Grace Marks

In Julius Caesar, there are two people who fight for the support of the people of Rome after the death of Julius Caesar. Marcus Brutus claims that the death of Caesar was for the good of the people because Caesar had grown too ambitious. Mark Antony claims that the death of Caesar was unnecessary because all Caesar did was protect the people of Rome and build a better and stronger Rome. Although Brutus’ speech was plausible, Antony’s speech was better developed and more persuasive than Brutus. Due

Love or Loyalty Aristotle once said, “A man does not become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.” He noticed a common theme in stories, there often seemed to be a character of noble character (hubris), who has a fatal flaw which leads to his downfall (hamartia) and a reversal of fortune.(peripeteia) From this concept the title of a ‘tragic hero’ was formed and has remained prevalent throughout classic and current literature. Hamlet from Hamlet, Romeo from Romeo and Juliet, Oedipus

For several centuries, tragedy is one of the many popular genres of literature. In every tragedy, there is a tragic hero who makes an error that leads to their own downfall. William Shakespeare is known to have written many tragedies, which includes Julius Caesar. Due to the many downfalls of numerous characters during the play, it consequently led to arguments about who the tragic hero is. Some critics argued that Julius Caesar, who the play is named after, is the tragic hero while others reason

and internal conflict, Julius Caesar is clearly the tragic hero in this tragedy. Caesar shows his tragic flaw of having hubris on multiple occasions. Firstly, Caesar’s pride shows through his arrogance. When he shares his thoughts on Cassius with Mark Antony, Caesar says the following. “Such men as he [Cassius] be never at heart’s ease/ Whiles they behold a power greater than themselves, and therefore are they very dangerous. I rather tell thee what is to be feared/ Than what I fear; for always

In Machiavelli’s novel “The Prince” it gives a brief theory to how leaders should rule or control there land, government, and society. The novel explains that life is not a fairy tale, but a cruel place where only the careless succeed into to leadership by following his theory. The use of Machiavelli’s advice can be seen manifested in Shakespeare’s novel Julius Caesar where a character uses careless actions to take down Julius Caesar. In Julius Caesar, three characters show similar actions that represent

The book Tom Sawyer was written by Mark Twain and is set in the 1840’s. Thomas Sawyer is the main character in this book and we follow him through his wild adventures. Twain does an excellent job of capturing all the fears, joys and mischief of childhood. Tom Sawyer is an orphan, he lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid whom he loathes. He is cunning and often manages to trick the other boys into doing his work for him. Tom has to whitewash a fence on Saturday as punishment for playing

something, thus not being silent and powerless, but making a difference. One of those people was Mark Antony in the funeral oration of Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Martin Luther King Jr. did the same thing with his “I Have a Dream Speech”. They employed rhetorical structure to persuade the crowd, each with a certain outcome in mind. Following the death of Caesar and a speech by Brutus, Mark Antony gave his speech in an attempt to turn the people against Brutus. Anthony gave a speech

school, but there is more to this book rather than words. By reading Black Hawk Down, a person like yourself or any other teenager may gain life lessons during the session of the chapters, including significant life lessons. The author of this book, Mark Bowden expresses the experiences of real life people, which he had congregated all the experience and applied a book to it. The book can relinquish us many life lessons, especially for the people's future and of course, why this book is also good for

teenagers have to read in school, but there is more to this book rather than words. By reading Black Hawk Down, a reader or yourself may gain life lessons during the session of the chapters, including significant life lessons. The author of this book, Mark Bowden expresses experiences of real life people, which he had gathered all the experience and applied a book to it. The book can give us many life lessons, especially for the people's future and of course why this book is also good for teenagers in

The study of many subjects are acquired and established by the use of instruction, teaching, and skill. We learn things through time and can get a better understanding and gain value from them. This can provide many positive things for a person. Cultural pursuits like poetry are also important and can benefit all in society. Cicero argues that this takes talent and is not the same as other subject, which can be studied and worked at. This takes more self-control and restraint. He believes the poet