usually think that an emperor would lead their empire to victory or success. Nero on the other hand did the opposite. Nero the leader of the Roman Empire is full of entertainment‚ but when it came to the ruling of his empire he could not contain its riots and fires. Nero was born on 15 December AD 37. He was born with the name Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus before he became Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus. His Mother was Agrippina the Younger‚ the niece of the previous emperor Claudius (“Nero Claudius
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International Referred Research Journal‚ November‚ 2011‚ISSN- 0975-3486.RNI : RAJBIL 2009/30097‚VOL-III * ISSUE 26 Research Paper—English O’Neill’s The Emperor Jones Tragedy of the "Silver Bullet" November‚ 2011 * N. Veena * Ph.D. Scholar ‚ Kakatiya University‚ Warangal. A.P. Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953)‚ recipient of Nobel Prize rors and obsessions of Brutus Jones. The expressionfor literature‚ is the creator of serious American drama. ists present the internal actions‚ dreams‚ visions
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Emperor’s Club and be crowned "Mr. Julius Caesar"‚ a competition which pits the top three students of his class in a contest where they will be asked questions regarding the Classics. Blythe also mentions proudly that his father was once a "Mr. Julius Caesar"‚ as it is a prestigious title. Hundert quickly gains the respect of his class and the school year starts very orderly. However Hundert finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student‚ Sedgewick Bell (Emile
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Introduction Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus (b. 10 BC‚ d. 54 A.D.; emperor‚ 41-54 A.D.) was the third emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. His reign represents a turning point in the history of the Principate for a number of reasons‚ not the least for the manner of his accession and the implications it carried for the nature of the office. During his reign he promoted administrators who did not belong to the senatorial or equestrian classes‚ and was later vilified by authors who did. He followed
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Connor Arch 1301 3 Dec 2008 Emperor Hadrian Hadrian has been described as the one of most remarkable emperors that ever served Rome. Hadrian was born on January twenty-fourth in the seventy-sixth year in Rome‚ though his family is of Spanish decent. Hadrian’s himself has imperial rights since his father Hadriatus was both cousins with Emperor Trajan and served in the senate himself for a short time. As an adult Hadrian is tall‚ and
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During the first three hundred years of the Roman Empire the issue of succeeding as Emperor was decided either dynastically or by Adoptive succession. In Dynastic succession the current Emperor selects one of his relatives to succeed him. In some cases like with Augustus choosing Tiberius‚ the choice is only made because the intended successors are no longer a viable option‚ in this case due to the deaths of his intended heirs. Throughout the rest of the Julio-Claudian line and also with Commodus
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This was the paper I passed for the movie "The Emperor’s Club" for Teaching Professions class last semester. Haha! Enjoy? :))) Mr. William Hundert was a promising teacher who was quite possibly the next headmaster for St. Benedict’s School for boys. Mr. Hundert taught the classics and served as moderator for the yearly Mr. Julius Cesar competition. On the first day of class‚ he tells his students that “Great ambition without contribution is without significance‚” taking Shutruk Nakhunte’s life
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The Emperor’s Club is a fascinating movie about a teacher’s moral struggle between doing what’s right and wrong. The plot of this movie revolves around the relationship of a history teacher; William Hundert and his students. Mr. Hundert develops a relationship with one of his students Sedgewick Bell‚ and his actions leads him to start questioning his moral conscience of whether what he was doing was right. Sedgewick Bell‚ son of a senator‚ was a rebellious student who constantly challenged Mr
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Before reaching the position of an emperor‚ whether it is from a dynasty or not‚ one must possess a Confucian values which is in the Tien Min or the Mandate of Heaven where people hears the leader and Confucius’ Dynastic cycle that happened from the first dynasty up to the last dynasty which is the Manchu (Qing) Dynasty; this was also shown in the reign of the last emperor‚ Henry Pu Yi. A three year-old Henry Pu Yi was in different situation when he became the last emperor of the Manchu Dynasty after the
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The Emperor’s Club Q1. Do you think Professor William Hundert did the right thing? What are the ethical and moral dilemmas would he have experienced? Did his choice help or hinder Sedgewick? A. I believe Professor William Hundert did not do the right thing. Selecting Sedgewick Bell over Martin Blythe‚ not on the bases of merit‚ was not only unfair to Blythe but can also be perceived as favouritism. It is true that he wished to see Sedgewick Bell succeed and wished to motivate him to work harder
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