Arles Bust
When the Arles Bust was found in 2007, people around the world were excited that the
true appearance of the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was finally known. However,
there is good reason to believe that it is really just a publicity stunt surrounding an
ordinary statue.
To begin, the reading claims that since the Arles Bust was made when Caesar
was alive, it must have been a portrait of Caesar. That logic is clearly unsound. Even
the passage points out that many portraits were made in the same period and style.
Therefore, what are the chances that this one statue happens to be Caesar? More
likely, it is a portrait of a wealthy man from the region.
As for the location, I do admit that Caesar had connections to Arles. He had
connections to every part of the Roman Empire. However, the idea that someone threw
the statue into the river to avoid being associated with Caesar is absurd. The statue was
found in dirt and sand with several pieces of art from the third century. It most likely was
thrown away or hidden at the same time. That's three hundred years after anyone would
have had a reason to hide a statue of Caesar for political reasons.
Lastly, I'd like to mention the face. There are indeed similarities between the
Arles Bust and the coin with Caesar's portrait on it. However, that coin is very small and
doesn't show much of the person's face. It is only a picture from the side, so it is very
different from a statue in three dimensions. Many Roman men had wrinkles, a lump on
the throat, and very little hair. I think that people want to emphasize the similarities to
make the discovery of the Arles Bust more exciting. It is indeed an old statue, but the
odds of it being Julius Caesar are very slim.
The article and the lecture both deal with Arles Bust, the stature which was found in 2007 in France and which is thought to be a stature of Julius Caesar.
While the author of the reading offers three specific reasons for thinking that it is indeed the stature of the Roman Emperor, the lecturer opposes the author's claims. In her opinion, this assumption is not likely to be true.
First, the writer claims that the statue has been dated to the century in which Caesar lived. Furthermore, it is stated in the article that the style is also consistent to the age and that the sculpture is very high quality. In contrast, the professor argues that it's not a logical argument due to the fact that a plenty of statues were made in that period of time. Additionally, she mentions that it could be a statue of a rich man therefore it's quality is high.
Second, the author mentions that the Roman Emperor had wide political connections to the Arles. On top of that, he adds that the sculpture was probably tossed in the river soon after his death. The lecturer agrees with the fact that Caesar had many connections to the region. However, the lecturer calls his second argument into question by saying that the sculpture was found with some other pieces of art which are dated to the third century, and therefore it is more likely that it was thrown in the river in the same time.
Finally, the writer asserts that the face of the statue is almost identical to the face from the coin, where the Emperor face imaged. In addition to that, in the article it is mentioned that the appearance features are the same. As opposed to the author, the professor holds that coin is small and the face image is not clear on it and the picture is only from the side, so we cannot claim that the sculpture indeed belongs to Caesar. She highlights that many Romans had similar features as the stature's face has.
To summarise, while the text states that the sculpture belongs to Julian Caesar, the lecturer thinks the opposite.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 351, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, furthermore, however, if, second, so, therefore, third, while, in addition, in contrast, on top of that
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 10.4613686534 229% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 26.0 12.0772626932 215% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 38.0 22.412803532 170% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 44.0 30.3222958057 145% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1661.0 1373.03311258 121% => OK
No of words: 361.0 270.72406181 133% => OK
Chars per words: 4.60110803324 5.08290768461 91% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.35889894354 4.04702891845 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.28417162523 2.5805825403 89% => OK
Unique words: 173.0 145.348785872 119% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.479224376731 0.540411800872 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 514.8 419.366225166 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.9475165356 49.2860985944 99% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.8125 110.228320801 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.5625 21.698381199 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.8125 7.06452816374 111% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.09492273731 147% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.149972972841 0.272083759551 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.043330052504 0.0996497079465 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0481420968289 0.0662205650399 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0783916204075 0.162205337803 48% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0657099207112 0.0443174109184 148% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.5 13.3589403974 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 66.07 53.8541721854 123% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.7 12.2367328918 79% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.92 8.42419426049 94% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 63.6247240618 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum four paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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