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Twentieth Century Science Fiction
440 wordsKindred was the very first book by Octavia Butler that I read. Unlike many science-fiction writers, she spends no time discussing the dynamics of time travel, which for a tale of this emotional magnitude, is a good thing. Kindred is hard book to read and it leaves you with so many questions; I have never looked at history in quite the same way. That is the hallmark of good writing, when it leaves you with much to think about. Also, Octavia Butler was the only black woman writing science fiction ...
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Ptolemy Xiv Sole Ruler
1,017 words... d inside. Caesar was surprised to have her arrive the way she did. Cleopatra knowing how much Caesar disliked Ptolemy and his men, Cleopatra begged for him to help her gain control of Alexandria back. Within a short time of discussion between the two Caesar agreed to help out Cleopatra. The same night Caesar agreed to help he fell under Cleopatra's spell. They became lovers. It did not take Ptolemy long to hear the news. He was outraged. He stormed out of the palace screaming to everyone he ...
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Brother Ptolemy Mark Antony
1,901 wordsCleopatra V was born in 69 BC, in Alexandria, Egypt. Despite what people say today, that she was glamorous and beautiful, she was far from it. She is shown on ancient coins with a long hooked nose and masculine features. Although she was not beautiful she was clearly a very seductive woman, and she used this to further Egypt politically. She had a beautiful musical voice. It is also said that she was highly intelligent. She spoke nine different languages, and she was the first Ptolemy pharaoh wh...
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Antony And Cleopatra Julius Caesar
473 wordsMarc Antony, Military Leader Born: 83 B. C. Birthplace: Rome Died: 30 B. C. (suicide) Best Known As Cleopatra's ill-fated lover Latin name: Marcus Antonius Marc Antony was a general in the army that Julius Caesar ruled. Mark Antony was a part of an old aristocratic family in Rome. When he was 25 he joined the army and served honourably in Palestine and Egypt. After he joined Julius Caesar in Gaul and became one of his lieutenants. Because Marc was close to Julius he was appointed to different ty...
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Analysis Of Dryden Antony And Shakespeare Cleopatra
1,056 words"Antony and Cleopatra is drama in the shape of chronicle, All For Love is drama in the shape of drama. " (Bailey 16) This quote simply sums up the reason why Dryden's play grasps the reader to finish his verse long before Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Obviously unable to take away from Shakespeare and his verse, Dryden makes up for his inferiority in verse in other ways. One example is his use of characters. While the reader is constantly checking back to find who's who in Antony and Cleop...
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Making James' Life War His Mother Woman
538 wordsBurdens of Poverty In the short story "The Sky is Gray", Ernest J. Gaines shows the struggles, inflicted by poverty, in an eight-year-old boys life. This poor, Negro boy, James, lives with his mother and five other relatives while his father is away. The fact that his father is gone to war, his mother is a very proud woman, and James' not wanting to be a financial burden on his mother, all take a toll in making James' life tougher. James' father is drafted into the early part of World War 2. Thi...
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Age Of 18 Ptolemy Xiii
2,030 wordsCleopatra Cleopatra Cleopatra Egyptian Queen Cleopatra is an amazing woman, She was known for many great talents and great achievements. She was a very determined Macedonian queen. She went to many great lengths to keep her grip on the power she was left by will. It was said that Cleopatra was witty, charming, and highly intelligent. Through the research I have collected I will prove to you that Cleopatra was an amazing women. I will do this by uncovering facts of her fathers? death, and how she...
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Final Chapter Cleopatra Life Antony
618 wordsCleopatra, The Story of a Queen Ludwig Summary of Chapter V; Chanatos As part of the team presentation, the members of my group and I each read a chapter of Cleopatra by Ludwig. We were each responsible for summarizing our respective sections, and we created a collaboration of all the summaries, which was presented before the class. The section that will be further summarized is the final chapter of the book, the conclusion to Cleopatra s life. This final chapter depicts the final two years of C...
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Ptolemy Xiii Caesar
1,900 wordsCleopatra was queen Cleopatra Cleopatra Cleopatra was queen of Egypt, last ruler of the dynasty founded by Ptolemy, a Macedonian general of Alexander the Great, who took Egypt as his share in dividing Alexander? s empire. Her capital, Alexander, founded by Alexander the Great, was the center of Hellenistic Greek culture of the world at that time, as well as a great commercial center. Although she imagined as a? beautiful and glamorous woman today, she was not very attractively depicted on ancien...
