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are as an individual, how they live their life, their character, and also shows their past and how they have gotten where they are today. Red Jacket, also known as Sagoyewatha, was a noteworthy Seneca orator whom was awarded by the British during the Revolutionary War for being a message runner. The Seneca community of Indians believed in the Great Spirit, and only the Great Spirit. In Red Jacket’s “Reply to the Missionary Jacob Cram” he tells that the Great Spirit provided their forefathers with

As Madame Defarge states, “Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule” (164). In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, both Dickens and Dumas portray vengeance as an emotion harbored over years and how a quest for vengeance affects a person. However, Dumas constructs Edmond’s reasons for revenge as an epic path for justice, while Dickens warns how vengeance can create a maelstrom of destruction. Both novels include a primary

Characterisation is hugely important to a plot just for it to make some sort of sense. The characterisation of key figures in the plot, however, has huge significance as it helps you to understand why the characters perform certain, (often unthinkable,) actions. If we only have one dimensional characters described to us then we are unable to immerse ourselves into a highly complex plot. Intense characterisation makes us form connections with key figures and actually empathise with some of them, especially

Seneca specifically felt as if watching the games made the Roman people more selfish, self-seeking, and self-indulgent. "There is nothing so ruinous to good character as to idle away one 's time at some spectacle. Vices have a way of creeping in because

“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.” (Lucius Annaeus Seneca). There are many important events that happen in your life. Sometimes the bad ones stand out, but there’s always a good on to counter it. Remembering the first time I met someone special in my life always reminds me that the people you meet influence changes in your life. One of my closest friends, Ashley, made a huge impact on my life, and has changed my life in positive ways. From

In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, great emphasis is placed on what it means to be a good Roman. Honour, honesty, service, and dignity were among the qualities considered virtuous and which contributed to a sense of Roman duty. Along with the virtues, Shakespeare also seems to examine the nature of philosophical Stoicism. The treatment of constancy and Stoicism has many thematic and moral implications in Julius Caesar. In analysing Brutus’ supposedly noble character, Shakespeare calls into question

The Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary defines tragedy as “an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.”. There is a lot of controversy on whether or not Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is a tragedy. Many argue that it is not because no real grief or pity is created in the audience throughout the story; however, many more thematic elements are included in this play. Willy Loman, the center of the story, wants to

tragedy is brought about by the pursuit and accomplishment of revenge. In other words, its blood asking for blood. The revenge tragedy was very popular during the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, and it owned its popularity largely to the influence of Seneca, the ancient Roman dramatist. Revenge tragedy is different from other tragedies in the sense that the whole part of the tragedy will be based on revenge. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, though Macduff kills Macbeth to avenge the killing of his family, the

Hands-On Learning Lucius Annaeus Seneca said in his “On Liberal and Vocational Studies” letter “, I have no respect for any study whatsoever if its end is the making of money.” Seneca believed that vocational studies was the case, and that “liberal studies” are the ones considered worthy of a free man. Unlike Seneca, my argument would be that in order for students to perform effectively in the workforce, they must be taught within their given program. Vocational education offers the education

Revenge is a punishment given in retribution to one being wronged. Revenge can be divided into two main categories such as public and private revenge. “On Revenge” by Sir Francis Bacon and Julius Caesar by William shakespeare both utilize how public and private revenge can play a part in one’s downfall. Overall, Caesar’s assassination is driven by public retribution rather than private. Sir Francis Bacon’s piece, “On Revenge” analyzes the effect of revenge and the difference between both public