Comparative Essay on the speeches of Mark Antony and Brutus Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s greatest works. It is about a group of conspirators in Rome who kill their king‚ Julius Caesar. The play follows the life of Brutus (at the time) - a conspirator yet an honourable man. His rival throughout the novel is Mark Antony- Caesar’s good friend. The pair’s likeness and unlikeness becomes clear at Caesar’s funeral where both make a speech justifying what one another is doing. Brutus appeals
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Julius Caesar is the correct name for this play because of his importance. Julius Caesar is important because of his choices and how he led the people around him. Caesar is the most important character of the play. Julius Caesar is the right name for this play. It fits the play because he is the character that makes the decisions that all other decisions are based on. The choices Caesar makes is a major influence on everyone and leads them into their final decision. This is evident when Antony makes
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Rome has risked the great flames of war It seems the the Roman republic entered a war with the conspirators and their allies‚ and endangering the populace of Philippi. Fortunately for the Macedonians‚ no known account of casualties were suffered for the people of Philippi. I can not say this war was in bad taste‚ as our triumvirates avenged our Caesar after being called too ambitious by the “noble”‚ Brutus. And being slain by him and other senators of the Roman republic. The battle was a bloody
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The Funeral Oration of Pericles and The Melian Dialogue are two primary sources that present us the true nature of Athens. The evidence from the two primary sources states to us that Athens are a people that don’t look upon others and that they only care about themselves. Surviving and making sure that their people history stay alive is Athens main agenda and they will stop at nothing to make sure they reach their goal. Athenians true nature is survival. Doing the war against Sparta‚ they held
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In February 44 BC. Julius Caesar has just reentered Rome in triumph after a victory in Spain over the sons of his old enemy‚ Pompey the Great. During the celebration it was interrupted and broken up by Flavius and Marullus‚ two political enemies of Caesar. It soon becomes apparent their words are powerful and secret forces are working against Caesar. Caesar appears‚ attended by the train of friends and supporters‚ and is warned by a soothsayer to "beware the ides of March‚" but Caesar ignores the
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Julius Caesar Essay Brutus and Caesar had a lot of power already in the Roman society‚ but who would make a better leader? These two characters are from The Tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare. The play takes place during 44 B.C. in ancient Rome‚ towards the end of the Roman republic. This selection is a tragic and historical drama. Brutus places his ideals‚ Rome‚ over his friend‚ Julius Caesar‚ and is willing to kill Caesar to protect the Republic. In the play‚ the two main
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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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4.10 (Intro) “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once”. Brutus was a Betrayer and a Patriot in my eyes. When Caesar said this‚ he knew he would die‚ and in the hands of Brutus. Brutus loved Rome and didn’t wish to see it crumble and waste away at the hands of Julius Caesar. Cassius then asked why Caesar was to become the king when Brutus was just as the same. Brutus was a little bit of a patriot and traitor. He is a patriot for loving Rome enough to
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The Death of Julius Caesar Should Julius Caesar have been killed? This is a question many scholars‚ intellectuals‚ and philosophers have wondered throughout the ages since his bloody death in the year 44 B.C. at the hands of some of his closest friends. This treachery would have most people in outrage; who would dare kill the soon to be Roman Emperor? Most would come to the assumption it was blood thirsty‚ heartless men who themselves wanted to seize power‚ but is that really the case? I believe
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‘Enobarbus‚ the voice of common sense’ By considering Shakespeare’s dramatic presentation of Enobarbus evaluate this view Despite being a character‚ who‚ in terms of plot development‚ is less significant than the protagonists from the ruling classes‚ Domitius Enobarbus is nevertheless a crucial character in understanding William Shakespeare’s‚ ‘Antony and Cleopatra’. Whilst the majority of Shakespeare’s characters within this play are based heavily on their descriptions as they appear in Plutarch’s
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