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In the poem The Aeneid by Virgil the characters showed signs of mortality as they thought through their options, unlike The Iliad that was written by Homer. The ancient epic poems that are more commonly known are: The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer and The Aeneid by Virgil. All three of these poems are concentrated around one famous war known as the Trojan War. “How about this: what makes Virgil’s Aeneid connected to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey is also what makes it different from them” (Shmoop).…

The 1940’s are an important time in American history, not only because the country participated in WWII, but because of all the changes that came around because of the war. New organizations were formed, laws were passed, the country got a new president, and the United States almost engaged in war with the Soviet Union. The changes that occurred in this decade were the start of a new era. The domestic and foreign policies of the United States in the 1940’s helped to shape the world into what it…

about men’s insecurities than about female sexuality itself. According to Gulik Rosenfield, the patriarchal order is questioned in The Winter’s Tale through the representation of how female sexuality scares Leontes, in the part of the play set in Sicily, and Polixenes, in the part set in Bohemia. Because the society was structured so that women were powerless, the fact that frustrates and destabilizes Leontes is the realization that they can do more than any man can do: they…

states “We know that in 411 BCE in Athens, ‘the oligarchy of the 400’ took power out of the hands of the Assembly and were themselves superseded by a more moderate oligarchy of 5000. In 404 BCE, following the defeat of the Athenian military forces in Sicily, there was an oligarchy of ‘the Thirty Tyrants’ in Athens which was a particularly brutal regime, noted for its summary executions. Megara and Thebes were other states which had an oligarchic system.” Oligarchies also sat in Corinth, Thebes…

Ancient Egypt is famous for the Great Pyramids but this Pyramid was primarily built by the lowest people on the social hierarchy, Slaves. Slaves were treated unfairly and in ancient Egypt there was no social mobility which meant a person born into slavery will die as a slave. Hundreds of years later the Roman Empire collapsed which later lead to the development of feudal societies in Western Europe. Feudal societies similar to ancient Egypt had an unfair social hierarchy. Instead of slaves, it…

Cindy Wu Pr. Hubbard GFCL 100 – D 2 March 2016 Genocides of Carthaginians and Spartans The word genocide was first coined in 1944 CE by Raphael Lemkin, a Polish writer, who combined ‘geno-’ from the Greek word for race, and ‘-cide’ from the Latin word for killing. Genocide, a killing of a race. Genocide has been defined as the “intentional destruction “in whole or in part, [of] a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such” (Kiernan 51). There are many similarities and differences…

Since the start of civilization, humans have used violence to gain and ensure power. Power often blinds people causing them to believe their violent actions are just. They are in a position where they won’t be opposed so they can act self-interestedly. Thrasymachus, in Thucydides’ accounts on the Peloponnesian war explains this point of view best by stating, “Justice is nothing other the advantage of the stronger.” (Plato pg. 14). Although violence places fear in your enemies or subordinates, it…

5 Hunter Savage 7th HR 5/3/17 Mark Antony Early Career Born in Rome in 83 B.C., Mark Antony was born into a famous household. Mark Antony’s father and grandfather were well-known; his father for commanding the fight against the pirates in the Mediterranean, and his grandfather for being an astonishing public speaker. Julia, Antony’s mother was a cousin to Julius Caesar (“Antony Biography”). After his young ages, Antony was sent east as an officer in the cavalry. As officer, he won strategic…

On September 1, 1939 yet another chapter of humanity had begun. However, this chapter was filled with the most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind, otherwise known as the Second World War. The reasons why the Axis Powers were not able to win the Second World War was due to their many weaknesses that held them back from world dominance. The weaknesses that the Axis Powers faced were their inability to win major battles, Italy itself was a weakness for the Axis Powers, the Axis Powers…

The Current Refugee Crisis The amount of people the have immigrated or are attempting immigrate to Europe or many other countries in the world has increased drastically over the course of years. In the New York Times article, “Desperate Crossings” is a story about people from Eritrea, Africa who are trying to flee their home country and go to Italy, Greece. The authors Paolo Pellegrin, who did most of the photography, and Scott Anderson, who did the articles text, travelled with Bourbon…