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    Confrontation is an important skill that people desire‚ yet are uncomfortable with. Being able to confront things that happen on the spot is not something many people are able to achieve. In “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare‚ Brutus is able to sway the people to believe that Caesar’s assassination was for their own good by using a single analogy. However‚ Antony is able to confront that belief right after Brutus’ speech‚ swaying the Roman citizens to trust him rather than Brutus

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    enemies.” Julius Caesar did not expect Brutus to be so disloyal‚ nobody did. Brutus was so honorable so it was so unexpected. Betrayal from a friend is much worse than hatred from an enemy because real friends aren’t fake‚ but enemies will always be out there wanting to see people hurting. A friend’s betrayal can make people feel horrible. They’re supposed to be very trustworthy and supportive. When a friend goes behind another friends back‚ it can end badly. In the play “Julius Caesar “‚ Brutus

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    Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. In the play‚ Mark Antony is a righteous supporter of Caesar who stands by him at all costs; Cassius is a conspirator who plans the murder of Caesar; and Brutus is a noble yet contradictory Roman who betrays Caesar for the good of his country‚ Rome. Through the actions of these characters‚ William Shakespeare uses his play to embody the values of trustworthiness and decency as important Roman ideals. First of all‚ Mark Antony is a loyal Roman who will stand by Caesar and believes

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    betrayed by someone he or she loves‚ something profound happens in the heart of the betrayed person. It is not simply that someone has "let you down‚" or "double-crossed you." Rather‚ the betrayer has done an action or taken special information and used it to harm you. The betrayer has held a position of confidence of your most sacred secrets‚ and then they treat those secrets as if they are to be exploited. A betrayer is a person who knows your heart and has ripped into that heart and ripped out

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    Williliam Shakespeare’s tragic play‚ Julius Caesar‚ builds around the conflict among a group of conspirators and the person they are conspiring against. Julius Caesar tells the story of the assassination and downfall of an influential leader in Ancient Rome‚ named Julius Caesar‚ and the people responsible for his death. The story depicts the multifarious conflicts that arise between the conspirators after Caesar’s death. Shakespeare develops plot through internal and external conflict to illustrate

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    What are some of the literary techniques that are significant in Julius Caesar? So far I have these: "These growing feathers plucked from Caesar’s wing" (Shakespeare I.1.72) as a metaphor. "Falling Sickness" (I.2.251) as a pun. "He sees that Roman are but sheep..." (I.3.105) as a metaphor‚ I don’t know whether or not it is an extended metaphor. "His countenance‚ like richest alchemy" (I.3.159) as a simile. "therefore think of him as a serpent’s egg" (II.1.32) as a metaphor.

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    Anthony Giagiari Mr. Dinely ENG2D1-06 April 26th‚ 2012 Philosophy in Julius Caesar William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a play containing many characters of many different personality types. Brutus and Cassius‚ considerably the two main characters of the play‚ are very different in their personalities‚ as well as the philosophies they claim to follow. These two characters can be shown to practice the philosophies of Stoicism and Epicureanism to an extent‚ and it can be shown that in the end

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    Julius Caesar Essay In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ Brutus was convinced by Cassius that killing Caesar was a good idea for the good of Rome. So he kills Caesar at the crowning. After the killing of Caesar. Caesars death was seen as necessary for a variety of reasons. Brutus shows three different character traits stoic‚ manipulator‚ and orator. One character trait that Brutus shows a lot in this play is stoic. Brutus shows very little emotion when his wife Portia had died. (4.ii

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    Ancient history is full of conquerors that can be attributed as excellent commanders‚ but none can compare the might of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. For one conquered the whole of the then known world and the other laid the foundations of the mighty Roman Empire. Although Alexander and Caesar had contrasting early part of their lives‚ reason being that one was a ruler and the other politician. It is generally the later part of their lives which signifies and compares them; they made great

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    the Ides of March‚ shall be forever remembered in the histories of the Roman Republic. For on that day a great leader and arguably the best Rome has ever seen was killed. It took twenty and three plunges of envious knifes to bring down great Julius Caesar‚ as he started to address the senate that day. This tragic event created by those who have the nerve to call themselves liberators should not go unpunished. Their action has led to disunity and chaos inside the heart of our Republic‚ weakening

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