The A-Class Cicero-Alpha

Love has an intoxicating effect on humans. It has the ability to cripple the mind of an individual as they become fixated with undying passion of another individual. Although love can bring pleasure, it can also be a cruel mistress that has the ability to crush one’s soul at a moment’s notice. The negative impacts of love are clearly seen in Virgil’s Aeneid, where we see the love between Aeneas, a Trojan war hero, and Dido, Queen of Carthage, ultimately resulting in the death of Dido after Aeneas is forced to leave Carthage to fulfill his duty. This story and Virgil’s negative interpretation of love are reflected in poet Louise Gluck’s poem “The Queen of Carthage.” In her poem, she attempts to portray to her audience the suffering Dido felt after Aeneas left Carthage. She warns her audience of the dangerous and double-edged nature of love using Dido as an example. Gluck’s use of repetition of key words, parallel structure, syntax and frequent allusions of to convey the risky nature of love.

Regina's side kicks names were Karen Smith, and Gretchen Wieners. Karen smith is described as, "The dumbest girl you'll ever meet" nothing more, nothing less. Then there was Gretchen, she was rich and popular because her father was the "inventor of toaster strudel." Not only that, but she knew everything about everyone in the school, they said that why her hair looked so big because it,"was full of secrets." Regina treated them absolutely terrible and, she considered them her friends, that being said you can only imagine how she treats everyone else. They were both heavily influenced by Regina, and they did about anything she told them to do!

Regina’s “flawless” appearance established her power among other girls. Among high school girls, power is stereotypically established through looks. As shown in Mean Girls, girls will look up the person they feel has the ideal appearance. The random comments said about Regina indicate that she is idolized by many of the girls attending North Shore High School. Other girls know everything about her, because they want to be just like her. This entrenches Regina’s position at the school.

of the story of Romulus and Remus. She makes the link between ancient Rome and Siena. She

Star unknowingly brought her wand to her mouth and started to chew on it, “That might be a little to late.”

Regina phones Cady to ask a series of questions, and even to give her guidance to talk to Aaron. Cady believes Regina is helping her with her confidence to communicate to Aaron, however Regina is sabotaging her relationship with Aaron. That is one message received wrong by Cady, an additional one is how Regina is fooling Cady into saying something she doesn’t mean to say about Gretchen. Regina is known for being a bully and has a negative influence on her group, Regina quickly becomes jealous of how the other girls like the “new girl” she wants Cady to cause conflict with the other girls for Regina to maintain her authority, and for Gretchen and Karen to dislike

“NASA accepted me!” he started to tear up. “My lifelong dream may be coming true. Being an astronaut.”

"All I need is the stars," Victor said. "And besides, you still think about things too much."

“The Titans have been running the galaxy for the last 500 years. We can’t let them take control of Earth,” Sam said.

He goes on to explain the reason for his return. When he had left, he had a date that he would return in mind, January 1st. Shortly after his arrival in Greece, he heard news of “a well-attended meeting of the Senate on the first of August and that Antonius was going to drop his bad advisers, renounce his governorship of the Gallic provinces, and resume his allegiance to the authority of the Senate.” He makes is clear that he was eager to return so that he could witness such a great day. He describes his enthusiasm, “no winds were speedy enough to satisfy my impatience…I was eager not to waste a moment in offering the government my congratulations.” And on his way home, he hears about Piso’s great speech and the lack of support that he received. Cicero tells the Senate that this gave him even more reason to return. “…I hastened back to lend him my aid. My purpose was not so much to accomplish anything concrete…this is a time when many things contrary to the order of nature and even against the ordinary course of fate seem likely to happen at any moment.” Cicero was eager to come back, but he did not know what to expect when he did. He just felt like this was one of those “moments of truth,” where things could start to look up or take a drastic turn for the worse. He shows that his

“Were any exiles recalled? One…Were any tax-exemptions granted? None.'; At this point, the Senate can agree with Cicero’s contentment because Marcus Antonius has done many admirable deeds. But after this remark, Cicero’s tone changes. “So determined was his action that I am amazed by the contrast between that day and all the others which have followed.'; He points out the days when Marcus Antonius deeds were just and great and then there is a sudden transformation, a dramatic mood or tone change.

Aeneas is a Trojan hero who escapes the defeat of Troy at the end of the Trojan War and sets off to fulfill his destiny given to him in a prophecy by Apollo – to travel to Italy and found the Roman Empire. Aeneas is the son of Anchises and Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, and the father of Ascanius. My initial impression of Aeneas’s character is predominantly positive; in Books I-IV of Virgil’s The Aeneid, Aeneas demonstrates that he is admirable, courageous and dedicated to respecting the fate which prophecy has decided for him.

“Viceroy Ramsey, of the nine other candidates of the final twelve we had considered making Planetary Sovereign but recently have dismissed, two of them have one thing in common with you. Do you know what that is?”

“Is the goal of this research for us to disappear from the physical universe?” Surina asked, opening her eyes wider and raising her eyebrows in amazement.

“If you want to live you will not ask so many questions.” Octavius says walking away, “you’ll find out soon enough.”