Eulogy

It is rare that someone can make such an astounding effect on an industry that a movie is modeled after his or her life. It is even more rare for that person to battle personal demons, loss, and betrayal, only to return with a vengeance. Leigh Steinberg did just that. Sitting in a quaint office overlooking the water in cushy Newport Beach, Los Angeles-born sports agent Leigh Steinberg spoke candidly on a few topics near and dear to him while providing insight into his many layers. He is a man…

History of Brutus In the play “Julius Caesar,” written by William Shakespeare, Brutus is portrayed as a character that is either noble or ignoble. However, Brutus’s actions and thoughts indicate that he has solely pure and conscientious aims. Throughout the play, Brutus is confronted with a plethora of conflicts and does not always make the correct decisions, but all of his actions are substantiated and justified by his moral intentions. Brutus’s resolve to join the conspiracy was an act to…

Vocab for Lit. Group (Flatland Spring 2018) Pg. 6 Antiquarian, noun-------a person who studies or collects antiques Pg. 8 Furlong, noun-------an eighth of a mile or 220 yards Pg. 9 Seditious, adjective-------causing people to rebel against a ruler Annals, noun-------historical records made every year Pg. 11 Hampering, adjective-------hindering a movement or process Pg. 12 Strata, noun-------the class of someone, like their social status Pg. 13 Redundant, adjective------no longer useful Domestic…

Shakespeare's plays he would hint passages referring to Queen Elizabeth I and other events that happened during both of their time. Shakespeare was attracted to Queen Elizabeth I and her Court, and was honoring to his royal mistress. In Shakespeare's eulogy of the Queen Elizabeth I in a sweetly poetical early drama, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, as "a fair vestal throned by the west"; the play was probably produced for a special Court performance. William performed in the Christmas holidays of…

“What a Trooper!” Last Wednesday, Brian Turner appeared before an audience in the Adams State College Theater. As the famed author of the award winning Here, Bullet, he attracted an audience worth of his fame. That September 5th night at 7:00pm, he awed audiences with an epic and personal first-person glimpse of the war in the Middle East. The main stage in the ASC theater was brightly light, a contrast with the darkened rows of seats. Focus was on Brian Turner as he read from a selection…

establishments”, as well as “greater protection for the right to vote” (Kennedy, John F., 1963). After John F. Kennedy’s assassination Lyndon Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress on November 27, 1963. He stated to lawmakers, “No memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy’s memory…

pathos as brainwashing his audience to follow his will without personal thought. These individuals, however, overlook the idea that Marc Antony surfaces the people’s own thoughts on the morality of the assassination. For example, Antony commences his eulogy by addressing the audience and asking them to “lend [him their] ears; / [He comes] to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (III. ii. 73-74). Antony states his direct purpose and asks for his audience’s attention outright, thus creating mutual…

Kazuo Ishiguro writes about an elderly man and women who are set to go out and find their son. But their mission to go find their son is quite an adventure. The couple is from a village where all their neighbors are enclosed in a mist that makes them all forget what they have done. The mist is the breath of a dragon named Querig but in theory, the mist is God himself forgetting the people. Axl and Beatrice vaguely remember their son but they are convinced that he is waiting for their arrival.…

“Hamilton also became the esteemed leader of one of the two great political parties of the time.”(Hamilton.org) During Hamilton 's tenure as Treasury Secretary, political factions began to emerge. These became the Republicans, Now called the Democratic - Republican Party, which was led by James Madison and William Branch Giles, and included Thomas Jefferson, and the Federalists led by Hamilton and his many friends. Hamilton established a daily newspaper, at the time known as the New York Evening…

they are going to die in pain and suffering. “Rifkin 's father killed himself to end the pain of cancer” (Joel Rifkin | Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers), he committed suicide by overdosing. At his father 's funeral, Rifkin delivered the eulogy and since then “things seemed to go downhill for him” (Joel Rifkin | Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers). The same year his father died he was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover police officer and “two years after his…