...In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, few of the character had their own views on the title character, Julius Caesar.These few include Calpurnia, Cassius, and Brutus. All their perspectives of Caesar differ from each other on the idea of what happened to or around him and how those few chose to comprehend it. Calpurnia was Caesar’s wife, and she had shown love and concern for Caesar. In one of the scenes Calpurnia had nightmares of what would happen to Caesar, so she warns him to not go but Caesar went anyway. In Calpurnia’s nightmares she saw Caesar’s death and feared for his safety. Calpurnia cared for Caesar and tried to protect him from the prediction she had. In Calpurnia’s eyes she viewed Caesar as a strong and important...
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...The play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” was a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in the year 1599. It is one of the many plays that he wrote based off of true events from roman history (these include Coriolanus and Anthony and Cleopatra.) Julius Caesar the main character was a roman states man that played a large role that led to the demise of the roman republic and the rise of the roman empire. The senate granted him triumphs for his victories when he returned to Rome, soon after this he began making laws and legislatures and even passed a law that almost entirely terminated around a fourth of debts owed. Before his assassination Julius held both a dictatorship and the title of tribunate he was appointed dictator for about 10 years. The day of his...
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...Many of Machiavelli’s ideas from his book The Prince can be found in Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. One is “the means are justified by the ends” which means one can do anything whatsoever needed to get to the ending result one wants. This phrase is shown though Antony and Brutus though out the play. Antony, being Caesars right hand man, has always been a little power hungry. With Caesar dead, he can final shine on his own. “It is a creature that I teach to fight, To wind, to stop, to run directly on, His corporal motion governed by my spirit, And, in some taste, is Lepidus but so.” Here Antony is explaining to Octavius why they should kick Lepidus out of power. This allows more power for Him. However, he was mainly concerned...
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...Politics brings out a great deal of distress and it shows the most unappealing sides of people when their political views do not correspond. In the presidential election today, there is the republican views and the democratic views, showing what can happen when people’s views in society do not correspond with one another. We see this happen a lot in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, many events happen in result of politics occurring. Caesar’s role in politics leads Brutus to actions that affected many people. In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, shows that relationships between multiple people can be affected both negatively and positively when politics becomes involved, politics has a great deal of power that can strain...
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...Humans make decisions based on what they believe or are lead to believe. People trust in these things for certain reason whether it is from a religious standpoint, or a personal experience. Beliefs are what makes up a person's life choices, and in turn are a determining factor in all parts of their lives. The population can be so stubborn in their way of thinking and be so narrow minded that they miss the faulty in their beliefs. Through the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the character Brutus stuck true to his belief in the intelligence of the people and their deservingness of the republic. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the character Brutus dedicates his life preserving the Roman republic. He never strays from his high regard of the people, he repeatedly says things like “I would rather be a dog than that kind on Roman (Anderson 839).” What someone believes in tells many things about them or their life. As said by Emillie Elizabeth, “Actions speak louder than words” meaning that if someone truly believes that killing another is wrong, they would not under any circumstances commit this crime....
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...Jarosh Rhetorical Device Essay In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Antony speaks at Caesar’s funeral and uses this time to persuade the people to ignore Brutus’s speech and prove that the Conspirators should pay for their crime by speaking positively of the conspirators. In President Bush’s Address on 9/11, President Bush tried to explain that as a country, we will remain united and strong, also that we are going to do everything possible to find the terrorists and punish them for their evil acts. Both of these speeches use pathos to be more effective reaching out to the people and get them on board. In Julius Caesar, Shakespeare uses many examples of pathos to get the public to feel a greater connection with Antony as he is giving his speech at Caesar’s funeral. One example is when Antony’s “heart is in the coffin there with Caesar/And [Antony] must pause till it [comes] back”(Shakespeare 132). When the public is able to see see an emotional side of a person, it is a shock. Most upper class are stoics and when Antony starts to break down, it makes them feel as if they can connect with him. His “heart in the coffin with Caesar” shows that when Caesar was killed, a part of him was also killed and the public sympathizes with him, Shakespeare uses these words to emphasize the emotional attachment Antony has with Caesar. Also, when Antony tells the people that “When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept”(Shakespeare 131), he is trying to win over...
