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Caius Martius is the protagonist of William Shakespeare's play, Coriolanus. He is primarily portrayed as the tragic hero of Rome who won the tragic battle against the Volsces and saved Rome from being invaded. At the same time, Shakespeare does not portray Martius as the typical hero who is admired by the citizens after he has saved the day because he saves the day for his own pride rather than his own love for Rome. In addition to that, Caius Martius is also hated by the common people of Rome as he often insults them and treats them like actual low class citizens with no value and respect whatsoever, by cursing and pouring slurs at them. He also has a odd relationship with his mother, Volumnia, as his mother encourages him to maintain that violent, proud and cynical attitude, wants him to be injured in battle and has an awkward "tension" with his mother. He is also characterized as impatient and often interrupts, as highlighted in the conversatio...

Sofia is an advanced humanoid artificial robot that  is able to resemble 62 human expressions and perform human activities. She has been covered by the media worldwide. She has been awarded a UN Title as the first innovation champion, being the first ever non human to receive a UN title, participated in prestigious interviews and most importantly, she was granted citizenship by the government of Saudi Arabia. This struck controversy, not by the scientific community but the Saudi Arabian women community.  To begin with, scientists create robots in order to enhance the lives of humans which is why they strive in order to create inventions that resembles and understands human activity. The irony here is that Sophia the robot, made to enhance human lives, is granted citizenship by a country in which it is filled with discriminated individuals. Saudi Arabia, a country that is failing it its human rights record and accused of discriminating women, granted citizenship to a fema...