Ides of March

The idea of duality presents a crucial question: why do people create a public and private face? This concept directly relates to life today; people are constantly manipulated on a daily basis. They may not realize it, but others use them for their own personal benefit all the time. Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, depicts the lives of numerous characters who use this method to their advantage. Through various literary techniques, Shakespeare conveys the idea that duality is essential to…

The actor who played Superman in the 1978 Superman movie, Christopher Reeve, once said “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” In William Shakespeare’s, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus, one of the main characters, is considered to be the hero. He is considered as a tragic hero to be specific. Just as Christopher Reeve’s quote said, Brutus found strength to persevere in spite of the difficult choices he had…

“But now she was to be specifically identified with Egypt’s most famous single mother, the goddess Isis.” With the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. on the Ides of March, Cleopatra found herself in an awkward position. Ancient writers say that she was in Rome when the assassination occurred and she quickly returned to Egypt. A civil war broke out between forces led by Antony and Octavian against those who had organized…

Ongoing human concerns relates to universal ideas associated with human condition. These can be explored further by studying both texts and considering the context they were written in. Shakespeare 's 1599 play, 'Julius Caesar ' follows the titular character 's death and the civil war that followed his demise. While, 'The Prince, ' deals with the end justifying the means and how power can be both achieved and preserved. Both texts offer varying perspective on ongoing human concerns such as;…

In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare creates the central idea that Brutus is a man with honor but his honor leads to tragedy. Marcus Brutus is torn between the two sides of being noble, but standing idly by and watching or being dishonorable in killing Caesar, but for the right reasons. This internal struggle then leads to his demise. First and most important, Shakespeare sets Brutus up to be the tragic hero. Throughout the play Shakespeare comes back to an idea again and again. It is…

There have been millions of books and short stories written and published in the world that make information and entertainment easily tangible and have recorded the history of Humanity and the world for generations. Books and short stories centered around telling a story nonfiction and fiction alike all have one thing in common, something that creates all the love, suspense, and horror that makes stories enjoyable, Protagonists and antagonists. They are the people, animals, or things that drive…

1.1 -In this scene, Flavius speaks to the Roman crowd about how they use to climb up as high as they could “To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome” but now they “make holiday to see Caesar,” Pompey’s known rival (1.1.34,47). The crowd of Rome seems to be very unreliable in terms of who they are willing to praise as their leader. They just flock to the one who has all the power and are not truly loyal to anyone. -When Flavius is parting with Marullus, he compares Caesar to a bird and tells…

a wealthy lifetime pension by the duke of Buccleuch and then went back to Kirkcaldy to work on what would soon be The Wealth of Nations. As said in the Market Man, “Smith’s books don’t just belong to the history of ideas; they helped establish the ides of history and economics” (Market Man). Smith was appointed commissioner of Customs at Edinburgh in 1777, and spent his time being social and reading greek poetry. He also talked about producing additional works on philosophy, science, law, and…

William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar provides some insight into the minds of revolutionaries that attempt to help their people, even if they have to commit a crime. Shakespeare attempts to make his play historically accurate, and one of the most important historical details of the setting of the play is the political structure in Rome at the time. Rome’s popular democracy depended on involved citizens coming together to make intelligent decisions that would benefit the entire…

"Et Tu., Brute?” (Shakespeare III.i.77) The phrase stated by the mighty Caesar before his fall and death, meaning,“and you Brutus” in the Latin language. This line changed set off the course of nature as it rapidly changed the play. From that point there was an unbalance in Rome. A struggle for power between 2 teams consisting of 2 leaders and their armies. The tension builds and so many things are occurring in the same time as of Act IV, Scene 2-3 of Julius Caesar. Most of the action…