Antony and Cleopatra

What if everything was to be decided and solved by using only one of the two? Sword is the violence that has been used by people who don’t think there’s a more peaceful way to solve things, like in wars, it’s either one person thinks they need to use force or both may think that, to just prove their point or get what they want. But if an event that has violence, the pen is used throughout to help it. It is runned by what you know about who you're going against. It’s knowledge that controls the…

In the play, Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, each character possessed and exhibited many traits through their words and actions throughout the play. These character traits had either led to the success or downfall of the characters within the play. For example, Caesar’s ambition, as repeatedly stated by Brutus, led to his own murder. However, the character trait that Cassius had shown may have been the leading cause of his death at the end. Cassius, who was one of the conspirators…

contrast of Marc Antony and Brutus funeral speech at Julius Caesar's funeral. Caesar's funeral starts out by Brutus saying his speech.Within Brutus’s speech are fallacies and other techniques he uses to persuade the roman people.Brutus starts his speech with “Romans,countrymen,and lovers!hear me for my cause,and be silent that you may hear” (III,ii,1-2).Brutus says this because he wants the…

Thy Brutus In the play Julius Caesar, there are many characters who play an important role. Such as, Cassius one of out of the eight conspirators who killed Caesar he motivated Brutus to join along in the mission for the good of Rome. Cinna the conspirator not to be confused with Cinna the poet aided Cassius with making Brutus join the conspirators by planting phony documents in Brutus’ house. But, truly the most important character had to be Brutus. Why? because, he acted as if he was a leader…

Julius Caesar and the 12 Angry Men Throughout the first trimester of Sophomore Honors English, we read through some phenomenal pieces of English literature; Taming of the Shrew, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Tales of Two Cities. All of these works may seem random at first, however, two of have a handful of correlation between one another, Julius Caesar and 12 Angry Men. Even though these plays were created at different time periods and completely different plots, both of them have one theme in…

lots of land for Rome. While Caesar was in Gaul, he conquered Britain for Rome. Then, after he conquered Britain for Rome he conquered all of Gaul for Rome, making it an official Roman territory. Plus, after he took over as leader of Rome he put Cleopatra in charge of Egypt, and then added Egypt to Rome. He also conquered many other places in Europe adding them to Rome. Secondly, Julius Caesar overall improved the lives of citizens in Rome. First, he gave citizenship to people in non-Roman…

Brutus’ short speech has a limiting effect on the crowd versus when Mark Antony voices his long oration, using props such as Caesar’s body and will, it ultimately stirs the crowd into a mutinous rage. Antony having the last word is a helpful advantage also. Antony using Caesar’s corpse as a prop is described by scholar Agnes Teller, “But Antony prepared the great spectacle: the presentation of the corpse. The body is first presented in his mantle to show the places of the stab wounds… The…

When Brutus and the conspirators kill Julius Caesar, most of the conspirators have the wrong intentions and do it because they will benefit from his death, opposed to Brutus who does it with good reasoning such as it benefiting Rome. After the conspirators kill Caesar Brutus talks about how he did love Caesar but killing him would be for the good of Rome, despite his feelings. “If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not because I loved Caesar less, but that…

off. Cleopatra then came into Julius Caesar’s life. With her coming into his life, he wanted to take over her land; Egypt, too. In order to take over her land, he had to leave his own land to visit her. While he was gone, he left his empire unguarded. Luckily, no one attempted to attack Rome. When he arrived back into Rome, he was handed ten years as dictator. With his dictator position, he formed a monarchy. There were both unhappy and happy people. After a few years, he went to see Cleopatra…

go to capital by playing to his ego. Also as Antony is speaking to the commoners, he is able to change the way they feel about Brutus becoming emperor. Throughout the novel, Shakespeare shows the reader how people make their decisions based on other people's opinions.. At the start of the novel Cassius…