Mark of Cornwall

Dissonance drives conflict. It is also highlights the opposition of two sides. In Julius Caesar, Shakespeare expertly characterizes Brutus and Antony into foil roles to utilize the advantages of their dissonance. Brutus is easily swayed and relies on logic and values to justify his actions. Antony, on the other hand, utilizes rhetoric and manipulation to guide others to where he would like them to go. The use of Brutus and Antony as foils, specifically in the speech scene, highlights the…

Antony uses pathos in his speech to make the people of Rome angry, furious, and sad, because Caesar did not deserve to die and he was an innocent man. Throughout his entire speech he uses verbal irony and repetition to get his point across. Antony tells the crowd that he is coming to give a speech about his beloved friend Caesar. As he continues with his speech he get more and more sarcastic. Before Anthony's speech, Anthony enters with Caesar's body to show how sad he is because of his death.…

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings." (Cassius 1.2.141-142) This is part of a ‘spiel’ that Cassius gives to Brutus in Scene 2 of Act 1, where Cassius is questioning Brutus’ extensive loyalty towards Caesar, shortly after Brutus exclaims that “these applauses are for some new honours that heaped on Caesar” (Brutus 1.2.134-135). At this point, Brutus still fairly unconvinced by Cassius’ arguments: that Caesar is dishonourable, weak, and that…

Inside the Mind of Brutus A particular character, Brutus, from a Shakespearean play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, was quite intriguing. Brutus was a friend of Julius Caesar, but was quickly pulled into the conspiracy plot to kill Julius Caesar. Throughout the play, Brutus sticks to his moral ethics closely. Moreover, Brutus says, “For let the gods so speed me, as I love the name of honor more than I fear death” (1.2.88-89). In this quote, Brutus is saying that honor is the most important thing…

In A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, a novel written by Mark Twain, the issue of slavery is extremely prevalent. Twain correlates the sixth century and nineteenth century through the idea of slavery. Hank Morgan, the protagonist of the novel, romantically travels back in time and perceives that people of lower class, especially those without a title, were treated horribly. Hank attempts to resolve the idea of slavery in the sixth century by bringing King Arthur on a journey as a…

a novel written by Harper Lee and was published in 1960. Lee’s Novel was an Instant success, it went on to win a Pulitzer Prize and to be known as a great American Classic. On the other end, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a Novel written by Mark Twain. It was published in 1885, eighty-five years prior to To Kill a Mockingbird. Although these two books were written almost one-hundred years apart, the themes they deal with are…

Mark Twain’s setting in “The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County” , a folktale story he wrote illustrated as “Angel’s Camp” a gold mining community in the mid-19th century. The story takes place in a mining town in the west where it is populated primarily by men, many of them looking for their own fortune. A gambler, “Jim Smiley” a man who tricks people in bets for money; however, wins every bet he makes. One day Smiley gets out-tricked for the first time when he makes a bet with a…

infamous Egyptian pharaoh. WIth the help of her charm and intelligence, she played an important role in the history of the Roman empire. Her desire for power and wealth brought her into the lives of Julius Caesar, Octavian Caesar, and his right hand man, Mark Antony. As a woman in ancient Egypt, Cleopatra was determined have everything she could, even if it meant killing. Contrary to popular belief, Cleopatra, meaning ‘glory of the father’, was not at all Egyptian. In 69 BC, she was born into…

Tom and Huck On the banks of the mighty Mississippi two boys have an adventure that tests their loyalties and friendship. Mark Twain, the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, lays out this great tale which was the inspiration for the movie Tom and Huck. The movie starts out with Tom and his friends going down the Mississippi river and hitting a rock. Tom would have drowned if it were not for someone picking him up out of the river, he later found out it was Huckleberry Finn. The…

Mark Twain’s motivation behind writing from that perspective is to make the story a little more personable to the reader. From this perspective twain is trying to reach out to the audience and connect them through Finn’s experiences and pushing through…