...In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare my character, Flavius, is a tribune. In Rome a tribune is a man who is elected by the people to be and officer or magistrate to protect the rights of the citizens from a higher power and get their views on things into the mind of the king or other royalty. During Pompy’s rule over Rome, Pompy felt as if Julius Caesar was becoming much too powerful. Julius Caesar was gaining power with his military and his military strategies and his intelligence was growing fast. Pompy began to see Julius’s rising and acted on it by removing his seat in the roman consul. Julius Caesar became enraged and revolted against Pompy, Julius Caesar became gathered his army to go and kill Pompy. As Pompy was handling the conflict he retreated to Egypt. Julius followed him in a furious pursuit only to find Pompy already assassinated in Egypt. My role in Rome as a tribune was to stand up to Julius Caesar to protect the lives of the people, and show the people of Rome that what Julius had done in his act of aggression to Pompy was wrong. But, when Julius returned to Rome the people all cheered and acted as little sheep following the leader, and wanted to elect Julius as the new King, a ceremony was even held in the center of town to elect Julius. Julius acted as another tribune by telling the people of Rome that he attacked Pompy for them and for their rights, Julius told the people that he is standing by believing in what Pompy was doing was wrong and that...
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...Julius Caesar Summary When the play opens, Julius Caesar has just returned to Rome after defeating the sons of Pompey in battle. Before we go any further, let's pause for a brief Roman history lesson. Pompey (a.k.a. "Pompey the Great") was a member of the "first triumvirate," and he and Caesar used to share power over Rome. Then Caesar and Pompey got into a big fight. Pompey lost. When he tried to run away to Egypt in 48 B.C., he was assassinated. But Caesar still had a problem: Pompey's sons were determined to avenge their father's death and overthrow Caesar. So Caesar tracked down Pompey's sons in Spain and stomped them out at the Battle of Munda in 45 B.C. Now back to the play. As Caesar parades through the streets of Rome like a rock star, the higher-ups in Rome are nervous about his growing power and his popularity with the commoners, who have abandoned their work to celebrate Caesar's triumphant return. Caesar seems headed toward absolute power, which is a big no-no in the Roman Republic. Meanwhile, the festival of the Lupercal (a big party where people run around in goatskin g-strings in the middle of February) is in full swing. Caesar is chilling at the festival with his entourage when a soothsayer runs up and says "beware the Ides of March" (meaning, "hey, watch your back on March 15"). Caesar looks at the soothsayer and is all "whatever man." While Caesar parties with his fans, Brutus and Cassius huddle together and talk trash about him. Cassius is all bent out of shape...
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...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 of March. This had scared Julius because he believed in bad omens and was superstitious about prophecy. The day before he murdered I had 3 dreams about him being killed, I couldn't see the killer, but this along with the soothsayer's prediction...
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...INTRODUCTION TO LGBTQI STUDIES Due: 5/16/14 Extra Credit Stonewall Uprising a) What aspects of the film complemented your textbook reading about Stonewall? Some of the aspects of the film that complemented the textbook about Stonewall were that this right that took place on June 27-28 1969 in New York City started a movement that allowed the LGBTQI community to stand up to the police and show them that they were going to stand for their rights. Both in the movie and textbook they touch on how popular the Stonewall Inn and how it allowed a get away for the gay population to go and be comfortable with whom they were. It also showed that this was the breaking point for the gay population that were at the inn they weren’t going to allow the police to harass them anymore. For once the police were out number and had to run away from the large crowd of the gay patrons that’s were at the Stonewall Inn and that had began to gather outside. It highly upset the crowd when the police arrest the bar staff of the Stonewall Inn. The riot showed a form of liberation both in the film and book. What was amazing that you saw in the book and film was that every time a person was released from the Stonewall Inn the crowd cheer. b) What was the part of the film that you considered the most interesting? Why? What was interesting in the film was that the mafia supplied the liquor to the gay bars due to the issue of them not being able to get a liquor license. It was interesting to see...
