Mark Zuckerberg

I did not choose to do my forum on The Political Force of Images theme, but your post did an amazing job of describing why you believe the chosen artwork was a good representation of the theme. Your description of the sculpture is very strong and I do believe the Santiago Matamoros is a good representation of the Spanish reconquista. As you mentioned in your post, he was called Saint James the Moor Slayer and was a very important figure in the reconquest. He was clearly known for slaying many…

The death of Julius Caesar was a bitter and gruesome one. He died by the hand of his friend Brutus and his own group of senators who badly mutilated his body. His last words were , “Et Tu Brutus” ? meaning you too Brutus. This was a grave mistake on the part of the assassins because the people of Rome loved Caesar. According to the 1st Century’s article on Julius Caesar, Caesar always took care of his soldiers even the ones that weren’t serving and he gave them all land. Julius Caesar was also…

Hello today my fellow senators I have brought you hear to anounce that Julius Caesar has broke many violations and is destroying what Rome had took a long time to do get rebulic freedom and so Julius Caesar desrved be assassinated for these fallowing reasons. First Caesar had tried turning Rome into some sort of dictatorship.He had dissrupted the oath not to have a king.This was because Rome had wanted more freedom so they had changed it from a dictatorship to a republic but Caesar was trying…

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them. In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Caesar’s ambition to become king leads to his tragedy. The conspirators aimed to end this ambition and to ensure that the Roman Republic remained. Brutus ambition to get the Roman public to understand his logic on assassinating Julius Caesar clashes with…

Throughout his time as leader, Claudius proved to deliver results regardless of others believing he was easily manipulable. Once in power he showed himself to be cleverer than previously thought and in the foreign field solved with dignity the main problems inherited from his predecessors. It was Claudius who introduced others into the government that were foreigners, which was a big change, and undertook the conquest of seizing Britain to the empire. He skilfully avoided confrontation with the…

In “The Birthmark,” Nathaniel Hawthorne represents Aylmer as an ambitious scientist, whose passion is reserved for the study of natural philosophy. The reader is given the impression that Aylmer spends most of his time in a lab. But one day, Aylmer marries young woman, named Georgiana, however, her appearance is not perfect as she has a birthmark on her face. The story immediately shifts to how Aylmer and feels about the birthmark. Aylmer is troubled with the physical and spiritual perfection…

1 English 2, part 2, assignment 2_9 Annotated BibliographyHistory (2016) Julius Caesar. Retrieved from www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/julius-caesarJulius Caesar was devoted to his country. He gave his energy and time to the conquest of Gaul modern France, Northern Italy and Southern France. Julius Caesar was aware of his enemies took the threats of the Roman province and empire very seriously. It was a battle between the countries.Mark, J. (2016). Julius…

An example of religious satire in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn would be the character of the Widow Douglas. In Chapter 1 of this work of literature, Huckleberry Finn, the thirteen/fourteen-year-old neglected son of the town drunk describes her as a deeply religious woman who has tasked herself with the job of “civilizing” him because she believes taking him under her wing is a responsibility she has to fulfill as a follower of Christ. However, as he continues to discuss her,…

A major theme is the play is persuasion, persuasion is in many way involved throughout the play. It seems that everyone tries to convince someone else of something. Caesar tries to create an image in the public's mind of his crowing, an ancient form of spin doctoring. Cassius finds the best way to manipulate each man is to bring them to his side, and Brutus, we hope will refuse to participate, takes longer than the others to…

Honor means honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions. To me, honor means the ability to stay calm and be brave in a crisis. The scientist I have chosen as an honorable scientist is Thomas Edison. He was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847. He was the youngest of seven children. From an early age, Edison was always interested in inventing things. Edison’s father was exiled from Canada for being a political activist. When Edison was young he got scarlet fever. As a…