Hamlet‚ Julius Caesar‚ Richard the Third‚ and Romeo and Juliet”. “These plays were all tragedies.” (Meghan and Angela‚ William Shakespeare) The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s most enduring plays. Shakespeare had great influence on culture throughout the world. “Not only did he have the guts to step up to the senators of the Roman Empire and
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Did Caesar help or harm the Roman Empire? Rome would have been better off without having Julius Caesar as a leader. During his time‚ Julius Caesar should have been considered a villain because he made the senate larger so that he could have more followers in politics‚ he only wanted to benefit himself and didn’t care about Rome’s outcome‚ and he beat his enemies be using brute force and cruelty. Firstly‚ he made the senate larger to have more of his own supporters in political positions. In
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Julius Caesar Is there a person who is entirely good or entirely bad? No‚ humans are not like that. Life is not a Hollywood movie where there is a good guy and a bad guy. Humans are more complicated than that. Depending on the situation‚ they can be good or bad; they can’t be all good or all bad. That is one of the reasons many people like Shakespeare’s plays‚ because characters are not moral absolutes. They are complicated and psychologically similar to how people would react to situations in real
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remains unknown. The deciding factor that gave the Celts a permanent place in history was Christianity. Despite the prevalence of Christianity throughout Celtic society‚ much of the art and literature was unique to their culture. Around the time Julius Caesar was taking control of Celtic lands‚ Christianity was becoming more and more of a dominant religion in the area (Lassieur 75). By the fourth century A.D.‚ many Gauls had taken advantage of
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Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ the dynamics between Caesar and Calphurnia‚ and shows some character traits of Caesar‚ as well as a point on human nature. The scene begins with Caesar entering and complaining about how Calphurnia has woken up three times yelling‚ “Help ho‚ they murder Caesar!” Calphurnia then tells Caesar how she had a dream that she believes to be an omen. In said dream‚ Calphurnia says she saw risen dead‚ warriors fighting‚ and ghosts shrieking‚ as well as fountain of Caesar with blood
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Napoleon vs. Caesar Napoleon Bonaparte and Julius Caesar: both great leaders who brought their countries out of turmoil‚ but eventually fell from power. These two men were extremely similar and had similar‚ if not the same‚ ideologies. Yet‚ there will still a few differences. While Napoleon modeled himself after Caesar‚ there were still some differences overall in their lives. After conquering all of Gaul (France‚ Belgium‚ and portions of Switzerland‚ Holland‚ and Germany) in 58 BC‚ Caesar was considered
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What were the reasons for the rise and fall of Julius Caesar? Changes within the structure of the Roman army set the early stage of the rise of Julius Caesar to power within the Roman Empire. The republican army of the early days was founded on the “Servian” constitution. The army was the army of the state; citizens served in it according to their wealth and were called to arms when needed. In the third century this began to change as campaigns increased in duration and moved farther and farther
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Rise of Political Career Although he was not born to an influential family‚ Caesar quickly used his intelligence and oratory skills to rise in the ranks. After he married Cornelia‚ in 82 B.C. the current ruler‚ Sulla‚ demanded that he divorce her. She was the daughter of his rival‚ Cinna. When Julius Caesar refused to give up his loyalty to her‚ he was told that he would be killed if he didn’t. Yet still he refused. In 81 B.C‚ he fled from Rome. Sulla’s death in 78 B.C. gave him a chance to return
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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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Odysseus‚ the main character of The Odyssey‚ is a man of great courage who is married to Penelope‚ Queen of Ithaca. Even though it is fundamentally known that Odysseus is in union with Penelope‚ he is involved in intimate actions with a few goddesses on his journey home to Ithaca from the Trojan War. For example‚ regardless of Odysseus’ longing to return home‚ he is tempted first by Calypso‚ spending eight years imprisoned on her island‚ and ultimately remaining true to Penelope in his heart. Also
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