Plutarch Essay

Being noble and honorable go hand-in-hand because of their similar connotations: respect given to someone who is admired for their good reputation, high moral standards, courage and honesty. Many characters showed such traits in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare and Antigone by Sophocles (for example, Brutus being known as an "honorable man" even by his enemies), but of all the characters in both plays, Antigone's and Antony's acts of nobility are most prominent. While both Antigone and Antony

The Untimely Death of Julius Caesar Playwright, William Shakespeare, wrote The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, a piece written in 1599, about the ill-timed death and avengement of Julius Caesar. After the death of Caesar took place, highly-ranked nobleman, Marcus Brutus, attempted to persuade the Roman people that the conspirators’ dire need to kill Caesar was for the sake of Rome. A good friend of the late Caesar, Mark Antony, counters Brutus’s argument by giving a speech that persuades the citizens

Being unaware to the reality of circumstances can easily change the outcome to one’s situation. In the tragedy Oedipus the King (KO), Sophocles depicts Oedipus, the main character, as being imperceptive to the truth of the prophecy that states he kills his father and marries his mother. The choices Oedipus makes, such as desperately trying to find answers despite his blindness, significantly impact his life by obliviously causing a plague and causing harm to his mother and father. In the tragedy

Does loyalty to your people or its leader come first? In William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” written in 1599, loyalty to your people came first. William Shakespeare's play “Julius Caesar” explores the changing loyalty between the people and leader through Brutus’s conflicting motivations and interactions. Like all of Shakespeare’s characters, Brutus evolves throughout the play and his conflicting motivations change from one side to the other. The changing of Brutus’s loyalty between the people

A distinguished military veteran and dedicated historian, Pliny the Elder’s work provides us with aspects of everyday life in Ancient Rome, and is a valuable source for knowledge on the state of science in that time. Gaius Plinius Secundus, better known as Pliny the Elder to distinguish himself from his nephew, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, wrote as a naturalist, biographer, and historian. Around 79 A.D, Pliny died during the eruption of Vesuvius which decimated Pompeii and Herculaneum, his

People are always wondering about life and what makes it worth living. Many have different ways of seeing what makes their life worth living. Some choose not to focus on themselves, but on others’ lives. In this essay, Butler presents with a very strong point about what she thinks makes for a livable life, but also what makes people have grief in their life. Butler shows that people are going through problems and we choose how to deal with the consequences and how to keep living our lives.

PLAUTUS Sneha Thirkannad Classics 20 WQ 2017 Discussion 1E: Jasmine Akiyama-Kim 28 January, 2018 Titus Maccius Plautus, commonly known at Plautus, lived between 254 and 184 BCE, and was one of the earliest Roman playwright who wrote comedies. His comedies were the inspiration for many later playwrights, such as William Shakespeare. He used stock characters in his plays to help the plot progress by allowing the audience to already have certain expectations of the character, and along with this came

But the charm of her presence was irresistible, and there was an attraction in her person and her talk, together with a peculiar force of character which pervaded her every word and action and laid all who associated with her under its spell.” (Plutarch. & Scott-Kilvert, 1965). It was this ‘spell’ that facilitated her having such influence over those around her. Her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony are clear evidence of this. In these relationships she manipulated their emotions

Running head: PLUTARCH, LYCURGUS AND SPARTAN MILITARISM Plutarch, Lycurgus and Spartan Militarist Values Student Name The University of Southern Queensland APA PLUTARCH, LYCURGUS AND SPARTAN MILITARIST VALUES Militarist systems of government have been instituted in many nations around the world; however one of the earliest and most extreme examples of this system is that of Sparta. The Spartan State was a militaristic force to be reckoned

In Plutarch’s Greek Lives, Plutarch discusses the reforms in Lycurgus’ city of Sparta. Consequently, he states: “In short, as a result of Lycurgus’ reforms, his fellow citizens lost both the will and the ability to live as individuals. Instead they became…beelike” (34). Plutarch confidently claims that Lycurgus’ reforms caused the citizens to lose the desire to make choices as well as the power of making decisions as individual human beings. Moreover, he specifically compares the Spartan citizens