Plutarch

The play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, is written taking place with a very powerful and rogue ruler, Julius Caesar, and focuses on Brutus' struggle between the adverse demands of patriotism, honor, and friendship. Within the play, Shakespeare sympathizes with Caesar’s conspirators and is very much in favor of a democracy rather than one, powerful ruler as depicted in the play. And, as Shakespeare was writing this play, he was trying to convince the audience to…

The first point discussed in Marta Cerezo Moreno’s The Controlling Force of Rome in Coriolanus and Julius Caesar is how Rome does not function as just a location where the play is set, but in fact the framework of the plots would collapse because the plot is directly related to the location. The city of Rome is constantly attacked by the Volscians in Corialanus, defended by the plebeians, praised by its people and feared by its enemies. Rome is symbolic of the characters Corialanus and Julius…

Throughout The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony shows and undying love for Caesar. In this drama, written by William Shakespeare, the story of the assassination of Julius is told, and Antony is, without doubt, Caesar’s most loyal and dedicated admirer. Even after Caesar dies, he is able to carry his legacy on through a powerful and moving speech during his future. As Antony delivers his speech, it is blatantly obvious that he is angered by Caesar’s death and feels great contempt for the…

Founding of Morality and Marble Everything has a beginning, and with every beginning a narrative must always go along with it. Founding stories are tales of how things came to be, they can be extravagant, tragic and even mythical in nature. Two well-known stories which are often paired together due to their similar nature are the tales of Cain and Abel from the book of Genesis and Livy’s Romulus and Remus. The resolutions in these stories had outcomes which established ideologies on sacrificial…

In the play Julius Caesar, Brutus is a government official, and he has a wife named Portia. Brutus´s best friend is Caesar, he had to make the decision to either kill his best friend or have Rome suffer from a terrible king. Brutus is loyal to Caesar. Although Brutus was a part of his killing, doesn't mean he wasn't loyal to him. I believe that Brutus was just as loyal to Caesar as to any of best friends in modern days are. Brutus loved Caesar with all of his heart, but Brutus had to make the…

Caesar’s involvement in Gallic wars: Best for Roman Empire or Self-Promotion? Julius Caesar, one of many glorious Roman leaders, was a well known military leader but he was also known for being a gigantic narcissist. So, was he justified in getting involved in the Gallic wars? To understand Caesar’s reasoning behind getting into the war, we must first know what happened in Gaul. Caesar was on a military high in a military low. He had just gotten noticed as a great military leader and…

Two of the greatest leader known to man who conquered all that they say before themselves. Julius Caesar the man who single handedly brought fear to hearts of any who dared oppose him and nearly conquered the world and Alexander the Great the man who conquered most of the known world. They are both major historical figure and brilliant tactical masterminds. Alexander and Julius are easily the most influential figures before the time of christ. Alexander the Great and Julius were both…

In Julius Caesar, the characters Marc Antony and Brutus give speeches to a crowd, where they shared their feelings towards Caesar’s death. Throughout their speeches, the use of pathos, ethos and logos persuaded the crowd to agree with one’s speech over the other. Marc Antony is able to win the crowd over with his friendly tone and he spoke to where the crowd understood him unlike Brutus, who went straight into duty mode during his speech. In William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius…

1 Plutarch and Public Works Read the excerpt from Plutarch speech on public works programs on the course page. After you do, discuss the reasons Plutarch felt that Greece should appropriate funds to pay some of its citizens to do public works and building projects? ?Is there anything similar to this in the current structure of the United States government, or has there been in the past? ?Is/Was this a wise governing decision? Why or why not? In order for us to answer this question, we got to…

the writers of Alexander, Plutarch was ethnically Greek, but a citizen of Rome. The author takes famous Greek characters and compares them to Roman characters in his biographies; he has created the romantic picture of Alexander and used the story of Alexander to exemplify what is good leadership, and he does emphasize certain values that would be consider good qualities found in a leader, and the outcome of the use of such qualities. Being biased towards the Greeks, Plutarch successfully made…