Themes Idealism exacts a high price. Brutus has respect‚ a comfortable home‚ a loving wife‚ friends. Yet he willingly risks everything—and ultimately loses everything‚ including his life—to live up to his ideals. This motif is a major one in history and literature. Socrates took poison rather than recant his beliefs; Christ was crucified after spreading His message of love and peace. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake‚ and Thomas More beheaded. In Shakespeare’s King Lear‚ the noblest character
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Composers actively manipulate the perspectives and representations of their characters and events in order to influence the opinions of their audience. In Shakespeare’s 1599 tragic play Julius Caesar‚ Shakespeare challenges the audience’s perception of Caesar and the conspirators‚ in order to confuse the concepts of good and evil. Likewise‚ Lawrence Ferlinghetti‚ in his beat poem “Two Scavengers in a Truck‚ Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes” (1962)‚ challenges the audience’s perception of democracy
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known as Pax Romana‚ was a time were peace flourished after ongoing battles and civil wars and commerce brought immense wealth to its citizens. The Roman Oration was written and delivered by Aelius Aristides‚ a popular Greek orator who lived during the Roman Empire‚ glowingly praising the Pax Romana (which literally means Roman Peace). In this oration‚ Aristides used hyperbole and exaggeration to describe the Roman Empire whilst managing to capture the universalism and cosmopolitanism that characterized
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that if she did everything that he asked her to do then she will get what she wants. This brings me to Margaret Cavendish‚ Duchess of Newcastle Female Orations. She talks about how we need men in our lives to do the things that we are incapable of doing. Katherina’s speech in act 5 has similarities and differences regarding Cavendish’s female orations. Katherina’s speech in act 5 is talking about how we need men in our lives‚ and how we should appreciate all the things that they do for us. We shouldn’t
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traditions: The “Clouds” and the “History of Peloponnesian War” Undeniably‚ the ancient Greek society places a heavy emphasis on values and traditions. The two texts of the “Clouds” by Aristophanes and “History of the Peloponnesian war” by Thucydides‚ although contextually divergent‚ are actually conceptually convergent. Both texts are built around the central theme of the collapse of conventional values. While the breakdown of traditional values in the “History of the Peloponnesian war” is
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Originally titled "An Oration Delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society‚ at Cambridge‚ [Massachusetts‚] August 31‚ 1837‚" Emerson delivered what is now referred to as "The American Scholar" essay as a speech to Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa Society‚ an honorary society of male college students with unusually high grade point averages. At the time‚ women were barred from higher education‚ and scholarship was reserved exclusively for men. Emerson published the speech under its original title as a pamphlet
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Positive Propaganda Propaganda is a method of communication that is intended to shape the outlook of a society towards a particular source or situation that benefits an individual or the group as a whole. It also includes information‚ ideas‚ or rumors deliberately spread widely as well as the diffusion of information that is used to influence the community’s views. Propaganda is used as a tool of manipulation‚ but it can also be a pervasive factor in modern day social and political organizations
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relations with allies. ’The Athenians and their Allies’ was an organisation led by the Athenians in the 5th century‚ but is now referred to as the ’Delian League’ or the ’Confederacy of Athens.’ The official aim of the League was‚ according to Thucydides‚ "to compensate themselves for their losses [of the Persian War] by ravaging the territory of the King of Persia." The long term aim of the League was to ensure the freedom of the Greeks and prepare them for any future wars to come. This makes the
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President has ordered him to buy Indian lands and create reservations‚ Chief Seattle‚ the leader of the Suquamish Tribe responds by writing an oration. Seattle’s purpose for the oration was to warn the government of the consequences of the disrespecting their lives and lifestyles. In this speech‚ Seattle uses a lot of comparisons. In many sections of his oration he uses similes‚ phrases that use the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that
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B. PUBLICISTS STYLE The publicistic style of language became discernible as a separate style in the middle of the 18th century. It also falls into three varieties‚ each having its own distinctive features. Unlike other styles‚ the publicistic style has a spoken variety‚ namely‚ the oratorical substyle. The development of radio and television has brought into being another new spoken variety‚ namely‚ the radio and TV соmmentary. The other two substyles are the essay (moral‚ philosophical‚ literary)
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