Mark Antony were two important men in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. These two characters played a major role in Caesar’s life and had a great impact on Rome’s future. Marcus Brutus‚ a praetor‚ was an excellent public speaker and he could easily persuade the people of Rome to his thinking. Also‚ he loved Julius Caesar and he was extremely close with him. But‚ he loved Rome more than he loved Caesar. Because of his strong and loyal patriotism‚ Brutus decided that he had to kill Caesar‚ whom
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the play. In Julius Caesar‚ a Greek tragedy written by Shakespeare‚ minor characters like the soothsayer and Pindarus contribute to the play by altering the possible outcomes. At the beginning of the play‚ Caesar had just returned to Rome after defeating Pompey. Caesar was welcomed and praised by the citizens of Rome‚ except for one man‚ the Soothsayer. Even though he didn’t praise Caesar‚ the Soothsayer didn’t criticize or condemn him either; instead‚ he warned Caesar. He told Caesar to “Beware
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The speeches made to the plebeians by Brutus and Anthony at Caesar’s funeral was mostly effective using the "blame game." As Brutus blamed Caesar’s death upon his own "ambition"‚ Anthony blamed Caesar’s death at the conspirators indirectly. Even though both of their speeches questioned and boggled the crowd’s mind‚ reading both of their speeches‚ I thought Anthony’s was more effective and better‚ more respective than plain‚ old‚ repetitive Brutus’. Anthony was more persuasive especially because
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar In the novel‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ conspirators‚ led by Gaius Cassius and Marcus Brutus‚ assassinate the ruler of Rome‚ Julius Caesar. They thought that he may have become a tyrant and would make the Roman Republic fall. The aftermath of killing Caesar led to violence and a civil war. As a result‚ the Republic evolves into an Empire. The whole point of assassinating Caesar is to prevent a dictatorship‚ but killing him is one of the main
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Julius Caesar Idealism v Realism Essay Why do honorable people end up with a downfall for their achievements? William Shakespeare with his knowledge of human nature shows Brutus and Cassius’s behaviors as idealistic and realistic in one of his most tragic plays Julius Caesar. The main theme Shakespeare uses in the play is idealism v realism. Julius Caesar the new king of Rome possesses too much power; therefore‚ Cassius with his realistic views tries to lead people of Rome to decease Caesar’s leadership
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Julius Caesar William Shakespeare THE PLAY THE PLOT The working people of Rome are overjoyed: Julius Caesar has beaten Pompey ’s sons in battle‚ and everyone ’s getting a day off from work to celebrate Caesar ’s triumphant return. But two Roman officers‚ Flavius and Marullus‚ chase the crowds away: how dare the citizens support a tyrant who threatens to undermine hundreds of years of Republican (representative) rule! Don ’t they know that Caesar wants to be king? Caesar parades by in
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Flavius want to drive the commoners from the street to stop the celebration of Caesar’s victory. Murellus and Flavius took down decorations from the public statues that are in honor of Caesar’s to further hinder their celebration. Caesar told Antony to touch Calpurnia. A soothsayer is a teller of truth. He knows Caesar of the ’Ides of March’‚ the 15th of March. THE JULIUS CAESAR (bio.) llegedly the descendent of Trojan prince Aeneas‚ Julius Caesar’s auspicious birth c. July 12
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Cautious‚ cunning‚ and crafty are what describes Antony as a person when he gives his motivating and memorable speech about Caesar. Julius Caesar was just murdered by the conspirators and Antony finds out about it. Part of the conspirators also wants to kill Antony‚ but Brutus thinks they will be “butchers” (Shakespeare III.i.166). During Caesar’s funeral Antony avenges his friend’s death. With great patience and inspiring words‚ Antony turns the crowd against Brutus‚ even though he pretends to be
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Dave Jones Julius Caesar Throughout the course of history there have been many great men who are known by many in the books that people read today. Julius Caesar is one man still regarded by historians as the greatest of all time. This paper will be focusing on the life of Julius Caesar and his key accomplishments. Julius Caesar was born on July 13 100 BC in Rome‚ Italy. He was the son of Aurelia and Caius Julius Caesar (Goldsworthy 30). During the time Julius was born‚ elite families
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Julius Caesar Julius Caesar was many things. Boswell called him‚ “the greatest man of any age” (Meier). Julius Caesar was a diplomat‚ a great politician. Everyone knows that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. As well as a leader‚ he was a writer and a military genius. He led Rome to war and took home victories time and time again. He was a lover‚ marrying Cleopatra after finding her in Egypt. This military leader led victory after victory and helped to set the life of the late
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