Portia

Theme of Bicentennial Man In the story of the Bicentennial Man Andrew goes through a series of changes from his body, inner self, and finally accepting death to finally be viewed as a human, and to finally be accepted by society. Acceptance is something that all people strive for while some people fight for acceptance others are already accepted by society, or in certain circles in different ways either by family status, accomplishments made by the ones who have came before, but for most people…

Should gay marriage be legalized in the US? When the legalization of gay marriages in the United States of America topic comes into the conversation, it might surprise someone that it is still a controversial issue. America, a land of freedom where people have the rights to express fully of themselves in every way such as the freedom of speech, petition, assemble, press and religion, still struggles with the legalization of gay marriage. Gay or lesbian marriages refer to the same-sex marriage…

Julius Caesar by Shakespeare talks about events that happened in the ancient Rome. Shakespeare shapes the political events as the world of masculine friendship which politics is influenced by the relationship between men. In Julius Caesar, Shakespeare only presents two women characters who are only described in a few words. Women only play minor part in this play. In the whole Act 5, the tragic fighting scene, not even a single woman character is involved. Besides, there is love between men, and…

Since the death of Julius Caesar in Act III, the play has took a tremendous turn. All of Caesar so called "friends" turned against him because of what they thought was a corrupt ruler, in my opinion wasn 't the case. All the reasons why they thought Caesar was so horrible took a turn once they read his will. He left his money to the people and left all of his private areas around Rome, to be public for everyone to enjoy. Since the conspirators decision to kill Caesar, Rome has been in…

Dr. Copeland loves his family and his people, however, he also hates them. William, who is one of Dr. Copeland’s children, goes to jail since he has a fight with another man. In the jail, he is abused by a white guard since one of his friends called Buster sasses to the white guard. The white guard catches them into ice-cold room during the winter in order to punish them. Their legs are hurt and frozen and they have to cut their leg to survive at final. In Dr. Copeland’s mind, “The strong, true…

The persecution of English Jews dated back to the Medieval age. They were punishment outside the country until 1655. They returned to England but still they faced a lot of persecution. Christians people looked at Jewish as heretics. The reputation of the Jews suffered badly during that time. Also, Jews were considered to be responsible for spreading the plague “Black Death” amongst Christians. They always search about Jew to blame him for this disease despite that there were many Jewish people…

they were not listening to a word he was saying. It was going in one ear and out the other. Now that they are alone Cassius says that Brutus 's recent argument with him was unlike and not the normal personality of him. Brutus tells Cassius that Portia is dead, and that she has committed suicide by swallowing hot coals (Shakespeare). She committed suicide because she thought that her husband would not be coming home. She thought that he was dead, so she did not want to live without…

The two resolved their conflict after they quarreled was when Brutus acknowledged that he was angry with Cassius was because Brutus has lost the love of his life; Portia. In the other hands, Cassius realized that Brutus was commenting out of anger, hurt, and bereavement at losing his wife. So Brutus decided to put it aside, and offered Cassius a drink, they both shake hands and continuing on with their plan to protect Rome. Based on the quarrel, Brutus had lost his temper due to the fact that…

In the “Modernity of Julius Caesar”, Maynard Mack argues that William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar can still represent society today. Reflecting back on his composition, I started to agree with most of his points. His clear and calculated writing style successfully supports his argument. In addition to his straightforward writing, Mack utilizes the idea of a duality in people to supports his thesis. Subsequently, by using the sentiment of rationality versus irrationality and its consequences,…

1.1 -In this scene, Flavius speaks to the Roman crowd about how they use to climb up as high as they could “To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome” but now they “make holiday to see Caesar,” Pompey’s known rival (1.1.34,47). The crowd of Rome seems to be very unreliable in terms of who they are willing to praise as their leader. They just flock to the one who has all the power and are not truly loyal to anyone. -When Flavius is parting with Marullus, he compares Caesar to a bird and tells…