Julius Caesar Reading Questions provided by Penguin Putnam http://www.penguinputnam.com/static/packages/us/academic/resources/guides/shakes1/frame.htm INSTRUCTIONS: Save this document as your last name + “caesarqs” (ex. hobbycaesarqs.doc). Add a proper MLA heading. Then‚ type answers after the questions given. Use details from the play and proper MLA citations. Use quotes from the play to support everything you say. WARNING: While you can work in study groups to locate answers‚
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plays that stand out but the one that seems to stand out the most is “Julius Caesar”. “Julius Caesar” takes place in the Roman ages when Rome was the most powerful empires in the world. Caesar‚ the leader of the Roman Empire‚ was at the prime of his ruling until a man named Cassius gathered a group of men. In that group it included Brutus who was one of Caesar’s main supporters. Cassius’s group got together and each stabbed Caesar. Shakespeare wrote this play because he wanted to show that anyone can
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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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Hitler and Julius Caesar were both powerful men that were ambitious. Hitler created the third Reich in Germany. Hitler also had this idea of a perfect race. He killed many Jews without blonde hair and blue eyes. Caesar was the dictator of Roman Empire‚ and he never lost a war while he was in command. He played a critical role in forming the Roman Empire. Hitler and Caesar were both ambitious men. To be ambitious is having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed. Caesar was ambitious
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Brutus’ Speech Playwright‚ William Shakespeare‚ introduces the idea of betrayal in the play‚ “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. “ Brutus addresses the Roman people after the conspirators have murdered Caesar. In his speech‚ Brutus aims to convince the Roman people of his attempt to liberate them from a tyrannical rule of Caesar. Diction‚ antithesis and parallelism are techniques Brutus skillfully uses to create a logical reason for the assassination of Caesar‚ therefore creating a patriotic tone.
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act of Rome populace since there are no rules. Shakespeare realized that people tend to follow the crowd; therefore‚ he uses this point to exemplify mob mentality which is prevalent throughout the play. In Act I‚ the commoners are cheering for Caesar after the defeat of Pompey‚ Marullus‚ a tribune‚ reminds them of how they had similarly cheered for Pompey in the same streets. The people once wait “with patient expectation‚ to see great
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The game mafia has its similarities to the story Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. A similarity is that in both the game and the book is that every role is vital. Another similarity is that the both have a similarity in the book and the game is that they both almost have the same goal‚ which is to kill without getting caught. These similarities are actually the engine for both of them cause without them their would be no point to go on or play it. A similarity in the book and the story is
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as this theme was portrayed in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Throughout the play‚ complacency amongst civilians‚ mutiny‚ and struggles for power plague the ancient city of Rome‚ all of which are deeply rooted in the corruption surrounding the government at the time. Shakespeare ultimately reveals that power corrupts‚ not only the individual who has it‚ but the society without. Corruption or the abuse of power is evident in the story of Julius Caesar‚ as it’s often mentioned by the characters‚ and
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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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good enough. We want to be better than the person next to us‚ but when that doesn’t happen we feel that person needs to be expelled. In the novel Julius Caesar this is exactly what Brutus does to Caesar. He was afraid that Caesar would outshine the Triumvirate. Brutus killed him‚ thinking that maybe it would make him look better. This never worked out Brutus. Instead‚ everyone hated him. His self-preservation was the reverse psychology of what we as people think that betrayal will do for
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