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...justice or injustice since it is often all part of point of view. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, justice and injustice both play huge roles in almost every aspect of the play. The goal of this essay is to identify some of the examples of justice and injustice throughout the play and to describe how those examples represent justice or injustice. In Act I, Scene II, Caesar shows the first sign of justice, or rather injustice, of the play. This act of injustice was, unknowingly by Caesar, aimed at himself and also caused because of his own actions with the Soothsayer. When the Soothsayer warns Caesar of the ides of March, he arrogantly replies,”He is a dreamer, let us leave him. Pass.”(1.2.24). It could be argued that this ultimately is the cause of Caesar's death since he was warned long ahead of time. Caesar's arrogance clouds his logical thinking and keeps him from seeing the danger that the ides of March hold. A second happening of justice comes also in Act I, Scene II, when Cassius notices Caesar's increasing ambition and strengthening pride which in turn causes him to begin to coordinate the overthrow of Caesar. In doing this, he shows how much he cares for the good of the Republic and of the people of Rome and how he wants to protect the people from Caesar becoming too powerful as a dictator of Rome. This act also shows an injustice toward Caesar since Cassius is betraying his oaths to Caesar as the Emperor (although it is no longer rightfully Caesar's position...
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...A Tragic Flaw During many of Shakespeare’s tragedies, a tragic hero is identified as a heroic figure that has a flaw that leads to the character's downfall. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, there are many arguments over who is the tragic hero. Some people say it is Marcus Brutus. Others say that it is Julius Caesar. After examining these two options, a solution has been made. Brutus is the tragic hero because he possesses such heroic qualities and dies at the end of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Marcus Brutus deserves the title tragic hero for many reasons. First is because Brutus is a noble man. He never deceives anyone in the play. Even though he was part of the conspiracy and killed Julius Caesar, he did it for the benefit of Rome. Brutus stated: “if then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” (870). Brutus did everything for the benefit of someone else. Brutus was a noble man and he cared about others more than himself. Another example of this is when Brutus did not tell Portia his plans to murder Caesar because he felt it would stress her even more in Act two, Scene one. Brutus was a noble man....
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...Common Themes in Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Hamlet Shakespeare utilizes the supernatural and fate to pave the destiny of some of his characters in his tragedies. Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Hamlet appear to have a common novel theme of fate, betrayal to supremacy, and the struggle to restore providential power. Shakespeare uses rhetoric to effectively convey the idea of fate and the struggle against it. In all three of these Shakespearian tragedies characters encounter the emotion of disbelief and the struggle to seek refuge from fate and to ultimately live life as if it were their free will. In Macbeth and Hamlet, Shakespeare appears to use apparitions early in the play to effectively establish mysteriousness of the paths of these characters. By using apparitions Shakespeare clearly makes a distinction of the supernatural and reality. In these moments of these confrontations Shakespeare successfully establishes Hamlet and Macbeth’s mortality and their inevitability to succumbing to their fate. But were Hamlet and Macbeth actually doomed right away or were they in a situation where poor choices caused their downfall? H.B. Charlton thinks that Hamlet being that type of man he is, fails to kill Claudius right after King Hamlet has been murdered causing him to succumb to his fate (83). Also Julius Caesar and Duncan’s ghost appear in their plays. In each of these tragedies the main character has one emotion when he encounters fate, disbelief. Disbelief in the potential...
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...An example of this is when Antony says,“Truly he is the noblest Roman.”(Shakespeare, 5.5.68) Understanding that the play was based off of the true assassination of Julius Caesar in real life, if Brutus did the Milgram Experiment, what would he do? Would he even agree to be the teacher? Brutus, it would be hard to say what Brutus would do because the situation in the play was dramatically different that in the experiment. why was because in the play Brutus thought that Caesar came to ruin the republic because Cassius has manipulated him when he sent letters from other people and the letters were there and they were telling him Caesar was going to ruin the republic and become a dictator. Would he push the button? Would he finish/start the experiment? What quotes for the text prove your assertion?Brutus would not go all the way to 450 volts “Into what dangers would you lead me for that which is not in me”(Shakespeare, 1.2.63-65) In summary Brutus killed Caesar because he thoughts that Caesar was a threat to the Roman society. He was being obedient to the coal what call the call of the Roman people to kill Caesar called the call to the wrong people to to kill Caesar it's a call to stop a dictatorship from...
