ALEXANDER THE GREAT: THE DIVINE RULER By Mansour Shukoor 1) Alexander the Great has been known as a man of many titles throughout his life. He has been known as an adventurer‚ a King‚ and a conqueror. However from the time of his reign and all the triumphs in-between‚ up to his death‚ Alexander claimed ‘divine’ status. Most historians would agree with his divine status. Alexander the Great was a man who achieved great feats when he began his kingship in 336 B.C. From conquering a majority of
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Mark Antony’s speech at the funeral of Julius Caesar gave off a tone of respect and appreciation toward Brutus through use of his specific diction. However‚ the tone is sarcastic and suggestive. Antony makes reference several times to Brutus being an honorable man. After repetition‚ the word honorable loses it’s significance and become more of a joke. Not only does it lose it’s significance‚ but it is also mocking Brutus by discrediting what he had said. Mark Antony’s word choice throughout his speech
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Cleopatra is depicted as a strikingly beautiful‚ loyal but manipulative temptress‚ oozing femininity as she seduces the two most powerful men in Egypt‚ Marc Antony and Julius Caesar. A question this raises is‚ was she an insecure Queen who felt that she needed a more powerful man to help secure her place on the throne of her beloved Egypt‚ rather than lose it to one of them? As shown in the 2005 TV production ‘Rome’ Cleopatra is seen wanting to get pregnant by Caesar to secure her position‚ but in
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For thousands of years Cleopatra has been portrayed as a beautiful seductress with goddess-like looks but many historians have their own interpretations of Cleopatra based on tainted information. Cleopatra is not what todays society makes her out to be‚ she has been transformed from a power hungry‚ foreign queen using all means possible to extend her power‚ including exploiting her sexuality. “It is so hard to find out the truth…the process of time obscures the truth of former times.” - Plutarch
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Cleopatra History When Cleopatra was just 17 years old she became Pharaoh alongside her brother Ptolemy XIII‚ he was just 10 at the time. Because Cleopatra was significantly older than her brother‚ she was the main ruler in Egypt. Eventually through civil war‚ they became enemies and Cleopatra was forced to flee Egypt to Syria. There she created an army to defeat her brother‚ and take back the crown. At the same time as this civil war was growing between siblings‚ Julius Caesar was having his
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Egyptian vs. Greek Art The Egyptians and the Greeks were two of the greatest civilizations to have ever waked the earth. Both have a long and celebrated history of contribution in various fields. One of which being art. There are many similarities between Greek and Egyptian art‚ but they have many more differences between them and that’s what I’m going to focus on in this paper. First and probably most important of all‚ The Egyptians and the Greeks had very different artistic principles
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Mark antonys speech analysis (dramatic convention- (dramatic irony‚ tragic irony‚ harangue) William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar is famous for its speeches. One of which is the speech I am going to analyze. It is the one told by Mark Antony after Caesar’s death. This play was written by Shakespeare to warn the people of what could happen if the monarch is killed. Mark Antony’s is one of the most important‚ If not the most important‚ parts of the play. It is the turning point of the play‚ because
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The 1917 Theda Bara portrayal of Cleopatra came across as threating and ominous as‚ at the time of filming‚ women were getting stronger willed and fighting for equal rights with men. Hollywood showed her image as alluring sexual and self-assured with good looks and air of authority and the power to control men as and when she deemed necessary. The depicted her as the reincarnation of Cleopatra and not just an image of an historical figure. Cleopatra relationship with Julius Caesar and that of
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Cleopatra Essay Cleopatra has been represented in numerous different ways and places: plays‚ movies‚ poems and stories. What we know of her story is awe-inspiring‚ but we don’t know her full story or the entire context behind it. This lack of accurate archaeological and historical information about Cleopatra has stimulated the collective imaginations of those who have lived after her and resulted in a multitude of representations of her character‚ both in historical records and in popular culture
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The Catacombs of Rome The Christians in Rome built the catacombs for the firm believers of the Christian faith. They devoted their lives for their beliefs in Christianity‚ dying when the Romans were persecuting Christians for not worshipping the Roman Gods. Christian religion moved literally underground and was practiced in secret at its beginnings in ancient Rome because of the persecutions. During this time‚ the catacombs beneath the city‚ which were built to house the dead‚ became a place where
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