Julius Caesar is a play written by William Shakespeare in the year 1601. It resemble the play Hamlet‚ and it characterized his assassination in 44 B.C. and the defeat of the conspirators in the battle of Philipi. Its setting is Rome‚ the capital city of Italy. Most of the scenes are set in Rome and Philipi. The play begins in the street of Rome where the Roman citizens is celebrating Caesar’s triumphant return from the war. Although the title of the play is ‘Julius Caesar’ but Caesar is not the main
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Name ____________________________________________JULIUS CAESAR: Final Exam Part One: Multiple Choice: Circle the correct answer. 1. The speeches that Antony and Brutus gave at the funeral are both: a. soliloquies b. asides c. monologues d. dialogues 2. From the events in the play‚ one can determine that the political mood and behavior of the Roman populace can best be termed- a. unswervingly patriotic and firm b. discontented and angry c. cowardly and timid d. fickle and changeable
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motivate international actors or whether actors adhere to a realist philosophy and ignore ethics in favor of self-interest and power. In History of the Peloponnesian War‚ Thucydides explores this debate‚ particularly during his dramatization
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assassinated Both speakers used three rhetorical devices: ethos‚ which is an appeal to credibility: pathos‚ which is an appeal to the emotions and logos‚ which is an appeal to logic. In the play. Anthony delivers astronger and more persuasive funeral oration due to his effective use of ethos‚ pathos and logos. Both speakers used an ethical appeal to the crowd and established their credibility first Brutus begins by saying he was Caesar’s friend but because he was ambitious he had to kill him. Brutus
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balance of power leans towards Sparta and her allies. Sparta already feared Athens’ growing power. Therefore‚ Sparta needed to check Athens’ control of the region. The need to keep a balance of power is the main reason of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides attains that Sparta’s fear of Athenian rule provided an unavoidable path to war. Athens controlled about half of the city-states; dominated much of the trade; and maintained a strong navy. Sparta kept a strong army and retained equal allies but
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A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples NOTE: FIGURE OF SPEECH : A mode of expression in which words are used out of their literal meaning or out of their ordinary use in order to add beauty or emotional intensity or to transfer the poet’s sense impressions by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning familiar to the reader. Some important figures of speech are: simile‚ metaphor‚ personification‚ hyperbole and symbol. Alliteration: repetition of the same sound beginning
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Julius Caesar William Shakespeare THE PLAY THE PLOT The working people of Rome are overjoyed: Julius Caesar has beaten Pompey ’s sons in battle‚ and everyone ’s getting a day off from work to celebrate Caesar ’s triumphant return. But two Roman officers‚ Flavius and Marullus‚ chase the crowds away: how dare the citizens support a tyrant who threatens to undermine hundreds of years of Republican (representative) rule! Don ’t they know that Caesar wants to be king? Caesar parades by in
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about the relationship between strong and weak states‚ and between power and morality David Greer Thucydides can be seen as the first great Historian‚ and his "history of the Peloponnesian war"� is said to be the catalyst of the realist tradition. A question often asked‚ is whether Thucydides is a realist or not? He is merely recording a realist opinion? To answer the question‚ lets look at what Thucydides himself says. "And as for the real action of the war‚ I did not think it was right to set down
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is one of the most important‚ If not the most important‚ parts of the play. It is the turning point of the play‚ because it changes the outcome of the assassination. The reader thinks that the conspirators will get their way‚ but Antony’s skill in oration changes that. In this essay‚ I will show how Mark Antony uses rhetorical devices to persuade the people of Rome. Irony‚ or emotional appeal is a device used‚ although it is not used a lot‚ it sets up the mood of the speech. “I come to bury Caesar
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Drama 88 Day 4 How does Thucydides’ representation of the Athenians compare with the representation of the Athenians on the Parthenon Frieze? Thucydides describes the Athens as being superior to the other states while the Parthenon Frieze describes them as a whole and united and the figures they respected. Thucydides mainly talks about the warriors and the men of Athens while the Parthenon Frieze depicts people of all status. Thucydides makes the Athens seem arrogant and has the Athens believe that
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