Julius Caesar Shakespeare in Styria 2014, directed by Nicholas Allen and Roberta Brown The play opens with the commoners of Rome celebrating Caesar's triumphant return from defeating Pompey's sons at the battle of Munda. Two tribunes, Flavius and Marrullus, discover the commoners celebrating, insult them for their change in loyalty from Pompey to Caesar, and break up the crowd. They also plan on removing all decorations from Caesar's statues and ending any other festivities. In the next scene
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In the play “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, you are easily able to identify the theme of ‘political leaders usually act in the best interest of their country’ on several occasions. Shakespeare portrays this theme not only in the character Julius Caesar, but also in Marcus Brutus and Mark Antony. Although neither of them weren’t ever actually in charge of Rome, they still represent the theme well by doing what they truly believe is for the best. First, I will go into detail about how Brutus
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Fate vs. Free Will in Julius Caesar The play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a timeless piece that highlights themes of one’s integrity and destiny. Scenes three and five in the final act are very significant because they truly reveal the fate and virtue of Cassius and Brutus. Both characters committed suicide in these scenes, but the way they each did it exposed their morals. Without the use of dramatic effect, the play would not have been as effective in developing its major
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and intentions are left”-Unknown. In the play “Julius Caesar” Antony uses the rhetorical devices ethos,pathos, and logos to help persuade the people of Rome to trust him. He tugs at the Roman’s heart strings when he explains how amazing and thoughtful Caesar was. He says examples of how he put Rome and the Roman people before anything else and how devastating it is now that he was murdered. He tells stories about him helping the starving and hungry people of Rome and how their unhappiness and sorrow
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Who Said It Better? Julius Caesar, a play driven by persuasion, is known for rhetorical devices used by many prominent characters to sway one another. The use of rhetorical devices can be seen in the monologues of Marc Antony and Brutus during Caesar’s funeral. Though both executed rhetorical devices well, Marc Antony’s use of emotions made his monologue more successful in convincing and riling the crowds. He uses his sympathy, strategy and devices to his advantage. To begin, Marc Antony’s
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Julius Caesar Summary When the play opens, Julius Caesar has just returned to Rome after defeating the sons of Pompey in battle. Before we go any further, let's pause for a brief Roman history lesson. Pompey (a.k.a. "Pompey the Great") was a member of the "first triumvirate," and he and Caesar used to share power over Rome. Then Caesar and Pompey got into a big fight. Pompey lost. When he tried to run away to Egypt in 48 B.C., he was assassinated. But Caesar still had a problem: Pompey's sons were
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Julius Caesar was a spectacular military leader. Caesar has multiple successful military campaigns in which he and his people prospered from. One of Caesar’s greatest campaigns was the capture of Gaul. Gaul is modern day France and Belgium. Caesar had seen that Rome could be wealthy from trade. The Rhone-Saone-Rhine corridor was one of the most important trade routes in early Europe. He believed that he would open markets for the Mediterranean traders and help spread Roman culture. Not only this
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From my interpretation from the information, I would say that Tiberius Gracchus had more to offer the common man than Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar was a spokesman for the populares (the aristocratic leaders). He spoke for the people who were higher class, not for those in the common people. Whereas Tiberius fought for the common people, that is why I picked Tiberius. Tiberius was a soldier who fought during the third Punic War and the Numantine War. There at the Numantine War he negotiated a treaty
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What have the Romans ever done for us? (Monty Python's Life of Brian) should be read as The Romans have never done anything for us. Similarly, when Shakespeare lets Mark Antony exclaim: Here was a Caesar! when comes such another? (Julius Caesar, Act 3, scene 2, 257), it functions as an assertion that Caesar possessed rare qualities that may not be seen again for a long time, if ever. Such negative assertions may function as positives in sarcastic contexts. For example, when a speaker repeats a statement
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authority, there is a person who resists authority” –Oscar Wilde, this quote shows how throughout history there is always an individual who will stand up against a tyrant. This is also a feature of literature as well which is shown by: Brutus in ‘Julius Caesar’ who is fighting because of his ideals for a perfect life of liberty, Winston Smith in ‘1984’ who is fighting against a brutal totalitarian regime and Sir Thomas More in ‘A man for all seasons’ who is fighting due to his conscience being able to
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