Another stance often taken on this issue is that Cleopatra was plain in appearance until she opened her mouth and exhibited her charm, wit, and vast knowledge across many topics. Under this viewpoint, Cleopatra’s beauty did not lead to her success, but rather she achieved it through other means. A primary source, Plutarch, describes when Cleopatra first met Mark Antony. On her journey she took money, gifts, other objects of great wealth, as well as her most valuable trait: her charm. Plutarch…
Imagine living in an empire where your leader was assassinated by his close friend. What would you do? In Rome’s case, the death of Julius Caesar brought fear and chaos. Many Romans anxiously demanded reasons for Caesars death from two people, Brutus, who planned and carried out the assassination of Caesar and a close friend of Caesar, and Mark Antony, who was a high ranking official and also a close friend of Caesar. Both Brutus and Mark Antony had different views on the death of Julius Caesar…
Tannor Saberon-Dover In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare it can be agreed that Brutus was the noblest man in all of Rome. Many people cannot see past the fact that he killed Caesar. Everything that Brutus did was for the best interest of his country Brutus was noble because he cared about the well-being of his country. Brutus did all of the things that he did for the love of his country, not to be bad, but because he saw it as bettering his country. In the play Julius…
The leader of the country has just been brutally murdered. There is panic and confusion among the crowd. No one is sure what is happening. No one is sure of what to do. This is the perfect time for a persuasive speaker to stand up and grab everyone 's attention. A persuasive speaker is someone who is able to change and strengthen people 's opinions and actions. When William Shakespeare wrote his famous play, Julius Caesar, he describes a scene of a fallen leader and two speakers, one explaining…
In Act III, Scene 2 of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony turned a crowd of mourning citizens to an angry mob. Antony turned this crowd into an angry mob through multiple persuasive devices. Brutus and the other conspirators thought they were killing Caesar for the good of Rome, but Antony and other ideas. He wanted to discreetly show the crowd of Romans who the conspirators actually were to him, a group of murderers. In order to persuade the people to not have sympathy for the…
Who Was Nefertiti? Nefertiti could quite possibly be the most powerful queen in ancient Egypt. Nefertiti’s childhood is still a mystery. Most egyptolosts and archiogloists haven’t found actual facts to back up their statements on Nefrertiti’s childhood. Nefertiti was married to the pharoah Akenaten at about fifteen. Nefertiti was given a lot of power Queen Nefertiti has somewhat of a vague childhood. “What is so striking about Nefertiti’s life and work is that, even though her likeness –…
Hatshepsut became Queen of Egypt when she married her half-brother, Thutmose II, around the age of 12. Thutmose II was the son of her father, King Thutmose I and one of his second wives. When her husband died, she began acting as regent for her stepson, Thutmose III, becoming co-ruler of Egypt with him in 1473 B.C. She then sent Thutmose III to the military so she could be the sole ruler of Egypt. She then transitioned into being Pharaoh by using many different strategies. As Pharaoh, Hatshepsut…
King Tutankhamun lived more than 3,300 years ago during ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom era. Tutankhamun was born Tutankhaten which means “Living Image of the Aten”, in 1341 B.C. in Egypt. His father was Akhenaten known as the Heretic King and his mother was Nefertiti, who was also his sister. King Tutankhamun was one of the most well-known pharaohs of ancient Egypt. King Tutankhamen began school when he was four year’s old. He learned to read and write. He was a decent student and graduated with…
The play Julius Caesar was a classic Tragedy from the author, William Shakespeare, which had the ruler of Rome, Julius Caesar, die from the sword of his own friends which resulted in more deaths and a war for the throne. But in the play the antagonist, Mark Antony, and the protagonist, Marcus Brutus, both make a speech after the death of Julius Caesar. Brutus spoke first and said great things about Caesar. Antony spoke and disagreed with what Brutus had to say and said that he was not a great…
Being Queen at a young age and being successful with my beauty, I still had many struggles. I am Cleopatra.My father was Pharaoh Ptolemy XII and my mother unknown. I was a smart person growing up. My name means “Glory of her Father” in Greek and I was my father's favorite child. I learned a lot about how the country was ruled from him. My family had ruled Egypt for 300 years. Even though my family ruled Egypt, we were actually Greek descents. I grew up speaking, reading, and writing Greek.…