Marcus Aemilius Lepidus

In the article “Julius Caesar and the Creation of the Forum Lulium” author Roger Ulrich analyzes how the Forum Lulium came to be, and how it relates and changes from Cicero and Caesars early planning. One aspects that Ulrich is trying to get across is that the Forum Lulium is constructed extremely quickly, and this relates to the rapidly changing physical fabric and political state of Rome. Because of this quick construction many things are changed later, and thus the final footprint of the…

Darkness lurks over the garden as towering trees cast their immense shadows onto the hard dirt. Pebbles scatter the terrain mimicking the large boulder on which a man lies weeping. Gaining composure, he stands to his feet. Hesitating for only a second, the man’s companion places a gentle kiss of death upon his cheek. Torches flicker past the nearest mountain peak as a mob marches in unison, swords in hand. For thirty pieces of silver, Judas forsakes Jesus Christ. Sunlight pours in through the…

William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar tells the story of the assassination of Julius Caesar by a group of conspirators and the Battle of Philippi between the conspirators and Caesar’s successor that resulted from the power vacuum after Caesar’s death. The play doesn’t focus on Caesar, instead it focuses on his friend Brutus, one of the conspirators, as he struggles with choosing between honor, loyalty and patriotism when killing Caesar. Brutus is a patriot and not a betrayer because he was…

Mark Twain once said, “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time”(Death Quotes, Brainy Quotes). Julius Caesar and Alan Berg both stared death in the face more than one time and eventually they both paid for it. Alan Berg and Julius Caesar were both very influential people with radical ideas that not everyone agreed with. The two men lived very different lifestyles and had very different views on the world but, both of the men’s radical…

After Caesar’s death, Brutus and Antony both gave speeches about the reason why Caesar is dead. Brutus’s speech seemed short and did not explain a lot. He only made one or two arguments that the majority of people agreed with Antony conducted a long speech full of detail and; in addition, emotion that captured Rome’s citizens’ attention. During Antony’s speech, he cried which I am sure made his audience feel his pain of losing their emperor. Antony allowed his audience to feel a sense of grief…

Many people gets backstab but Caesar gets backstabbed literally. People are always trying to steal the spotlight do not want to see accomplish anything. In the funeral oration that Brutus and Antony had was a settlement about how they felt about the situation. In Antony’s and Brutus speeches from Julius Caesar novel by William Shakespeare, they both used very persuasive language in the funeral orations. Although both speeches were phenomenal, Antony had used more persuasive language to attract…

Julius Caesar is a play filled with death and betrayal. Based on historical events in the ancient Rome Empire, it is specifically about the time when one of the greatest generals of the Roman Empire was killed. Each and every death had a purpose and consequence that came about because of it. The first person to die in the play was Caesar himself. He was a hero of the Roman Empire and a generous, kind-hearted man. Yet, he was dispatched by his friends and fellow senators. When his life was ended,…

Julius Caesar is a play about ancient rome and the downfall of the roman empire. But it is also about men and their actions, culture, and relationships with people around them and their power over people. In Rome it is predominatantly a male world, and the women are looked down upon, because they're seen as less valuable. Throughout the play woman are shown as everything that Roman men aren’t supposed to or want to be. In Julius Ceasser women have a unique kind of gift that is seen as incorrect…

Shakespeare’s, Julius Caesar, Brutus becomes a tragic hero. Pulled into a plot to assassinate Caesar, He has a difficult time making decisions with complete thought and considering his options. Making his fatal mistakes of allowing Antony to speak and thoughtlessly following the strange letters that end by his window to convince him to join the assassination of Caesar plot whilst doing a lot of underestimating. Brutus, a young noble roman, who doesn’t think his decisions through enough. The…

Marcus Brutus lived his life in constant debt to Caesar, but one day he realized Caesar might be doing more harm than good. Shakespeare depicts Brutus as a completely noble Roman in the play Julius Caesar, and this is true on some level. Brutus was very honest and dutiful concerning large-scale affairs, such as the fate of Rome. However, he was also very stubborn and spent a lot of time focused on petty matters (The Gale Group). Shakespeare chose to ignore this dark side of Brutus and only…