I am Calpurnia Ceaser, Julius was my husband. Julius was a great man fully dedicated to Rome. The Senators are all corrupt and greedy and would do anything to protect their privilege. He felt like the republic was falling apart and would soon fall. Julius was trying to save Rome so it becomes a great power for a long time to come In February, when Julius returned home from the battle with Pompey's sons a Soothsayer had come up to him while he was at the races and told him to beware the Ides
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ordinary quality. It is only attained by those who deserve it, which makes it so special. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the characters are concerned with gaining honor reputation to accelerate their reputation. Jealousy is brought upon most of the conspirators who feel as though mighty Caesar isn’t worthy of his honor. They secretly devise a plan that not only ruin Caesar, but named themselves to be honorable. From their motives to their actions, the conspirators did whatever it took to
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Michael Servetus Michael Servetus, otherwise known as Miguel Serveto, was born in Villanueva de Sijena in 1511. He was born into a Catholic family of riches, his father being appointed as royal Notary of the Royal Monastery of Sijena. Servetus was an intelligent child. In his early teenage years, he was already familiar with Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, as well as being gifted in mathematics and philosophy. By the young age of 14, he started to serve Juan de Quintana “doctor theologus” at the University
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After the death of Augustus in forty four BC Octavian, Caesar's grand nephew, is named as heir. The senate puts efforts into molding Octavian and using him, since he was still young. Octavian, however proved to be more clever than expected and he raised an army without anyone knowing and uses it against Marc Antony. He demands to be made consuls yet later befriends Antony. They then form the second triumvirate with Lepidus publicly, in forty three BC. Later, like the first triumvirate Lepidus
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The speaker of the indispensable opposition is the writer Walter Lippmann himself, writer for the Atlantic Monthly. The article is set in 1939, around the time of World War ll, when freedoms were challenged and America sought to share its liberties with the world. Lippmann directs himself to the wealthier people who can afford the Atlantic Monthly after an economic depression in the U.S. He establishes the subject of freedom of speech and opinion to be the most important right and must be preserved
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Since Amir is a Pashtun, he has power above other social groups, including Hassan who is a Hazara. Amir has the ability to discriminate or mistreat Hazara’s without being judged or mistreated back. Before Amir can be as strong and as powerful as his father, he isn’t able to realize that in order to have the qualities that Baba is known for, he must treat others fairly like the example his father gives him. When Hassan got rapped, Amir had the power to fix things, but instead was furtive with his
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In Julius Caesar, Mark Antony’s main claim is that Caesar's death was unjust because he had no such ambition for which the conspirators decided her should die for. Antony uses sarcasm to point out the flaws in the conspirator's logic subtly to allow his audience to come up with their own conclusion that Caesar’s death was a treasonous mutiny. Throughout his funeral speech
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Lord of The Flies William Golding fiction novel. In the beginning of the book Piggy is the fat boy who is shy and can’t stand up for him self, he speaks through Ralph and he is the voice of civilization. Piggy’s intelligence usually leads to innovation. “We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us” (16) He beamed at Ralph. When Piggy does this it shows that piggy is intelligent and knows what he is doing. This led to innovation and the symbol of civilization
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Casca, Trebonius, Ligarius, Decius Brutus, Metellus Cimber, and Cinna. The members wanted to stop the Julius Caesar dictatorship before it could happen. The conspirators Julius Caesar because they thought he was going to be a dictator. It is also wrong to kill someone just because you have different opinions and views than you. Julius Caesar was a the prerequisites for a ruthless dictator. ‘Caesar is a "serpent's egg," (act 2 s1 28-34) a dictator waiting to be hatched. If we find the egg, we recognize
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Spartacus the Free Would you fight a whole army to stand up for what you believe in? The gritty Spartacus sure did. Grit is using perseverance, passion and determination to face life’s difficult challenges. Spartacus was a gladiator born in Thrace; which is modern day Bulgaria and Turkey. Spartacus escaped from his master’s palace in Capua with seventy other slaves. He died fighting for his revolution to free all the slaves in Rome. To begin with, Spartacus used perseverance to overcome challenges
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