her relationships with two great Roman rulers‚ Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Produced in 1963‚ this movie is a one of a kind as it portrays the Roman Republic transition. Although the motion picture is mostly very true to the historic facts‚ there are a few examples where the producers deviated from accuracy. The movie is not entirely correct with some of the costume and set choices‚ representation of the character Octavian‚ and Mark Antony’s family affairs. More importantly‚ Octavian’s character
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Cassius begins the conspiracy‚ inciting the conflict with Mark Antony which escalates to war. During battle‚ Brutus hopes to “end that work the Ides of March begun” (V i 113)‚ as all of the trouble has been caused by the plot to kill Caesar‚ which Cassius initiates. Cassius continues on the fights when he is “levying powers” (IV i 42)‚ which means he is raising an army to fight Mark Antony. Cassius could have left Rome in Mark Antony’s hands and fled‚ saving his life in the process‚ but instead
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While others like Mark Antony‚ will simply follow in the footsteps of Caesar‚ and do we really need another Caesar? Do we need another tyrant to simply squash us all into submission? I say we need a leader‚ someone who will take charge and change our fine city for the better‚ and I will do whatever it takes to make this city better‚ in the past I killed one of my best friends in this world for the betterment of Rome. I cannot stand tyrants and I vow not to become one. But Antony will become a tyrant
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three times. This deceived the plebeians‚ who only wanted to inaugurate him more after the denial. However‚ one of the more knowledgeable onlookers‚ Casca‚ saw through the facade and reported to Cassius that “It was\ mere foolery; I did not mark it. I saw Mark Antony offer him a\ crown… as I told you‚ he put it by once; but for all that‚ to\ my thinking‚ he would fain have had it. Then he offered it to\ him again; then he put it by again... And then offered it a third time by; and still he refused\ it”
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Caesar”‚ there is a struggle of power between two very different mindsets. One is Mark Antony and the other is Octavius Caesar‚ who want revenge for the killing of Julius Caesar. The other is Marcus Brutus‚ who is trying to keep Rome a republic rather than a monarchy. Marcus Brutus is a very noble Roman in Shakespeare’s play. He is a highly respected man in the upper class of Roman society. At the end of the play‚ Mark Antony looks at his body after he committed suicide and says that he was‚ “The most
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Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. In the play‚ Mark Antony is a righteous supporter of Caesar who stands by him at all costs; Cassius is a conspirator who plans the murder of Caesar; and Brutus is a noble yet contradictory Roman who betrays Caesar for the good of his country‚ Rome. Through the actions of these characters‚ William Shakespeare uses his play to embody the values of trustworthiness and decency as important Roman ideals. First of all‚ Mark Antony is a loyal Roman who will stand by Caesar
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School William Shakespeare once wrote a very famous play about Antony and Cleopatra. He described it as a love saga that is truly a fable of worshipping your beloved. He portrays the love of Antony and Cleopatra as the epitome of sacrifice. Their love story is among the most tragic ones‚ where both the lovers die instead of living ‘happily ever after.’ Even though Cleopatra was the cause of the end of Rome her love for Mark Antony was never ending. Cleopatra was born in 69 B.C. She had four siblings
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Was dear Brutus a noble man? Brutus was a friend to great Julius Caesar‚ but he was also a murderer. Brutus had the guts to have several people help him take Caesar’s life. They repeatedly stabbed Julius even though he thought they were his good friends. Caesar had heard about multiple omens‚ or warnings‚ before this act of betrayal from many people. He did not believe them nor did he want to. A strange soothsayer said to him‚ “Beware the Ides of March”. The soothsayer believed that would be the
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towards the end Brutus and Antony using these tools to pursued the crowd of people. While Brutus used ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos to try and justify his reasoning for killing Caesar‚ Antony used them to get the citizens in an uproar and avenge Caesar’s death. Logos is used to persuade by using logic‚ Ethos’s appeal is based on the character of whoever is speaking or being spoken of‚ and Pathos is used by appealing to your emotions. At the end of the play you see Brutus and Antony become very good at persuasive
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written by William Shakespeare‚ a character by the name of Mark Antony makes a funeral speech after his “friend” Brutus allows him too which would become Brutus’s undoing. While Brutus’s speech focused on using loyalty to Rome and Logos‚ Antony uses mainly Pathos to gain the crowd’s favor. And extremely effective it turns out to be‚ Antony manages to have the citizens of Rome revolt and mutiny against the ones they almost cried Caesar against. Antony implements very exact but simple words to convey his
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