Summary Of The Parthenon Marbles
The Home of the Parthenon Marbles
The Parthenon Marbles are national treasures of Greece and many years ago, were maliciously stolen by Lord Elgin, a corrupt business man, for his own personal gain. With aid of enemies of Greece and with the full knowledge of the crime Brittan refused to relinquish the stolen property to its rightful owner. The greed and corruption of England has allowed for the long-term confinement of a Greek monument within the dark and winding halls of a dusty British museum. Even as facts have repeatedly come out over the centuries showing just how corrupt Lord Elgin’s “noble” expedition was, the British Museum continues to deny Greece access to the art. To this day, the British Museum will not consider …show more content…
At the same time the writer used words like “upstanding” and “artisans” when acknowledging the English. The juxtaposition of wording among the two groups is harsh, and it seems that the author is making up for the poor argument by trying to villainize the Greeks. Another rhetorical device poorly used was the parallel of the Parthenon Marbles and the Liberty Bell. This supposed situation is an enormous stretch to say the least. The Marbles were stolen by looters during war time. It was not moved by an occupying force. The Liberty Bell also was not made in England as the Parthenon marbles were sculpted in Greece. In fact, it seems that the two situations have hardly anything in common. The authors lack of knowledge about American history makes the reader begin to question if they are any better with history of Greece and England. The author also goes about asking a few rhetorical questions such as, “If he were planning to loot the temple…why would he have traveled all the way from England with a team of craftsmen and artisans trained in copying ancient classical statues?”. To which the not so rhetorical answer is widely available, if they had bothered to look for it. The Lord originally came to copy the marbles to sell, but seeing that they were “up for grabs”, he took the actual monuments with
The Parthenon Marbles are national treasures of Greece and many years ago, were maliciously stolen by Lord Elgin, a corrupt business man, for his own personal gain. With aid of enemies of Greece and with the full knowledge of the crime Brittan refused to relinquish the stolen property to its rightful owner. The greed and corruption of England has allowed for the long-term confinement of a Greek monument within the dark and winding halls of a dusty British museum. Even as facts have repeatedly come out over the centuries showing just how corrupt Lord Elgin’s “noble” expedition was, the British Museum continues to deny Greece access to the art. To this day, the British Museum will not consider …show more content…
At the same time the writer used words like “upstanding” and “artisans” when acknowledging the English. The juxtaposition of wording among the two groups is harsh, and it seems that the author is making up for the poor argument by trying to villainize the Greeks. Another rhetorical device poorly used was the parallel of the Parthenon Marbles and the Liberty Bell. This supposed situation is an enormous stretch to say the least. The Marbles were stolen by looters during war time. It was not moved by an occupying force. The Liberty Bell also was not made in England as the Parthenon marbles were sculpted in Greece. In fact, it seems that the two situations have hardly anything in common. The authors lack of knowledge about American history makes the reader begin to question if they are any better with history of Greece and England. The author also goes about asking a few rhetorical questions such as, “If he were planning to loot the temple…why would he have traveled all the way from England with a team of craftsmen and artisans trained in copying ancient classical statues?”. To which the not so rhetorical answer is widely available, if they had bothered to look for it. The Lord originally came to copy the marbles to sell, but seeing that they were “up for grabs”, he took the actual monuments with