Julius Caesar was written by William Shakespeare and within this play there were many suicides which were all seen as very noble for different reasons‚ in particular Portia and Brutus. Romans view suicide as a noble act while Christians especially in current day view it as a sin. The contrast between the two really show a discrepancy in the schools of thought on suicide back in the Roman Empire compared to present day. Throughout the play‚ Portia was consistently portrayed as a dedicated‚ tenacious
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Julius Caesar is definitely not a fun read unless you’re some sort of over-analytical‚ literary enthusiast. This is due to the complex plot‚ heavy symbolism‚ and‚ most importantly‚ the primitive form of English used. However‚ reading the story can be “fun” and interesting if you used techniques Foster presented in his book How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Foster introduced techniques to help analyze books to better comprehend them. As in Julius Caesar‚ Foster would analyze the story by observing
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Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a tragic story of betrayal and heroism. Cassius and Brutus believes that Caesar will gain too much power and want to kill him to take his power away. Cassius persuades Brutus of Caesar’s corrupt ethics and also tries to convince him to join his plot against Caesar by his use of loaded language‚ emotional appeal‚ along with logical thinking included in the first monologue. When Cassius wanted he could be very persuasive about anything he believed in. He had
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The concept of belonging is centred around the notions of identity‚ relationships‚ acceptance‚ and understanding. Thus‚ in order for an individual to feel a sense of belonging in their community‚ they must feel the support of others‚ and a sense of worth within their society. However‚ despite an individual’s desire to belong‚ this is not always possible as shown in the poem “migrant hostel” Migrant hostel explores the emotions surrounding the migrant experience of detainment after arrival in Parks
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tragic play‚ Julius Caesar‚ builds around the conflict among a group of conspirators and the person they are conspiring against. Julius Caesar tells the story of the assassination and downfall of an influential leader in Ancient Rome‚ named Julius Caesar‚ and the people responsible for his death. The story depicts the multifarious conflicts that arise between the conspirators after Caesar’s death. Shakespeare develops plot through internal and external conflict to illustrate Brutus’ clash between
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William Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar‚ led to their downfall. Character such as Julius Caesar‚ Marcus Brutus and Cassius Longinus obsessed over the end goal without care of how they got there and the consequences that follow. Julius Caesar is a man with an immense amount of desire and ambition for success but when this aspiration becomes tremendous‚ it leads to adversity. On the morning of March 15th‚ Calpurnia‚ Caesar’s wife‚ explains her distressful dream to Caesar. She saw his statue running
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Mark Antony 	The character of Mark Antony from Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar may be viewed as simply the confident and devoted supporter of Julius Caesar. On the contrary‚ Antony presents the qualities of a shrewd flatterer‚ a ruthless tyrant‚ as well as a loyal follower. Antony’s characteristics will change as the play progresses. He will begin using flattery to get what he wants‚ but he will eventually depend on his powerful relentlessness. Furthermore‚ Antony uses these
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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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sealed the fate of Julius Caesar‚ and Brutus‚ Cassius‚ and all the other conspirators knew that they could use this to their advantage‚ and to Caesar’s disadvantage. Friendship‚ was what the conspirators used as a cover to blind Caesar from the truth‚ just as a hunter uses camouflage to keep the animals from seeing what he is up to. The conspirators also used camouflage‚ but they used flattery along with manipulation as a way to soothe any feelings of doubt that Caesar may have had about their sincerity
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What are some of the literary techniques that are significant in Julius Caesar? So far I have these: "These growing feathers plucked from Caesar’s wing" (Shakespeare I.1.72) as a metaphor. "Falling Sickness" (I.2.251) as a pun. "He sees that Roman are but sheep..." (I.3.105) as a metaphor‚ I don’t know whether or not it is an extended metaphor. "His countenance‚ like richest alchemy" (I.3.159) as a simile. "therefore think of him as a serpent’s egg" (II.1.32) as a metaphor.
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