This year we started English class off by reading “Julius Caesar” by Shakespeare. So far it 's been an interesting play, but we can 't read it without understanding it. As we know that the setting of this play is in Ancient Rome, therefore we must understand the role of the characters.
Some of the characters that we know of are Flavius, Marullus and Casca, who are Roman tribunes. They play a major role in this play as tribunes. Therefore we need to know the role of a
Roman tribune in ancient times. Have you ever wished you could veto any law Congress made? One ordinary person who has the ability to veto any law would hold a good deal of power in government. The Romans gave that power to not one, but ten such ordinary people. You might think this would cause chaos, but
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Cassius all in all is jealous of Caesar and wants to basically get rid of him. He even states that he 'd rather kill himself before seeing Caesar as Emperor of
Rome. He says that they are equal and that Caesar is no better than anyone else. He doesn 't like how everyone are practically worshipping him. He feels like Caesar is overrated and shouldn 't be treated the way that he is.(Shakespeare) Cassius feels like the only way to save Rome is by getting rid of Caesar or at least keep him from becoming emperor. He tries to get Casca and Brutus on the same page with him. So far he 's been able to get Casca on his side and Casca says that he 's willing to go as far with this as far as anyone else goes. He 's basically saying that whatever Cassius decides to do he’ll do it with him and full heartedly. When Casca agrees to help Cassius, Cassius then tells him about the group of men he already has that are waiting for him on Pompey’s porch to have a meeting to see what they 're going to do(Shakespeare.) This shows us that even the tribunes don 't like Caesar. Another example that shows this is when Flavius and Marullus take off all of the decorations
Some of the characters that we know of are Flavius, Marullus and Casca, who are Roman tribunes. They play a major role in this play as tribunes. Therefore we need to know the role of a
Roman tribune in ancient times. Have you ever wished you could veto any law Congress made? One ordinary person who has the ability to veto any law would hold a good deal of power in government. The Romans gave that power to not one, but ten such ordinary people. You might think this would cause chaos, but
the …show more content…
Cassius all in all is jealous of Caesar and wants to basically get rid of him. He even states that he 'd rather kill himself before seeing Caesar as Emperor of
Rome. He says that they are equal and that Caesar is no better than anyone else. He doesn 't like how everyone are practically worshipping him. He feels like Caesar is overrated and shouldn 't be treated the way that he is.(Shakespeare) Cassius feels like the only way to save Rome is by getting rid of Caesar or at least keep him from becoming emperor. He tries to get Casca and Brutus on the same page with him. So far he 's been able to get Casca on his side and Casca says that he 's willing to go as far with this as far as anyone else goes. He 's basically saying that whatever Cassius decides to do he’ll do it with him and full heartedly. When Casca agrees to help Cassius, Cassius then tells him about the group of men he already has that are waiting for him on Pompey’s porch to have a meeting to see what they 're going to do(Shakespeare.) This shows us that even the tribunes don 't like Caesar. Another example that shows this is when Flavius and Marullus take off all of the decorations