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William Shakespeare’s plays have survived and celebrated through the ages for their extreme drama and attention-grabbing plot. “Othello”, one of his widest know works, is no exception. Othello, an African American man who is married to his love Desdemona, serves as a General and creates conflict with Iago when he passes him up for a promotion to the Lieutenant position and instead promotes an inexperienced soldier, Michael Cassio. Iago turns for revenge from Othello and decides to strike him…

Introduction The movie Centurion follows the path of Roman officer Quintus Dias in the year of 117 A.D. The movie begins with Dias escaping from the Picts, a tribe which is preventing Rome from conquering northern Britain. Dias joins the Ninth Legion to fight against the Picts. The legion has a scout, Etain, to guide them to the Picts. However, Etain is not on the Roman side and leads the legion into a trap. Most of the soldiers die, but a few survive. The Picts take Roman General Virilus as a…

Nathan Sloan Humanities 1 Professor Richards 16 November 2017 Paper 2 The Aeneid was written in a very different time then the odyssey and the Iliad, it was a time of social change in Rome after the fall of the republic in the final war of the Roman Republic having creating a huge change the society of Rome and with the greatness of Rome declining, the new emperor Augustus Caesar began to institute a new era of prosperity and please by trying to re-introduce Roman values. The Aeneid was a…

Julius Caesar is a play about ancient rome and the downfall of the roman empire. But it is also about men and their actions, culture, and relationships with people around them and their power over people. In Rome it is predominatantly a male world, and the women are looked down upon, because they're seen as less valuable. Throughout the play woman are shown as everything that Roman men aren’t supposed to or want to be. In Julius Ceasser women have a unique kind of gift that is seen as incorrect…

“Since his pursuit of what he desires is unremitting, I therefore say he is a menace,” Li Si once said, in regards to Zhao Gao (Sima 46). Li Si, the first Prime Minister under the Second Generation Emperor, was not wrong in this declaration. Zhao Gao was manipulative and conniving. He appeared to use whatever aspects of different beliefs would get him closer to his desired goal, whether it was Legalism: a school of thought “strongly in favor of war as a legitimate means of strengthening the…

Trajan’s Column, a Narration of the Military Might of Rome Trajan was the emperor of Rome from 98 to 117 AD. Trajan’s rule lead Rome to the largest military expansion in their history, by the time of his death, Rome had grown to a large size than any other emperor had maintained before (Norris). Before his rise to emperor, he had to be nominated as consul, which required the person to be of important status or made in society, and have the backing and trust from the senate (Robertson). He was…

Shakespeare’s, Julius Caesar, Brutus becomes a tragic hero. Pulled into a plot to assassinate Caesar, He has a difficult time making decisions with complete thought and considering his options. Making his fatal mistakes of allowing Antony to speak and thoughtlessly following the strange letters that end by his window to convince him to join the assassination of Caesar plot whilst doing a lot of underestimating. Brutus, a young noble roman, who doesn’t think his decisions through enough. The…

Marcus Brutus lived his life in constant debt to Caesar, but one day he realized Caesar might be doing more harm than good. Shakespeare depicts Brutus as a completely noble Roman in the play Julius Caesar, and this is true on some level. Brutus was very honest and dutiful concerning large-scale affairs, such as the fate of Rome. However, he was also very stubborn and spent a lot of time focused on petty matters (The Gale Group). Shakespeare chose to ignore this dark side of Brutus and only…

There are many philosophies that can encompass life. What is the true meaning of life? Can we ever be honorable in our actions? How should one react in times of great pain? Emperor Marcus Aurelius sought to answer these questions. Aurelius was a follower of Stoicism, a philosophy which he felt could answer them. The Meditations, Book One, is Aurelius’ thoughts on the matter of Stoicism. Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar showcases Stoicism in one of its main characters - Marcus Brutus. The character…

In “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”, Marcus Brutus would have made the best leader of Rome. Brutus showed that he takes charge, an important characteristic of a leader. After the conspirators murdered Julius Caesar, Brutus was smart and made the crowd think that the accomplices and he did the kill out of love for Rome. “If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I lov’d Caesar less, but I lov’d Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all…