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Returned To Rome Queen Of Egypt
1,712 wordsCleopatra is a throne name to many queens from Macedonia who ruled in Egypt. The most famous of these women was Cleopatra VII. She was the daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes, King of Egypt. Cleopatra VII lived from 69 - 30 B. C. and reigned as queen of Egypt from 51 - 30 B. C. (Encyclopedia Encarta 99). Cleopatra is said to be far from beautiful, despite her glamorous image today. Her picture on ancient coins made her look like she had a long hooked nose and masculine features. She is also said to ...
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Returned To Rome Queen Of Egypt
2,989 wordsCleopatra VII Ptolemaic Dynasty In the springtime of 51 BC, Ptolemy Auletes died and left his kingdom in his will to his eighteen year old daughter, Cleopatra, and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII who was twelve at the time. Cleopatra was born in 69 BC in Alexandria, Egypt. She had two older sisters, Cleopatra VI and Berenice IV as well as a younger sister, Arsinoe IV. There were two younger brothers as well, Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV. It is thought that Cleopatra VI may have died as a child ...
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Antony And Cleopatra Caesar
1,277 wordsMark Antony is one of the most famous people of Roman history. He was one of the most superior generals and a crucial statesman in his time. A comrade and patron of Julius Caesar, Antony was an ideal military tactician and leader of the people. He was a man who started out for the people but eventually became hungry for power and empire expansion. Mark Antony was a military and political leader in Caesars time who rose to the highest of Roman power but eventually lost everything due to his greed...
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1,287 wordsJohn Dryden is considered one of the most accomplished poets of the Restoration Period. He was also gifted as a dramatist, essayist, satirist and critic, but despite his popularity little is known of him except what is contained in his works. Born on August 9, 1631 at Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, Dryden grew older writing poems and already had been successful at it. Matthew Arnold said, Here at last we have the true English prose, a prose such as we would all gladly use if only we knew how (446)...
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Queen Of Egypt Ptolemy Xiii
2,014 wordsCleopatra VII (referred to hereafter as Cleopatra) was the last Ptolemy ruler of Egypt. She ruled from 51 - 30 BC. Her family ruled Egypt beginning in 305 BC, when Ptolemy I declared himself King of Egypt. The Ptolemy family was not of Egyptian decent, but of Macedonian decent. The capital city in which they ruled from was Alexandria. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Auletes was Cleopatra's father. He started ruling Egypt in 80 BC. He was not well respected and thought of as weak. Cleopatra's mother ma...
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20 Th Century 19 Th Century
1,476 words&# 9; Octavia Butler? s novel Kindred is categorized as science fiction because of the existence of time travel. However, the novel does not center on the schematics of this type of journey. Instead, the novel deals with the relationships forged between a Los Angeles woman from the 20 th century, and slaves from the 19 th century. Therefore, the mechanism of time travel allows the author a sort of freedom when writing this " slavery narrative" apart from her counterparts. Butler is abl...
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20 Th Century 19 Th Century
1,419 wordsButlers novel Kindred Kindred Octavia Butlers novel Kindred is categorized as science fiction because of the existence of time travel. However, the novel does not center on the schematics of this type of journey. Instead, the novel deals with the relationships forged between a Los Angeles woman from the 20 th century, and slaves from the 19 th century. Therefore, the mechanism of time travel allows the author a sort of freedom when writing this " slavery narrative" apart from her count...
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Fell In Love Queen Of Egypt
1,000 wordsMark Antony (83? - 30 BC), Roman statesman and general, who defeated the assassins of Julius Caesar and, with Gaius Octavius and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, formed the Second Triumvirate, which ultimately secured the end of the Roman Republic. Antony was born in Rome and educated for a short time in Greece. From 58 to 56 BC he served as a leader of cavalry in Roman campaigns in Palestine and Egypt, and from 54 to 50 BC he served in Gaul under Julius Caesar. Subsequently, with Caesars aid, he attain...
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Antony And Cleopatra Julius Caesar
555 wordsMarcus Antonius otherwise known as Mark Antony was born in 83 B. C. He was the son of Antonius Creticus and Julia who were related to Julius Caesar. Antonius Creticus, Antony's father was a rather unsuccessful admiral who died early in Antony's life. His mother Julia, remarried to P. Cornelius Lentulus who raised him for most of his childhood. In 63 B. C. , Lentulus was strangled on the orders of Cicero for his involvement in the Catiline Affair. This would soon prove to be a time in Antony's li...
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