The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Stories generally have a hero and a villain‚ with people in between. What defines a hero or a villain is how we portray that character. For example‚ Adolf Hitler was thought to be a hero by the Germans when he saved the economy‚ but a villain to all the Jews. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ the main protagonist Brutus performs a series of unfortunate actions that deem him to be a villain‚ but is ultimately an honorable man who is mistaken as one. Brutus’ lack
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Period 2" " 20 October 2014" " " " The Betrayal of Julius Caesar" " “For there to be betrayal‚ there would have to be trust first” -Susan Collins (Finest Quotes). In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ one of the main themes is betrayal. The meaning and significance of betrayal in the play is a breaking of trust by friends. In the play‚ this is done for both personal reasons and political reasons. The title character‚ Julius Caesar‚ was a great Roman general who was idolized by the
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following the law. If you break the law with any type of good intentions of not hurting anything or anybody‚ it should be okay. Well in the case of Julius Caesar it kind of is‚ especially after doing all the research that was a done. Julius was a noble man‚ loved my many‚ and was respected by all including the men who cursed him to death. Julius Cesar was a noble man in many different ways. He is tough but at the same time he also cares for everybody including his friends‚ country‚ and the people
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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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Julius Caesar Study Guide Act I 1a. Marullus shows the fickleness of the crowd by pointing out their former devotion to Pompey‚ before they gave their allegiance to Caesar and supported his defeat of Pompey. Marullus says‚ “Knew you not Pompey? Many a time and oft Have you climb’d up to walls and battlements‚ To towers and windows‚ yea‚ to chimney-tops‚ Your infants in your arms‚ and there have sat The livelong day‚ with patient expectation‚ To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome”
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Julius Caesar was a tyrant. People feared him and he took power from them. In addition‚ he was an arrogant‚ womanizing‚ political-filled human being who lived by the sword and died by the sword. These characteristics alone made Julius Caesar a tyrant. Caesar took away all power from the senate. He was filled with empty promises when it came to the senate. Caesar was also very cocky. In “Killing Caesar” by Jon Herman‚ it says “Over and again he promised to return power to the Senate once reforms
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Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar are very significant because they impress upon the Elizabethan‚ who believed in witchcraft and supernatural events. Similarly most Romans also believed in the reality of such supernatural events. The Romans were portrayed as they truly believed in the Roman gods‚ and any supernatural events were implied as god talking to them‚ or warning them. Shakespeare uses supernatural to impact the drama of the play‚ in the beginning of the play‚ soothsayer informs Caesar that he should
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My fellow senators i believe hat and i am against the ruthless‚ liar known as Julius caesar. Caesar has done many things to change rome for the worse. He Broke many laws‚Changed others lives for his own gain and he is going power mad. Julius is trater to many and treats us like dirt. He has taken the democracy and gave us a dictatorship. Robert kennedy once said Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in a web of repression it wove for its people making mistakes that could not be corrected because
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In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ Decius Brutus and Mark Antony‚ both Roman Senators‚ eulogize Julius Caesar‚ each using a different technique and approach. Brutus‚ in a somewhat arrogant‚ to the point‚ eulogy‚ attempts to sway the people. He justifies conspiring against Caesar by stating that Caesar’s ambition would have hurt Rome. However‚ in Antony’s eulogy‚ he focuses on Caesar’s positive traits‚ and cunningly disproves Brutus’ justification for killing Caesar. The fickle Romans waver between leaders
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not Jesus Christ‚ Julius Caesar! Julius Caesar is as much influential as he is famous. Born into a poor family in As the first dictator of the mighty Roman Empire‚ he accomplished a variety of notable achievements. Even before becoming the dictator of the famous Roman Empire‚ however short lived his reign truly was‚ Caesar was quite an influential and prestigious man. Thus‚ he qualifies to be a part of your list of influential figures in history. Throughout his life‚ Julius
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