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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"tyrant"”.
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King Dingane : a treacherous tyrant or an African nationalist?
… been portrayed predominantly as a treacherous tyrant in South Africa's Eurocentric historical databases and poses the question whether he should, instead, not be regarded as the forerunner of African nationalism. It also examines the roots of European imperialism in South Africa, as recorded in …
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Desire Informing Philosophy in Plato: The Lover, the Tyrant, and the Citizen
<p>Desire informs the good and examined life by giving meaning to and requiring training for human drives. In investigating Plato’s dialogues for how desire informs philosophy, comparison gives way to a genealogical hermeneutic; the obvious want to find changes or discrepancies in Plato’s texts, …
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Hero or Tyrant: Images of Julius Caesar in Selected Works from Vergil to Bruni
Gaius Julius Caesar is not only the most well-known figure in Roman history, but he is also one of the most difficult to understand. Since his assassination, Caesar has played an important role in discussions of political power, imperial government, tyranny, and tyrannicide. While there have been …
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Plato's View of Tyranny
… begins by considering the use of the term "tyrant" in Plato's literary tradition, from Archilochus to Thucydides and Isocrates, to situate his critical view of tyranny. Then I proceed to explore the descriptive and prescriptive aspects of Plato's view of tyranny in relation to Thrasymachus' …
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Redwall Symphonic Poem for Orchestra
… death of his father at the hands of Badrang the Tyrant. He falls in love with a mouse named Rose, eventually losing her when she is killed by Badrang. After defeating Badrang, Martin gives up his sword and builds Redwall Abbey, a place where all animals can exist peacefully. The piece is divided …
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Sex in Suetonius: Sexual Material as a Characterisation Device for Tyrannical Emperors
… to characterise the ‘bad’ emperors as archetypal tyrants. I begin by assessing the stereotypical behaviour of the tyrant character and determine that Suetonius is employing this character-archetype in the biographies of his tyrannical emperors. I argue that sexual behaviour was a key aspect of the …
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A lei de natureza e o estado civil na perspectiva de John Locke
… power and the possibility of rebellion against a tyrant. We conclude by ratifying the high importance that Locke gives to individual freedom to the detriment of civil peace.
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Challenging identity hierarchies in Julie Taymor’s Tempest
… changes the dominant figure from a patriarchal tyrant to a matriarchal enlightened despot while casting Djimon Hounsou as Caliban forces an examination of colonial history in Shakespeare. Dialogue is trimmed and condensed, even added in very extreme circumstances as Taymor changes the dynamic to …
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'Dost Thou Speak like a King?': Enacting Tyranny on the Early English Stage
… the superstars of the early English stage were tyrants, such as Herod, Pharoah, Pilate, and Lucifer. These figures were dressed in the most lavish costumes, assigned the longest and most elaborate speeches, and often supplied the actors who brought them to life with a substantial wage. This …
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The Causes of Tyranny as a Guide to Political Reform: St. Thomas More's History of King Richard III of England
… This chapter defines tyranny, distinguishes the tyrant Richard from the merely bad king Edward, notes the relationship between tyranny and faction, and describes the attributes of a republic and its members, â citizens.â It also discusses aligning public and private interests and avoiding …
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Les implications de la littérature dans l'avènevement de la démocratie dans les pays du Golfe de Guinée entre 1988 et 1998
… worsened by the oppressions perpetrated by the tyrant leaders who chose to hang on power. Some writers with their endeavor to peace and justice, decided to fight against those powers of tyranny and oppression. La naissance d’Abikou written by Olympe Bhêly-Quenum, En attendant le vote des bêtes …
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‘Richard would outlive his overthrow’: Post-Shakespearean Representations of Richard III
… Richard III evolved from the plainly negative tyrant of Tudor chronicles to a more complex figure, resulting in a more original and balanced portrayal of his character in the seventeenth century.
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Polemic and episcopal authority in fourth-century Christianity
… of the emperor Constantius II as the archetypal tyrant and persecutor; the third argues that these writers laid claim to charismatic authority by presenting themselves as the heirs of the martyrs; the fourth continues the theme of scriptural re-enactment by examining its wider use in the literary …
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The huge delusion: a study of the young emperors and Roman historians
… <em>Topoi</em> may suggest the image of a tyrant, but they do not define personalities and actions. Historians may have witnessed events, but they also wrote about those events in a different regime and political climate. To deal with these issues, I have chosen six young emperors …
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William Walker and the Republic of Lower California
… ranging from a cold, calculating, paradoxical tyrant whose religion was chivalry, to a political phenomenon personifying the ideals of Manifest Destiny.</p> <p>These perceptions of walker may all contain a piece of the man, but they pass over the fundamental reality that Walker was indeed a …
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Memory And Moderation: The Imperial Image Of Augustus And Its Perception Among Later Authors
… of moderation over the open cruelty of a tyrant. </p> <p>This thesis will show that the moderate image that Augustus created was not a static representation of the emperor. Later authors manipulated the image of the emperor according to their own ideological goals. Augustus was no longer a …
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Transatlantic Figures In Early Modern Spain (1550-1650)
… king delegates his authority to an unscrupulous tyrant. The very act of composing the work, which the Junta de Reformación had prohibited in 1625, was itself an act of rebellion. The restoration of the image of Gonzalo Pizarro converted itself, as such, into a mere excuse for criticizing the …