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    Julius Caesar‚ The Gallic War The Gallic War‚ shortened and translated from the original Latin title Commentarii de Bello Gallico‚ was a third-person narrative written primarily by Julius Caesar himself. Written sometime in the 50s and 40s B.C.E.‚ this non-fiction narrative speaks of Caesar’s firsthand accounts that he experienced during the war with the Gauls from 58-50 B.C.E. This account is split up into 8 total books; 7 of them written by Caesar and the eighth‚ which was a continuation

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    Julius Caesar is a play written by William Shakespeare in the year 1601. It resemble the play Hamlet‚ and it characterized his assassination in 44 B.C. and the defeat of the conspirators in the battle of Philipi. Its setting is Rome‚ the capital city of Italy. Most of the scenes are set in Rome and Philipi. The play begins in the street of Rome where the Roman citizens is celebrating Caesar’s triumphant return from the war. Although the title of the play is ‘Julius Caesar’ but Caesar is not the main

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    essence‚ is a timeless recurring theme not only in literature‚ but in our everyday life. William Shakespeare’s drama‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ is saturated with rhetorical strategies. Brutus‚ Cassius‚ and Antony use their words throughout different parts of the play to sway other people’s opinions. Cassius’s persuasion is so powerful it leads to the death of Julius Caesar. Brutus is left with the repercussions of the assassination and has to speak to the Romans. Brutus and Antony go back-to-back speaking

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    Honorable Brutus In Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ the character of Marcus Brutus has a very significant‚ yet controversial role. Being both Caesar’s closest friend and a conspirator against him‚ Brutus is torn between whether or not he should take part in the murder. By his choice of joining with the conspirators to bring about Caesar’s demise‚ Brutus is not the ideal and honorable man Rome believed him to be. Brutus fears that Caesar’s power and ambition will grow far too

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    Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ Brutus‚ is the main and most known conspirator in the murder of Caesar‚ was an honorable man. Brutus had a choice within himself; he could either be loyal to his friend Caesar‚ or to Rome. He was honorable because he killed his friend out of the love for the greater good and the Romans. Brutus is an honorable man because he did what he thought was right for everyone not just himself‚ and because of that Brutus deserved the honor. Throughout Julius Caesar there are many

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    lives are trapped in an endless cycle of subjective dichotomies. The world we inhabit is malleable‚ and the human mind is a feeble‚ flawed organ susceptible to the malcontented demons that surround us. Even the most powerful people on our planet can fall prey to the most prevalent fault of them all: masters and marionettes. To some‚ the masses are no greater than a bunch of puppets‚ needing unwarranted‚ unknown‚ and unnecessary totalitarian rule. They plant themselves deep in our subconsciousness with

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    Regan Batson Portia and Calpurnia Essay In the play Julius Caesar‚ gender roles play a predominant part in the lives of all characters. The women and men in the play are treated differently in various ways. Calpurnia and Portia are two women who share many of similarities in their marriages‚ but also possess differences in how each one of their husbands treats the relationship. Throughout the play‚ the women are overpowered by their husbands‚ while the wives have no “voice” and significance in

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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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    Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar Brutus and Antony are presenting speeches to the Roman plebeians to convince them of their position regarding Caesar’s assassination.They both believe differently Antony manages stealthily bring it to the opinion that Caesar has been killed wrongfully.He begins by insisting that Brutus and the other murderers are honorable but then slowly undermines this idea by pointing out that Caesar’s ambition could not be true. How Caesar loved his people.Brutus thinks that Caesar threatened

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    famous plays‚ Julius Caesar (JiffyNotes: 1). Julius Caesar is said to be the first play to be performed at the globe theatre‚ in England (Shakespeare’s 1). Though the play takes place in ancient Rome‚ Shakespeare writes from his home country of England. Issues presented throughout the play such as monarchy vs. republic‚ governmental overthrow‚ and civil war connect the audience of England during the Elizabethan Era to the setting of Julius Caesar in ancient Rome. The play Julius

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