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    Julius Caesar Film vs Mean Girls Julius Caesar is an extremely old and extremely famous play written by William Shakespeare around 1599. Shakespeare’s plays are reflected in many movies and stories now a days and Julius Caesar is to famous that they even made thrice movies for the story. A movie that reflects the story of Julius Caesar is Mean Girls and it reflects the movie in many aspects you could think of‚ even though they do have some differences because the story slightly changes

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    Marcus Brutus and Stoicism Essay In Julius Caesar does Brutus exemplify the stoic life? Stoicism is “the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint” (google.com). Julius Caesar‚ and The Meditations prove that Brutus is stoic when Portia died‚ when Brutus killed Caesar‚ and when Brutus admits he hates sticking out. Brutus has a stoic philosophy. First off‚ Marcus Brutus has shown stoicism through his emotions when his wife Portia died. When portia died by swallowing

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    strong enough to take their life in order to defend it. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ there are certain characters portrayed to show how a person’s values or ideas can change their behavior and influence some significant decisions. The protagonist of the play‚ Marcus Brutus‚ supports this thought by having an idealistic view on the world and by showing his patriotism toward Rome. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ Shakespeare uses Brutus as an honorable‚ idealistic man in order to show the

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    William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar is about a group of conspirators that plan to murder Julius Caesar‚ a military leader that is soon to be be king. The conspirators’s plan was a success but they later have to go to war with Caesars noblest friend Marc Antony and his heir Octavius. This results in many tragic deaths. In this play there has been a question asked who would be the tragic hero-Brutus or Caesar? Based upon the definition of a tragic hero‚Caesar would be more fit. To begin‚the

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    Caesar is not the Tragic hero of a play called The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Although the title may claim so‚ Caesar is not the true tragic hero of his own play. This title belongs to Caesar friend‚ Marcus Brutus. In The Tragedy of Caesar‚ Brutus is the tragic hero not Caesar. Admittedly Caesar is of great magnitude‚ he is close to being dictator and even refers to himself in the third person but he doesn’t bring the audience to pity him. However Brutus is also a man of great magnitude‚ being a senator

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    the perspective of the Gauls. While Caesar portrays the Romans as hardworking and well prepared for the siege‚ he portrays the Gauls as ignorant and savage. Caesar portrays the persistent nature of the Romans while they are preparing for the Gallic siege of their camp. He uses “working” verbs such as “instituitur” (line 6)‚ “contabulantur” (line 7)‚ and “attexuntur” (line 7.) The Romans were preparing‚ setting up‚ weaving‚ and getting ready for the siege. Caesar uses these verbs to emphasize how

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    life‚ or the ‘general good’ of your country? This seed of a question was planted in the gullible mind of Rome’s most beloved political leader‚ Marcus Brutus. Caius Cassius‚ another great political leader of Rome‚ is the deceptive planter of this seed and the greatest contributor to the demise of Julius Caesar. The combination of Brutus’ gullibility and Cassius’ manipulative nature is what made for such a perfect storm. The differences and similarities between these two characters are shocking

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    The story of Julius Caesar is a time period where Caesar was the noblest men of all of Rome. It’s a famous time were there was a lot of tragic events. For example in act 3 scene 1 Cesar is stabbed and killed by the conspirators at the senate. The fall of their King was a tragic event. Also Brutus committing suicide who was also one of the noblest man of Rome. A tragedy is a powerful impact in a story. Which in ties in with a tragic hero who is the main protagonist {character} in the story but they

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    tragic ends. In the play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare‚ both sides are beautifully shown through the death of the main character‚ Julius Caesar‚ “Know‚ Caesar doth not wrong‚ nor without cause Will he be satisfied.” (III‚ i 47-48) In this work‚ Caesar’s death is a a fall of a dictator‚ the end of a friendship‚ the demise of way of life. But it was also a new start for Rome and a beginning of what could’ve been an equal republic Caesars death shows how betrayal can affect begins

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    Julius Caesar as a Tragic Hero The Ides of March mean much more than March 15th‚ it was also the day Julius Caesar‚ the Roman general and leader was killed. Although this day is not a holiday‚ we should take time to think of things Caesar didn’t on this fateful day. In "Julius Caesar‚" by William Shakespeare‚ Caesar that morning solidified his place as a tragic hero because of his tremendous fatal flaw. Aristotle once defined the tragic hero as a person of noble or influential birth‚ who has

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