Did Caesar help or harm the Roman Empire? Rome would have been better off without having Julius Caesar as a leader. During his time‚ Julius Caesar should have been considered a villain because he made the senate larger so that he could have more followers in politics‚ he only wanted to benefit himself and didn’t care about Rome’s outcome‚ and he beat his enemies be using brute force and cruelty. Firstly‚ he made the senate larger to have more of his own supporters in political positions. In
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Hamlet‚ Julius Caesar‚ Richard the Third‚ and Romeo and Juliet”. “These plays were all tragedies.” (Meghan and Angela‚ William Shakespeare) The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s most enduring plays. Shakespeare had great influence on culture throughout the world. “Not only did he have the guts to step up to the senators of the Roman Empire and
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Julius Caesar Is there a person who is entirely good or entirely bad? No‚ humans are not like that. Life is not a Hollywood movie where there is a good guy and a bad guy. Humans are more complicated than that. Depending on the situation‚ they can be good or bad; they can’t be all good or all bad. That is one of the reasons many people like Shakespeare’s plays‚ because characters are not moral absolutes. They are complicated and psychologically similar to how people would react to situations in real
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Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ the dynamics between Caesar and Calphurnia‚ and shows some character traits of Caesar‚ as well as a point on human nature. The scene begins with Caesar entering and complaining about how Calphurnia has woken up three times yelling‚ “Help ho‚ they murder Caesar!” Calphurnia then tells Caesar how she had a dream that she believes to be an omen. In said dream‚ Calphurnia says she saw risen dead‚ warriors fighting‚ and ghosts shrieking‚ as well as fountain of Caesar with blood
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Throughout act 1 and 2 of Julius Caesar‚ the story follows a sort of game. A game of finding the culprit. The culprit‚ in this case‚ is the man or group of people trying to kill Julius Caesar. Just like in our class‚ we played a game called Mafia. In which we try to find 2 culprits who "killed" our classmates. It’s up to 2 detectives to try and find the culprit. This of happens throughout act 2 of Julius Caesar. A great example of this is in Act 2 scene 3 titled "A street Near the Capitol". The
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mention‚ good leaders are role models. In the play Julius Caesar‚ there are many dominant characters‚ but Brutus excels with leadership qualities. Brutus is definitely the best leader because he is noble‚ considerate‚ and knowledgeable. The initial reason Brutus is a suitable leader is because he is humble and noble. For example‚ in Scene 2 of Act 1‚ Brutus proclaims‚ “Brutus had rather be a villager/ Than repute himself a son of Rome” (Julius Caesar 1.2 172-173). Even others viewed him as a noble
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William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun themes‚ symbols‚ and characters can be compared. Both A Raisin in the Sun and Julius Caesar were written for the stage; therefore their characters become more obvious and more thoroughly portrayed than in a book‚ for example. Even though‚ these works were written by far different authors and in different centuries their similarities and differences are evident. In both A Raisin in the Sun and Julius Caesar themes‚ symbols
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Julius Caesar Conqueror Julius Caesar was a thoughtful general who knew how to conquer the land and the people for Rome. Julius Caesar went through numerous years of battle‚ making his way up the chain making way for more of Rome to be held by conquering lands year by year for the Romans to expand. This is on Julius Caesar and his conquests for Rome. Julius Caesar fought for Rome for many years‚ gaining many things for the Roman people to be in the end killed by the Senate in which they did not like
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Aristotle once said “A man doesn’t become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.” These words best describe what a “Tragic Hero” is and both Julius Caesar and Brutus displayed this characteristic‚ so the question is “Who is the real tragic hero in this story?” This paper shall explore the reasons behind why each man is considered a hero in his own right and who the rightful owner to the title of the play truly belongs to. There have been countless tragic heroes in the works of
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Through life’s bloody suicide of Caesar‚ Brutus thinks he now has full power over Rome. Shakespeare expresses how Brutus allows Antony to say his speech at the fallen ruler‚ Caesar’s funeral. Antony contrasts gullible Brutus who ends up killing himself showing the honor he had during the story. Antony shows that when you become power hungry you become desperate and can cause a distraction. The gullible Brutus is convinced by the conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar‚ thinking he will become crazy over
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