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    Julius Caesar

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    Forum with Caesar’s body in tow and will use the corpse as a prop throughout his oration. - / - / - / - / - / - I come to bury Caesar‚ not to praise him. Antony follows with a line of straight iambic pentameter punctuated with a feminine ending. Here’s the first irony of Antony’s speech‚ in that he is unequivocally here to praise Caesar. Antony is‚ in fact‚ lying. This is a calculated tactic to disarm a crowd firmly on the side of Brutus when Antony takes the pulpit. - / - -

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    "(1.2.68-70) This quote is referring to act 1 where Cassius brings Brutus into the room and starts to talk about Caesar. When Cassius suggests to kill Mark Antony alone with Caesar‚ Brutus says‚ "Our plan will seem too bloody‚ Caius Cassius. We cut off the head and then hack the limbs‚ seem to kill Caesar in anger and then vent malice on his friends‚ for Antony is only a branch of Caesar."(2.1.169-172) Brutus doesn’t want to just kill everyone‚ and be know as a killer‚ he just wants to do what he thinks

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    Julius Caesar In Shakespeare’s Julius CaesarCaesar is depicted as an overal good man as opposed to how he actually was in real life. Many details of Caesar’s love life amongst other things are left unmentioned. Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar includes many details that are historically accurate; however‚ there is much information that is left out pertaining to Caesar’s personality and his qualities as a leader. Shakespeare most likely left out details of his personality to direct the readers’

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    and comedies‚ which consist of a happier story line and includes marriages that end ideally. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is no doubt‚ a tragedy. It takes place in 45 B.C in Ancient Rome. It features the conspirators‚ Marcus Brutus‚ Cassius‚ Casca‚ Trebonius‚ Ligarius‚ Decius Brutus‚ Metellus Cimber‚ and Cinna‚ who spend two whole acts plotting Julius Caesar’s death. Although Julius Caesar was ignorant to the schemes being plotted against him‚ his actions and emotions

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    looked under the lens of the tragedy Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ Mahatma Ghandi’s statement

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    Fear In Julius Caesar

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    While Macbeth and Marc Antony come close‚ Julius Caesar reigns supreme. Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once‚ Of all the wonders that I yet have heard‚ It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death‚ a necessary end‚ Will come when it will come. I have heard these words many‚ many times in my household from my dad‚ to allay my fears before my first piano recital‚ right before my first performance in dance‚ and before my first

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    Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ fate vs. free will‚ among other themes‚ is expanded upon. This concept is often argued and discussed among English classes over what is fate and what is the choice of the titular main character‚ Macbeth. Since Macbeth deals with the supernatural‚ the concept of premonitions and‚ in turn‚ fate is revealed. This is where confusion comes in as some believe that because of the presence of premonitions in the story‚ many people automatically assume it’s all fate. However‚ other arguments

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    story‚ Oedipus struggles to acquire the knowledge about his past. Though this play may be regarded as incestuous‚ Sophocles depicts a much deeper theme: Fate vs. Free Will. Does one really control his actions‚ or are we chained to the decisions made by our destiny? When Oedipus was sent off to be killed as a child (by his parents)‚ it was his fate that allowed him survived because the person assigned to execute the task couldn’t do it in the end. (Line 1360) “HERDSMAN: O master‚ I pitied it‚

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    Julius Caesar Essay Written by Shakespeare more than one thousand five hundred years after Julius Caesar’s death‚ Julius Caesar‚ Shakespeare’s well-known tragedy‚ is unique in that it contains two tragic characters‚ the senator Brutus and emperor Caesar. A play in five acts‚ Julius Caesar attempts to portray the assassination of Caesar‚ at that time victorious over Pompey’s sons‚ and the civil war that follows‚ culminating in the establishment of the Second Triumvirate. Although Caesar meets his

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    November 2012 Fate vs. Free Will—the Adjustment Bureau In the movie‚ The Adjustment Bureau‚ based on the book by Philip K. Dick‚ two strangers find themselves drawn together by the will of the universe. Others may refer to that as simple fate. I was surprised and then won over by The Adjustment Bureau‚ with its deep themes about our existence‚ free will and fate. How much power exactly do the agents of fate hold over someone’s life? Can free will ever win over fate? And is it free will or

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