What Did I Just Read? To write about Tim Crouch’s I‚ Cinna I first had to dissect my feelings. Mainly‚ my lack of any strong emotional attachment. With some introspection I realised this play did not so much feel like a play but an essay. His deconstructing of Shakespeare’s The Tragedie of Julius Caesar has created a stream-lined and persuasive narrative. The thesis: The moral conflicts in Julius Caesar are relevant to everyone. The first step to any essay is introducing an idea to be explored
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The play‚ Julius Caesar‚ explores the rebellion and betrayal that can exist among friends; many go as far as killing their friends in the name of fame and power. Various characters in the play turn against Caesar including Brutus‚ Cassius‚ Metellus‚ among many others. Even though Antony refers to Brutus as “the most noble Roman of them all‚” it is clear that he has many more flaws than strengths. Caesar is the only noble character as portrayed throughout the play. Even though he is overambitious
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Honorable or not? Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare was a tragedy consisting many events. The tragedy of Julius Caesar began in Rome when the people of Rome are taking a holiday to celebrate the triumphant return of Julius Caesar. Two tribunes’ names Marullis and Flavious try to shame the people of Rome for their fickle behavior for one minute praising Pompey and now praising Caesar. Julius Caesar is a highly successful leader of Rome whose popularity seems to model a dictatorship. Although
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Character: Caesar 1. Trait: Arrogant Quotation: Act 2 scene 3 “How foolish do your fears seem now‚ Calpurnia! I am ashamed I did yield to them. Give me my robe‚ for I will go.” Commentary: Caesar shows arrogance by going to the senate after Calpurnia warned him. After Decius messes with his ego and tells him that he would let a girl hold him back it made Caesar show his arrogance after Decius plays with his ego since he doesn’t want to be intimidated
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Williliam Shakespeare’s tragic play‚ Julius Caesar‚ builds around the conflict among a group of conspirators and the person they are conspiring against. Julius Caesar tells the story of the assassination and downfall of an influential leader in Ancient Rome‚ named Julius Caesar‚ and the people responsible for his death. The story depicts the multifarious conflicts that arise between the conspirators after Caesar’s death. Shakespeare develops plot through internal and external conflict to illustrate
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Brutus and Julius Caesar are different characters but somewhat similar. Julius Caesar and Brutus are both rich. They are both well known to the people Caesar being the leader and Brutus is Caesar’s friend. Brutus is one of the main conspirators. Although he questions whether is it the right thing to murdering Caesar or not troubling his thoughts. Portia wanders why Brutus is troubled. “Brutus‚ my lord‚ make me acquainted with your cause of grief. It will not let you eat‚ nor talk‚ nor sleep.” In
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Leader to prey. Respect to hostility. Power to death. These unfortunate events are what shape the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare and the tragic hero in it. The tragic hero in this play is Marcus Brutus. A tragic hero is a person who starts with power‚ happiness‚ and respect‚ but because of a character flaw loses it all. He fits the definition of a tragic hero to the tee. He has a very frightening character flaw of extreme naivety. Because of these reasons‚ the tragic hero
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Introduction Zack Snyder’s Batman v. Superman and Joe and Anthony Russo’s Captain America Civil War are both about superheros that end up with the good guys fighting against each other. The themes of the movies are similar‚ both being about power and justice. (Batman vs. Superman) Batman is Gotham City’s super hero that takes on the evil in their city. Superman is an ‘alien’ that came to earth to survive and protects Metropolis as best he can. In the movie‚ Batman v. Superman‚ Batman fears the
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In Julius Caesar‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Mark Antony uses all three of the persuasive appeals to convince people to one side of an argument or another. However‚ the most common appeal used by Antony is logos. This can be seen when he talks at Julius Caesar’s funeral‚ when he convinces Brutus and Cassius not to kill him after Caesar’s death‚ and when he asks if anyone else would leave their estate to the Romans like Caesar did. One of the most obvious times Antony uses logos to persuade a crowd
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As Vernon Howard once said‚ “ People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly.” In Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus and Antony both gave speeches to the people of Rome regarding Caesar’s death. In comparison of the two speeches‚ there were many similarities and differences. By using his rhetorical skills‚ Mark Antony was able to persuade the people of Rome to support him. Considering that Brutus’ speech contained mainly logos‚ he wasn’t able to captivate
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