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...Revenge in Julius Caesar Revenge. Revenge causes one to act blindly without reason. It is based on the principle of an eye for an eye, however this principle is not always a justified one to follow. In Julius Caesar, Antony seeks to avenge the death of Caesar. Antony acts on emotion which leads to the demise of Brutus, who is a noble man that does not deserve to be killed. Revenge is a central theme within Julius Caesar. Revenge In Julius Caesar Revenge in Julius Caesar Revenge. Revenge causes one to act blindly without reason. It is based on the principle of an eye for an eye, however this principle is not ... This is demonstrated through Antony s desire to avenge Caesar s death, and also the return of Julius Caesar s ghost. Revenge is again exemplified through the violent course of action, which is taken by the Plebeians in an attempt to seek justice for the assassination of their Roman superior. The theme of revenge is evident when Antony demonstrates a desire to avenge Caesar s death. After Caesar s death, Antony swears to take revenge on those who Revenge In Julius Caesar Revenge in Julius Caesar Revenge. Revenge causes one to act blindly without reason. It is based on the principle of an eye for an eye, however this principle is not ... murdered Caesar, And Caesar s spirit, ranging for revenge, With ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch s voice Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the earth...
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...Battle Analysis 1. Overview: a. Actium-Rome b. 31 BC c. The battle took place off the coast of Actium in the Ionian Sea 2. Historical Context a. This battle was a part of Roman Civil War between Octavian and Mark Antony. This battle would establish a Roman Emperor and one single ruler of Rome after Julius Caesar’s death. b. There were a lot of key events that led up to this particular battle being fought. Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. This led to the Second Triumvirate being formed between Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aerulius Lepidus to rule Rome. They crushed the conspirators Brutus and Cassius at Philippi in 42 BC. After this happened Octavian would rule the western provinces, Antony would oversee the east, and Lepidus was given North Africa. Tensions between Octavian and Anthony became greater over the next few years. In 40 BC Octavia, Octavian’s sister, married Antony. In 37 BC, Antony married Caesar's former lover, Cleopatra VII of Egypt, without divorcing Octavia. After this, Antony worked to expand his power in the east. In 32 BC Antony divorced Octavia, making Octavian even angrier. In response Octavian announced that Antony’s will affirmed Cleopatra's eldest son as Caesar’s true heir. The will turned Roman opinion against Antony because they believed he was trying to make Cleopatra’s son the ruler of Rome. Using this reason for war, Octavian assembled forces to attack Antony and this is how the battle began. c. Octavian wanted...
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...be a great day that I was going to be honored. Not knowing that I was going to get stabbed to death. All I want to know is what I did wrong. I know that I may have not been the best leader, but I was trying my best to help the city of Rome. I thought that I was helping even you Brutus. I still am in shock that my best friend or so what I thought was a best friend betrayed my authority. You should be ashamed; I still don’t know how you can walk around knowing you killed someone that had trust for you. Let me tell you something Brutus, you better watch your back, because the one loyal person I know will not back down. He will come for you and his name is Mark Antony. He will give you what you gave me. With much hate and confusion, Julius...
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...Mohid Rizwan Mr. Bennett ENG-2D0 14 November 2012 Julius Caesar Essay “A leader is someone who knows the way, shows the way, and goes the way.” Cassius is a better judge of character, Brutus makes mistakes, and Cassius is a better general. These reasons help explain why Cassius is a better leader than Brutus. First of all, Cassius is a better judge of character. When Brutus gives Mark Antony permission to speak at Julius Caesar’s funeral, Cassius says, Brutus, a word with you You know not what you do; do not Consent That Antony speak in his funeral. Know you how much the people may be moved By that which he will utter? (III, i, 232-234) This quote suggests that Cassius does not trust Antony. He knows that Antony is going to manipulate the mob against the conspirators. Overall, he judges Antony’s character well. On the other hand, Brutus makes mistakes. One of the most crucial mistakes he makes is when he lets Antony speak at the funeral, even though Cassius warns him not to. When Cassius tells Brutus not to let Antony speak at the funeral, Brutus replies, What Antony shall speak, I will protest He speaks by leave and by permission, And that we are contented Caesar shall Have all true rites and lawful ceremonies. It shall advantage us more than do us wrong. (III, i, 238-242) The quote suggests that Brutus lets Antony speak at the funeral, thinking that it will do the conspirators well. However, letting Antony speak, was his worst...
