Julius Caesar – Exam notes Julius Caesar (Act 1 Scene 1 – and other aspects of the text) Conflicting Perspectives. What are they? I’m here to explain to you the conflicting perspectives of Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’ and Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘The Dictator’. Both texts explore conflicting perspectives which are conveyed through their leading characters. Within these two textual forms‚ Shakespeare and Cohen use linguistic features such as emotive language‚ simile and prose to delve into the
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“The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by Shakespeare‚ highlights the story of the popular figure of Rome namely Julius Caesar. It covers his return from the defeat against Pompeii till the time of his death. It also covers the fact that Caesar was betrayed and killed by his fellow comrades because he wanted all the power to himself. Of the comrades who committed the murder is his best friend‚ Brutus. Other comrades bought Brutus into this murder plot by sending him a letter pretending it was from the people
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Aristotle once said “A man doesn’t become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.” These words best describe what a “Tragic Hero” is and both Julius Caesar and Brutus displayed this characteristic‚ so the question is “Who is the real tragic hero in this story?” This paper shall explore the reasons behind why each man is considered a hero in his own right and who the rightful owner to the title of the play truly belongs to. There have been countless tragic heroes in the works of
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The Roman Hero Once upon a time‚ there was a children born to a widow in a very poor place in the great empire of ancient Rome. It was 47 BC‚ and the great emperor Julius Caesar was ruling the land with authority and power. The children was called‚ Victorinous just as his father. His father was killed in battle. He was angry tempered and stubborn‚ but most of all he was brave as a lion and was loving to his friends and especially his mother. He grew fast‚ but he was not very intelligent because of
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and giving the head to Caesar when he arrived. Caesar‚ who arrived to find his son-in-law’s head in a basket‚ was not amused with Ptolemy’s decision to kill a distinguished Roman general and statesman and ended Ptolemy’s control over his own kingdom in favor of his sister Cleopatra VII (Mathisen 2012: 323). This in turn eventually led to the ‘annexation’ of Egypt into the future Roman Empire under Emperor Augustus. After spending the winter in Egypt with Cleopatra‚ Caesar returned to Rome in the
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Brutus commits is that he lets Cassius flatter him into agreeing with him that Caesar must be killed. He is not standing up for what he believes is true. Brutus did not mind Caesar until Cassius filled his head with his honey words. Although he didn’t want Caesar to have the crown he would have never thought about executing his old friend‚ until Cassius steps into the picture. After Cassius talks to him‚ he views Caesar as too ambitious. If Brutus would have rejected Cassius’s idea and stood up for
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Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar was born on July 12 in 100 BC in Rome. He is the son of Gaius Caesar and Aurelia. He appointed dictator for ten years in 47 B‚ for the life on February 14 in 44 BC. He was married to Cornelia he had one daughter named Julia‚ then he married Pompiea‚ alas to Calpurnia. Julius Caesar was tall‚ and fair-haired. He was well built and the sound of health. Thought he suffered from the occasional epileptic fit. Julius Caesar grew up in a period of unrest and civil war
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In 60 BC‚ Caesar s0ught electi0n as c0nsul f0r 59 BC‚ al0ng with tw00ther candidates. The electi0n was s0rdid – even Cat0‚ with his reputati0n f0r inc0rruptibility‚ is said t0 have res0rted t0 bribery in fav0r 0f 0ne 0f Caesar’s 0pp0nents. Caesar w0n‚ al0ng with c0nservative Marcus Bibulus.[41] Caesar was already in Crassus’ p0litical debt‚ but he als0 made 0vertures t0 P0mpey. P0mpey and Crassus had been at 0dds f0r a decade‚ s0 Caesar tried t0 rec0ncile them. The three 0f them had en0ugh m0ney
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throughout the texts through their respective textual structures. Both Machiavelli’s The Prince and Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar share the concepts of power‚ human nature and the nation state. Through the contextual foundations of the texts‚ they explore and conform to the ideas and values of their
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Ethos‚ Logos‚ and Pathos are the three tools that have been used to persuade any individual‚ and throughout Julius Caesar you tend to see towards the end Brutus and Antony using these tools to pursued the crowd of people. While Brutus used ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos to try and justify his reasoning for killing Caesar‚ Antony used them to get the citizens in an uproar and avenge Caesar’s death. Logos is used to persuade by using logic‚ Ethos’s appeal is based on the character of whoever is speaking
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