1.Honor defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary is a good name or public esteem, or a showing of usually merited respect. You honor someone usually if you have some type of regard for that person. Integrity is also a synonym to honor. People can honor other people differently, whether small or big. Honor has changed from the Roman times. Back then, it was more appreciated and they had more honor than they do today. Honor has become very common, but it is not as a big deal. If you receive honor, there is usually a kind of gift that you get alongside that, whether money, a crown to a prince so they can become king, or the support from a class or group of people. While honor has many benefits, there can be some drawbacks as well. When you
…show more content…
Also, if you have an opinion that all the rest of your supporters don’t agree with, you will lose the honor and something worse like you being beaten will happen. Honor does not have to be direct all the time. You can have mutual honor, and those that are not really connected, like a crowd cheering for their favorite gladiator that they do not know. Many people think you have to do big and extravagant actions just to get honor, but that is not the case. “I love the name honor, more than I fear death,” (William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar) spoken by Brutus. This shows how important honor is to people. Examples of honorable actions is when a soldier is out on the field wounded and can’t get up, another soldier picks him up and carries him to safety. Another example of an honorable action is when a police officer saves a woman from a burning car. Those who receive honor don’t usually come looking for it. An honorable action in Roman times is when the ruler of Rome conquers another nation, like France or Gaul being taken over by the Romans. A very small act of honor is when a owner of a slave does not treat it cruelly or let him or her go out of bondage. I believe that Brutus is truly honorable. Brutus stabbed Julius Caesar for he thought that it would actually benefit
Also, if you have an opinion that all the rest of your supporters don’t agree with, you will lose the honor and something worse like you being beaten will happen. Honor does not have to be direct all the time. You can have mutual honor, and those that are not really connected, like a crowd cheering for their favorite gladiator that they do not know. Many people think you have to do big and extravagant actions just to get honor, but that is not the case. “I love the name honor, more than I fear death,” (William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar) spoken by Brutus. This shows how important honor is to people. Examples of honorable actions is when a soldier is out on the field wounded and can’t get up, another soldier picks him up and carries him to safety. Another example of an honorable action is when a police officer saves a woman from a burning car. Those who receive honor don’t usually come looking for it. An honorable action in Roman times is when the ruler of Rome conquers another nation, like France or Gaul being taken over by the Romans. A very small act of honor is when a owner of a slave does not treat it cruelly or let him or her go out of bondage. I believe that Brutus is truly honorable. Brutus stabbed Julius Caesar for he thought that it would actually benefit