...Characteristics of a noble man include being ethical, patriotic, reasonable, and showing selflessness. Being a good orator, but not a good man lies beneath the speeches of Marcus Brutus and Marc Antony. In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Caesar’s friends are faced by an equal amount of hatred from the Plebeians with the aftermath of respected Julius Caesar’s death. There is a great struggle for the title of the noblest Roman between Brutus and Antony to reveal the most powerful and honorable man. The speedy fight for power are exposed quickly from each side of these Roman figures. After the assassination of Caesar, both Antony and Brutus relay speeches at the funeral that contain a significant amount of rhetorical techniques to their audience....
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...In William Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the character Marc Antony is given emotional and intellectual depth for the first time during his soliloquy with Caesar’s body in act three scene one. This is the first time the audience’s opinion of Julius Caesar is softened. Before Caesar’s death, the audience only knows the conspirators’ opinion on the ruler of Rome. “think him a serpent’s egg which hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous, and kill him in the shell.” Those who killed Caesar did not stab him for something he had done, but rather, for what he had the potential to do given enough power and opportunity. Marc Antony does not share this sentiment. He loved Caesar as much as Brutus did, but without doubting what Caesar would do with the power he is given. “Thou art the ruin of the noblest man that ever lived in the tide of times” Depending on who is playing the role of Antony, this can be a very moving scene. The emotional depth of Marc Antony plants a seed of doubt in the audience’s mind as to whether Caesar should have died or not. Marc Antony believes this assassination to be...
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...CGT tains i: - - - - - - - stains importance within the story as the audience within the Story often correlates strongly with the actual audience. This is especially true for the tragedy of Julius Caesar. Soon after the assassination of Caesar two Speaker, Brutus and Antony, present a side to the argument of whether or not the assassination was justified or not. With Brutus for the assassination and Antony...
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...when he says he is Brutus’s evil spirit? Brutus was evil for killing Caesar because he believed Cassius, who said Caesar corrupted the republic, even though Caesar was “supposedly” his friend. Brutus even had a guilty conscience of killing Caesar. 2. Do a search for information on the “Battle of Philippi.” • The Battle of Philippi started after the assassination of Caesar. • The Battle of Philippi took place in the year of 42 BC. • Cassius built a transverse dam to stop Antony from breaking Cassius’s and Brutus’s armies apart. • Cassius killed himself because he lost the battle. • Brutus defeated Octavius’s army. • There were two different battles at the Battle of Philippi. • The entire Battle of Philippi lasted...
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...Cleopatra (1963) More at IMDbPro » In 48 B.C., Caesar pursues Pompey from Pharsalia to Egypt. Ptolemy, now supreme ruler after deposing his older sister, Cleopatra, attempts to gain favor with Caesar by presenting the conquerer with the head of Pompey, borne by his governors, Pothinos and Achillas. To win Caesar's support from her brother, Cleopatra hides herself in a rug, which Apollodorus, her servant, presents to Caesar. The Roman is immediately infatuated; banishing Ptolemy, he declares Cleopatra Egypt's sole ruler and takes her as his mistress. A son, Caesarion, is born of their union. Caesar, however, must return to Italy. Although he is briefly reunited with Cleopatra during a magnificent reception for the queen in Rome, Caesar is assassinated shortly thereafter, and Cleopatra returns to Egypt. When Mark Antony, Caesar's protégé, beholds Cleopatra aboard her elaborate barge at Tarsus some years later, he is smitten and becomes both her lover and military ally. Their liaison notwithstanding, Antony, to consolidate his position in Rome, marries Octavia, sister of the ambitious Octavian. The marriage satisfies no one. Cleopatra is infuriated, and Antony, tiring of his Roman wife, returns to Egypt. There he flaunts his liaison by marrying Cleopatra in a public ceremony. Sensing Antony's weakness, Octavian attacks and defeats his forces at Actium. Alarmed, Cleopatra withdraws her fleet and seeks refuge in her tomb. Written by alfiehitchie The story of Queen Cleopatra VII...
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...A STUDY OF FULVIA by Allison Jean Weir A thesis submitted to the Department of Classics In conformity with the requirements for The degree of Master of Arts Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada December 2007 copyright © Allison Jean Weir 2007 Abstract Who was Fulvia? Was she the politically aggressive and dominating wife of Mark Antony as Cicero and Plutarch describe her? Or was she a loyal mother and wife, as Asconius and Appian suggest? These contrasting accounts in the ancient sources warrant further investigation. This thesis seeks to explore the nature of Fulvia’s role in history to the extent that the evidence permits. Fulvia is most famous for her activities during Antony’s consulship (44 BC) and his brother Lucius Antonius’ struggle against C. Octavian in the Perusine War (41-40 BC). But there is a discrepancy among the authors as to what extent she was actually involved. Cicero, Octavian and Antony, who were all key players in events, provide their own particular versions of what occurred. Later authors, such as Appian and Dio, may have been influenced by these earlier, hostile accounts of Fulvia. This is the first study in English to make use of all the available evidence, both literary and material, pertaining to Fulvia. Modern scholarship has a tendency to concentrate almost exclusively on events towards the end of Fulvia’s life, in particular the Perusine War, about which the evidence is much more abundant in later sources such as Appian and...
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