circle and the pair descend down the giants well to the realm of the traitors‚ the frozen river Cocytus into the region called Caina. The poets talk to several notorious traitors‚ such as Camiscion de’Pazzi and Bocca degli Abati‚ before plunging even deeper towards the center of the earth‚ where Lucifer resides. The poets encounter Satan‚ who has three heads‚ each one chewing a sinner who has betrayed his benefactor. One head holds Brutus‚ another Cassius‚ and the third chews Judas Iscariot. At last‚ Virgil
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Live‚ live!”‚ “They were traitors!” (III.ii.48‚ 154). The people are as fickle as described in the beginning of the tragedy. They can’t stick with a side for too long. The people of Rome always want to be on the most powerful side so once Caesar took control of Rome from Pompey;
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Getting What They Deserve: Punishment in Dante’s Inferno Dante’s The Inferno is his own interpretation of the circles of hell. The people that Dante places in hell tried to validate their offenses and have never seen the injustice of their crime or crimes. They were each placed in a specific circle in Hell‚ Dante has nine circles in his hell. Each circle holds those accountable for that specific crime. Each circle has its own unique and fitting punishment for the crime committed. There are
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Shakespeare’s well-known tragedy‚ is unique in that it contains two tragic characters‚ the senator Brutus and emperor Caesar. A play in five acts‚ Julius Caesar attempts to portray the assassination of Caesar‚ at that time victorious over Pompey’s sons‚ and the civil war that follows‚ culminating in the establishment of the Second Triumvirate. Although Caesar meets his end comparatively early in the third act‚ both Brutus and Caesar are adequately portrayed as men of high repute who‚ through flawed actions and
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Iscariot he is not‚ or is he? The list of infamous traitors is short and perhaps less well-known than other less significant lists‚ like the list of this year’s Oscar nominees. There was; Brutus‚ Tokyo Rose‚ Mata Hari‚ Benedict Arnold‚ John Anthony Walker Jr.‚ and Judas who was one of the twelve disciples‚ and perhaps the most well-known of all traitors‚ he betrayed Jesus for a mere handful of coins. This list is incomplete‚ but it lists traitors who were both foreign and domestic‚ from modern day
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Study Questions for Circles 8/9 Fall 2013 Why is a frozen lake an appropriate place for the punishment of traitors in the lowest circle of hell? Explain the suffering of opposites for treachery. The Giants and Lucifer are proud figures who appear divided‚ with only the top halves of their bodies visible to Dante and Virgil. Similarly‚ half the bodies of Cassius‚ Judas‚ and Brutus are inside Lucifer’s massive jaws. Count Ugolino‚ on the other hand‚ is doubled with his mortal enemy‚ Archbishop
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* Brutus * supporter of the republic * believes strongly in a government guided by the votes of senators * While Brutus loves Caesar as a friend‚ he opposes the ascension of any single man to the position of dictator‚ and he fears that Caesar aspires to such power. * Torn between his loyalty to Caesar and his allegiance to the state‚ Brutus becomes the tragic hero of the play. * inflexible sense of honor makes it easy for Caesar’s enemies to manipulate him
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countries today have policies that enforce the death penalty for treason‚ the Latin saying “Mors Ante Infamiam” or “Death before Dishonor” means to rather die than to dishonor your country‚ a belief that Dante must have shared judging by his placement of Brutus and Casius in the fourth ring of the ninth circle Cocytus with Judas Iscariot in Satan’s mouths. Even though The Divine Comedy predates Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ the tale of the betrayal of the Emperor of Rome was notorious enough for commoners
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Conflicting Perspectives – Julius Caesar Personalities‚ events or situations often elicit conflicting perspectives. To what extent has textual form shaped your understanding of conflicting perspectives. In your response‚ make detailed reference to your prescribed text and one other text of your own choosing. Conflicting perspectives are often the outcome of diverse and contrasting views of ones personality‚ event or situation. This is evident is the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ as
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How do you find Marcus Brutus and Julius Caesar compare as the main characters in Shakespeare’s play? Do you find them to be representative of good vs. evil? In the historical tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ there are a number of contrasting themes and characters who develop the theme of good vs. evil and perhaps are constantly changing from the protagonist to the antagonist. It is hard to distinguish who is suppose to be the savior of the Roman people and who is the hypocrite that is misleading both
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