play Julius Caesar presents conflicting perspectives of Julius Caesar’s death. Shakespeare employs a variety of dramatic and language techniques to enhance the contrasting views of the assassination. Similarly President Bush’s Address at the 5th Anniversary of 9/11 and the article War is not a solution for Terrorism by Howard Zinn‚ deals with differing views of US occupation in Iraq. Shakespeare’s tragedy Julius Caesar clearly presents conflicting perspectives of the assassination of Caesar‚ a powerful
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Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a tragic play about the fight for leadership and the conflicting views of what is right and wrong. In this play‚ Shakespeare uses imagery‚ contrast‚ and similes to highlight the arguments of those conflicting views through Cassius’s argument against Caesar. The different contrasts given in Cassius’s argument establish the differences between what people think of Caesar versus what he is truly like. One specific way in which he achieves this effect is through
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Julius Caesar is a play written by William Shakespeare in the year 1601. It resemble the play Hamlet‚ and it characterized his assassination in 44 B.C. and the defeat of the conspirators in the battle of Philipi. Its setting is Rome‚ the capital city of Italy. Most of the scenes are set in Rome and Philipi. The play begins in the street of Rome where the Roman citizens is celebrating Caesar’s triumphant return from the war. Although the title of the play is ‘Julius Caesar’ but Caesar is not the main
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Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ Brutus‚ is the main and most known conspirator in the murder of Caesar‚ was an honorable man. Brutus had a choice within himself; he could either be loyal to his friend Caesar‚ or to Rome. He was honorable because he killed his friend out of the love for the greater good and the Romans. Brutus is an honorable man because he did what he thought was right for everyone not just himself‚ and because of that Brutus deserved the honor. Throughout Julius Caesar there are many
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Throughout the tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ the desire for power is shown through the actions of the conspirators‚ Caesar‚ as well as his inner circle. All except for Brutus. His drive‚ speech‚ and motives all convey his desire to free himself from the tyranny of Caesar. Brutus’ drive to kill Caesar stems from the people openly expressing Caesar as their king‚ believing that with his power and overwhelming support will ascend him to a position where his ambition might cause him to act in ways that would
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Verbal Weapons In the play Julius Caesar‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the protagonist‚ Marcus Brutus‚ and the antagonist‚ Mark Antony‚ have a duel of persuasion to win over the Roman populace. In order to do so‚ they use what are commonly known as rhetorical devices today in order to strengthen their arguments. Locked in a fierce battle of wit to win over the furious mob‚ the question is this: Who will be dominant in this battle of verbal scrimmage? Although both speeches are powerful‚ inevitably‚
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Julius Caesar Essay A cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime‚ scoundrel. This is the definition of of a villain or in other words Julius Caesar. Throughout the times‚ historians argue that Julius Caesar was one of the worlds greatest villains. He is depicted as being a villain as he slaughtered one third of the population of Gaul‚ forced his way back into power and made himself dictator and consul and was assassinated by his fellow consuls. To a large extent
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Julius Caesar is an interesting play. The play is definitely very popular and a lot of people have either read the story or they have watched the play. Everyone has his or her own views on the story. Some people may say that the conspirators were horrible or that Caesar shouldn’t have died‚ but some other people think the opposite. In my opinion I believe that for the most part this is Brutus’ story‚ and that Brutus is the protagonist and Cassius is the antagonist of the story. The name Julius Caesar
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In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Shakespeare explores the idea that ambitions can change a person’s character so that they no longer seek the good of all men and even friends‚ but rather seek for more power for himself. A first scene that depicts ambition is the feast of Lupercal; the people were celebrating because Julius Caesar came back to Rome with triumph after defeating Pompey in a civil war in Egypt‚ and now he has the advantage to become King. A pair of commoners who are celebrating
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didn’t have many lines as the main characters in the play‚ but they cause what the outcome of the play will be. Throughout the play‚ they are manipulated by their leaders‚ changing their minds quickly‚ and had an important role in the play. The common people support their leaders throughout the play‚ and in return the rulers would gain their trust and more power to rule in making decisions for them or against them. In Julius Caesar‚ the common people are easily manipulated by their leaders‚ but their
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