Julius Ceaser "Does The End Justify The Means"

"Danger knows full well that Caesar is more dangerous than he is," When Caesar said this, it illustrates to the reader Caesar’s character. These lines automatically set the scene of Caesar’s character being very pompous and self- confident. When said this not only does Caesar give the reader a since of his character but also gives the conspirators an other reason to kill him. The conspirators believe that Caesar is already going out of his head and is being viewed as a “god”, this is freighting for them because they do not want Caesar as king and to dictate Rome. Creaser being a man who had done so much for Rome and the common people, he was viewed in the play as very intimidating character, who had control of everyone and everything. However the mains faults in Caesar where is egotistic ways and his over scoring ambition and they ultimately lead to Caesar to death.

Since Caesar had done so much for Rome and was praised by men all over Italy he was starting to get over his head and became very egotistic. He did what he wanted when he wanted not worrying about the after math. Caesar in his own view was a great man, almost as if he was a god. When Caesar was being crowned at the statue of Pompay where he said his final words he talked greatly of himself. "I am constant as the northern star, Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality” Caesar was so confident and proud of himself that he compared himself to the Northern Star a star that is like no other. He believes no one is like him. What Caesar had done for himself was create a pedestal so high that no one is capable of knocking it down and no one is even worthy of climbing up to it, to be as good as Caesar. “There is no fellow in the firmament." At this point Caesar was admitting to the fact he is the best, and that there is nothing like him. The quote cleary shows Ceasars narcissistic ways and this was Caesar’s hubris. He had gotten so high up in his mind that his peers began to notice and so began the conspiracy plot. They were afraid of Caesar taking all the power and afraid of him being in control. Yet with Ceasars ambition he was not going to go down with out a fight.

Caeser’s ambition was what many of the consparitors were afraid oh.The knew he was a powerfull man that could do anything at that point. Caeser was not going to let anything or anyone get in the way of his ambition. When arriving in Rome after defeating Pompay, Caesar already gives the people a mere taste of his ambition and power. “I could tell you more news too: Marullus and Flavius, for pulling scarf’s off Caesars images are put to silence.” Caesar just arriving in Rome already had his eye open. He killed them for just taking down Caesars statues and yet Caesar became furious enough to kill them. You can see that Caesar won’t let the slightest thing get in the way. He will kill people to get to where is ambition leads him and this was worrying for the conspirators. They did not want Caesar’s ambition to get so high that it would be hard to knock him down. “But, he was ambitious, I slew him.” The conspirators saw this growing ambition in Caesar and for Brutus a man within the Conspiracy group admits to saying I killed Caesar for his ambition in Caesar’s funeral speech.

Caesar’s ambition and his egotistic persona were the main driving forces as to why the killed Caesar. These characteristics within Caesar made him arrogant and fearful among his peers. However being ambitious and egotistic is bound to happen for a man like Caesar who has done so much for Rome. He had the right to be proud of himself and being tactical was what he had to have to make Rome into what it was. The conspirators’ thought by killing him they would make Rome better, however they were not able to make this happen so at the end they slew Caesar with no positive out come. Caesar in my view did not deserve to be killed. He did everything he could for Rome and it is only human of his to be proud of himself. After killing Caesar people saw his dead body and saw tears within his eyes, is a man who Is intimidating cry? The people also learn that after Caesar dies he leaves all his money and orchids for Rome. Would a man that was only succeeding for himself and not carrying about his country do that? By killing Caesar the conspirators did not get anything, infact after killing him they made Rome mad and the people of Rome went into a huge riot.

Peter's Journey....

