The Degeneration of Political Morality in Julius Caesar Friends‚ Romans‚ countrymen‚ lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar‚ not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar. (Act III. Scene ii.74-78) Julius Caesar is among the best of Shakespeare’s historical and political plays. The play is
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demonstrates this strength by influencing Brutus to think more seriously about stopping Caesar from becoming king by reasoning with him and pressuring him. In this scene‚ Cassius says‚ "...upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed‚ that he has grown so great...there was a Brutus once that would have brook’d the eternal devil to keep his state in Rome‚ as easily as a king..." Cassius is also very cunning and clever. He uses this strength to fully convince Brutus that many Romans will him to take action
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Pompey. Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus lead this plan and were former enemies of Julius before joining the Senate. The conspirators hoped and expected the government to return back to before Caesar’s rule after he had gone. It was said that Julius was warned of this plan but brushed it aside and on March 15 44 B.C.‚ the Ides of March‚ he was stabbed 23 times by his old allies. Within the group of killers plunging at him‚ he noticed Marcus Brutus‚ his protégé‚ and said in Greek‚ “You
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commoners back into their houses in an effort to prevent Rome from celebrating Caesar’s victory. Act One‚ Scene Two Julius Caesar triumphantly returns to Rome on the festival of Lupercalia‚ celebrated on February 15. He is followed by Antony and Brutus‚ their wives‚ and many followers. Caesar tells Antony to strike his wife Calpurnia during the festival (during which two men‚ including Antony‚ run through the street of Rome and hit those they meet with goatskin thongs) to rid her of her sterility
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Cicero’s Letters 62 BC - to Pompey in Asia Minor (Rome‚ summer): evidence for obsequious behaviour - ’I rely on you so completely’; reference to their political amisitia - ’join you as a friend as well as an ally’; reference to the Catilinarian Conspiracy ((CC) 63 BC) - ’I have done the right thing’‚ ’national interest’‚ ’I have achieved things’; seeks approval of his Concordia Ordinum - ’soldier and statesmen’. 59 BC - to Atticus on his way to Epirus (Rome‚ Jun/Jul): discussion of the political
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likely references Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger‚ a Roman politician famous for assassinating a close friend of his‚ General Julius Caesar. In his prior years‚ Caesar had a close relationship with Brutus‚ even demanding Brutus be captured alive when he joined Pompey the Great to fight against Caesar during Caesar’s Civil War. When Brutus finally surrendered‚ Caesar was quick to accept his apologies and even crowned him the Governor of Gaul when Caesar left for Africa. Brutus‚ in fear of Caesar’s absolute
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records of a speech we are unsure what the speech said. 2) Brutus’s emotional connection to Caesar in the play is noted‚ but not really showed in the lines. Plutarch explains how Sevillia was Caesar’s love and how Brutus and Caesar had a father and son relationship in both the lives of Brutus and the Lives of Julius Caesar 3)The omens in Calpurinia’s dream. Shakespeare read in Plutarch that there were omens predicting the death of Caesar before the Ides‚ but like the speech‚ we are unsure what these
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was jubilated praise Tarquinius the new king of Rome. He earned the name Tarquinius Superbus by muredering many senators‚ and did achieve much military success. But‚ he and his family were banished from Rome by the citizens- persuaded by Lucius Junius Brutus‚ Tarquinius Collatinus‚ and other great Romans- after
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Dante’s most grievous and ignorant fault is damning Marcus Brutus‚ a man distinguished for justices‚ discretion‚ magnanimity‚ every virtue‚ because he slew Caesar and plucked from the robber’s jaws the liberty of the Roman people‚ with the greatest penalty. In comparison Dante places Junius Brutus‚ a man known for driving out a king in the Elysian Fields. (Bruni‚ The Dialogues‚ p 73). Dante ridicules Dante for his hypocrisy. While Dante praises Junius for driving out a king who received the kingdom justly
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