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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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...Julius Caesar When the name Julius Caesar is heard, it can only trigger the image of a great leader that led Rome into prosperity. Caesar's military excellence brought more power and more land; that lead to the increase of size and strength in Rome. His dictatorship helped the stability and prosperity in Rome. Caesar's assassination lead to a monarchy that was ruled by Octavin. His death lead to a domino effect ending in the ultimate collapse of the Roman Empire. Many people of the 21st century follow the path of Julius Caesar and try to be as great as he was. The assassination of Julius Caesar was a tragedy due to the contributions he made to Rome's prosperity during his life, and the chaos that occurred in Rome after his death. The contributions that Caesar made towards the strength of Rome's success, and the chaos and collapse of Rome after his death made the assassination of Julius Caesar a tragedy. Julius Caesar was assassinated by his own senate on March 15 44 BC; also known as the Ides of March. As he was walking in to the senate house, a man told him to beware the Ides of March. He ignored this statement and walked into the senate house. At this time some of the Senate members surrounded Caesar in a stealthy manner and tugged on his toga. As he looked around he was stabbed by many of the senate members multiple times. He collapsed to the ground and lay on the marble floor dead, next to the feet of Pompey's statue. (Nardo 94) Caesar's military eminence helped...
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...Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare Renowned English poet, playwright and actor William Shakespeare’s birth date is not known; however, he is said to have been baptized on the 26th of April 1564. He died on the 26th of April 1616 but not before he had written about 38 plays, 154 sonnets and other literary pieces. Shakespeare’s plays have been translated into several languages over the years and have been produced in many forms throughout the ages. The Play Julius Caesar is a play about friendship, betrayal and power. The play is a historical tragedy as it presents the biography of one of the greatest man to have ever lived in Rome. Caesar was made Dictator and Consol after he chased Pompey and his forces out of Rome in an attempt to obtain ultimate power. Caesar’s ultimate goal was to become Rome’s first king and he remained focus on this goal until his death in 44BC. His death was as a result of fate and his refusal to acknowledge the many signs and omens that foreshadowed his fall. Brutus a very good friend of Caesar also took part in his assassination. Brutus feared that Caesar would become a tyrant and harm the people of Rome. In an attempt to ‘save’ the people Brutus helped Cassius to take Caesar’s life. After Caesar’s death he is avenged by his loyal servant Antony who skillfully manipulates his way into the band of conspirators. Later, after winning the love of the people Antony pursues and conquers Brutus’ and Cassius’ forces...
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...William Shakespeare's play "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" exhibit the most revolting attributes of Ancient Rome. There are two essential components of the account which is the power of deception and manipulation , which Shakespeare uses to move the storyline forward and let pivotal occasions occur. The First occasion in which deception plays a crucial part is when Decius maliciously guarantees Caesar that his wife's overwhelming dream has been " all amiss interpreted" (II,ii,83). Decius says rather " it was a vision fair and fortunate" ( II,ii,84). This untruth is key to the storyline on the grounds that it persuades Caesar to go to the senate gathering where his murder happens. Thereby without deception the end of Caesar could have been escaped by and large....
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...The Tragedy of Julius Caesar tells of the conspiracy and the murder of one the most prominent figures in Roman history, Julius Caesar. The play written by William Shakespeare, shows the relationships between the conspiracy members, more specifically Marcus Brutus. He comes from noble ancestry and is a politician in the Roman capital. One of Shakespeare’s most used ideas in his plays is the idea of a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a character usually of noble birth and has a tragic flaw. Shakespeare uses Brutus and not Caesar as the tragic hero. To fit the criteria of a Shakespearean tragic hero the character must be a person of noble birth and have a tragic flaw. Brutus has an ancestor who is of noble importance. Lucius Junius Brutus was the...
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