...Julius Caesar Scrapbook Brutus By Carleigh Gifford For Mr. Young English Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 Act 1 Dear Diary, Caesar has returned from his victorious battle against Pompei. All of the commoners of Rome welcome Caesar back with great joy because they love him. On the other hand, I heard that the tribunes were very unhappy that Caesar was back and that they were destroying all of the decorations that were made to honour him. When Caesar entered with all of his friends, he was warned by the soothsayer to beware of the ides of March. After hearing the crowd go wild, Casca informed Cassius and I that Caesar was offered the crown three times and refused it all three times. This confused me a little bit because I know how much Caesar wanted to be emperor of Rome. I want to put some thought into my decision to make sure I do the right thing. This evening, the weather was very strange and violent. Everyone thought that it was a bad sign, but Cassius truly believed that it was to scare off Caesar and that no one else should take it as seriously. I can’t sleep, because I can’t get what Cassius had said to me, off my mind. Is killing Caesar really for the good of Rome? Brutus Act 2 Dear Diary, Today I have decided to agree with Cassius that killing Caesar would be the right thing to do. I’m only agreeing to this because I truly believe that murdering Caesar would be for the good of Rome. If the conspirators and I don’t kill him...
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...Revenge in Julius Caesar Revenge. Revenge causes one to act blindly without reason. It is based on the principle of an eye for an eye, however this principle is not always a justified one to follow. In Julius Caesar, Antony seeks to avenge the death of Caesar. Antony acts on emotion which leads to the demise of Brutus, who is a noble man that does not deserve to be killed. Revenge is a central theme within Julius Caesar. Revenge In Julius Caesar Revenge in Julius Caesar Revenge. Revenge causes one to act blindly without reason. It is based on the principle of an eye for an eye, however this principle is not ... This is demonstrated through Antony s desire to avenge Caesar s death, and also the return of Julius Caesar s ghost. Revenge is again exemplified through the violent course of action, which is taken by the Plebeians in an attempt to seek justice for the assassination of their Roman superior. The theme of revenge is evident when Antony demonstrates a desire to avenge Caesar s death. After Caesar s death, Antony swears to take revenge on those who Revenge In Julius Caesar Revenge in Julius Caesar Revenge. Revenge causes one to act blindly without reason. It is based on the principle of an eye for an eye, however this principle is not ... murdered Caesar, And Caesar s spirit, ranging for revenge, With ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch s voice Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the earth...
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...Battle Analysis 1. Overview: a. Actium-Rome b. 31 BC c. The battle took place off the coast of Actium in the Ionian Sea 2. Historical Context a. This battle was a part of Roman Civil War between Octavian and Mark Antony. This battle would establish a Roman Emperor and one single ruler of Rome after Julius Caesar’s death. b. There were a lot of key events that led up to this particular battle being fought. Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. This led to the Second Triumvirate being formed between Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aerulius Lepidus to rule Rome. They crushed the conspirators Brutus and Cassius at Philippi in 42 BC. After this happened Octavian would rule the western provinces, Antony would oversee the east, and Lepidus was given North Africa. Tensions between Octavian and Anthony became greater over the next few years. In 40 BC Octavia, Octavian’s sister, married Antony. In 37 BC, Antony married Caesar's former lover, Cleopatra VII of Egypt, without divorcing Octavia. After this, Antony worked to expand his power in the east. In 32 BC Antony divorced Octavia, making Octavian even angrier. In response Octavian announced that Antony’s will affirmed Cleopatra's eldest son as Caesar’s true heir. The will turned Roman opinion against Antony because they believed he was trying to make Cleopatra’s son the ruler of Rome. Using this reason for war, Octavian assembled forces to attack Antony and this is how the battle began. c. Octavian wanted...
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...be a great day that I was going to be honored. Not knowing that I was going to get stabbed to death. All I want to know is what I did wrong. I know that I may have not been the best leader, but I was trying my best to help the city of Rome. I thought that I was helping even you Brutus. I still am in shock that my best friend or so what I thought was a best friend betrayed my authority. You should be ashamed; I still don’t know how you can walk around knowing you killed someone that had trust for you. Let me tell you something Brutus, you better watch your back, because the one loyal person I know will not back down. He will come for you and his name is Mark Antony. He will give you what you gave me. With much hate and confusion, Julius...
