Contrasting Julius Caesar and Antigone The Julius Caesar and Antigone stories are both about a conspiracy to kill the main character. Antigone is charged with death because of her defiant stand against Creon not burying her brother Polynices‚ who was considered a traitor at the time. Julius Caesar‚ while a hero to the majority of Rome‚ is considered by the rest of Rome’s congressmen to become a tyrant if he becomes king. While Antigone manages to live for a majority of her story‚ Julius Caesar gets murdered
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Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln are without a doubt two strong individuals who made history by and through the governance of their own nations. When comparing these two great men‚ they have so much in common and all of their similarities are brought forth throughout this essay. To start off‚ Roman general and statesman‚ Julius Caesar‚ turned the Roman Republic into the powerful Roman Empire. His reign and his life ended on the Ides of March‚ but his birth marked a new chapter in Roman history.
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the creative mind behind some of the world’s greatest plays and tragedies. Two of his most famous tragedies were Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar. One definition of a tragedy is that it depicts serious incidents in which characters undergo a change from happiness to suffering‚ often involving the death of others‚ as well as the main characters. This definition proves true in both Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar. Romeo and Juliet is a romantic tragedy involving two young lovers who came from
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fellow?” When the cobbler explains that he is celebrating the return of Caesar‚ Murellus begins a long rant about the fickleness of the Roman people. He appears to be ‘anti-caesar’ or opposed to Caesar‚ perhaps because they supported Pompey. Flavius shares this sentiment since he assists in chasing the commoners and instructing them to take down the images of Caesar. They are used to show that not everyone was in favour of Caesar and he was not truly ‘loved by all’. Also‚ the long monologue with Murellus
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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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The Effects of Ambitious Leaders In both Animal Farm by George Orwell and The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ having an ambitious leader leads to many consequences. The word ambition means to have or show a strong desire and determination to succeed. Leaders such as Julius Caesar‚ Marc Antony‚ and Napoleon have ambition that makes them seem prepared for anything. This makes the people and animals follow them blindly believing they are helping the cause but in reality‚ they’re only
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Many scholars often debate whether Julius Caesar or Brutus was the tragic hero of Shakespeare’s famous play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Both characters were prominent people who had a tragic flaw that ended with their downfall. While both men could have easily been the tragic hero Brutus fits that role better. Marcus Brutus could be considered the tragic hero of this play for many reasons. Brutus is evidently a very prominent figure in Rome who has always had its best intentions in heart. Despite
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Act 11 ( Julius Caesar) Brutus is still on the hunt to killing his dear friend Julius Caesar‚ he has a team of people who oppose Caesar to help Brutus in his devious plan. Today in class we played a game called mafia‚ that resembles the scenes in act 11 of Julius Caesar. The way you play mafia is that you have a your detectives( your number choice) ‚ citizens‚ and hit mans(your number choice. Mrs. Petrossian chose who played what‚ the detectives were unaware on who were the hit men’s and the hit
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acquire your own? In Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar‚ the final outcome lacked justification; any potential justifications were in vain‚ as well as one’s morals were twisted in order to complete a tasking duty. Perhaps the question wasn’t if the end would justify the means‚ but how one may justify their actions. Cassius‚ a member of the senate‚ who had been pushing the plan to terminate Caesar‚ had clearly been searching for a justifiable reason to kill Caesar: Men at some time are masters of their
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Both Tiberius Gracchus and Julius Caesar were roman politicians that support oppressed people and being loved by most of the population. They were powerful and strong and wanted a huge role in their community. Their greediness led to their death by their enemies. Tiberius Gracchus was a tribune who started a land reform campaign to redistribute the lands of poor people‚ after a long negotiation with the senators the land was redistributed and a huge victory was accomplished for people‚ farmers and
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