Author: Riyadh

Introduction

My main points:

• Hubris
• Confidence
• Betrayal
• Tyranny
• Friendship
• Power

Middle

My theories:

• Hubris lead them both to failure
• They were BOTH tyrants deep down
• They were both subject to betrayal
• BOTH power hungry
• Too much confidence with themselves

Conclusion

My summary paragraph:

• In conclusion I believe that there are many similarities between Julius Caesar and Brutus. One of their main similarities were that they to over confident. Also they both displayed examples of hubris.

• Juilius Caesar starts with a scene of class fighting, the plebeians versus the tribunes. The plebeians are celebrating Caesar’s victory over the sons of Pompey, one of the former leaders of Rome. The tribunes verbally attack the masses for their fickleness in celebrating the defeat of a man who was once their leader.
• Caesar enters Rome accompanied by his supporters and alot of citizens. It is the feast of Luversalia, a day when two men run through the street and strike those they meet with goatskin thongs. Caesar orders Mark Antony to hit his wife Calpurnia  because he thought she needed it to help have a child .
• The soothsayer calls Caesar as he passes and warns him about the ides of March. Caesar ignores the man and dismisses him as a dreamer. Upon seeing Cassius, Caesar informs Antony that he would rather be surrounded by men who are fat and happy than thin men like Cassius. He is worried that Cassius is dangerous because he “thinks too much”. Antony tells him not to worry about Cassius.
• Meanwhile, Brutus and Cassius meet and talk about how much power Caesar has gained. During their conversation they are interrupted three times by cheers from the crowd. Cassius informs Brutus that he is forming a plot against Caesar and wants Brutus to join it. Brutus tells him he cannot commit to anything immediately.Casca soon joins them, and informs them that the cheers they heard were Caesar turning down the crown. According to Casca, Antony offered Caesar a crown three times, and three times he refused it.
• Casca meets with Cicero and tells the orator that there are many strange things happening in Rome that night, such as a lion in the streets and an owl screeching during the day. Cicero tells him that men construe omens the way they see fit. Cassius eventually arrives and learns from Casca that the senators are planning on making Caesar a king the next morning. He starts to tell Casca about the plot to kill Caesar, but Cinna shows up and interrupts him. He hands Cinna some letters to plant anonymously in Brutus’ home and invites Casca to dinner that night in order to convince him to join the conspiracy.
• Personally I believe Brutus is in a bit of a dilema because he loves Caesar like a brother however he loves his Roman Empire as if it were his own life
• Brutus discovers the letters from Cinna, not knowing who wrote them. He reads one of the letters and interprets it as a request to prevent Caesar from seizing power. Brutus attributes the letter to Rome as a whole, saying, “O Rome, I make thee promise”, implying that he will carry out what he perceives as the will of the Roman people.
• Brutus meets with Cassius and the other conspirators and shakes all their hands, agreeing to join their plot. He convinces them to only kill Caesar, and not his most loyal friend Antony, because he does not want them to “seem too bloody” . After the other men leave, Brutus is unable to sleep. His wife Portia finds him awake and begs him to tell her what is troubling him. At first he refuses, but after she stabs herself in the thigh to prove her strength and ability to keep a secret he agrees to inform her.
• Meanwhile, Caesar’s wife had a dream that of a statue of Caesar bleeding from a hundred wounds. Caesar, naturally superstitious, orders the priests to kill an animal and read the entrails to see if he should go to the Senate that day. The priests tell him that the animal did not have a heart, a very bad sign. However, Decius, one of the conspirators, arrives and reinterprets Calpurnia’s dream to mean that all of Rome sucked the reviving blood of Caesar for its benefit. Caesar finally agrees with him that it is laughable to stay home on account of a dream. The other conspirators, including Brutus and Cassius, arrive at his house to escort him to the Senate House.
• On the way to the Senate House Caesar is approached by the same soothsayer that previously warned him about the ides of March. He again refuses to listen to the man and continues. A man calledArtemidorus then comes up to him and tries to give him a letter revealing the entire conspiracy, but Decius cleverly tells Caesar that Trebonius has a suit he would like Caesar to read instead. Caesar refuses to look at what Artemidorus offers him on account of its being personal. He explains, “What touches us ourself shall be last served” .
• The conspirators arrive at the Senate House and Caesar assumes his seat. A man named Metellus kneels before him and petitions to have his banished brother returned to Rome. Caesar refuses, but is surprised when Brutus and then Cassius come forward and plead for the brother as well. However, he continues to refuse to change the sentence even as all of the conspirators gather around him. On Casca’s comment, “Speak hands for me” the group attacks Caesar, stabbing him to death.
• The conspirators, now led by Brutus and Cassius, dip their hands in Caesar’s blood and prepare to run to the streets crying out “peace, freedom, and liberty”. Antony arrives and begs them to let him take the body and give Caesar a public eulogy. Brutus agrees, overriding Cassius’ misgivings about allowing Antony to speak. They move out into the streets of Rome and Cassius and Brutus split up in order to speak to the plebeians.
• Brutus defends his murder of Caesar on the grounds that he was removing a tyrant who was taking away the freedom of all Romans. He ends his speech by asking the crowd if they want him to commit suicide for what he has done, to which they reply, “Live, Brutus!”.
• On the sly Mark Antony uses repetition to sway the crowd again.He states how Caesar turned down the crown three times which means that Brutus’ claim about ambition is false.The crown and mob decide to go after Brutus and the conspirators calling them “traitors” and “scum”.This is similar hubris that Caesar did in the start of the play.
• When they all go to war both Cassius and Brutus commit suicide because of their fear of losing the battle and being dishonoured.

