In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ a play set in Ancient Rome‚ the characters Calphurnia and Decius are in opposition. Calphurnia hopes to prompt her husband‚Caesar‚ to stay at home instead of going to the Senate because she fears that Caesar’s life is in jeopardy. Decius‚ in this case Calpurnia’s adversary‚ wants to persuade Caesar that he should in fact go to the Senate where his doomed fate awaits him. Shakespeare uses many rhetorical devices in Calpurnia’s conversation and Decius’ conversation
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Julius Caesar Essay A cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime‚ scoundrel. This is the definition of of a villain or in other words Julius Caesar. Throughout the times‚ historians argue that Julius Caesar was one of the worlds greatest villains. He is depicted as being a villain as he slaughtered one third of the population of Gaul‚ forced his way back into power and made himself dictator and consul and was assassinated by his fellow consuls. To a large extent
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Julius Caesar is an interesting play. The play is definitely very popular and a lot of people have either read the story or they have watched the play. Everyone has his or her own views on the story. Some people may say that the conspirators were horrible or that Caesar shouldn’t have died‚ but some other people think the opposite. In my opinion I believe that for the most part this is Brutus’ story‚ and that Brutus is the protagonist and Cassius is the antagonist of the story. The name Julius Caesar
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Julius Caesar is definitely not a fun read unless you’re some sort of over-analytical‚ literary enthusiast. This is due to the complex plot‚ heavy symbolism‚ and‚ most importantly‚ the primitive form of English used. However‚ reading the story can be “fun” and interesting if you used techniques Foster presented in his book How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Foster introduced techniques to help analyze books to better comprehend them. As in Julius Caesar‚ Foster would analyze the story by observing
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Honorable Brutus In Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ the character of Marcus Brutus has a very significant‚ yet controversial role. Being both Caesar’s closest friend and a conspirator against him‚ Brutus is torn between whether or not he should take part in the murder. By his choice of joining with the conspirators to bring about Caesar’s demise‚ Brutus is not the ideal and honorable man Rome believed him to be. Brutus fears that Caesar’s power and ambition will grow far too
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In the book‚ "Julius Caesar" persuasion is used to gain allies and power In the story‚ two of Caesar’s long time friends‚ Cassius and Brutus‚ turn against him. To gain strength Cassius and Brutus create a conspiracy about Caesar to influence others to remove him from power. Throughout the book‚ there are many examples of jealousy and allusion used by Cassius for his benefit and the death of Caesar. In the book‚ Julius Caesar was an influential and respected man. The community loved him for
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According to Brutus‚ he had participated in the assassination of Caesar because it was for the good of rome. In act 3‚ scene 2 it says “Not that I loved Caesar less‚ but that I loved Rome more.” Towards the end of the play Brutus killed himself with his own sword and even Anthony‚ his enemy‚ said “This was the noblest Roman of them all.” During Anthony’s speech‚ every time Antony spoke of Brutus‚ he would follow up by saying that Brutus was indeed an honorable man. Brutus is honorable in all situations
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compelling speech to the plebeians. In addition‚ when Decius convinces Caesar to arrive at the Capitol for his impending assassination. The language of persuasion is used extensively and adequately throughout William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” ultimately impacting the history in the city of Rome. The first use of language as a means of persuasion was Cassius alluring Brutus into the conspiracy of assassinating Julius Caesar. Cassius entices Brutus using various clever techniques to persuade
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better or worse. In Julius Caesar‚ for example‚ Mark Antony goes through several changes. Mark Antony loved Julius Caesar‚ yet when he passed away Mark Antony swears vengeance‚ and ultimately is corrupted by the power of running a country. At the beginning of the play Antony is harmless and extremely loyal to Julius Caesar. Mark Antony is about to run a race‚ but "When Caesar says Do this‚’ it is performed." It is almost as if Mark Antony is only a puppet to Julius Caesar. He is being respectful
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Ask any 15+ year old if they have heard the name of Julius Caesar. I guarantee you their response will be‚ ‘yes’. Now I ask myself why that is. What kind of character do you have to be to be to be known unanimously? To be remembered centuries later? You have to be a revolutionary leader. “These days we know exactly what we want in a leader. They have to share our ideas‚ be persistent‚ and have people like us in mind no matter what they do. If they do not possess these qualities‚ we do not elect them
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