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...Have you ever wondered what it is to be a “noble” man? A good example would be Marcus Brutus. Brutus had a decision to accept Cassius's plan to eliminate Caesar or deal with Caesar's potential of rulership. Brutus believed that Caesar was going to be an “overpowered” ruler for Rome. He didn't want the plebeians to become slaves and he cares about the people deeply. Brutus is a true noble man because he keeps true to his word that he loves Rome more than anything and would do anything to protect it. Brutus had to kill his best friend, Caesar, because he feared that he would do bad for Rome. Brutus told the plebeians his true feelings about how we felt for Rome and how he felt about Caesar. “Not that I lov'd Caesar less, but that I lov'd Rome more” (III, ii,21-22). Brutus was showing that he cared for Rome, and that he wasn't selfish. Therefore, Brutus had to clarify why he should eliminate Caesar because of a good cause. Brutus needed to explain to the Romans on why he should kill Caesar. Brutus wanted to explain his thoughts and reasons about Caesar's ruling to the Romans. “Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?” (III,ii,22-23). Brutus truly adored the Romans and wanted them to know if they wanted to be slaves in Caesar's will or be free without Caesar trying to rule them. Although Brutus shows his compassion to the Romans, he didn't quite show a lot for his “best” friend. Brutus is not a noble man...
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...The Tuskegee Research Study on Syphilis Stephan J. Skotko University of Phoenix January 13, 2010 HCS-435 Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility Edward Casey Every person or family member who has faced a medical crisis during his or her lifetime has at one point hoped for an immediate cure, a process that would deter any sort of painful or prolonged convalescence. Medical research always has paralleled a cure or treatment. From the beginning of the turn of the 20th century the most unspeakable appalling atrocities against human beings was The Tuskegee Syphilis Study. One of the most horrendous breaches of ethics in The United States history is Tuskegee’s studies and associated research. . The study and the publicity that surrounded the study was one of the major influences leading to the organized arrangement of laws, rules and principles of the ethical treatment for human beings. Examples of which include; informed consent, patients personal autonomy, patients’ bill of rights, medical code of ethics, and limits to a practitioners professional autonomy. Miracle cures like penicillin and other antibiotics have proven the value of research. Many illnesses and diseases are currently under heavy research. Although not much research can give results that penicillin or other antibiotics have attained does not invalidate the necessity of research and the importance of it. There exist copious treatments...
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...Brutus Brutus emerges as the most complex character in Julius Caesar and is also the play’s tragic hero. In his soliloquies, the audience gains insight into the complexities of his motives. He is a powerful public figure, but he appears also as a husband, a master to his servants, a dignified military leader, and a loving friend. The conflicting value systems that battle with each other in the play as a whole are enacted on a microcosmic level in Brutus’s mind. Even after Brutus has committed the assassination with the other members of the conspiracy, questions remain as to whether, in light of his friendship with Caesar, the murder was a noble, decidedly selfless act or proof of a truly evil callousness, a gross indifference to the ties of friendship and a failure to be moved by the power of a truly great man. Brutus’s rigid idealism is both his greatest virtue and his most deadly flaw. In the world of the play, where self-serving ambition seems to dominate all other motivations, Brutus lives up to Antony’s elegiac description of him as “the noblest of Romans.” However, his commitment to principle repeatedly leads him to make miscalculations: wanting to curtail violence, he ignores Cassius’s suggestion that the conspirators kill Antony as well as Caesar. In another moment of naïve idealism, he again ignores Cassius’s advice and allows Antony to speak a funeral oration over Caesar’s body. As a result, Brutus forfeits the authority of having the last word on the murder and thus...
