julius caeser
Julius Caesar
The story of Julius Caesar’s assassination has been told both historically and fictionally. Historical sources focus on the facts of the assassination, while fictionary works focus more on the characters and the drama of the story. Because of the different purposes of the sources, there are many differences between the historical and fictional stories. William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar adds certain details and dramatic elements to make the story more interesting and to make the play more enjoyable.
William Shakespeare, renowned worldwide as one of the greatest playwrights of all time, was a man who was captivated by history. He wrote a number of histories for previous kings of England, including Richard the Lionheart, Henry VIII, and King John, but it is for his tragedies, which he is best known. Shakespearean tragedies manage to convey more than they intend to in their study of life and its essential futility, and are by far Shakespeare's most acclaimed works. From HAMLET to ROMEO AND JULIET, Shakespeare's classic plays concerning the great inevitable are arguably his best. JULIUS CAESAR is no exception.
Shakespeare got most of his information from Plutarch so the differences are slim.
1) Shakespeare made a long speech given by Marcus Antonius. While records of a speech we are unsure what the speech said.
2) Brutus's emotional connection to Caesar in the play is noted, but not really showed in the lines. Plutarch explains how Sevillia was Caesar's love and how Brutus and Caesar had a father and son relationship in both the lives of Brutus and the Lives of Julius Caesar
3)The omens in Calpurinia's dream. Shakespeare read in Plutarch that there were omens predicting the death of Caesar before the Ides, but like the speech, we are unsure what these are. Shakespeare uses a poetic license to depict what Plutarch had said.
4) Plutarchs version is more sympathetic to
The story of Julius Caesar’s assassination has been told both historically and fictionally. Historical sources focus on the facts of the assassination, while fictionary works focus more on the characters and the drama of the story. Because of the different purposes of the sources, there are many differences between the historical and fictional stories. William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar adds certain details and dramatic elements to make the story more interesting and to make the play more enjoyable.
William Shakespeare, renowned worldwide as one of the greatest playwrights of all time, was a man who was captivated by history. He wrote a number of histories for previous kings of England, including Richard the Lionheart, Henry VIII, and King John, but it is for his tragedies, which he is best known. Shakespearean tragedies manage to convey more than they intend to in their study of life and its essential futility, and are by far Shakespeare's most acclaimed works. From HAMLET to ROMEO AND JULIET, Shakespeare's classic plays concerning the great inevitable are arguably his best. JULIUS CAESAR is no exception.
Shakespeare got most of his information from Plutarch so the differences are slim.
1) Shakespeare made a long speech given by Marcus Antonius. While records of a speech we are unsure what the speech said.
2) Brutus's emotional connection to Caesar in the play is noted, but not really showed in the lines. Plutarch explains how Sevillia was Caesar's love and how Brutus and Caesar had a father and son relationship in both the lives of Brutus and the Lives of Julius Caesar
3)The omens in Calpurinia's dream. Shakespeare read in Plutarch that there were omens predicting the death of Caesar before the Ides, but like the speech, we are unsure what these are. Shakespeare uses a poetic license to depict what Plutarch had said.
4) Plutarchs version is more sympathetic to