Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Marc Antonys Speech In Caesar Essays - Julius Caesar,

Marc Antony's Speech In Caesar In just a few words, a complete portrait of a character can be formed. As in all Shakespearean drama, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is masterful in its technique of characterization and eloquence. In Marc Antony's famous speech to the plebeians after Caesar's death, he repeatedly states that ?Brutus is an honorable man? (3.2.89). The quote, which can be taken both on a literal and nonliteral level, reveals much about the character of Brutus. Not only does Antony's quote point, obviously, to the fact that Brutus is seen as an honorable man, but in its tone and application, it also raises questions as to whether this honor is duly placed. Marcus Brutus is seen by all of Rome, including himself, as an upstanding man of the state. He has learned to take pride in his reputation and is eager to use his distinguished status to every possible advantage. After Caesar's assasination, Brutus gains the attention of the people by asking them to ?Believe [him] for [his] honor and have respect to [his] honor that [they] may believe? (3.2.14-16). He knows that he is seen as possessing nobility and uses this image to sway the minds of the commoners. Since he is honorable, after all, then all of his decisions must also be both honorable and true. Antony, however, sees the self-important side of Brutus that has developed. He notices Brutus' unassuming hubris and uses it against him. Through repeatedly stating the idea that ?Brutus is an honorable man? in his speech, and then pointing out the fact that Brutus is claiming to be so ?honorable? because he murdered Caesar, Antony quickly dissuades the people from Brutus' line of thought to his own. Although it is apparent that Brutus is perceived as a respectable member of the Roman community, this respect by the people is not strong enough to hold when Brutus takes his supposed moral obligations too far and murders his friend. Brutus' reputation, although sound, is not sound enough to cover such blatantly faulty motives: motives that serve his own conceited conscience rather than serving the concerns and fears of the citizens of Rome. Antony may have also noticed (and be using the knowledge in his speech) that Cassius' flattery, as well as the flattery of the other conspirators, has finally made its mark on Brutus. From the beginning of act one, Cassius attempts to lure Brutus into the Caesar assassination plot through flattery. ?Why should [Caesar's] name be sounded more than yours Cassius asks Brutus (1.2.143). ?Weigh them,? Cassius says, ?Brutus?, ?is as heavy; conjure with ?em, ?Brutus' will start a spirit as soon as ?Caesar'? (1.2.146-147). For a man of such nobility, it is strange that Brutus reacts so considerably to the praise that Cassius so easily offers. Brutus never questions Cassius' reasons for the murder conspiracy. He sees them as true. The only predicament he has in killing Caesar lies solely in the idea that Caesar is his friend--not that Caesar does not possess the characteristics of ambition that Cassius convinces Brutus are viable reasons for conspiracy. Since Brutus' image of himself has gain ed in intensity through the flattery of others, he comes to the point that he sees no wrong in his actions because they do come from such an upstanding member of Rome--himself. Brutus allows his self-assuredness to balloon into conceit, and, no doubt, sets himself to be trapped by Antony's speech to the plebeians. Brutus believes that all men who respect his dignity must share the same values as himself. He loves Caesar, but since Caesar does not share the same ideals for Rome that Brutus does, Brutus finds sufficient reason to slay him. Antony states that ?all the conspirators save only [Brutus] did what they did in envy of great Caesar? (5.5.69-70). Brutus in no way envies Caesar. He is merely afraid of Caesar's growing power and how Caesar may attempt a dictatorship in Brutus? beloved Rome. However, since Cassius appears to uphold the same standards as himself, Brutus states ?that [Cassius] does love [him], [he] is nothing jealous? (1.2.163). Since he is allegedly so ?honorable,? Brutus believes that only those with values in line with his are worth his complete

Friday, March 6, 2020

Money Saver Essays - Security Engineering, Computer Security

Money Saver Essays - Security Engineering, Computer Security Money Saver Create an application to manage budget on daily/weekly/monthly/yearly basis. The application only generates alerts and messages for the user by reading his accounts and does not have any kind of writing or editing access for the accounts. Basic Features: The user will first enter his own account on the application by entering his details like name, DOB, gender, phone number, email address, username and an password for the account. The user will enter the information of all the credit and debit cards he owns in the application and also the bank account detail s. The application will access the bank account and will get read-only values from the bank and display them. The user will enter his income for every day/week/month /year. The user will enter his savings for every day/week/month/year. The user will enter his budget for every day/week/month. The user will also enter a certain amount or percentage as a penalty/interest if he exceeds the budget. The user will get several alerts from the application as to when he reaches the half and when he is near to his complete budget. The user will also get a warning when he has used up all his budget. If user exceeds the budget, he will have to repay the amount he used on the next cycle with penalty/interest which is decided by him. If he fails to do so the interest amount will keep on increasing every cycle. All the expenses will be stored in the application which he will be able to access to check and keep track of them. Extra Features: If the user is going on a trip or vacation. The application will help him in setting a vacation budget. The user will have to enter the vacation details as to how long he is going , where he is going , cost of staying, traveling and if he is going with family or friends and where he is going. The application will also have an option for family vacation budget if he is going with family or individual (for himself) vacation budget if he is going with friends or something. He will get time to time alerts as he is using the budget. If he uses some extra money, he will have to return it during the next cycle with interest (decided by user). The interest amount will go on increasing if he fails to completely return the extra money. Security: Account Security: The user will have to create an account in order to use the application. The account password will be highly sensitive. The password should contain at least 8 characters with at least 1 upper-case character, 1 special character , 2 numbers, no spaces. The password will then be encrypted and stored in the database. Once the application is installed on the device, it will authorise the device. The application can be authorised to maximum of two devices only. The username will be remembered by the device but he user will have to enter the password every time he tries to login. The application will have two-way authentication. If the user tries to login from any other device, application will send a code via text message or email, the user will have to enter the code in order to login. Bank Details Security: As I don't possess much knowledge about security so it would be risky if I handle the security of the bank details instead, I can use third party applications to store them or ask an expert to build a secure system for me. As if the information is hacked. It will be disastrous and I would face a huge loss and won't be able to pay the debts. This can also be done for Account Security. As it would be easy for me as I would not have to deal with any kind of security and the issues related to it .