Confusion and rage were the only emotions I could feel as I Peter watched my village Dinka be torn apart in this ruthless civil war, within my own country. Why, why must a country fight with its self. Religion and politics are the two main reasons my life was destroyed. I can remember the day clearly as the Northern Islamic men from Khartoum, Sudan came and attacked us Christian/Animistic believers in the South. It wasn’t the first time they attacked us, this civil war in my country has been going on for almost 10 years! My house was burned, my sisters and my mother taken away from me. Still till today I don’t know where they are. I ran as fast as I could hoping to escape from this hell. From that day on it was clear I was an orphan. Lonely scared and homesick is what I was feeling when I was forced to migrate from Dinka to the Kenyan refugee camps. The walk was hard and tiring. I had company on journey from other young men who were forced to migrate from Dinka. On our walk we faced many challenges. Lions attacking us various armies, shooting at us. It was hot and we didn’t have much water or food, I could feel the skin of my soul coming off. As we got to the camp I was thrilled. We survived on the very little we had. Most of us boys didn’t have much and we lived off of rashend food and donations. Yet the only thing I wanted to accomplish in life was get an education and support the people of Dinka with money.
Years went by and we were in the refugee camp. I was going to school and found out there might be a chance for me to escape into heaven. Many boys who were going to school were getting a chance to flee to America where they will work and all their problems would be solved. This new opportunity was just what I needed. I applied to go to America and I was given legal permission to go. The boys who went to America were now looked as Lost Boys of Sudan.
I being a lost boy went to America and soon realized it wasn’t heaven and that not any of my problems would be solved. I moved to Texas with my friend from Dinka Santino. For a few months we lived together. We shared money for rent and food, yet we both had problems assimilating with the American culture’s ethnography. However I soon came to realize that living in the ghettos of Texas with Santino and living from pay check to pay check wasn’t going to get him or me anywhere. We were barley serving with our money that we earn from working at factories. I knew I had to make a change, in my life to earn more money and become a wiser man to help the people from Sudan, or I might as well return to Africa because living the way I am I can’t help my people or help me.
After living with Santino I moved to Kansas alone. Santino was very upset, he thought we would be together forever but it was time for me to depart and think alone. In Kansas I was accepted in school. It was hard for me to fit in. Even in Texas the people looked upon me as a refugee but not a migrant. I would get stares for being darker then the black citizens of America. I thought this would go away, however I still face these problems here in school. Unlike the other kids I lived alone and worked. Many of the kids had parents and I didn’t. My schedule was very rough. I worked everyday and went to school. The situation with money wasn’t getting any better. I was finding it hard to send money back to Sudan because while living in America I was using it all up.
As time rolled by i began to find a grater interest in of America. I saw an urge in me to try new things so I did. I tried out for the Basket-ball team hoping to make it into Varsity. Even though I didn’t make it I made new friends, and not making the team aloud more times for my studies. With the few years that I have been going to school in America I have made friends that aren’t just from my Sudanese family. I have seen a new culture that I have found a profound interest in and a new religion Christianity I have learned to respect.
My journey in America has been hard and challenging, in almost all the strides I take I seem to find a new challenge I must face and overcome. However with the persistence in my heart to move forward, I will.

Julius Ceaser Acting Assessment..

The quote I have chosen is one said by Cassius in act one scene two. Cassius at the time was trying to per sway Brutus to join in on his conspiracy group. The reason I see this quote significant within the play is because it shows Cassius's character and also it is one way Cassius was able to brain wash the most important conspirator in the conspiracy group. The quote shows how Deceiving and how manipulating Cassius is. "Caesar'? Why should that name be sounded more than yours?" “Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves." These lines are said by Cassius to Brutus. He says these very manipulatively to Brutus, making sure whatever he says to Brutus makes him angry or frustrated, even jealous. It also shows you how tactical Cassius is, and that he is someone to watch out for in the play. The following passage also is somewhat foreshadowing what is going to happen in the play, that Ceaser is going to have people against him. However the passage doesn’t tell you exactly who will be against him, but it does tell you Cassius is.


Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that 'Caesar'?
Why should that name be sounded more than yours?
Write them together, yours is as fair a name;
Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well;
Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em,
Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Now, in the names of all the gods at once,
Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed,
That he is grown so great? Age, thou art shamed!
Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods!
When went there by an age, since the great flood,
But it was famed with more than with one man?
When could they say till now, that talk'd of Rome,
That her wide walls encompass'd but one man?
Now is it Rome indeed and room enough,
When there is in it but one only man.
O, you and I have heard our fathers say,
There was a Brutus once that would have brook'd
The eternal devil to keep his state in Rome
As easily as a king.

The School Athens a mirror of socity

Art is a univarsal language wich many people effectivly know, no matter where you are you can always understand the idea's, thoughts or the event being shown in the painting.The Scool of Athens is a fresco created by Raphael, where he is speaking to us about the acompleshmints of the Renissance. He shows you all of the important people who made the Renissance such and advanced era such as mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers. In the painting they are all doing what the do best studying, teaching, and speaking with one anothe. Not only does this painting show you people who made the Renissance era speacil but it also shows you how people in the Renissance interacted. They shared ideas and thoughts. This painting also shows you acomplishments that have already been made such as Roman Greek acutecure and how the people of the Renissace brought it back. This painting clearly shows you within its fine deataile how the Renissance was a time of change, re-discoving and discovering knowlge.



If I had the lucky chance to place myself as a person in Raphael’s fresco, The School of Athens I chose to be Hypatia of Alexandria. Hypatia was the first women to make great conurbtions to the Renissace. She conturbuted her knowlege about mathematics, philosophy and astronomy. For Hypatia to do this shows how will power her essance to strive and her drive to be the best. However even though Hypatia was being constantly put down buy the church and others for sharing knowlege beacse she was a girl, he work and her drived to learn has inspierd me in many way.I am a person who speaks thier mind when needed, in class when i have a point to make i say it, i also have a passion to learn more than what we learn in class. When i do this I like to think i am a risk taker and a person who will do what ever they can to get to the finish line. Hypatia, was a great risk taker when she was sharing her ideas in the Renissace knowing all the factors that played against her.Just like Hypatia i to have made contubutions to the world they might not be as big as her but I try and still am to make the world a better place. I truly believe a women like Hypatia is a role modle for young and old women she gives us women a chance of hope that yes we have a say in our world and men are not the only ones.