Dear Headmaster,

I believe that opening hours of the school must change.The reason I believe this because there are many points,that i will explain, which show that later opening hours will have a positive outcomes for the school.

My first point is that later school opening hours will improve our focuss. In my own experiences when I feel tired and I am so focussed on thinking about my sleep when i get home that  I lack concentration in my work for a lot of the school day. This means I haven’t learnt anything in school which contradicts the whole point of school. Why should we attend place were learning takes place if we are not going to learn?

Students should be more alert in the mornings to avoid accidents. Statistically teenagers are involved in accidents in the morning because they have not had enough sleep to be alert in the morning. We are weary and tired in the morning which heavily affects our eye sight,concentration and hearing. We end up caring more for sleep then noticing our surroundings.

Melatonin ,also known as the darkness hormone,makes us sleep later than we should.For teenagers melatonin,which help you sleep, kick in at about 1am. most students wakes up at around 7am. This means we only get 6 hours of sleep which is extremely unhealthy as the good amount would be 9-10 hours of sleep. It’s is proven that bad sleep leads to negative activity and barley affects our daily routine.

If we don’t have enough sleep we will also fail to maintain focus. We will be busy daydreaming about wanting to sleep that we won’t do our work and not pay any attention. This would completely contradict the point of school. What’s the actual point of school is we are not going to be learn?

After school sports, fast food, retail employers, and other extracurricular pursuits quickly adjusted to this earlier starting,and ending the school day were put into place in the latter part of the 20th century. Before students of all ages, like most working adults, started school closer to 9 a.m. Even history supports delaying open hours for school.

I Given what we now know, it is negligent not to work to return to a later school opening hours. Yes, changing school hours is challenging. Politics, money and misunderstanding often override the best interests of students, teachers and communities. Collective action on a national scale may turn out to be the only way to ensure that all public schools can set hours compatible with health, safety, equity, and learning.  School should support the needs of students not the other way round.

Even more disturbingly, starting school at these hours has now been linked not only to widespread sleep deprivation but also to a host of physical, psychological, and educational problems. Meanwhile, no research has shown any benefit to requiring any child, of any age, to start instruction before 8 am however we would be better off starting at 9am.

There was a huge serve took place.The study was the first to examine multiple schools in various locations across the United States. Data were collected from eight schools that moved to later start times. Researchers surveyed St. Louis Park High School, Mahtomedi High School, Woodbury High School, Park High School, and East Ridge High School in Minnesota; Boulder High School and Fairview High School in Colorado; and Jackson Hole High School in Wyoming.Students were individually questioned about their daily activities, substance use, and sleep habits. Researchers then examined various health factors after the change in school start time and compared them with national average data.The study also collected comparative data about students’ academic performance, including grades, attendance, tardiness, and performance on state and national standardized tests. The car crash data were examined for the communities surrounding the participating high schools.”Our research provides evidence of clear benefits for students whose high schools start at 8:30 a.m. or later,” says Wahlstrom. “More research needs to be done, but these findings are substantive and should provide more information for school districts considering a change in start time.” As you can see it has positively affected many school.

In conclusion we would be much improved if we open our school later which also decreases many issues among our pupils.

Aguement against 

When your sixteen many important challenges in life occur. These are things like picking up your siblings from school,getting a job doing your GCSEs etc.Given them the votes simply just piles up the pressure, and isn’t that what teenagers are always complaining about? They always say we have to much pressure,too much work,no time and given them the vote just adds to this series of moaning.

Agumemts for

Many people say that the reason sixteen year olds are not capable enough to vote however they do many things that could be seen as more important then the vote. They work and receive a wage and do life changing exams. If they can do how can they not easily choose a leader for their country which also effects them.