what would you draw from it? William Shakespeare lends this thought to the audiences of his time as well as ours through the play‚ Julius Caesar. Was Julius Caesar really the noblest man that ever lived‚ an ambitious tyrant‚ or both? Enhanced by the personal values of Cassius and Brutus‚ we can discover that studying the conflicting perspectives of Caesar and his power can bring us closer to the truth of his character whilst cultivating a more diverse and provocative insight to Shakespeare’s context
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Do you think that is okay for a political leader to bend or break the law for the good of the country? Not it may not right to harm someone or allow something bad or harmful to happen just because you are 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
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immense power and a high position of status. It was not until 104 B.C.E. that the Pontifex Maximus began to be an elected position; before this change‚ a pontiff was appointed membership. In 63 B.C.E. Julius Caesar was elected Pontifex Maximus – a position that was then held by every emperor thereafter (Lendering livius.org). For example‚ in an attempt to boost the moral standing and stress the importance of religion in Roman society‚ the pious emperor Agustus‚ the adopted son of Julius
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achievements. If a friend gets left out‚ we stay behind with them to keep them from being alone. Some achievements require us to leave out our friends. This is what happens in the case of Julius Caesar. He became the ruler of Rome‚ leaving out his good friend Brutus. Brutus and other conspirators assassinated Julius Caesar turning him into a tragic hero. A tragic hero must portray four main traits. The hero may neither be perfect nor ultimate evil‚ the audience must feel pity or fear for the hero‚ and
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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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Tragic Hero in Julius Caesar A tragic hero is the dominant character of a book or play‚ whose actions affect the overall outcome. The traits of a tragic hero include a fatal flaw and a tragic death. Brutus’s also had high status by being in the senate and has a fatal flaw of being gullible. Along with those characteristics‚ Brutus also makes bad choices and ends up having a tragic death brought on because of his choices. In Julius Caesar‚ Marcus Brutus’ character fulfills these attributes‚ and
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Disparity of Public and Private Persona There is much to be said about the disparity between public and private persona in the play‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. When studying the characters’ human nature‚ it helps to delineate how the characters’ deepest avidities so greatly influence their choices. Both Brutus and Antony are very public figures throughout the play. However‚ the conflict of their duplicitous actions emerges from what is kept private and what they reveal to
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value most: your best friend’s life‚ or the ‘general good’ of your country? This seed of a question was planted in the gullible mind of Rome’s most beloved political leader‚ Marcus Brutus. Caius Cassius‚ another great political leader of Rome‚ is the deceptive planter of this seed and the greatest contributor to the demise of Julius Caesar. The combination of Brutus’ gullibility and Cassius’ manipulative nature is what made for such a perfect storm. The differences and similarities between
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There have been many political leaders throughout history‚ some with a positive impact‚ some with a negative impact or even little or no impact at all on the people and world around them. Some of those leaders have been assassinated because someone or a group of people doesn’t agree with or like the leaders standpoint on things. I am going to compare Julius Caesar with Ghandi‚ since they were both huge political leaders in both their times and they have both been assassinated because what they were
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For some people‚ there is a call to rise. An ambition—a competition—is planted in them‚ and they dream of influence. These are the people who become rulers‚ who lead the way of nations‚ who bend circumstance under their will. Julius Caesar certainly is an example: his presumption towards bravery holds the nation beneath his grip. He fears no bad omens‚ and even signs of death do not scare him. He tells his wife just hours before his assassination: “Cowards die many times before their deaths; The
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