Somthing That Can Bring Tears To Ones Eyes!

Romeo And Juliet is one of the most memerbal and tragedy themed plays by William Shakespeare. The conspicuous tale taken place in italy, of the imature lovers Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. The motive in this play address the issues such as the result of infantile love, hate and antipathy.Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are young teenagers who fall deeply in love. Yet thier familes are swarn enimes. Knowing how great the consucenses would be if the two even spoke of getting married with one onther, they dicide to elope. The two try every effort to cover up their actions. However the bittersweet fable ends in a shock when Romeo and Julet die, due to unsolved anger and revenge.

It is sad to see that in ones modern day socity we still face the elements in Romeo and Juliet. Love what comes to your mind when you say this word? In the neoteric text books love is difend as" A very strong likeing" Yet the truth is, that this one concept love, can and is vewied a thousand differnt ways. How ever what is disapointing that not everyone can love or be with the one they urne for. Race religoune or social statuse is what keeps them apart. It is not everyday when one finds a couple of differnt religions or cutlure even race. For example a muslim with a Christian or a Jew, And when we do, the stroy is so advertised as if they have done a crime. This is sad to see. We are all humans and should learn to exepet each other for who and what we are. We should not look at what we don't have and how we are differnt but what makes us alike and what we can bring to the table.

A Grater Way of Life

Destiny
Smuggles her way into your heart
Sheltered in a sheet of hope and faith
Leavening with an immense consequence.

Destiny plays a marjor theme in the story the Alchemist. Choelho gives a the messsage that everyone no matter where you are who you are, you all have some sort of destiny to fallow. He tells you that your heart is one of the most powerfull divise that will help you to gain knowlage of you destiny."Every person has a treasure out there meant for them, but you must be willing to go after it to succeed" Choelho. The story the Alchemist lets you believe that there is always a grater meaning to life, and that everyone, when they look a little deeper will find thier grater meaning. How ever in the story Choelho does write that people who only seek thier money for wealth will never truly gain satisfaction and won't always be happy. It's no correct that if you have found your destiny you are succecfull and you have done everything you can with your time on earth. It's that once you have found your destiny you use the knowlage you have gained from finding it, to do better in you later years.

Every Action Makes A difference

vincent van gogh (Starry Night)

Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ~Voltaire

Like Santiago I to have a destiny,to impact someones life immensely in a positive way. Even though I haven't accomplished this dream of mine I know that with my positive attitude I will. I always try to remain positive no matter what the situation is and keep a smile on my face. Even though at times I'm not always happy and smiling i hope people see beyond my bad moments. There have been many times where i have stayed positive when everyone else is in a abominable mood. For example on Malaysia week, we were climbing the mountain and everyone was tired and angry. I trying to remain on the positive side kept making jokes and trying my best to help people along the way. Yet I was with out a doubt feeling very exhausted. I know that to many people I'm probably just a girl who stays up the whole night fussing on what she should wear the next day, the girl who could spend more time on her makeup then her homework, or the girl who cares more about her social status then her GPA. So this year I am trying my best to step up to the plate and change what people think of me. I do this by actually giving time to my school work by not making such a big deal about my outer appearance, so far it is working!It's working because through this process I have been staying positive by waking up everyday and telling my self "Mehza you doing the best you can, smiling and saying hi to others in the hall way can brighten up someone's day!"

