Spirits In Julius Caesar

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Cory Hutchinson
Ms.Smith
English II HP Period 6
10 June 2014
Brutus’ Ghosts: A Comparative Psychoanalysis
In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the cosmological and political ideals are constantly compared, analyzed, and argued because of the broad spectrum of opinions on
Shakespeare’s thought process in writing. Myron Taylor, associated with George Washington
University and published by Folger Shakespeare Library, and Stephen M. Buhler, associated with University of Nebraska­Lincoln and published in English Literary Renaissance, dually contemplate the existence of Caesar’s ghost after the assassination, whether he was just a figment of Brutus’s guilt or a spectral embodiment of Caesar seeking revenge.
Even though Taylor and Buhler outline their reasoning as to why Shakespeare included
The Academy for Spiritual and Consciousness Studies, composed of numerous scholars with doctorates and a team of mediums, offer the reality and eliminate cliches related to the existence of spirits and show why popular belief indicates spirits don’t exist and then tries to help grief patients connect with the spirit they’re looking for through a series of binaural beats that relax the mind and create a path to a state of consciousness. This experience helps the mind stretch beyond a physical aspect and connect with the desired spirit through memories and familiar feelings. As the study of binaural beats and electromagnetic measures to

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determine the presence of a spirit become more apparent, the doctors of this academy use the advantage of science to provide a psychotherapeutic experiment, so in turn providing the proof that ghosts have a place among the living and the idea that Caesar’s ghost really existed in
Shakespeare’s intention. Regardless of modern technology, Shakespeare lived in a time of
The ghost returns to emphasize the futility of the assassination” (Taylor
306). In this quote, it shows that Taylor believes in the realness of what Brutus saw and gives an emotional stance as to why Caesar has returned. A portion of Buhler’s research agrees with
Taylor when he analyzes Caesar’s ghost and says, “the phantom that appeared to Brutus showed that the murder of Caesar was not pleasing to the gods” (Buhler 63). The two beliefs given by the scholars indicates that there is a view in understanding Shakespeare’s writing that addresses the supernatural plane of existence. Also, the scholars can gather that Shakespeare used these phenomena to encourage both a sense of pathos to make the reader feel sadness for the death of
Caesar or anger for the Brutus’ actions along with ethos to show the reader that killing Caesar could be both ethical and against ethics depending on how the reader interprets the presence of the spirits. From the extensive supernatural events that occur in the play, such as the spirits roaming the streets, Shakespeare used Caesar’s rage from the betrayal of the assassination and focused it into the vengeful spirit of Caesar to install fear in the