Mark Bauerlein

Two Speeches One Fate Two main characters, Brutus and Antony, deliver moving speeches to the general public that changed favor within the people. Brutus intended to convince the people that Caesar was inevitably going to turn into a tyrant. Antony focused on demonstrating that Caesar was a friend and that Brutus' actions can never be justified. Brutus used the rhetorical device ethos more specifically his credibility to persuade his audience. While Antony used the rhetorical device…

The Mississippi River is a 2,340 mile long river. The name Mississippi comes from the Anishinaabe people who called the river 'Misi-ziibi' which means 'great river.’ Throughout that river is beauty, and mystery for those who seek it. In Mark Twain’s “Life On The Mississippi” describes his experiences on the Mississippi River, and how his viewpoint of the river changed from a positive to negative using figurative, and descriptive language. Twain begins with describing the face of the water in…

Caesar is given a paper before he enters the Senate that plots his death. Other signs of his death were given to him, such as the soothsayer that told him, “Beware the Ides of March!”, but still he did not listen. Caesar must have thought it would have been wrong to look at what he thought would be lies. The conspirators gather around the dictator to take him out, and Brutus is the one to finish him off. Brutus is one of Caesar’s many friends, in fact, they were really close friends. Brutus was…

The purpose of Mark Twain’s “Advice to Youth” is to convey the message that because of the rules set in place for them, children cannot experience their youth properly. In his essay, Mark Twain uses satire to convince adults that their expectations for youth are preventing children from living their life. Twain’s essay encourages children to enjoy their youth despite the rules adults set for them. In his second paragraph, Twain suggests that youth “obey their parents”, but only “when they are…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a difficult book for me to read because I do not relate to this time at all. The book is set in the 1830’s and takes place in the south during a time when blacks and whites did not integrate. The setting is Missouri along the shores of the Mississippi River and it is a time of segregation, politeness and family. I truly find the book boring with no redeeming qualities. This is not to say that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a bad book,…

complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction – Albert Einstein. In the case of several instances, Huck, a character in a Mark Twain novel, used his uneducated mind to wrought several acts of genius, as well as teaching us a few valuable messages. In Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, three meaningful subjects are explored in equality, education and slavery. Equality implies everyone being considered and…

In Act II, scene ii in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Antony conducts a speech in front of all the citizens of Rome in attempts to undermine the intentions of Caesar’s conspirators and turn the Roman citizens against them. In the previous act, Antony declares his thirst for vengeance after disarming Brutus’ suspicions and receiving his trust. Then, Brutus leaves Anthony alone to address the Roman people. In his absence, he cunningly plants seedlings of doubt in Brutus’…

In the movie Mean Girls, Cady Heron shows many common characteristics of teenage girls in the twenty-first century. The film explores ideas of social organisation in high schools such as cliques, and also addresses gender stereotypes for adolescent girls. Cady Heron is illustrates a dramatised version of what high schools are like and the issues that students may be faced with including peer pressure and bullying. Like most Australian High schools, North Shore High School in Mean Girls has many…

Those who disagree with me may say Brutus was trying to do what was best for Rome. It's his thinking that once Caesar had power he would abuse it, as many do. This was his attempt to save Rome from a power-hungry, enslaving ruler. However Brutus said himself that: "[he has] not known when [Caesar's] affections swayed more than his reason.” This shows that Caesar has never shown any signs of unrighteous dominion before. And we know that Caesar is already in a position of power by the way everyone…

Rhetoric, it’s all around us whether we realize it or not. In Act Three of Julius Caesar, Caesar moves to the capitol after refusing Artemidorus’ letter of warning. Shortly after, the conspirators (people who were planning to kill Caesar) stab him to death. Antony flees the scene but Brutus convinces everybody to let him live. Brutus then explains to the people of Rome the meaning of why they had killed Caesar, but what Brutus, the conspirators, and people of Rome don’t know, is that Antony is…