Conflicting Perspectives: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Ambitious Tyrant or “Noblest Man that Ever Lived in the Tide of Times”? An Into English Presentation Conflicting Perspectives: The Theory • All texts are deliberately constructed to convey an agenda and a set of values. • This means that every composer has a purpose‚ which is based on the issues arising from their context and audience. • To that end‚ the composer uses conflicting perspectives as a vehicle for successfully conveying
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Initially‚ so was Pompey‚ but while Caesar did not change his political leanings‚ Pompey grew more and more conservative. Finally‚ after spending years in Gaul‚ fighting for Rome‚ Caesar was summoned back to Rome. Pompey had become an Optimate and led a group that wanted to indict Caesar for treasonous use of the legions. It would have effectively ended Caesar’s political career and could have ended in his exile or death. Caesar had a choice. Give in or go on the offensive. He chose
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you today to speak about a problem facing the community of Rome. Sadly‚ Caesar‚ our glorious leader‚ has gone up to the gods. In result of this we need a new leader before our city descends into chaos and destruction. I can help to return peace and overflowing prosperity to the city of Rome and Italy. As you all know Caesar died prematurely to the bloody hands of conspirators who have infiltrated what we call home. I saw Caesar die at the hands of such traitors‚ so these conspirators must be killed
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Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln are two men who made history through their leadership expeditions. When comparing the two one thing that comes to mind is their assassination. Besides their similarity between the two assassinations‚ there are some differences. However‚ the major similarity between the two is the that they were both murdered. In fact‚ they were both carried out by people who disagreed with their power and authority as well as how they used it. Julius Caesar was a Roman general
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Fuller‚ J.F.C. Julius Caesar: Man‚ Soldier‚ and Tyrant. New Brunswick‚ New Jersey: Rutgers University Press‚ 1965. Major-General J.F.C. Fuller‚ or John Frederick Charles Fuller‚ was a long time British army officer during the early twentieth century. He was a military strategist and historian‚ as well as a gifted writer. Fuller is probably best known for his "Nine Principles of War" which have laid down the foundation of much of modern military theory since the early twentieth century. Fuller
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Act 11 ( Julius Caesar) Brutus is still on the hunt to killing his dear friend Julius Caesar‚ he has a team of people who oppose Caesar to help Brutus in his devious plan. Today in class we played a game called mafia‚ that resembles the scenes in act 11 of Julius Caesar. The way you play mafia is that you have a your detectives( your number choice) ‚ citizens‚ and hit mans(your number choice. Mrs. Petrossian chose who played what‚ the detectives were unaware on who were the hit men’s and the hit
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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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Julius Caesar Multiple Choice Unit Test 1 Name_____________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE UNIT TEST 1 - Julius Caesar I. Matching/Identify _____ 1. Strato _____ 2. Lucilius _____ 3. Octavius _____ 4. Artemidorus _____ 5. Brutus _____ 6. Caesar _____ 7. Casca _____ 8. Calpurnia _____ 9. Mark Antony _____ 10. Portia _____ 11.Lepidus _____ 12. Decius _____ 13. Pindarus _____ 14. Cassius _____ 15. Soothsayer A. Captured by Antony’s soldiers‚ mistaken for Brutus B. Persuades Caesar to attend
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Empire alive and stable is that he must kill Caesar. Brutus is intellectual but only makes decisions that benefit him‚ making him seem greedy. When Brutus speaks to the crowd of Caesar’s death in act three scene two he states “Not that I loved Caesar less‚ but that I love Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living and all die slaves‚ than that Caesar were dead‚ to live all free men ?” When Brutus says this I only see greed. Brutus says he killed Caesar because he would have made the people slaves
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form and features = simple prose filled with facts and specific anecdotes about historical and contemporary leaders for credibility – PERSUADE Cynical tone and pragmatic attitude to morality subverted overt conform to public attitudes and values Julius Caesar‚ a historical tragedy appeals to an audience fearing Elizabeth 1 imminent death without an heir and consequence civil war‚ religious conflict and external threats. embodies his values in distinctive‚ engaging‚ contrasting characters and their
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