Mark Antony 	The character of Mark Antony from Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar may be viewed as simply the confident and devoted supporter of Julius Caesar. On the contrary‚ Antony presents the qualities of a shrewd flatterer‚ a ruthless tyrant‚ as well as a loyal follower. Antony’s characteristics will change as the play progresses. He will begin using flattery to get what he wants‚ but he will eventually depend on his powerful relentlessness. Furthermore‚ Antony uses these
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Lend me Your Ears The empire of Rome has fallen into mourning due to the assassination of Julius Caesar. Rome needs a new leader‚ one who can rebuild the peoples’ faith and rule with a benevolent grace. As a rule‚ men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can. Rome needs a ruler that can bring its hidden problems to light and deal with them accordingly. Marcus Antonius should be the new leader of Rome. Marc Antony is a persuasive man that has a way with words. Before he gives
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tries to have the character evoke emotions from the audience in the same way. In the play‚ “Julius Caesar” by Shakespeare‚ the audience is introduced to many characters‚ many of whom are portrayed in their truest form. Shakespeare creates the utmost depiction of who each of the characters are morally and sensibly. The main characters‚ the conspirators‚ commit the brutal crime of killing their leader‚ Julius Caesar‚ and in the end‚ the conspirators suffer the consequences. Shakespeare provides an abundance
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a play about a tragic hero named Brutus‚ and takes place in the early Roman Empire. The current ruler‚ Caesar is loved by many‚ but a small conspiracy of a few Romans builds‚ one whose name is Cassius. They are tired of his rule and are looking to free themselves from his way of rule. These characters plan to assassinate Caesar‚ but are looking for a way to do it so that it may seem justified to the rest of Rome when the deed is done. Brutus
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Shakespeare‚ William eloquent play King Lear shows betrayal and loyalty. An apocryphal note being sent from one brother to another asking to take over‚ sister bilking giving up their authority‚ and a sibling not getting the recognition for their true loyalty. Therefore this play knows how to cause drama with the loyalty and the absence of loyalty. Right off the bat Edgar’s loyalty to his father gets questioned because of a forged note. Edmund‚ the younger son whom is a bastard‚ decides the only
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play Julius Caesar presents conflicting perspectives of Julius Caesar’s death. Shakespeare employs a variety of dramatic and language techniques to enhance the contrasting views of the assassination. Similarly President Bush’s Address at the 5th Anniversary of 9/11 and the article War is not a solution for Terrorism by Howard Zinn‚ deals with differing views of US occupation in Iraq. Shakespeare’s tragedy Julius Caesar clearly presents conflicting perspectives of the assassination of Caesar‚ a powerful
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In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar “friendship” is used tactically and is strategic toward the motives of the characters. Trust‚ the most important aspect of friendship‚ and flattery are used to deceive and manipulate. This is a recurring theme throughout the play and plays a part in major events that take place. We first see this with Brutus and Cassius. At the beginning of the play Cassius is constantly telling Brutus how great he is and how he should be the King of Rome. In
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Julius Caesar Poet‚ William Shakespeare‚ in his tragedy‚ Julius Caesar‚ Conveys many themes of which I am writing about is fate. Shakespeare’s purpose is to tell a story with underlying tones of fate‚ tragic heroes ‚ and friendship and loyalty. He adopts a sense of helplessness for the heroes by having them foreshadow their own demise in order to show fate in life of the characters in the play. The Characters in the play have their fate told to them by having their demise told to them or forewarned
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The Tragedy of Brutus After the murder of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus sets out to explain why the conspirators plotted against Caesar. He is there to shift the crowd to support the death of their beloved leader and to show them the good things that will result of Caesar’s demise. Brutus knows that the crowd is not on the side of the conspirators‚ so he knows he has to be cautious of how he gets their support. Brutus is worried about his public duty and is prepared to act for the common good of Rome.
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had sealed the fate of Julius Caesar‚ and Brutus‚ Cassius‚ and all the other conspirators knew that they could use this to their advantage‚ and to Caesar’s disadvantage. Friendship‚ was what the conspirators used as a cover to blind Caesar from the truth‚ just as a hunter uses camouflage to keep the animals from seeing what he is up to. The conspirators also used camouflage‚ but they used flattery along with manipulation as a way to soothe any feelings of doubt that Caesar may have had about their
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