Conspiracies and Treason is The Tempest Prospero's power and magic are dominant throughout the play yet he really has no power. The Tempest consists of a series of rebellion, treacheries, mutinies and conspiracies against Prospero but the overall view of the dramatic action is much more complex. ... Perhaps the most famous resistance against authority comes from Caliban, the slave of Prospero, who feels that the island is rightfully his, "The Island's mine by Sycorax my mother,"". ... Throughout the play Prospero's power and magic are dominant yet he really has no power this ...

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In the beginning the author explains how was it that the idea of fighting against the English, was mostly encouraged by the people of high power, the rich and the people who owned great part of the land at that time. ... The idea of a revolution really didn't matter to the poor, as well as slaves and women, who didn't have nearly the same rights and power of the above mentioned. ... Another difference that was really noticed was that people with power would only serve a little amount of time, while the poor had to keep fighting for as long as the militia organization lasted The ...

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Although they do succeed in the murder of Caesar and victory in the battle that ensues, there is discord because of their conflicting attitudes especially evident in their personality traits, motives in conspiracy, and military strategies. ... As one writer states: Brutus miscalculates not only on the major issue of wisdom of the conspiracy itself, but on every strategic decision along the way. ... Cassius was jealous of Caesar's power and control. ... Brutus feels that the citizens are slaves to Caesar's ambition a...

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In William Shakespeare play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, soon to be emperor Julius Caesar is murdered by the Conspiracy and Rome is left powerless and out of control. ... After Cassius says that, he gives his sword to his slave Pindarus, and orders him to thrust the sword through him. ... Near the end of the play, after Brutus is captured and given the option to be a slave he opposes "Thy life hath had some smatch of honor in it; Hold then my sword, and turn away thy face, While I do run upon it" (V.v.46-48). This shows that he rather die for Rome than become a slave. ... First of ...

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In his thoughts, Brutus thinks Caesar is gaining too much power which will cause the downfall of Rome; therefore, Brutus joins the conspiracy, believing that the death of Caesar will save Rome from its decline. ... Brutus did not deserve his final fate, which was committing suicide with the help of his slave, because all his actions were done for the better of Rome and its people who were now attacking him. ...

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When Hitler came to power in 1933 he convinced people that Jews were the source of all that was wrong, he even blamed them for Germany's loss of World War I. ... They developed the idea of slave labor and extermination camps. ... It was a complex of camps including concentration, extermination, and slave labor camps. ... There were four counts of which the people could be sentenced: Count one- Common Design or Conspiracy, Count Two- War Crimes, which included murders, brutalities, cruelties, and atrocities, Count Three- Crimes Against Humanity, and Count Four- Membership in a Crimina...

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