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    this to Caesar 4. lion gave birth 5. graves opened 6. it is stormy 7. blood drizzled from the capital 8.horses neighed and dead men groaned 9. ghost shrieked 10. Romans bathed their hands in his blood smiling - Calphurnia’s dream Forshadow Calphurnia’s dream was a portent she dreamed it three times Irony[aside] Audience knows that Trebonius is apart of the conspiracy and that shows that Caesar will die Fates When the expiration date is up 3 fates cut string to kill. Role of a woman

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    Forum with Caesar’s body in tow and will use the corpse as a prop throughout his oration. - / - / - / - / - / - I come to bury Caesar‚ not to praise him. Antony follows with a line of straight iambic pentameter punctuated with a feminine ending. Here’s the first irony of Antony’s speech‚ in that he is unequivocally here to praise Caesar. Antony is‚ in fact‚ lying. This is a calculated tactic to disarm a crowd firmly on the side of Brutus when Antony takes the pulpit. - / - -

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    Women play a minor role in the overall plot of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare but without them‚ two of the main characters: Brutus and Caesar would be incomplete and certain language could not be used. Shakespeare uses the two women: Portia and Calphurnia to show the audience the other side(s) of Brutus and Caesars characters and as R. Moore says in his article Women in Julius Caesar "They also provide elements of love and loyalty in a play that is largely concerned with death

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    Friend In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar there is a group of conspirators that believe that Ceasar will be a very bad King and is too ambitious to rule over Rome. With this thought they had to do something to prevent this from happening. They manipulated his best friend Brutus to believe this as well. What it came down to was that Brutus couldn’t let this happen to Rome so he murdered his own best friend for the good of his country. Just moments after stabbing Caesar he gives a speech explaining

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    endeavor to utilise the fears within our context‚ in order to instigate an emotive response through the use of manipulative language‚ which ultimately leads to the infiltration of our psyche. This is prevalent within Shakespeare’s historical tragedy Julius Caesar‚ the October 2001 TIME magazine article‚ “The Manhunt Goes Global” composed by John Cloud et al‚ in addition with Michael Moore’s 2004 scathing documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11. As a result of their times of composition‚ we see conflicting perspectives

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    Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Iftikhar Hussain Lone ============================================== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar Nature herself was proud of his designs‚ And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines‚ Language in India www.languageinindia.com 12 : 7 July 2012 Iftikhar Hussain Lone Women in Shakespeare’s Julius

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    individuals tried to warn Caesar. List three of them and explain Shakespeare’s purpose in the warnings. •The soothsayer warns Caesar to "Beware the Ides of March!" Caesar calls him a fool. Calpurnia warns Caesar about a dream she had. Willing at first to heed the warning‚ Caesar scorns her for making him look like a coward. Artemidorus writes Caesar a letter‚ which Caesar refuses to read before he gets to the Capitol. •Shakespeare shows the reader‚ through these warnings‚ that Caesar thinks highly of

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    others’ eyes. In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar‚ two main characters‚ Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus‚ present different personas- one being each characters actual self-characterizations‚ which we learn through their discussions with others‚ and another is how they are actually perceived in the eyes of others. Their inability to project their true motives in performing certain actions eventually brings about their tragic downfalls. Julius Caesar believed that people needed one strong ruler

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    "(1.2.68-70) This quote is referring to act 1 where Cassius brings Brutus into the room and starts to talk about Caesar. When Cassius suggests to kill Mark Antony alone with Caesar‚ Brutus says‚ "Our plan will seem too bloody‚ Caius Cassius. We cut off the head and then hack the limbs‚ seem to kill Caesar in anger and then vent malice on his friends‚ for Antony is only a branch of Caesar."(2.1.169-172) Brutus doesn’t want to just kill everyone‚ and be know as a killer‚ he just wants to do what he thinks

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    Tragedy of Julius Caesar" is one that transcends time from the Roman times to the Elizabethan times and to the present. "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" has characters which display similar mindsets of those in Elizabethan times and today. Many of the characters in the play have a certain motivation to complete a long-term or short term goal. These motives arise from things like a strive for perfection‚ ambition and greed among people who are subservient. Each character in Julius Caesar has his own

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