Caesar

Power is one of the most desirable things in life. Everyone longs for it. However, power can be very dangerous. Julius Caesar shows this by conveying a theme that power can be deadly to those who are not careful. The first example of this is that Caesar is in a position of power and ends up being killed because of it. People see him as a threat and realize that they have to kill him in order to save themselves. Brutus says, “It must be by his death, and for my part. I know no personal cause to…

The play written by famed writer William Shakespeare titled "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" is a piece that has profoundly affected literature throughout the ages. Written in the year 1623, this influential story is set within Rome during the year 44 B.C., and features prominent Roman members of society who often die violent and unpredictable deaths. Considered a tragedy, this production features various techniques, including both internal and external conflict, usage of tragic flaws, and plot…

sensitive and controversial subjects within his plays. He touches on timeless social issues such as suicide. In his plays Julius Caesar and Hamlet, William Shakespeare tackles suicide and the weight it carries with different individuals within different cultures. Julius Caesar depicts suicide in regards to Brutus and Cassius, the leading conspirators in the murder of Julius Caesar. Taking place in Rome when honor, valor, and triumph were the most important values; Brutus, Cassius, and other…

political opponents. Brutus attempts to justify his killing of Julius Caesar using rhetorical question and antithesis while Mark Antony tries to defend Julius Caesar's legacy by using rhetorical question and apostrophe. Unlike many types of stories told today, movies, and pieces of writing. This story is hardly black and and white. One could argue why it was the right thing to do for Brutus and the Conspirators to assassinate Caesar, while another could argue why it was wrong. However that is…

history. Gaius Julius Caesar was a man that made his mark on history time and time again. But Caesar is not alone in his fame, for Caesar lived in a time of great historical significance’s. A great many figures from history also inhabited this time period. Included among them was the great statesman Cicero, the first Roman emperor Augustus, Cleopatra VII queen of Egypt, and Caesar’s right hand man Marcus Antonius more commonly known as Mark Antony. The assassination of Caesar made a great impact…

virtue. Within Julius Caesar especially, the virtue of honor and allegiance to virtue is called into question. Had Brutus adapted his idea of honor, he would not have lost so much at the end of the play, but because he clung to his ideals, like Caesar, he too fell. To better understand the faults of Brutus’ honor code, one must understand the fall of Caesar. When Caesar looks about Rome as he returns from defeating Pompey, he sees the people “make holiday to see/ Caesar in his triumph” alone,…

person, country, group, or cause. Loyalties can conflict with each other and one would have to choose, but could that justify killing a person? In Shakespeare Julius Caesar, Brutus, Caesar’s best friend joined Cassius and other conspirators to kill Caesar justifying it by their loyalty to their country, Rome. They believed that Caesar is getting too powerful and his power is going to his head and will damage the republic. At Caesar’s funeral, both Brutus and Antony, Caesar’s noble friend give…

Cassius and Marc Antony: Power of Deception Throughout Julius Caesar, the power of persuasion and deception is used as a catalyst for conflict, as well as peacekeeping. Cassius and Marc Anthony’s respective uses of deception are used in extremely similar ways through principle, however their motives are very different. In this essay, I will demonstrate how Cassius deceives Brutus for his own personal agenda, while Marc Antony deceives the angry mob to subside conflict and change the mob’s…

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus is the tragic hero who has the flaw of being easily manipulated. This quality establishes that he is the tragic hero because he goes through all the motions that a tragic hero must endure such as misreadings that increase the tragic hero’s urgency and realization of his mistake. To begin…

friend in cold blood, sometimes justifying it is easy. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare this is exactly what happens. In the story there is the noble man Brutus and his friends, one of whom is in place to receive the Roman crown, Julius Caesar. Brutus and the others feared that Caesar was going to become tyrannical when given power and would forsake them. After a while Brutus and his friends stabbed Caesar to death upon the Court House steps. Afterwards Brutus had to speak to the…