The Honourable

through violence in both Ovid’s The Tale of Philomela and Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus . Violence is not used here as a single broad term, for in both texts there is clear delineation between masculine and feminine violence, and again between honourable and dishonourable violence. To quote Jessica Lugo, “Shakespeare’s Ovidian precursor delivers a tale of gore that develops the themes of barbarism and silence. In Titus, Shakespeare roots out the essence of Ovid’s characters, exposes their most…

Banquo is more honourable than Macbeth which Shakespeare clearly outlines in more than one instance. For example, the witches say "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater" and "Not so happy, yet much happier". These words of the witches point out that Banquo is a better person…

Throughout The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony shows and undying love for Caesar. In this drama, written by William Shakespeare, the story of the assassination of Julius is told, and Antony is, without doubt, Caesar’s most loyal and dedicated admirer. Even after Caesar dies, he is able to carry his legacy on through a powerful and moving speech during his future. As Antony delivers his speech, it is blatantly obvious that he is angered by Caesar’s death and feels great contempt for the…

Caesar as a tyrant. Antony appealed to the people emotionally and logically by stating the facts about Caesar and what he did. Antony uses parallelism in his speech about Brutus by saying “Brutus is an honourable man” this would be repeated because this was sarcasm because Brutus isn’t an honourable man. Antony ultimately manipulated the Roman people and got them to do what he wanted in the end by appealing to logos, pathos and…

makes a reader authentically celebrate. " If" revolves around the idea of a father telling his son to keep his head while those around him loose theirs, and as they may endeavour him into to making choices that are not honourable. The father tells his son if he is able to make honourable decisions then he will genuinely become a man, and then the earth and everything in it would be his. "The Road Not Taken" takes a different approach as the speaker has to make a choice of two paths in the…

This is where honour comes in to play when comparing monstrous behaviour with human behaviour. The honourable thing to do would be to compensate the families that Grendel has harmed and in turn that action would be the humane action. Grendel wants no peace with mankind (Beowulf 154) and thus offers no compensation. Beowulf on the other hand is very concerned with taking the honourable route. When he goes to fight Grendel, even if Grendel does not deserve it, Beowulf discards his armour and…

Hamlet. However at Ophelia’s burial he did not think twice about fighting her brother in her grave with her body laying in there. Which offended me. In the end of the play everyone got what they deserved, except Heratio and Fortenbras. Heratio was honourable throughout the play, his intentions were good, and he was trustworthy and a good friend to Hamlet. All Hamlet ever did was request things of him and in the end he asked one more thing of Heratio: to tell his story. Meanwhile he gave Denmark…

In a sarcastic tone, Antony repeatedly referred to these "honourable men". Repeating "Honourable men" is also seen to be ironic, he's ridiculing Brutus and the conspirators saying his idea of Caesar being so ambitious, he's a threat, is something to laugh about. Every time Antony cleverly pauses in his speech to let the plebeians…

(Hector) Throughout the movie Troy the character Hector emphasizes the theme of honour in both his demeanor and his actions. One of Hector's many honourable actions is when he protects his brother Paris after he is easily defeated in combat by the physically superior King Menelaus. Instead of allowing Paris to die by Menelaus’ blade, Hector makes the honourable decision to thrust his own blade…

Julius Caesar, a drama written by William Shakespeare, is about the dictator Julius Caesar, who was assassinated by a group of conspirators, and the effects that followed. Close friends of Caesar, Mark Antony and Brutus, both spoke at his funeral. Mark Antony had the strongest and most effective speech because he utilizes rhetoric such as pathos and ethos. He uses rhetoric to prove that Brutus’s claims are inaccurate. Antony also relates to the people on a different level than Brutus, this…