Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

The story of the 2000 film Gladiator has its setting in Ancient Rome and is a “sword-and-sandals spectacle [which] was directed by Ridley Scott (AAN), an acclaimed filmmaker of science fiction, as a dark tale of revenge” (Britannica Online, “Gladiator,” information retrieved November 10, 2015). According to Britannica Online, “the film traces the fall and rise of Maximus, a general who seeks vengeance as a gladiator after being discarded by the emperor Commodus.” Although most of the scenes and…

Argumentation: Ownership To have and, if possible, to hold is to be and to do, said Jean-Paul Sartre in his essay Being and Nothingness. "The totality of my possessions reflects the totality of my being," he wrote in 1949. "I am what I have… what is mine is myself." it is seen in societal rule that we are not so much what we think or do but what brand of clothing we have, what car we drive, to the home we live in, but are those things truly ours? Sartre views on ownership is an unhealthy…

Marcus Garvey was a civil rights activist. He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). Marcus Garvey he brought unity and hope to Black people. Spoke out about the unjust behavior towards his people. He inspired and gave hope through speaking, teaching and writing. He used poetry to understand his own life and relate it to black people and wanted them to do the same. Marcus Garvey wanted Black people to stand up for their race to not stop…

Gladiator is a 2000 film industry achievement which stars the hero, Russel Crowe, as the unwavering Hispano-Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius. Joaquin Phoenix is the foe and stars as Commodus, the degenerate and goal-oriented child of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The maturing Emperor is featured by veteran performing artist Richard Harris. Lucilla, little girl of the Emperor, is featured by Connie Nielsen who needs to oppose the perverted advances of Commodus and ensure her child against…

Marcus Garvey The United States of America has had many motivational speakers in history. The most popular speakers may have even influenced worldwide movements. However, the most famous protesters were often against prejudice and racism. One widely known civil rights activist in the 1920s was Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Marcus Garvey’s pride of his black race led to his African American movement and his long lasting legacy. All of Garvey’s theories and opinions were an imperative aspect of his…

consisting of four Navy Special Warfare Operators (SEALS) in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan in late June, 2005. Lt. Michael Murphy, Petty Officer 2nd Class Danny Dietz, Sonar Technician 2nd Class Matthew Axelson, and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Marcus Luttrell were the four team members assigned to this mission, with Murph being the ranking officer, and Luttrell assigned as team lead. What transpired in less than 24 hours was the largest death toll to Naval Special Warfare Soldiers since…

Words of Wisdom That Relate to Everyday Life (Three Favorite Messages From Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations) In Marcus Aurelius’ work of Meditations, he writes about every day things because he is writing to himself, since he never wished for his work to be published. He begins by talking about who he has to thank for his education and a specific, particular lesson he learned form each person whom he feels he needs to mention. For example he mentioned he learned his good morals and retaining his…

As Vida Winter says in the beginning of the story "all children mythologize their birth". But for Aurelius that was not the case, he had nothing but to construct a mythology of his birth since Mrs. Love found him on the porch as a infant. There is no one in the book who can connect and relate with him to the reality of his history. Mrs. Love telling her story proves the central mystery of Aurelius's background. “Because if Mrs. Love found me, it can only mean that before that happened, someone…

Marcus Garvey To be written about in history is an honor reserved for a chosen few. Marcus Garvey is one of those lucky few. Most people can only dream of it. The dedication and work it takes to be embroidered in history is very strenuous. Marcus Garvey deserves a spot in history because of his efforts to gain rights for african americans and his momentous contributions to the civil rights movement. Motivation Marcus Garvey’s motivation comes from his early life and his beliefs while growing up.…

Conversely, the strategic behavioral model suggests that the domestic concerns of the ethnic constituency were the main motivators behind the behavior of the elite in the realm of foreign policy. One example of this model is the black elites’ rejection of Marcus Garvey. According to Tillary, they rejected the “back to Africa”…