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...Different Types of Power Power is said to be essential in order to survive and live as individuals. I agree with this statement because of the recent texts we have read including, “Things Fall Apart” by Achebe, “Night” by Wiesel, “The Prince” by Machiavelli, and “Julius Caesar” by Shakespeare. If I was asked to define power in my own words, I would define it as both an inner and outer strength and drive to continue and accomplish a goal despite any obstacles that may get in the way. Without power, I feel as though there would be hardly any hope for the future. If an individual was lacking power and had to face some sort of a difficult obstacle, whether it is an inner struggle or outer battle, there would be little chance of getting through the difficult situation. However, if an individual had great power they would be able to persevere through whatever challenge was thrown at them with ease. In “Night,” Wiesel used his inner power to persevere and survive through the Holocaust as well as his personal battle with his faith. In contrast, Nazi Germany used their power to discriminate against people not belonging to the Aryan race. Wiesel describes his strength during this horrific time well by writing, “We were the masters of nature, the masters of the world. We had transcended everything- death, fatigue, our natural needs. We were stronger than cold and hunger, stronger than the guns and desire to die, doomed and rootless, nothing but numbers, we were the only men on earth...
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...process, and the positive and negative outcomes of the journey, is not so much about the destination to which the travellers are headed, but the various occurrences that affect the traveller along the way. The importance of the journeying process was explored and exposed by Peter Skrzynecki and a variety of other composers. Skrzynecki, using the powerful textual vehicle of poetry explores the importance of the journeying process and its various outcomes, a journey often results in the confused and mixed emotions of the traveller and this was reflected within Skrzynecki's poems, "Crossing the Red Sea" and "A Drive in the Country." A person is always emotionally involved in the journeying process, highlighting its' importance, this is shown in Julius Caesar's public memoirs "De Bello Gallico", the political cartoon "Freedom"" (Sun-Herald, April '03) and text five from the Board of Studies Stimulus booklet, "Journeys over Land and Sea." Skrzynecki uses poetic techniques to explore the range of conflicting emotions associated with the journeying process, enabling a responder to identify with its importance. "Crossing the Red Sea" is the first poem in the anthology "Immigrant Chronicle" and...
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...colour imagery, 'albis equis' to describe the horses that pull Camillus makes him appear pure and almost regal. The cumulative effect of this description is to blur the distinction between Camillus, the man, and percieved notions of divinity, reinforced by the contrast 'parumque id non civile modo sed humanum', implying transcendence semi-divine status. Camillus is seen as distancing himself from the public and as a distrusted leader through impietas to gods by making himself out like a deity, and anti-republican sentiments. Such distasteful perceptions are reinforced by the sonorous 'm' and 'r' alliteration of 'aequiperatum dictatorem in religionem', suggesting blasphemy by rivalling the grand status of gods, while 'dictatorem' alludes to Julius Caesar's retention of his dictatorship. Livy further highlights Camillus' failure to be in touch...
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...Brittnee Walker Mr. Goman AP World History 29 Aug 2010 Political Power of Han China and Imperial Rome Political differences are what make cultures unique. Depending on the methods of political control and diverse ways of living societies can be harmed, hindered or improved. The rough military dictatorship of Imperial Rome and the peaceful Confucius way of control by Han china show two different ways a civilization can grow, thrive, survive and eventually fall. Political, moral, personal, and religious values influence a nation’s way of life and people. The differences between the militaristic Imperial Rome and the Confucius ways of Han China ultimately made the empires culture flourish and become distinctive, changing their beliefs, moral code, faith, and overall individuality and led to their diversity in political control. The rulers of these empires played a big role in the ways of control and the variation in their culture. Octavian the military dictator had control of his armies; therefore they were loyal to him. Emperor Wu also ruled as a military campaigner. These two rulers had similar interests in which they ruled by. Wu worked on expanding his army and spreading china. Octavian being from the army himself ruled through the army and expanded militaristic ideas. They both made for successful ruling. While China was ruled under Confucianism Rome had suppressed religion. Religion was spread freely within china because they all shared the same beliefs and faith...
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