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...Mohid Rizwan Mr. Bennett ENG-2D0 14 November 2012 Julius Caesar Essay “A leader is someone who knows the way, shows the way, and goes the way.” Cassius is a better judge of character, Brutus makes mistakes, and Cassius is a better general. These reasons help explain why Cassius is a better leader than Brutus. First of all, Cassius is a better judge of character. When Brutus gives Mark Antony permission to speak at Julius Caesar’s funeral, Cassius says, Brutus, a word with you You know not what you do; do not Consent That Antony speak in his funeral. Know you how much the people may be moved By that which he will utter? (III, i, 232-234) This quote suggests that Cassius does not trust Antony. He knows that Antony is going to manipulate the mob against the conspirators. Overall, he judges Antony’s character well. On the other hand, Brutus makes mistakes. One of the most crucial mistakes he makes is when he lets Antony speak at the funeral, even though Cassius warns him not to. When Cassius tells Brutus not to let Antony speak at the funeral, Brutus replies, What Antony shall speak, I will protest He speaks by leave and by permission, And that we are contented Caesar shall Have all true rites and lawful ceremonies. It shall advantage us more than do us wrong. (III, i, 238-242) The quote suggests that Brutus lets Antony speak at the funeral, thinking that it will do the conspirators well. However, letting Antony speak, was his worst...
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...plan to eliminate Caesar or deal with Caesar's potential of rulership. Brutus believed that Caesar was going to be an “overpowered” ruler for Rome. He didn't want the plebeians to become slaves and he cares about the people deeply. Brutus is a true noble man because he keeps true to his word that he loves Rome more than anything and would do anything to protect it. Brutus had to kill his best friend, Caesar, because he feared that he would do bad for Rome. Brutus told the plebeians his true feelings about how we felt for Rome and how he felt about Caesar. “Not that I lov'd Caesar less, but that I lov'd Rome more” (III, ii,21-22). Brutus was showing that he cared for Rome, and that he wasn't selfish. Therefore, Brutus had to clarify why he should eliminate Caesar because of a good cause. Brutus needed to explain to the Romans on why he should kill Caesar. Brutus wanted to explain his thoughts and reasons about Caesar's ruling to the Romans. “Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?” (III,ii,22-23). Brutus truly adored the Romans and wanted them to know if they wanted to be slaves in Caesar's will or be free without Caesar trying to rule them. Although Brutus shows his compassion to the Romans, he didn't quite show a lot for his “best” friend. Brutus is not a noble man because he schemed against his best friend, Caesar and killed him. The conspirators, along with Brutus, brought Caesar to the council where...
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...Brutus Brutus emerges as the most complex character in Julius Caesar and is also the play’s tragic hero. In his soliloquies, the audience gains insight into the complexities of his motives. He is a powerful public figure, but he appears also as a husband, a master to his servants, a dignified military leader, and a loving friend. The conflicting value systems that battle with each other in the play as a whole are enacted on a microcosmic level in Brutus’s mind. Even after Brutus has committed the assassination with the other members of the conspiracy, questions remain as to whether, in light of his friendship with Caesar, the murder was a noble, decidedly selfless act or proof of a truly evil callousness, a gross indifference to the ties of friendship and a failure to be moved by the power of a truly great man. Brutus’s rigid idealism is both his greatest virtue and his most deadly flaw. In the world of the play, where self-serving ambition seems to dominate all other motivations, Brutus lives up to Antony’s elegiac description of him as “the noblest of Romans.” However, his commitment to principle repeatedly leads him to make miscalculations: wanting to curtail violence, he ignores Cassius’s suggestion that the conspirators kill Antony as well as Caesar. In another moment of naïve idealism, he again ignores Cassius’s advice and allows Antony to speak a funeral oration over Caesar’s body. As a result, Brutus forfeits the authority of having the last word on the murder and thus...
