Banana Republic

According to the Oxforddictionaries.com a Roman tribune is, a person who upholds, and defends the rights of people. The word tribune originally derived from the Latin word tribūnus. What makes a Roman Tribune so highly regarded by the people is because, they are chosen by the people for the people.The occupation of a Roman tribune is to defend the citizens of Rome from, political corruption, and unrighteous laws. The first example of a Tribune that comes to mind is, Caesar in the play Julius…

1. The Passenger “American Airlines, Flight 11. 9-11-2001. Economy Class, seat 32A. Boarding time: 7:45 A.M. Departing from Logan International Airport of Boston MA, Gate B32. Destination: Los Angeles, California.” I restlessly read my plane ticket over and over. It may seem as if it’s not a big deal. Just a boarding pass, right? But this isn’t just any flight. After being in Boston for almost two weeks, the homesickness is hardly bearable anymore. It’s almost been two weeks since I’ve seen my…

Everyone has a personal goal in their life. This goal might be related to his work life or their social life, or both. My goal is related to my professional life and it includes my family as well, it’s a mixed bag. I want to open a restaurant in New York, and partnership with a few of my cousins or maybe even my sister. This is my dream job and I would love for it to come true. The business in the hospitality industry has always attracted me. The business of restaurants gives a change to…

Afghanistan is located in southern Asia. The primary ethnic groups are: Pashtun, Tajik and Hazara and the official languages are Afghan Persian or Dari and Pashto (The World Factbook, 2015). The estimated population is 32,564,342 and the life expectancy is approximately 50.87 years old (The World Factbook, 2015). Afghanistan has a number of challenges. They have been recovering from years of conflict. Since the fall of the Taliban, their economy has made an improvement. According to…

major territories, Cassius was given Syria and Brutus was left in charge of Macedonia. Brutus and Cassius returned the favor by assassinating the very man who pardoned them. Julius Caesar’s assassination was a devastating blow to the roman republic, the republic was left with no one to run its government. Marcus Antonius who was one of Caesars closest friends, and Gaius Julius Caesar Octavius who was Caesars adopted son both decided to take advantage of the situation and gain power in the…

In James Joyce’s Dubliners (1914) and Seamus Heaney’s late twentieth century selected poems the treatment of personal loss simultaneously reveals similarities and reinforce the texts’ distinctive qualities addressing the question. Within both texts’ treatment of personal loss, each explicate critical and perceptive (context) insights regarding their respective social milieus (context) which expound visceral revelations relating to societal constructs and existentialism (context)…

Languages in Julius Caesar, is unique because many of the dialogues spoken by the high-class citizens are not written in a typical Shakespearean rhymed iambic pentameter; they are mostly written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. For example, in the long conversation between Brutus and Caesar about Calpurina’s dream, notice the rhyme pattern, “This dream is all amissed interpreted;/It was a vision fair and fortunate:/Your statue spouting blood in many pipes./In which so many smiling Romans bathed,”…

In The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Offred, one of the main characters lives in the Republic of Gilead. The Republic of Gilead is a regime where fertile women are used for their ovaries to reproduce children. Known as handmaids, these women are treated like prisoners and are forced to have sexual relationships with their Commander. Before Offred entered the Republic of Gilead she was the wife of Luke and the mother of a daughter and her life was complete. “Our happiness is part memory.…

Pompeii is one of the most well-known ancient cities in the world. However, at the height of its existence, it was just another Roman city. What makes Pompeii so important to us today is how well it was preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Nevertheless, there are still many unanswered questions about the city. Mary Beard defined it as the Pompeii Paradox, or the fact that we “simultaneously know a huge amount and very little about ancient life there.” Although the eruption of Mount…

In Cicero’s selected political speeches, there is many things that are discussed about Rome. There is a total of nine speeches that are mentioned in this book and they are very detailed and help explain what happened in that time period of Ancient Rome through the speeches and point of view of Cicero. A little background informations on Cicero is that he was born to a wealthy family and he held important political positions in Rome so he was very influential. He also seemed to be someone who…