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    The 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.

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    ridicule someone based on your choice of words. Julius Caesar used sarcasm to mock the soothsayer and laughed at the fact that he would even suggest that Caesar would be in danger. A true leader takes any citizens ideas into consideration and does not judge one’s opinions. Caesar was not fit to lead Rome because he was very narcissistic. Although Brutus did not want Rome to have a ruler at all‚ he would have been much more fit for the position. Julius Caesar could not lead the plebeians of Rome because

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    Virgil and Horace‚ respected poets during the Roman empire wrote two collections based on Pastoral imagery and had many metaphors dealing with the change in power from Julius Caesar to Augustus Caesar. The first of Horace’s poetry is known at the Odes. And the first of Virgil’s collections are the Eclogues. In the first of Virgil’s eclogues‚ he addresses the issue of property and the differences in the lives of two Roman men. The two main characters in the first eclogue‚ Tityrus and Meliboeus

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    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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    Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar‚ the funeral orations delivered by Marc Antony and Brutus is the turning point. Marc Antony delivers the more effective funeral oration because he plays with the commoners’ emotions and uses repetition to illustrate sarcasm which wins the crowd over. Funeral orations commonly focus on emotions. Marc Antony’s funeral oration was very effective because he played with the plebeians’ emotions. He states‚ “And‚ being men‚ bearing the will of Caesar‚/ It will inflame

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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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