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...Different Types of Power Power is said to be essential in order to survive and live as individuals. I agree with this statement because of the recent texts we have read including, “Things Fall Apart” by Achebe, “Night” by Wiesel, “The Prince” by Machiavelli, and “Julius Caesar” by Shakespeare. If I was asked to define power in my own words, I would define it as both an inner and outer strength and drive to continue and accomplish a goal despite any obstacles that may get in the way. Without power, I feel as though there would be hardly any hope for the future. If an individual was lacking power and had to face some sort of a difficult obstacle, whether it is an inner struggle or outer battle, there would be little chance of getting through the difficult situation. However, if an individual had great power they would be able to persevere through whatever challenge was thrown at them with ease. In “Night,” Wiesel used his inner power to persevere and survive through the Holocaust as well as his personal battle with his faith. In contrast, Nazi Germany used their power to discriminate against people not belonging to the Aryan race. Wiesel describes his strength during this horrific time well by writing, “We were the masters of nature, the masters of the world. We had transcended everything- death, fatigue, our natural needs. We were stronger than cold and hunger, stronger than the guns and desire to die, doomed and rootless, nothing but numbers, we were the only men on earth...
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...process, and the positive and negative outcomes of the journey, is not so much about the destination to which the travellers are headed, but the various occurrences that affect the traveller along the way. The importance of the journeying process was explored and exposed by Peter Skrzynecki and a variety of other composers. Skrzynecki, using the powerful textual vehicle of poetry explores the importance of the journeying process and its various outcomes, a journey often results in the confused and mixed emotions of the traveller and this was reflected within Skrzynecki's poems, "Crossing the Red Sea" and "A Drive in the Country." A person is always emotionally involved in the journeying process, highlighting its' importance, this is shown in Julius Caesar's public memoirs "De Bello Gallico", the political cartoon "Freedom"" (Sun-Herald, April '03) and text five from the Board of Studies Stimulus booklet, "Journeys over Land and Sea." Skrzynecki uses poetic techniques to explore the range of conflicting emotions associated with the journeying process, enabling a responder to identify with its importance. "Crossing the Red Sea" is the first poem in the anthology "Immigrant Chronicle" and...
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...colour imagery, 'albis equis' to describe the horses that pull Camillus makes him appear pure and almost regal. The cumulative effect of this description is to blur the distinction between Camillus, the man, and percieved notions of divinity, reinforced by the contrast 'parumque id non civile modo sed humanum', implying transcendence semi-divine status. Camillus is seen as distancing himself from the public and as a distrusted leader through impietas to gods by making himself out like a deity, and anti-republican sentiments. Such distasteful perceptions are reinforced by the sonorous 'm' and 'r' alliteration of 'aequiperatum dictatorem in religionem', suggesting blasphemy by rivalling the grand status of gods, while 'dictatorem' alludes to Julius Caesar's retention of his dictatorship. Livy further highlights Camillus' failure to be in touch...
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...Brittnee Walker Mr. Goman AP World History 29 Aug 2010 Political Power of Han China and Imperial Rome Political differences are what make cultures unique. Depending on the methods of political control and diverse ways of living societies can be harmed, hindered or improved. The rough military dictatorship of Imperial Rome and the peaceful Confucius way of control by Han china show two different ways a civilization can grow, thrive, survive and eventually fall. Political, moral, personal, and religious values influence a nation’s way of life and people. The differences between the militaristic Imperial Rome and the Confucius ways of Han China ultimately made the empires culture flourish and become distinctive, changing their beliefs, moral code, faith, and overall individuality and led to their diversity in political control. The rulers of these empires played a big role in the ways of control and the variation in their culture. Octavian the military dictator had control of his armies; therefore they were loyal to him. Emperor Wu also ruled as a military campaigner. These two rulers had similar interests in which they ruled by. Wu worked on expanding his army and spreading china. Octavian being from the army himself ruled through the army and expanded militaristic ideas. They both made for successful ruling. While China was ruled under Confucianism Rome had suppressed religion. Religion was spread freely within china because they all shared the same beliefs and faith...
