wherein the opinions of the audience 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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Rome’s classical period was distinguished by its belief in the laws; imperial law, God’s law and church laws. Rome also believed in human love and forgiveness. The latter concept lead to the idea of justice and human rights that Rome based its laws on. Early Rome functioned as a republic within the Senate, mainly comprised of wealthy landowners, serving as the main governing body. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Senate served the interests of the rich. Eventually, the corruption and power
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too. Rome was the largest culture known for its savagery and integrity. Rome had supreme control for 500 years, from 27 BCE to 476 CE. Rome's first emperor was Julius Caesar, however, people didn't vote for Julius Caesar, he declared himself, that he's the emperor. After Julius Caesar died, people voted for the second emperor, which was Caesar Augustus. At 117 CE, the Roman Empire spawned to the Mediterranean world, which was from Northern Africa to the Scottish border, and from Spain to Syria. Rome
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Many people have various opinions of how to execute a punishment. Some may be more brutal than others. For example, in the Odyssey, when Odysseus returns home he killed every suitor there. Some people may think the suitors did not deserve their fate that Odysseus handed to them, but others think it was reasonable. To start, the suitors had been warned to flee from Odysseus’s palace before he returned home because he was vengeful. They ignored this omen and continued living in the palace. Not to mention
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“Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion”- Aristotle. This quote could be interpreted in different ways, but I feel it means when someone shows leadership and passion others will mostlikely follolw them. In Julius Caesar there is a huge example of persuasion, and that is the speeches of both Brutus and Antony. Antony’s speech was based mainly around pathos (emotion). Whereas, Brutus went for more of a logic and ethic approach (logos and ethos). Both of these
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Julius Caesar was a powerful general, politician, and dictator in the Roman Republic. Caesar was born july seventeenth 100 BC. He died by assassination on march fifteenth 44BC. His rise to power was continuous in his life. In 73 BC he became a Pontiff or High Priest at a high ranking college. THis gained him popularity with the people, and caused him to side with the nobles by supporting their roman citizenship. He became the governor of spain in 61 B.C. He was later appointed dictator and remained
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Julius Caesar’s True Story as a Tragic HeroGaius Julius Caesar, the founder of the Roman Republic, was born on 12th July 100 BCE (Mark, 2011). He had a replica of his father's name whereas his mother was Aurelia Cotta. Bothof his parents were active advocates for equality and championed against favoritism of the upper classes of people at the expense of the lower levels. As Caesar grew to maturity, he began to adopt the idea of seeking support from the people rather than from the authorities that
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Julius Caesar One of the most influential political and military leaders in global history, Gaius Julius Caesar helped establish the vast empire ruled by Rome. Gaius Julius Caser was born in the year of 100 BC into a patrician family. At the time of his birth, Rome was still a republic and the empire was only really just beginning. The senators ruled, motivated by the greed of power in the hope of becoming, either, a consul or a praetor, the two senior posts which carried emporium, the legal right
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authors depict the life and accomplishments of Julius Caesar differently. After reading the article, “Julius Caesar” by Thomas K. Grose and an excerpt from Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures: A Concise History, multiple similarities and differences become visible. Following a thorough examination of both texts, it is apparent that Thomas K. Grose does a more efficient job presenting the material on the famous legend Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar is definitely a man of many honorable achievements
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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
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