in distance between movies. Is there a movie theater near you? If not that creates the problem of having to drive a
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painter Giovanni Santi. In 1499 he went to Perugia‚ in Umbria‚ and became a student and assistant of the painter Perugino. Raphael imitated his master closely; their paintings of this period are executed in styles so similar that art historians have found it difficult to determine which were painted by Raphael. In 1504 Raphael moved to Florence‚ where he studied the work of such established painters of the time as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo‚ learning their methods of representing the play of
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Pericles was born in Athens in about 495 BC to a family of wealth and position. His father‚ Xanthippus‚ was also a statesman‚ and his mother‚ Agariste‚ was a member of the politically powerful Alcmaeonid family. Pericles was one of the best known statesmen that Greece ever had. He studied under the Sophist and master of Music Damon‚ and the philosopher Anaxagoras as well as Zenon of Elea. Pericles was a very patriotic man as well as dignified and upright‚ that was why he got so much recognition
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new ideas‚ new inventions‚ and we have changed in how we do almost everything. Some of the main ways the world has changed is the way the audience acts at a play‚ how we are treated by our social status‚ and how the theaters looked and what went on inside of the theater. In theaters in Shakespear’s time the audience would be playing cards‚ smoking‚ or eating or drinking something. In our time we come to the play‚ we might have some candy hidden in our purse‚ besides that we come watch the play and
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Did you know that world leaders do not exactly agree on what a democracy means. A democracy’s most salient and universally agreed upon component is a voting system. Athens was not truly democratic because they had slaves‚ no woman rights‚ and no equal rights. The first reason Athens wasn’t truly democratic is that they had slaves. Slaves were viewed as insignificant‚ vapid people‚ for this reason they did not get to vote. Since they were classified as slaves‚ they didn’t have the privilege
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Albert Camus asserts that “nobody realizes that people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.” Accordingly‚ every individual is inattentive of his or her laborious modification of behavior to remain normal as per the social standard. The act of being normal is not bounded by any particular set of guidelines as a behavior that seems ordinary to one might be deemed odd to another. Correspondingly‚ the individuals in a society follows the concept of The Generalized Other‚ in which one tries
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Theater has been an influential factor in many people ’s lives. Creativity can flourish‚ academics can improve‚ and means of self-expression can be developed. It is important to have mandatory theater classes because when a student participates‚ they benefit significantly. Theater can be influential in all aspects of life. Participating in theater classes can stimulate student ’s creativity and thought process. This can create a more tolerant attitude because the creative process of theater leads
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