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    that we are underlings” (I.ii.146-148). We create our faults, and we are our faults. Julius Caesar’s fault was his pride but, in the end, he realized his failure. In William Shakespeare's, Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar is the tragic hero. Admittedly, Brutus could have been viewed as the tragic hero because he showed remorse for killing Julius Caesar, but Brutus is not more admirable in his defeat (“Aristotle’s”). Caesar states, “Et tu, Brute?”(III.1.77). Caesar's statement makes him more…

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    Tragedy of Julius Caesar, should go by another name, The Tragedy of Brutus. Brutus is the main character and hidden protagonist, he is a senate member scarred by Ceaser rising so quickly to kingdom. After being mislead by many friends he decides to assist in the murder of Julius Caesar. The noble Brutus is truly the only protagonist in the play, he should be the center of the play in the stead of the short lived and arrogant Julius Caesar. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus is…

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    the Druids primarily came from the Roman civilization and old Irish sagas. The most infamous historical document is Julius Caesar’s Commentarii de Bello Gallico. Commentarii de Bello Gallico is a compilation of journals about the Julius Caesar’s Gallic War. The direct translations of these journals are titled the Commentaries on the Gallic War. These journals talk about Julius Caesar impressions and experiences in the Gallic War. During the Gallic War, there were two raising religions and show…

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    his viewers’ morals and views begin to twist and warp as the influence of the movement gulfs their minds under its sea of persuasion. In the dramatic play, Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare uses characterization, motifs, and foreshadowing to portray the power of persuasion.Through the interactions between Marcus Brutus, Cassius, and Julius Caesar, they will prove how persuasion can change one’s course and produce consequences.…

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    power over Caesar, when she demands he stay at home instead of going to the Senate House, “You shall not stir out of your house today” (2.2.9) Calpurnia issues this practically as a command and not as a request, in some way it is because she is determined for Caesar to listen to her and to take her warning seriously; perhaps because this is the only way Calpurnia can speak to Caesar with any chance of him listening. However, as it will prove for the rest of the interaction between Caesar and…

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    a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously”(dictionary reference 1).. Julius Caesar was born on July 12, 100 BC, and was assassinated by many Roman senators near the theatre of Pompey on the Ides of March, on March 15, 44 BC. Atchity explains his assassination by stating that “In the Senate chamber, Antonius is drawn to one side. Then the conspirators crowd about Caesar as if to second a petition for the repealing of an order banishing Publius Cimber. When he refuses…

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    senators I have brought you hear to anounce that Julius Caesar has broke many violations and is destroying what Rome had took a long time to do get rebulic freedom and so Julius Caesar desrved be assassinated for these fallowing reasons. First Caesar had tried turning Rome into some sort of dictatorship.He had dissrupted the oath not to have a king.This was because Rome had wanted more freedom so they had changed it from a dictatorship to a republic but Caesar was trying to change it back…

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    (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 falls somewhere…

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    The Tragic Hero in Julius Caesar The drama Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a tragedy. A tragedy is a drama that ends in the downfall of the main character. In Julius Caesar, Brutus, who is an honorable figure in ancient Rome, the setting of the play, betrays and kills his friend Caesar for the good of Rome. This event leads people to seek revenge and eventually ends with brutus’s death. I believe that Brutus is the tragic hero in Julius Caesar because his character follows the…

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    Book 21 and Suetonius’ Julius Caesar is Julius Caesar and Hannibal. The two men are very similar in that they both are very ambitious and don’t let anything stand in their way. The Life of Julius Caesar tells the story of Julius Caesar’s life in Rome and how he became a dictator. Livy’s History of Rome Book 21 is about the Second Punic War and Hannibal’s campaign. In The Life of Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar was forced to go into hiding because Sulla wanted him dead. Julius Caesar was able to…

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