The Comparison of Cassius and Brutus William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy of Julius Caesar in 1599 (Bostock). The play is a tragedy. "A Shakespearean tragedy is a written work with a sad ending where the hero either dies or ends up mentally‚ emotionally‚ or spiritually devastated" (Rafiq 2017). Shakespeare uses two characters‚ Cassius and Brutus‚ to rally other senators to commit to killing Julius Caesar. Cassius and Brutus are respected as senators so others are willing to follow them. Although
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eras are Sophocles’ Antigone and William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Antigone is the tragedy of a brave sister who tries to honor her brother‚ while Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy based on love and being loyal to others. In both plays there is tension between private and public‚ which can be illustrated by comparing Kreon and Caesar’s fear of public opinion‚ the betrayal between characters‚ and concept of hamartia. In both Antony and Cleopatra and Antigone tension between private and
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Comparing and contrasting Both utilise dramatic monologues to present inner workings of the characters there by allowing the reader an opportunity to witness the loss of humanity. Shakespeare uses the monologue in act 2 scene 1 to show how Macbeth is a person who can rationalise and reason but becomes dark and deceitful. He appears to be a man who is rational and logical with the questions asking “is this…dagger…I see before me…toward my hand?” “Art thou not…sensible…as to sight?” reflecting that
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Integrity of Brutus To be honorable is to bring great admiration and reliability upon yourself through the opinions of others. In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Marcus Brutus is an honorable man. I believe this is true since Brutus is a beloved saint in the eyes of Romans. Brutus is what everyone seems to want in a leader for their country. Everyone believes in Brutus’ abilities with every ounce of hope they have. Marcus Brutus is placed up high on a pedestal by Romans. Brutus is full
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Reading selectively or extensively Honorable judges‚ good morning/afternoon .I am glad to stand here and give you a short speech .Today my topic is reading selectively or extensively .I deeply hope you will like it. As we all know‚ reading is a tradition inherited from ancient society which has a long history. Whether to read selectively or extensively has been a common question discussed by people from very ancient time. Some people tend to choose to read selectively. Having received a book they
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Julius Caesar Essay In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ Brutus was convinced by Cassius that killing Caesar was a good idea for the good of Rome. So he kills Caesar at the crowning. After the killing of Caesar. Caesars death was seen as necessary for a variety of reasons. Brutus shows three different character traits stoic‚ manipulator‚ and orator. One character trait that Brutus shows a lot in this play is stoic. Brutus shows very little emotion when his wife Portia had died. (4.ii
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In the play Julius Caesar‚ Brutus is friends with Caesar but is concerned of how power may change him. Caesar was offered the crown three times but refused each time. Brutus is good friends with Caesar. Caesar is going to be crowned at the capitol. Brutus and the others are concerned of how being crowned leader is going to change Caesar. Everyone is afraid that they will be turned into slaves by Caesar. Brutus and other conspirators plan on killing Caesar at the capitol. Caesar’s wife is very
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Julius Caesar Essay In the play Julius Caesar the character of Brutus seems to be noble‚ for he shows high moral principles. Brutus is noble for four main reasons‚ he cared for Rome and its people‚ Caesar feels Brutus does the right thing regardless‚ Brutus does not want Caesar to turn his back on Rome‚ and Brutus helps secure the good of the conspirators. In Julius Caesar‚ Brutus is asked to accompany a group of conspirators to assassinate Caesar‚ he joins and is soon in a lock with Antony and a battle
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famous quote from Brutus regarding Julius Caesar. Brutus was manipulated by the conspirators into killing his best friend Caesar. From his guilt‚ Brutus ends up killing himself. But before his own death‚ Brutus and Caesar’s friend‚ Antony‚ give a speech regarding the death of Caesar. Brutus’s funeral speech in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare was most effective due to his use of pathos‚ ethos‚ and logos. The way Brutus uses pathos is very strong. Brutus says how much he loved
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Analysis of Barack Obama‟s Speeches Junling Wang School of Foreign Languages‚ Northwest Normal University‚ Lanzhou‚ China Email: wangjl36@163.com Abstract—The Critical Discourse Analysis is often applied to analyze political discourse including the public speech‚ in which the speaker wins favorite response from the audience. This paper‚ based on Critical Discourse Analysis theory and Systematic Functional Linguistics‚ analyzes Barack Obama’s presidential speeches mainly from the point of transitivity
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