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    on who should lead the polis. Plato felt "philosopher kings" should rule because they would be trained and have the most knowledge and wisdom to know justice from injustice‚ and Plato strictly disagrees with democracy saying that it only leads to tyranny. Aristotle was in favor of a Polity which has the middle class rule since the middle class have the least desire to be rich or to have control; however‚ a Polity is unpractical because the middle class is usually not strong enough to counter the

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    officials when they were faced with civil or military crises. Dictatorship lasted six months‚ and the main point of it was for strong leadership during difficult times‚ whereas tyranny was often looked upon as cruel and harsh by the lower classes in Greece. There was nobody to appoint a tyrant‚ and the he ruled as long as he lived. Tyranny was lost because the people did not like how unstable and it caused fear. Dictatorship lasted until Both the Greeks and the Romans faced class tensions. In Rome‚ Patricians

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    proclamation line that stopped them from expanding west which was not a major reason for leaving Great Britain but still helped the cause of the colonists. The proclamation line was a reason for the colonists to declare independence by proving the tyranny narrative. This narrative is very easy to prove especially to the colonists. This proclamation line hindered the growth of the colonies by not allowing them to expand. This proclamation line was made by King George who ruled

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    feat. This is indeed what all leaders strive to be. Hitler is one of the best models for inspiring leaders. He exhibited some of the greatest qualities of being a leader‚ which included the following: vision‚ eloquence‚ charisma‚ strong will‚ and tyranny. Vision is a manner in which someone conceives something. All leaders must be goal oriented‚ and Hitler had one of the greatest objectives of all time. He wanted to purge this world of all the Jews‚ Gypsies‚ Homosexuals‚ and anyone else that didn’t

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    Overthrow of Nazi Tyranny World War II left Europe devastated. The Nazi tyranny‚ unstoppable in its surge of power‚ left Europe ruined and put many countries in a state of bankruptcy. In the “King’s Speech” by King George VI‚ he seeks to commemorate all those who lost their lives fighting for their country’s freedom and to mark a new beginning of peace. World War II finally ended from 1939 to 1945. Hitler committed suicide‚ and the Germans surrendered. All the British people were celebrating the

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    Assignment of Classics in Translation ( ENG 1421 ) Topic: Analyze Agamemnon’s Character from Homer’s Iliad and Aeschylus’s Agamemnon [pic] Agamemnon is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope‚ the brother of Menelaus and the husband of Clytemnestra. Agamemnon and Clytemnestra had four children: one son‚ Orestes‚ and three daughters‚ Iphigenia‚ Electra and Chrysothemis. He was the king of Mycenae. When Helen‚ the wife of Menelaus‚ was abducted by Paris of Troy‚ Agamemnon was the

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    graves‚ of worms‚ and epitaphs”. This image suggests a graveyard‚ with tombstones. Richard is feeling rather sorrowful at this point in the play‚ and these images suggest his sadness. However Richard intertwines this imagery of death with imagery of kingship‚ which he has used throughout his monologues in the rest of the play. The lines “For within the hollow crown / That rounds the mortal temples of a king” suggest that Richard is now seeing the crown in a different light‚ which is a moment of anagnorisis

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    ANCIENT ART August 3‚ 2013 Abstract Art not only helps to define who we are as individuals‚ it reflects the culture in which it was created. Art defines not only a country’s culture‚ their politics‚ religion‚ ethics‚ and aesthetics‚ but the era at the time in which the art was formed. Ancient art dates from 2012 BCE to 2012 CE. CE was formally referred to as AD‚ or Anno Domini‚ the year of our Lord‚ but changed as we became a more global society‚ Art is an important

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    Eye of New‚ Toe of Frog In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ written in 1606‚ a story is told of a nobleman who decides to kill the king in order to rule all of Scotland himself. Thinking that the murder will be easily forgotten‚ Macbeth moves on with his kingship but soon finds out that he is constantly thinking about the brutal murder of his own king. Throughout the course of the play‚ there are many instances where the witches and other forms of the supernatural help to shape the plot of the story. During

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