In the play JULIUS CAESAR Brutus is the most noble character. He stands up for what he believes in‚ risks his life for Rome‚ and doesn’t seem to be concerned with personal gain. Yet for all of Brutus’s good qualities‚ his troubles stem from his decision to murder a man and his misjudgment about the consequences. Brutus’s honor convinces him that they shouldn’t dispose of Antony when the other men want to‚ and his trust in Antony’s honor leads him to believe Antony’s funeral speech will not be an
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Julius Caesar Essay By Anonymous “Hold thou my sword hilts whilst I run on it” (5.5.32). Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a tragedy about the details surrounding the death of Caesar and the deaths of the conspirators. This tragedy involves a tragic hero‚ a hero whose strengths cause his downfall. The tragic hero is Brutus because he is virtuous‚ his morals cause him to kill Caesar‚ and his morals ultimately kill him. In the beginning of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus was known
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Compare and Contrast the domestic policies of Alexander II‚ and Alexander III Tsar Alexander II and his son Alexander III were two different minded leaders who both sought for the best of Russia by changing the ancient ways of Russian beliefs and modernising them to allow Russia to become a world power once again. The father and sons ways of thinking where completely different as the father went for a more liberal approach for Russia‚ while his son had a conservative view when changing Russia. But
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Julius Caesar A powerful leader being assassinated is not new in the history of the world. Some have been powerful and some have not. President John F. Kennedy is maybe the most famous in the history of the United States‚ except maybe President Abraham Lincoln. The murder of Julius Caesar is one of the most famous and popular too. The debate is whether he should have been assassinated or not‚ depending on what you think he was doing within the empire. It is true that Julius Caesar was changing
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Alexander Pushkin was both a romanticist in his works and not‚ all at the same time. Beginning at age fifteen‚ he published poems and prose‚ and eventually his novel‚ Eugene Onegin. He is the William Shakespeare of Russia‚ influencing even the language by supplementing with his own vocabulary. He wrote everything from lyric poetry‚ to short stories‚ even personal essays and journalism pieces. Many of his works represent a highly romanticized view of the world. For example‚ “A Little Bird” refers
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Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar is considered to be one of the greatest statesman and a Roman general. It is believed that Julius springs his family from the genetic factor Julia‚ the descendants of Lulus‚ who was the son of Aeneas‚ the Trojan prince‚ and the supposed son of Venus goddess. Caesar‚ the cognomen springs its origin from an ancestor born by a caesarean section. Caesar was born on 13th July 100 B.C. and died on 15th March 44 B.C. Julius Caesar was the son of Gaius Julius Caesar and
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(in Europe). The source of the initial conflict was that Carthage had attempted to set up a garrison on the island of Sicily in the City of Messina. A garrison is a place where troops are stationed to defend a city or fortress. A war between the two great powers began in 264 BC and a series of battles commenced. The Battle of Cape Ecnomus was a naval conflict in 256 BC between the two powers off the coast of Sicily and is one of the largest naval battles in world history involving about 350 ships on
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Forum with Caesar’s body in tow and will use the corpse as a prop throughout his oration. - / - / - / - / - / - I come to bury Caesar‚ not to praise him. Antony follows with a line of straight iambic pentameter punctuated with a feminine ending. Here’s the first irony of Antony’s speech‚ in that he is unequivocally here to praise Caesar. Antony is‚ in fact‚ lying. This is a calculated tactic to disarm a crowd firmly on the side of Brutus when Antony takes the pulpit. - / - -
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Loyalty in Julius Caesar Loyalty is the most important attribute. The definition of loyalty is faithfulness to one’s friends‚ country‚ ideals‚ etc. What would you do if your loyalties clashed with one another? You would have to pick. That choice can make or break a man‚ which I think ruined many men in Julius Caesar. No one knew who was an ally or an enemy. Someone who was one of your best friends could actually be your foe? This is what happened in Julius Caesar. I think loyalty is the very most
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In Julius Caesar‚ Shakespeare shows through a series of events that being careful is important. The characters’ situational misinterpretations show that by misunderstanding the signs and their warnings‚ chaos can happen. Decius’ misinterpretation of Calphurnia’s dream leads to Caesar’s death because he manipulated the understanding of the dream in his favor. When Calphurnia is distress‚ afraid that something might happen to Caesar in response to her dream‚ Decius makes sure that Caesar and Calphurnia
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