Tyrant

Shakespeare wrote about a man rising in power, Julius Caesar, who was stabbed in the back by his supposed friends. The two main conspirators were Cassius and Brutus. Brutus and the other conspirators killed Caesar because they were afraid he would become a tyrant and Brutus believed he was doing what was best for Rome, but Shakespeare never specifies what was best so it is up to the reader to decide if they were being noble or wrongdoers. Brutus is neither a hero or villain. In the beginning of the play

was one of the most evil and well known tyrant in recent history. Hitler was a man that was born in 1889 in Austria and was appointed chancellor of Germany, by Paul von Hindenburg, in 1933. During Hitler’s 12 year reign of terror he was given power because they thought it was a good idea, he broke treaties for power, and he did bad things to groups of people. Hitler was appointed chancellor because they thought he’d be happy with the power and not be a tyrant. “Hindenburg hoped that by appointing

The Apology is Plato 's account and interpretation of the trial of Socrates (399 BC). When the Thirty Tyrants were ruling Athens, Socrates was asked by them to help capture Leon of Salamis, a wealthy man. This arrest was to be made simply because Leon was a just Democrat and the Tyrants wanted to take his huge estate for themselves. Socrates disobeyed these orders hence why he was later executed as a traitor of Athens. Meletus was the man who then brought Socrates before a jury for prosecution. Socrates

the valiant warrior, hero of Scotland and the idol for young warriors, turned into a murderous, despised tyrant. Secondly, I learnt that murder changes people. There are two instances in MacBeth where murder changed the murderer. And thirdly, I learnt that there is no point to

Around the fourth century BCE, philosophy in Ancient Greece arose rapidly. This early form was speculative, so it was based entirely off the reasoning process without any factuality involved. While the Hellenistic Era approached, philosophy was taken to a whole new level. During Greece’s Golden Age, Socrates emerged expanding on these basic beliefs by using his inquisitive mind. Although Socrates’ ideology set the basis for western thought, his dedication to his beliefs brought him about as a polarizing

In Plato’s account of the trial of Socrates he wrote, “It is intimation that what has happened to me is good, and that those of us who think death is an evil are in error” (Plato 112). Socrates, a philosopher in Athens, was tried and executed, but did not fear death. Athens, like other cities around the world, took part in an axial transformation in which the people valued compassion and finding the truths of life. The execution of Socrates emphasizes the regression of Athenian values. [Need another

decides to put on a play to prove Claudius’ guilt. This is demonstrated when Hamlet states, “more relative than this; the play’s the thing/ where in I’ll catch the conscience of the king” (II.ii.606-607). In doing this, it proves that Hamlet is not a tyrant. Although Hamlet finally takes action towards his vengeance, he is delaying by over speculating and not instantly killing Claudius. The play fortunately proves Claudius guilty. However, Claudius becomes paranoid and begins to suspect that somebody

During the French Revolution, there was a king who was either a hero or an ‘evil tyrant’ or enemy of the French Revolution. This leader was known as Napoleon Bonaparte. He was identified as Emperor of the French and his accomplishments in his life. Other people argue about either Napoleon is a hero or an evil tyrant. In my opinion, I believe that he is a hero because Napoleon led the French to be successful in battles with his clever strategies. Before Napoleon’s army would go into combat, he would

Deion Karl Block 3 AP US History 11/23/11 Chapter 13 The Righteous Tyrant? On 2008, when Barack Obama was elected for President, almost every one was so thrilled to see this man lead the United States. People wore shirts of him, celebrities supported him widely, singers wrote songs about him, and everyone chanted his famous line Yes We Can. On 1828, a familiar man won the hearts of Americans and claimed the title as the President of the United States after a bitter defeat on the 1824 Election

“There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.”-Jose Rizal. “Animal Farm,” written by George Orwell depicts a world of talking animals and vicious dictators but looking further into the meaning of the book you can see that Orwell’s observation and opinion that revolutions often fail in that they end up only in a change of tyrants is very true. Usually people who lead rebellions or people who are at least apart of them are in it for themselves. They do not see it for the good of the common