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Brutus and Cassius are contrasting characters in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. They differ in their perception of Antony as a threat to the assassination plot, their dominance in personality, and their moral fiber. Brutus is portrayed as naive, dominant, and noble, while Cassius is depicted as perceptive, submissive, and manipulative. Brutus and Cassius…

I. Introduction During the medieval period, music was not written. The Gregorian chant reached the high point of its development about 900. The same era marked the beginnings of polyphonic music. In organum, one of the earliest types of polyphony, one voice sang a pre-existent melody called cantus firmus (fixed melody) while a second voice…

The thesis written by Frederick Jackson Turner on the American frontier, known as the “Frontier Thesis”, is an exceptionally well-written document where the author sets out to prove that the United States’ vibrant culture and exceptional way of life, basically its uniqueness, is a direct result of the American frontier. Turner believes that without the…

In the years of King Richard the Lionheart (1189-1199) there lived a brave and intelligent man called Robin Hood. He was a feared outlaw, who loved liberty and hated oppression. He took the law into his own hands and robbed the rich to give to the poor. People loved him and thought of him as…

The Realist Perspective on the Cuban Missile Crisis In October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union nearly engaged in a nuclear standoff. Within just two weeks, it was discovered that the Soviet Union had been constructing nuclear missile bases in Cuba. The United States, having learned from the lessons of World War II,…

Over the last decade The United States of America has been fighting an ongoing battle, a battle between guards and detainees, the pentagon and its own lawyers, the war on terror and the US Constitution, and finally a battle over national security and liberty. This is the battle of the Guantanamo Bay Detainment Center. Over…

In our educational system we are taught about American history and the struggles that African Americans have gone through, even to this day. Yet there has always been a question in the back of my mind, “ When are we going to move onto the topic about Mexicans and Mexican Americans?” The only memory I…

Patriotism has been viewed as both a positive and a negative force. and both places have been demonstrated today and throughout history. It is the biggest societal and political force of the universe. It unifies people and makes them stronger. It can take to a stable economic system. nationalism and even chauvinism. But. one could…

My name is Makino Toshio, a second generation Japanese-American. My father migrated to Hawaii before settling on the mainland, like many others of Japanese descent. Before World War II, I worked on a Japanese truck farm. The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan increased tensions for all individuals of Japanese ancestry in the United States….

Rome, an ancient city in Italy, had a war god as part of its ancestry and was nourished with wolf milk. These traits suggested that its people were skilled in warfare, a skill they would demonstrate repeatedly. In its early days, Rome was conquered by the Etruscans, who were the dominant civilization in Italy before…