Maven Calorie, son of King Tiberias, was the deceiver of the impossible, his loyal father, and brother. Because he was seen as the shadow of Cal, he established a devious plan to become the notoriety of attention. Maven wasn’t alone in the treacherous operation, he had a dominant woman in his corner, Elara. He is seen by the impossible to be trustworthy, but that comes shattering down when betrayal emerge. The Silver world is brimming with devious people ready to do anything for the throne. A young man like Maven would have an imperial legion behind him. Elara, his mother, would be the most influential person defending him. His royal family is Cal, his older brother, and King Tiberias, his father. Although their father flourish Cal more
When Ransom first arrived on Malacandra, he encountered one of the Hross, who he thought were dangerous creatures. Having had the mental depiction of an evil sorn created by Devine and Weston embedded in his mind, Ransom feared the mythical beings. Instead of trying to flee or attack the Hross, he did his best to understand the language of the Malachandrians and ended up befriending them. It took all of Ransom’s courage to approach Oyarsa, the wise king of Malacandra. It took even more virtue to admit that he was scared of the superior being and to be honest about his situation. Through his journey in the silent planet, Ransom learned to be virtuous and along the way, made some friends because of it.
Calpurnia attempts to scare Caesar into staying at the house instead of going to the Capitol. She begins with ethos to establish her credibility and justify her concerns. Calpurnia “never stood on ceremonies”, but now they “fright her,” juxtaposing that the omens never scared her, but are frightening enough that she now is attentive to them. Because women were not as powerful in Rome, Calpurnia further credits her argument by including the “watch.” Using selection of detail, Calpurnia Even the guards, who are men, have seen the strange events, and they are scared. Since even men are scared, it should implicate to Caesar that he should be scared as well. Calpurnia sees a lioness, an image, normally associated with strength and courage, “whelp[ing] in the streets.” The lioness is essentially crying, scared of something. Caesar is also strong, but should be scared as well. When ethos fails to impact Caesar, Calpurnia switches to using pathos to try and scare Caesar. “Fierce fiery warriors [fighting] upon the clouds,” is an image that connotes war. In war, there is death and Caesar should be afraid of death. Calpurnia uses the image of “drizzled blood upon the Capitol,” connoting death, scaring Caesar of what is to come if he chooses to go to th...
In the mop-up campaign, Son-Jara says he will lead the army against a king in Dark Jolof land. One general, Tura Magan, is so disappointed he digs his grave and gets in it. Son-Jara goes to him and gives him the leadership of the mop-up army. Tura Magan kills the rival kings, one of whom had stolen Son-Jara's horses and sent him dogs in their stead (an insult). The epic ends with the kingdom united.
Julius Caesar is the leader of Rome and is seeking to become king in a matter of time. Though he is a good military strategist, he lacks knowledge in running government and is too greedy to have any concern for the peasants when he is alive. Caesar is all about conquering and power and he is afraid of nothing. Before he is murdered, he says “The things that threatened me ne’er looked but on my back. When they shall see the face of Caesar, they are vanished” (II, ii, 575). Th...
Ma Joad is the mother of the Joad family and the leader. Her features displayed great power in her personality and character.
...r earthly possessions. Not only was she the rock of the family, but she was also the pillar of the family who kept them going. Without Ma, the Joad family would most likely not have been able to continue their journey to California and probably would not have survived as long as they did. From beginning to end, Ma’s strength grew; she began as a strong woman and ended as an even stronger woman and although she was not the official head of the family because of the patriarchal mindset of the time period, she truly lived up to her role as a matriarchal leader and hero.
Alexander was very loyal to his country and parents. When he was still a young teenager, his father gave him the task of ruling the small region of Pella. This allowed Alexander to prove to his father that he could be a competent ruler. When Alexander and his father, Philip, fought Macedonia, Philip was surrounded. Alexander bravely jumped in and saved his father from sure death. Alexander demonstrated loyalty to his mother by staying with her through her exile from Philip. This showed how much pulling and tugging went on to win Alexander’ favor that enviably killed Phillip by not knowing who to be loyal to. Upon their return three years later, Alexander’s mother requested to be allowed to rule with him, once Alexander became king. She knew that would be the only way she could regain power. When Alexander turned twenty, his father was brutally murdered by Alexander’s friend. This demonstrated once again how loyal Alexander was to his father, and how difficult a decision it was to pick sides between his father and mother.
The “Thane of Cawdor” is alive and does not understand the taking of other mans
Distrust is a major theme throughout "The Silver Crown" by Bernard Malamud. This lack of trust is not only justified by the circumstances in the story but also with the period the story was written and the author's personal life.
The question of succession presented a difficult problem. "Philip 111 Arrhidaeus, the bastard son of Philip 11 and therefore half brother to Alexander was mentally retarded" (Milton, 1986) and his own son Alexander 1V was only a baby. In the absence of a suitable successor his generals fought each other and the winners spli...
Abasalom is a good example of corruption that doesn’t come from the heart. Unlike John, Abasalom does not want to be corrupt, and he is not proud of what he has done. When he killed Arthur he was horrified, and when the police found him he didn’t deny what he had done, but confessed. Abasalom was cor...
...ter this that he has tarnished his reputation, so he ends up killing himself so the world doesn’t have to see somebody like him. He was made a fool of by Iago, and he made a fool of himself by killing his one true love.
to his young age had to rely on the advisors. The young ruler tried to
War Ruler"), the aggressive young man, was historically a leader of reistance against the Thirty, and