“My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer” This is a passage spoken by Santiago to the alchemist. At this point in the story Santiago is confused and telling the Alchemist that his heart is not yet ready for the challenge of him pursuing his destiny and that he doesn’t know what to do about the situation. Many people know that they have a destiny and many people have been able to achieve theirs. The main character Santiago, a young shepherd with a dream to travel the world, is trapped in a small village located in Andalusia, Spain. One day he dreams about going to the great Pyramids to find treasure. This dream leads him to series of events that teach him a few lifelong lessons and to many inspirational people. Being inquisitive, determined, and brave, Santiago is able to find his destiny.
Throughout his journey Santiago has asked many important questions; these questions have led him to find his destiny. The majority of the questions Santiago asks are to the certain people he meets. In the beginning of the story Santiago asks Melchizedek, “Why are you telling me this?’’ This quote is when Santiago first starts his chase after his destiny. Melchizkedek came up to Santiago at the plaza and begins to talk to him about his personal legend and tells him a story about a man who found happiness by fulfilling his. Since Santiago is only human he questions Melchizkedek statements and asks him more about his so called personal legend. For Melchizkedek to introduce Santiago to this whole idea that he has a personal legend really made the boy determined to find his own.
Santiago gets inspired and from then on is determined to find his destiny. As Santiago sets off towards the pyramids, he learns that he must sacrifice a lot including his current lifestyle as being a shepherd. So Santiago sells all his sheep and begins his journey. At first Santiago is lost; he does not even know where he is going, until he goes to Tangier, Africa. However it isn’t the best choice he could make because Santiago gets robbed by a thief and is left with no money. All alone and in this whole new world with no one to comfort him, Santiago states, “I’m an adventurer looking for treasure.” So Santiago goes on with his journey. This quote shows you how resolute the boy actually is in finding his treasure and how badly he wants it. So Santiago finds a crystal shop. To get all his money back Santiago has no choice but to work for the shop. Within a year the shop owner and Santiago have become very good friends. Santiago inspires the shop owner and therefore improves his business immensely. For example, the boy tells the crystal merchant to put up a cabinet full of crystal to attract customers. Though the owner has many doubts about this idea he still listens to Santiago. As a result more customers come to buy the crystal. Business becomes so great that Santiago gathers enough money to cover his losses. Very gloomy about the year lost Santiago stays on track and tries to continue his quest on his destiny. On his way Santiago meets an Englishman, who searches for the knowledge about alchemy. He also meets a group of people that are headed to the pyramids and joins them on their caravan journey. Meeting the Englishman and seeing his passion for knowledge and his relentless quest to uncover the secrets of alchemy, Santiago is even more motivated to find his destiny. After a few months they all arrive at an oasis were Santiago meets a girl named Fatima and falls in love with her, thinking he has found his personal legend and he currently understands one aspect of the soul of the world, love. Meanwhile a war is about to start at the oasis and a masked stranger, the alchemist, reveals himself to Santiago. From this point on Santiago has to become courageous in the choices left to come with the Alchemist there to watch him.
Santiago does not want to leave the desert. He is madly in love with Fatima and feels that leaving her is impossible. However Santiago stays brave and doesn’t give in to his emotions. “I’ll return, just as your father came back to your mother,” he says. So far Santiago is explaining to Fatima that he is leaving because his destiny is not at the oasis but at the pyramids. Later on the boy and the alchemist leave the oasis and head to the Pyramids. However on their journey they are taken captive by a rival tribe and are held at an enemy camp. The alchemist tells the tribal leader that Santiago is an alchemist and that he can change himself into the wind. The tribal leader is shocked to hear that such a young boy can do this great task so he is put to the test. If Santiago cannot turn himself into the wind, he and the alchemist face death. After three days of consulting with nature, the wind, the sun, and the desert, Santiago succeeds in the challenge. Exited to leave, Santiago and the Alchemist ride on their horses for hours until they reach a small old church near the pyramids and ask a monk if they can use the kitchen. The alchemist takes some lead and turns it into gold in a frying pan. Then he takes the gold disk and splits it between the boy and the monk, leaving some for himself. The alchemist explains that this was his personal legend. The alchemist tells Santiago that this is where they go their separate ways. “’Good-bye’ said the boy.” Now that Santiago does not have the guidance and support of the alchemist he must be brave and find the courage within himself to finish his journey. So Santiago heads to the pyramids. However, he sees a dung beetle on the ground. He believes it’s an omen and begins to dig there because Santiago thinks the treasure is near. After hours of digging, bruised, frustrated, and hopeless is what Santiago has become. He sees a group of men coming his way. In a panic mode Santiago does not know what to do and is worried that they will steal the gold given by the alchemist or take his treasure. The men do attack Santiago. After hurting him they ask why he thinks there would be treasure here. Santiago hopelessly explains his dreams and the muggers begin to laugh. As the men leave one stays behind for a moment and tells Santiago about a dream he had- That there is a treasure buried under a Sycamore tree in the yard of a church in Spain- but that he never was stupid enough to go to Spain and find it. Santiago is angry and shocked because he knows what church the man is talking about. It is the church Santiago slept in and it is the first place Santiago was when he started his journey. So he heads to Spain to find his treasure. He digs in the church. At last he finds the treasure.
Santiago is very brave when it comes to finding his treasure. He is brave emotionally and physically, he questions people he isn’t sure of and he is determined no matter what comes his way. The three traits that Santiago has in his character allow him to finish his journey and to find love and a greater meaning in life. Finding his destiny, Santiago is left being more confident and grown-up. This story gives everyone a message of hope. For Santiago ending up where he began is a message that tells us that sometimes your treasure can be right there in front of you.