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…"histrionic desire for tragic grandeur". Lord Capulet is the ultimate patriarch and tyrant - Caesar. As in a fairytale, the knight meets his innocent angel, Juliet. Audience participation is also encouraged in Moulin Rouge. It is an extravagant movie full…

…. "That was the biggest whoop-de-do I ever seen," said Benny Binion, the downtown gambler who stopped by to check out the competition. "There were 30 or 40 big stars, people like Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Joan Crawford, Anne Jeffreys, Caesar Romero," Rose Marke recalled…

…apartments. They were also called aquarioli, These slaves were held in great contempt and did not fit into society such as slaves of Caesar. It is also said that this name applied also to slaves who had the care of the fountains and ponds in gardens. The aquarii…

…, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth/to dust, the dust is earth. . .Imperious Caesar, dead and turn’d to clay” (V.I.196-206). Hamlet realizes that there is no hell for him to go to, but to just turn into dust upon his death. This is another step…

…reason, entertainment of the masses. Recently, the Academy Award winning movie AGladiator@ placed its gilded finger on the pulse of this timeless truth as the senators discussed Caesar=s indulgent Colosseum circus. ARome is the people, and he who controls…

…studying with Clarke, Poe read works by such writers as Cicero, Caesar, Horace, and Homer. In addition to his academics, Poe excelled in athletics. One classmate, James Preston, once said, “Poe was a swift runner, a wonderful leaper, and what was more rare…

…the surface interpretation of the song referring to drugs (the lines “Purple haze, all in my brain” and “Got no money, don’t know why” are brought to mind), Harry Shapiro and Caesar Glebbeek in Electric Gypsy suggest that the inspiration may have come from Hendrix…

…PERIOD With the death of Cleopatra VII, the last of the Ptolemies to rule, and the defeat of the once very Ptolemaic navy at Actium, in 31 BC Egypt became part of the Roman Empire under Augustus Caesar. Military garrisons were stationed at Alexandria…

…country) ?came to see, and which gave Caesar occasion of many fine discourses of accidents on War and Strange Escapes?. Ooronoko is once again incarcerated into the role of entertainer, this time it is for his strength though usually it is for the novelty…

…objects in their hair to impress the lowly and frighten the enemy with their rank and prowess. Noble rank among the ancient Gauls was indicated by long hair, which Caesar made them cut off as a sign of sub mission when he conquered them. The occupa tional…