In the play‚ Julius Caesar by Shakespeare‚ the main character Brutus made several errors in judgment. His many aberrations led to his own death. The first and most basic fault by Brutus was allowing himself to become involved with the conspirators. The second was allowing Mark Antony to live and then permitting him to speak at Caesar’s funeral. The third fault by Brutus was his battle plan for the war at Philippi. The act of joining the conspirators in a plot to kill Julius Caesar was Brutus’ first
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Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. In the play‚ Mark Antony is a righteous supporter of Caesar who stands by him at all costs; Cassius is a conspirator who plans the murder of Caesar; and Brutus is a noble yet contradictory Roman who betrays Caesar for the good of his country‚ Rome. Through the actions of these characters‚ William Shakespeare uses his play to embody the values of trustworthiness and decency as important Roman ideals. First of all‚ Mark Antony is a loyal Roman who will stand by Caesar and believes
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In the play‚ Julius Caesar Brutus is an idealist and this leads to his inability to see things clearly and this idealism causes him to make bad decisions and for him to not understand human behaviour and thus unable to see the world clearly. Brutus believes that honour makes a man worthy. He believes that he is an honourable man which makes him higher ranking than his peers such as Cassius or Casca. Brutus often thinks of the wellbeing of Rome before himself. He imagines an idealism world free
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Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a tragic play about the fight for leadership and the conflicting views of what is right and wrong. In this play‚ Shakespeare uses imagery‚ contrast‚ and similes to highlight the arguments of those conflicting views through Cassius’s argument against Caesar. The different contrasts given in Cassius’s argument establish the differences between what people think of Caesar versus what he is truly like. One specific way in which he achieves this effect is through
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In the play Julius Caesar there are multiple omens and signs that hint at what is going to happen later on. Most of the omens are about Julius Caesar’s death and are all ignored during the play. The first omen in the play is in Act I‚ Scene II where a soothsayer speaks out through a crowd of people and tells Caesar to “Beware of the Ides of March” (1.2.16). Caesar does not heed the soothsayer’s warning and completely ignores it for the rest of the play. If Caesar had taken into consideration what
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The Feast of Lupercal Caesarian Significance In Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar‚ the Feast of Lupercal presents itself early in the play. This feast was significant in the two following ways: it represented the beliefs of the people of the power of Lupercal‚ and in the play it shows Antony’s devotion to Caesar. Although the root of the word Lupercal can be drawn from the Latin lupus‚ which means wolf‚ the feast is a celebration of fertility. In the mythology of the times‚ Lupercus
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The speeches In the story‚ Julius Caesar‚ two mean with two different beliefs come to the same crowd to share their story and to bring forth their cause. Both of their speeches brought passion and true conviction. Taking the crowd to all extremes‚ the favor was with Brutus‚ until Antony came to the podium. Antony’s speech swayed the crowd in such a way‚ the crowd turns‚ into a mad‚ chanting to kill the conspirorators. When Brutus comes out to confront the crowd‚ he addresses his speech to everyone
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Train of Self Destruction In the classic play‚ Julius Caesar‚ by William Shakespeare the character Brutus becomes blinded by his trust towards others‚ his honorable status‚ and most of all his love for Rome. This eventually causes the tragic death of Caesar Augustus and himself. Brutus as a highly regarded Roman official always tries to make the best decision for himself and most importantly for Rome. Over time he becomes blinded by himself and eventually dishonors himself‚ the once most
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Orwell and Pablo Picasso in Julius Caesar‚ Animal Farm and Guernica respectively where each protagonist presented is shown to act on behalf of their own agenda espousing the belief that their perspective is indeed the most desirable. Due to the complex nature of perspective‚ it is impossible to encapsulate the entire truth at once. Caesar perceives his role in public to be the “northern star” of Rome. Juxtaposed against this highhanded nature is the irony that Caesar has not fathered a child “Shake
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Following Julius Caesar is a play with many central ideas‚ but one in particular stands out to its readers. Shakespeare shows in Julius Caesar that following people blindly can end in conflict through the plot. The gullible Roman citizens in the play believe any leader who speaks. "You blocks‚ you stones‚ you worse than senseless things! / O you hard hearts‚ you cruel men of Rome‚ / Knew you not Pompey?" (1.1.35-37). The Romans switch their loyalties at the drop of a hat‚ from Pompey to Caesar‚ to Brutus
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