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    and dramatic playwrights in history. He wrote the great tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ as well as the dark conspiracy of Julius Caesar. In Julius Caesar‚ Mark Antony speaks to a mob of citizens in order to obscure the audience’s view of Caesar and to persuade the audience to question Brutus’ honor. Shakespeare parallels Caesar and Brutus. He repeats that Brutus says that “Caesar was ambitious” (6)‚ and that “Brutus is an honorable man” (10). By constantly comparing the two characters‚ Mark Antony is

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    Throughout the book of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare‚ there are multiple signs that suggest Caesar’s upcoming demise but are ignored due to the arrogance and insecurity of Caesar. As the drama continues there is a clear foreshadowing of his death shown through Calphurnia’s dream of Caesar "Calphurnia in her sleep cried out “Help ho‚ they murder Caesar!””(Act 2 scene 2 line 2-3). Calphurnia dreamt about Caesar blood pouring out into a fountain where Romans were smiling

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    Julius Caesar Summary

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    Julius Caesar William Shakespeare THE PLAY THE PLOT The working people of Rome are overjoyed: Julius Caesar has beaten Pompey ’s sons in battle‚ and everyone ’s getting a day off from work to celebrate Caesar ’s triumphant return. But two Roman officers‚ Flavius and Marullus‚ chase the crowds away: how dare the citizens support a tyrant who threatens to undermine hundreds of years of Republican (representative) rule! Don ’t they know that Caesar wants to be king? Caesar parades by in

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    Julius Caesar Any salad can become a Caesar salad if you stab it enough. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragic play written by the great William Shakespeare. The play was first performed in 1599 during the period of history titled “The Age of Discovery.” During this era‚ historical plays were generally popular due to most people’s curiosity to learn about diverse worlds that differed from their own. Because of this‚ Shakespeare wrote several plays based on historical events that occurred

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    Rhetoric in Julius Caesar

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    Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ rhetoric is exactly what Brutus and Mark Antony used to duke it out and to get their point across about Caesar’s death to the people of Rome. Seeking to gain their support and change their minds based on their rhetorical way with words. Let’s get it on! “If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar‚ this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less‚ but that I loved Rome more.” (3.2/ 19) Brutus tries to tell the people that he executed Caesar for their own good

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    Julius Caesar Exam

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    5/24/13 Julius Caesar Exam Part Three In the play‚ Shakespeare shows us the characteristics of Brutus‚ Julius Caesar‚ and Cassius‚ and shows their flaws to teach us about basic human nature. Shakespeare shows the flaws of pride‚ shown by Caesar‚ jealousy shown by Cassius‚ and gullibility shown by Brutus. Caesar practices the flaw of pride when he is warned by people to beware the ides of March and Artemidorus says‚ “O Caesar‚ read my first‚ for mine’s a suit that touches Caesar nearer‚” (93)‚

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    looked under the lens of the tragedy Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ Mahatma Ghandi’s statement

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    Summary Of Marcus Caesar

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    com to our once peaceful nation. Our mighty leader Caesar was mercilessly assassinated yesterday on Ides of March 44 BC. by a group of rouge senators including Caesars trusted friend Marcus Brutus. These murderers have escaped and Rome has lost one of her best and most compassionate leaders. But what was the reason of this sudden assassination. The most obvious is uneasiness. For some time there has been tension between our great leader‚ Caesar‚ and the senate. These self-seeking inconsiderate murderers

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    Stoicism in Julius Caesar

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    In Roman times‚ suicide was not the shameful‚ taboo act that it is today‚ but was once viewed as honorable and praiseworthy. The ultimate sacrifice was being able to take one ’s own life. Brutus‚ in William Shakespeare ’s Julius Caesar‚ is a man driven by will‚ virtue‚ and disillusionment all in the name of the Republic. On the eve of his defeat by Antony‚ Brutus runs upon his own sword to preserve his honor as a Roman man. Brutus "embraces a Stoic attitude towards suicide‚ seeing it as the supreme

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    Persuading Caesar In the tragedy‚ “Julius Caesar‚” William Shakespeare uses detail and appeal to present how Decius was able to make a stronger argument than Calphurnia to persuade Caesar to go to the Senate. Calphurnia already has an emotional appeal with Caesar since he is her husband and uses pathos to try to persuade Caesar to stay home and not go to the Senate meeting as it would turn out in a negative situation. She expresses her fear with a dream of his statue “[running] pure blood and

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