"Et tu‚ Brute?" The final words spoken by Julius Caesar before his closest friend‚ and confidant‚ drove the final sword through his chest and watched him fall to the ground. When Caesar fell‚ democracy fell‚ and left Rome in a very unsettled state. There are many thoughts and ideas that could be drawn from the very simplistic white and black halves of my mask. Light and dark‚ good and evil‚ night and day‚ happiness and sadness‚ and the list goes on. The light half of my mask represents the democracy
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Betrayal By Friends Julius Caesar once wrote‚ “Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt” (Caesar‚ Book III‚ Ch. 18)‚ which means‚ “Men willingly believe what they wish” (Ramage‚ 442). This is apparent in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. The conspirators who assassinated Julius Caesar convinced themselves that killing Caesar was necessary for multiple yet individual reasons. Cassius‚ the lead conspirator and instigator‚ convinces himself that Caesar is not better than he and should
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The story of Julius Caesar is a time period where Caesar was the noblest men of all of Rome. It’s a famous time were there was a lot of tragic events. For example in act 3 scene 1 Cesar is stabbed and killed by the conspirators at the senate. The fall of their King was a tragic event. Also Brutus committing suicide who was also one of the noblest man of Rome. A tragedy is a powerful impact in a story. Which in ties in with a tragic hero who is the main protagonist {character} in the story but they
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Julius Caesar Film vs Mean Girls Julius Caesar is an extremely old and extremely famous play written by William Shakespeare around 1599. Shakespeare’s plays are reflected in many movies and stories now a days and Julius Caesar is to famous that they even made thrice movies for the story. A movie that reflects the story of Julius Caesar is Mean Girls and it reflects the movie in many aspects you could think of‚ even though they do have some differences because the story slightly changes
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tragic hero in “Julius Caesar” : Everyone has a something wrong with them‚ some of these problems we can fix like lying‚ a person can learn to stop lying. In the play‚ “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare‚ every single main character has a problem for instance‚ Caesar is to arrogant and does not listen to the warning by the Soothsayer. Another Character in the story is Marcus Brutus‚ a companion of Caesar‚ who has a problem that affects the whole story and leads to Julius Caesar being assassinated
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Julius Caesar Was Julius Caesar a hero or a villain? People have been arguing amongst each other about this question‚ here is my opinion. Julius Caesar was not a villain but‚ a hero‚ he made many reforms and accomplishments during his reign. Julius was an excellent military leader‚ made many reforms and was a great political leader. First and foremost‚ he was a great and brilliant general.He took over most of Gaul (Modern day France‚ Belgium‚ southern Holland‚ Germany west of the Rhine River‚ and
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play Julius Caesar should have been named “Brutus” because I think the title of the story usually captures the major topic throughout the tale. In the beginning‚ Brutus planned to kill Caesar because he thought Caesar would turn the people into slaves. He believes Caesar is a tyrant and is destroying Rome. Brutus put Rome on a pedestal and the people of Rome have high courtesy towards him. He demonstrates his love for his country by risking his life to destroy the power of his friend‚ Caesar. (Not
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in the quote‚ is also present in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The quote by Nicole Richie is correct because foes may appear as allies to gain an advantage‚ which is shown throughout the scenes of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The theme of betrayal is portrayed quite clearly in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. It is made evident from the very beginning that Caesar has many enemies‚ and these enemies are indistinguishable
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better or worse. In Julius Caesar‚ for example‚ Mark Antony goes through several changes. Mark Antony loved Julius Caesar‚ yet when he passed away Mark Antony swears vengeance‚ and ultimately is corrupted by the power of running a country. At the beginning of the play Antony is harmless and extremely loyal to Julius Caesar. Mark Antony is about to run a race‚ but "When Caesar says Do this‚’ it is performed." It is almost as if Mark Antony is only a puppet to Julius Caesar. He is being respectful
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A Great Leader could Fall The play Julius Caesar is an great example in which leadership and friendship is shown. Leadership has become so popular and it still happens today through military‚ athletics‚ and politics. But at sometimes these politicians are assassinated just like Julius Caesar. Today‚ I will be discussing politicians with leadership who were then assassinated just as Julius Caesar. To begin‚ we start off with the famous President Abraham Lincoln who was known to have many qualities
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