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...The role of women in Ancient Rome is reflected perfectly through Calpurnia and Portia in Ancient Rome history. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Portia and Calpurnia, the only women roles in the play, display a woman’s role in Ancient Rome of women being inferior to their husbands and under their authority. In Act II Scene I, Brutus leaves his bed at night to join Casca, Decius, Cinna, Metellus, Trebonius, and Cassius on a conspiracy plan. His wife, Portia becomes worried. She does not know what is going on but curiously wants to know. She is worried about her husband because she can tell something has been going on with him. However, he still refuses to tell her, even as much as she urges him to. Women were to respect their husbands and under his authority she was not obligated to force him to tell her what is going on. This is exhibited in scene 2 when Portia said, “Nor for yours either. Y’ have urgently, Brutus, stole from my bed; and yesternight at supper you suddenly arose and walked about musing and sighing, with your arm across and when I asked you what the matter was you stared upon me with ungentle looks” (II.i.237-242) This statement relates the fact of women not having control on their husband’s actions because just as Brutus left from the bed a women could not do so and also as Portia asked Brutus what was the matter he sighed, fussed, and looked at her harshly. He didn’t tell her anything, because he wasn’t obligated to do so. Portia urges Brutus to tell her the matters...
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...Name _______________________ Date: ___________ Julius Caesar--Act I Reading and Study Guide--English II Honors I. LITERARY TERMS: Be able to define each term and apply each term to the play. ▪ blank verse ___________________________________________________________________ List characters who speak in verse ________________________________________________ ▪ prose _______________________________________________________________________ List characters who speak in prose ________________________________________________ **What possible reasons do some characters speak in prose and some speak in verse? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ▪ tragedy ______________________________________________________________________ ▪ pun _________________________________________________________________________ Example from Act I, Scene I: ____________________________________________________ ▪ conflict ______________________________________________________________________ External: 1. _______________ vs. ________________ 2. _______________ vs. _______________ 3. _______________ vs. ________________ Internal: 4. ________________ vs. ________________ ▪ soliloquy (s[pic]-l[pic]l[pic][pic]-kw[pic]) _________________________________________________________ Example: ____________________________________________________________________ ...
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...purpose was to control the crowd as was Anthony's. Brutus began his speach with a hostile crowd against him as a murderer of the popular Julius Caesar. When Anthony spoke the crowd had already been swayed by Brutus' words to a point of view opposite Anthony's and were now openly hostile to him. Both men spoke eloquently and effectively and their moment before the crowd was the key moment in their political lives. Differences: Brutus spoke first, Anthony had the last word. Brutus spoke directly in abstract terms about an unproven and unprovable shortcoming in Caesar's character and the threat it posed to the future of Rome. Anthony spoke ironically and sarcastically about the recent murder of the butchered man lain out before them: as concrete a subject matter imaginable. Brutus, as one of the senate assassins, had a lot more to lose: his reputation and life. Anthony had a lot less personally at stake. Brutus concentrated on one theme and directly spoke it: "Caesar was ambitious" and somehow that ambition was bad for Rome. By stopping over-ambitious Caesar, the assassins carried out a great and noble service for Rome and the people at the funeral. Anthony facing a hostile crowd that now considered Caesar the great tyrant as propagandized by Brutus had to pick his words carefully and hide his true purpose. "I've come to bury Caesar not to praise him." Ultimately both men swayed the crowd but Anthony's speech carried the day. When he was done, no one could 'unsway'...
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...means necessary for the good of it including being Rome temptress. Cleopatra was born in 69BC in Egypt into family f pharaohs that descended from Ptolemy. She married her brother Ptolemy XIV this start the rule of Cleopatra and the temptress she did not marry for love but for wanting to rule. This started also the nickname Philopatris (lover of country). The first example of her temptress towards roman was after she fled from Egypt for fear of her life as her brother kick her out and was treating to kill her. So she heads to Rome in 49BC this is where she first meets Julius Caesar. She convinces him through pleasure to take up arms against Cleopatra Brother. She wins the throne back but shortly after has a son to Caesar, Ptolemy Caesar. This is the example of her love for the country as she could have married Caesar and been married to the empower of roman but she loved her country too much and sort of used Caesar through her temptress ability to get her back into the throne of Egypt. In 44BC the treat of the Persian empire was going and she had no Roman emperor to protect her so as again she pleasures Marc Antony into fighting against Persian empire the reason we know why we know it was temptress because in 31bc she new that Antony was weak and he had just lost a battle to Octavian’s army and founds out that if Cleopatra arranges to kill Antony, Octavian will protect her. Finally although Cleopatra was the temptress of Rome she did it for her people and she used her sexuality...
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