A WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: JULIUS CAESAR Either 1. METELLUS CIMBER Most high‚ most mighty‚ and most puissant Caesar‚ Metellus Cimber throws before thy seat An humble heart‚-- Kneeling CAESAR I must prevent thee‚ Cimber. These couchings and these lowly courtesies Might fire the blood of ordinary men‚ And turn pre-ordinance and first decree Into the law of children. Be not fond‚ To think that Caesar bears such rebel blood That
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“Killing Caesar” by Jon Herman‚ Julius Caesar is a tyrant. Caesar wanted all of the power for himself. He stole the power of the senate and wore red boots and Tyrrhenian purple clothing. When Caesar stole the power of the senate‚ he took control of Rome. As it says in the story‚ “From the beginning Caesar’s ambitions were known. Over and again he promised to return power to the senate once reforms were made.” But after everything was back to normal and peaceful again‚ he still held the power and never
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sides.This book story shows how the citizens switch sides in the same scenario and it show you why and how.Throughout the book antony and brutus they compete against each other and contradict themselves and each other while they try to defend Julius Caesar legacy as a king. Despite they have to use path to show how they compare each other they also use ethos to show how they both feel about each other. Brutus and Antony share the similarity of logos to the audience. For example‚ when Brutus says
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Ancient history is full of conquerors that can be attributed as excellent commanders‚ but none can compare the might of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. For one conquered the whole of the then known world and the other laid the foundations of the mighty Roman Empire. Although Alexander and Caesar had contrasting early part of their lives‚ reason being that one was a ruler and the other politician. It is generally the later part of their lives which signifies and compares them; they made great
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Caesar the Oblivious There Caesar’s cold‚ dead body covered in blood lay. Caesar was one of Rome’s greatest rulers‚ however‚ there were those who wished him harm. The saying‚ “keep your friends close and your enemies closer” likely came from this book. In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy Julius Caesar‚ Caesar’s 33 stab wounds and death could have been prevented if he had paid attention to the signs. The first warning Caesar was oblivious to was when he paid no remark to what the soothsayer
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plays that stand out but the one that seems to stand out the most is “Julius Caesar”. “Julius Caesar” takes place in the Roman ages when Rome was the most powerful empires in the world. Caesar‚ the leader of the Roman Empire‚ was at the prime of his ruling until a man named Cassius gathered a group of men. In that group it included Brutus who was one of Caesar’s main supporters. Cassius’s group got together and each stabbed Caesar. Shakespeare wrote this play because he wanted to show that anyone can
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throughout the Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ written by Shakespeare. If these omens are ignored negativity is often the only outcome for the character as demonstrated in the play. Some of these omens include Caesar ignoring Calpurnia’s unpleasant dream and his servant’s simple warning. Cassius disagrees with Casca’s statement of the god’s anger toward Caesar’s death and he allows Antony to live. Brutus disapproves of Cassius’s consent to prevent Antony from speaking at Caesars funeral and Brutus agrees
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“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it”. (Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech on Freedom from Fear) “Power has only one duty --to secure the social welfare of the people” Disraeli Benjamin. However‚ the reality is somewhat different. History has led us to conclusions where those in power dominated over the weaker ones and used their supremacy to carry out immoral actions. Keeping such views
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Brutus about Caesar’s terrifying political ambition: “Cassius: That’s true. And it’s too bad‚ Brutus‚ that you don’t have/ any mirrors that could display your hidden excellence to/ yourself. I’ve heard many of the noblest Romans—next/ to immortal Caesar—speaking of you‚ complaining of/ the tyranny of today’s government‚ and wishing that
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A “Shadow in the Sun”: Green-eyed Baby Brother’s Blues There is victory in all but Richard Gloucester whose internal battlements still smoke‚ with their muzzles pointed sunward. Accepting his fate given title of “villain‚” (30) Gloucester isolates himself from the “glorious summer” (2) of triumph to release his frustration and self pity - lending the play both voice for foreshadow and basis for thematic growth. As Gloucester begins his sorrowing‚ he reflects upon the war‚ where he was “arms”
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