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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but he takes actions that are unconsciously hypocritical. One of the significant themes that Shakespeare uses to enrich the complexity of Brutus involves his attempt to ritualize the assassination of Caesar. He cannot justify‚ to his own satisfaction‚ the murder of a man who is a friend and who has not excessively misused the powers of his office. Consequently‚ thinking of the assassination in terms of a quasi-religious ritual instead of cold-blooded murder makes it more acceptable to him. Unfortunately
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In the play “Julius Caesar” there is considerable overlapping of rhetoric and power. In the play we find a somewhat large number of situations when the power of rhetoric is used to shape the entire lives of characters‚ and redirect the plot of the entire story. Shakespeare puts tremendous accents on the power to sway large populations with just a few words. While there are many other forms of power in this play rhetoric seems to be the most powerful. Rhetoric in “Julius Caesar” can be defined using
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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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know your outward favor.” When Cassius says this Brutus begins to reconsider his standing with Caesar and slowly is convinced that Caesar being dead is for the good of Rome. Incidentally‚ Brutus ends up at the conspirator’s house discussing how they are to kill Caesar. He makes many decisions here that hurt him later the first being that when Cassius wants them to take an oath of secrecy Brutus rejects that idea saying “What need we any spur but our own cause‚ to prick us to redress?” Artemidorus
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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 what he truly believed in he could have been
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By the way my peers used betrayal in their thesis‚ it showed me the extent of my peers learning capacity. Also‚ this showed me how many different forms of betrayal can be shown‚ by using the same scene as me‚ in the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. My peers thesis statements challenged my thesis statement by the different forms of betrayal they showed. By how my classmates used a scene from The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ my views regarding my thesis were challenged. Meaning‚ my views were
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and Differences: The Real Julius Caesar and the Play Julius Caesar When you hear the word “play” you think of scenes‚ people acting‚ people talking etc. The play of Julius Caesar is interesting and I am sure the real Julius Caesar will be more interesting. Of course the play and the real Julius Caesar is different and some what similar. In the play Caesar is portrayed as a noble hero that is struck down by his supposed allies without reason. In reality Caesar was power hungry‚ cruel‚ devious
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meaning when one asks “when were the plays done?” When posing this question‚ one ought to address a few clearer topics‚ such as what circumstances they were under‚ the time of day of the performances‚ the settings of the plays‚ the span of the plays‚ and how long it took to write the plays. The circumstances of the plays varied from play to play. Performances of Julius Caesar‚ for example‚ occurred shortly after the Gunpowder Plot‚ and due to those circumstances‚ the audience may have seen it as a warning
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Power of Persuasion: Richard’s Use of Manipulation for Power Have you ever heard of Romeo and Juliet‚ Julius Caesar‚ or perhaps Hamlet? These titles each have one particular aspect in common‚ William Shakespeare. Overall‚ this brilliant writer has created numerous pieces of work including 38 plays. One of his many accomplishments is Richard III‚ a play highlighting Richard‚ the Duke of Gloucester‚ and the battles between two royal families. William Shakespeare‚ the author of Richard III‚ illustrates
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