Marcus Brigstocke

Caesar’s involvement in Gallic wars: Best for Roman Empire or Self-Promotion? Julius Caesar, one of many glorious Roman leaders, was a well known military leader but he was also known for being a gigantic narcissist. So, was he justified in getting involved in the Gallic wars? To understand Caesar’s reasoning behind getting into the war, we must first know what happened in Gaul. Caesar was on a military high in a military low. He had just gotten noticed as a great military leader and…

The nobel Marcus Brutus from The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, is the tragic hero. Brutus suffers a catastrophe when he has to decide to stay loyal to his country or to stay loyal to his friend, Julius Caesar. Brutus thought he was doing the right thing for Rome, but that is not what everyone else thought. Some of the Romans thought that Caesar was a noble man who deserved to rule Rome. Brutus’ actions affect all the people of Rome, and cause many problems between them.. The…

There are mostly two kinds of leaders, an arrogant leader, and a confident leader. Of course there are different kinds of leaders, but most leaders are divided into those two categories. An arrogant leader would mostly be all-talk and would be disliked by his own subordinates. A skilled arrogant leader, however, would be more liked by his subordinates since his skills would make up for his attitude. It is the same with a confident, it mostly depends on an individual’s skill. An example of an…

Imagine that you are a citizen in Rome, and your ruler, Julius Caesar, just got murdered. Your emotions are everywhere and you are very vulnerable. That's how the people of Rome felt in the play, "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar." The Romans where looking for any type of clarity on why this happened, so both Brutus and Mark Antony delivered speeches. Brutus used the rhetorical devices antithesis, epimone, and logos, while Mark Antony used paralipsis and pathos, to evoke the preferred mob…

The "Assyrian Empire Inscription of Tiglathpileser I" was told by Tiglathpileser, the king and ruler of the Assyrians, himself as evident by it being dictated in the first person context. There is no date that indicates when the text was written, but Tiglathpileser lived from 1115-1077 BCE and it would have been written after Tiglathpileser conquered the land of Qummuh and traversed Kashiari. It is an autobiographical piece, being as it was dictated by Tiglathpileser and he was also the subject…

The first speech we hear is Brutus'. In his speech, he justifies why he killed Julius Caesar, and to also gain the backing of the other Romans. A hyperbole is used in Antony's speech, "When the poor hath cried, Caesar had wept." Caesar didn't actually cry, but he was very upset. This shows that Caesar wasn't as bad as he seemed. Brutus tests the listeners to see if are proud to be Roman. "Who here are so vile that will not love his country." This entertains the audience and causes them to think…

(1.) Rick – In Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942) Rick is at first portrayed as independent and free from all political ties at the beginning of the film. He appears too cynical to be impressed by anyone. He says several times that he “sticks his neck out for nobody.” Although, we see another side behind Rick’s cynical appearance when he refuses to let a member of the Deutsche Bank enter the bar’s back gambling room. This provides a subtle hint that Rick’s political approvals lie with the allies…

In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar was assassinated by conspirators because he was thought to become evil if he had came into power. After he was assassinated two men named Antony and Brutus gave a speech to the people to help calm them down. In their speeches Brutus attempted to calm the people down by using logos and pathos and he explained what was happening. While Antony attempted a different approach to the speech, he appealed to the peoples emotions and used pathos to persuade the…

Throughout this play Antony changes from a follower of Caesar to a powerful leader of Rome. In the beginning of the play Antony is Caesar yes man and does everything that is asked of him, but as the play goes on he begins to change. Antony does not worry the conspirators and he uses this to gain his power and get more and more. There are some people in the world that are yes men, they say yes to everyone and do not fight for themselves. Antony is nearly a servant to Caesar and does every…

In Act III of Julius Caesar the play Antony and Brutus both make speeches on based on Caesar’s death. Both speeches have different opinions and strive to the best of their ability to convince the people in their direction. Brutus had a very persuasive speech but Antony’s speech gave the crowd made more of an impact. Antony gave the people exactly what they needed to side with him and truly believe in him. This is why Antony’s speech was better than Brutus’. Nonetheless, Brutus’ speech really…