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    Julius Caesar Murder

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    The Murder of Julius Caesar Introduction The play, Julius Caesar tells about a man whose life is full of drama. His personal life drama and his superior personality trait. While the people are honoring Julius Caesar’s comeback, someone in the crowd tries to warn him about his entourage. After ignoring the soothsayer in the crowd, he continues on with the festivities and celebration of the big defeat. Could Brutus, Cassius, or Julius Caesar be the murderer? Summary After Caesar leaves the…

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    Caesar is becoming the king of Rome soon, but Cassius, Casca, Cinna, Trebonius, Metellus Cimber, and Caius Ligarius all don’t think of him as their ideal king and they go to extreme measures to prevent him from wearing the crown, but he does have friends willing to help like Antony who would seem to be his only friend. But where does Brutus stand in all this, is he friend or foe, and to who or whom. It will be determined how Brutus’ choses made him a patriot and not a traitor. Brutus is a good…

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    In act three, scene two of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Mark Antony addresses the plebeians and they want to know why Caesar is killed. Antony 's response to Caesar’s death is critical and he grieves over his death. He could not believe that his own friends had killed Caesar. After finding out about his death, Antony gives a speech the funeral. Antony goes along with the conspiracy so that he would not be killed as Caesar was. Brutus gives a speech to the people to explain his excuse…

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    Brutus – The One to Lead Them All William Shakespeare was one of the greatest playwrights of all time. His plays are known worldwide, and studied by scholars everywhere. One of Shakespeare 's favourite categories of plays was his tragedies. While some of these plays were completely fictional, others were based on historical figures. One, in particular, is Julius Caesar. Despite the title, however, it is safe to say that while Caesar was a character of great importance, he was surely not…

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    “And for Marc Antony, think not of him, for he can do no more than Caesar’s arm when Caesar’s head is off.” (II. i. 188-190). So declares Marcus Brutus, a conspirator in the plot to kill Julius Caesar. Brutus 's bold words here would trigger a chain of events that ultimately lead to his demise. Marc Antony is a close supporter of Caesar, whose murder and the aftermath of which are chronicled in “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare (rpt. In Elements in Literature. Fourth course.…

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    their opinion with power persuasive elements and lead to a drastic change, much like the case of Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare. Before Antony gives his famous eulogy of his dead friend and future leader of Rome, Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus gives his outlook on the situation first in front of a crowd of Romans. Brutus is also a close friend of Caesar but he believes that Caesar needed to die because he was ambitious and a possible future tyrant; Brutus wanted to save Rome…

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    “Julius Caesar” was a true story which had been dramatized. Shakespeare talked about Caesar, Brutus, Cassius and Mark Antony’s actions and real historical incidents. Julius Caesar had the ambition to become a king. Brutus, Cassius and their partners killed him because of that. After Antony’s speech, a civil war broke out between Brutus’s party and the country. With regard to the topic of who exactly was the protagonist of Julius Caesar, it was apparent that fierce debate existed. Brutus was the…

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    Rome in Panic: Mark Antony’s Rhetorical Response Within William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the character Mark Antony uses a plethora of rhetoric devices to persuade the crowd towards his way of thinking. These devices include sarcasm, logical thinking, and crying to emit a sense of emotion appeal. William Shakespeare uses different rhetorical modes inside each section of Mark Antony’s speech, which includes: Logos, Logos with Ethos, and Pathos during section 1, Ethos and Ethos with Pathos…

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    Mark Antony's Secret Weapon “Friends Romans countrymen Lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” That was Mark Antony’s (a character and one of the main antagonist in William Shakespeare's tragedy Julius Caesar) first statement in his speech that completely turned a weeping mourning crowd into an angry mob. This crowd had just heard that news that their beloved leader Julius Caesar had been put to death. Brutus (a main protagonist in the tragedy) had spoke before Mark…

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    As depicted by the countless sold copies of this sort, tragedies appeal to the pathos of human pity. Having been distinguished from their beginning in ancient Greece, when authors such as Sophocles and Homer wrote rhetorics that are still being taught today. In fact, famous, talented Elizabethan playwright, William Shakespeare is best known for his tragedies including the acclaimed Romeo and Juliet. Therefore, it is no surprise that he exquisitely produced the play “Othello”, illustrating the…

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