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    “Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad” (Manly Hall). This compelling idea is brought up various times in Julius Caesar and on Earth today. Julius Caesar was a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in 1599 A.D. The plot in this story, is seen to be embodied by the idea, that words are robust. Shakespeare demonstrates this, through many of the characters and their actions. In addition, this theme also appears in the world’s history. Clearly, throughout the tragedy of Julius Caesar…

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    Julius Caesar Unjust

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    The Tragedy of Julius Caesar People may think Caesar died for just reasons and others may disagree. In the play there was a handful of evidence that showed Caesar died for unjust reasons. Caesar was a caring and loving man and the conspirators were just afraid of jealous. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Caesar died for unjust reasons. Caesar loved the people and cared about them. When Caesar was killed it was said in his will to give everyone money and land. This easily…

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    Throughout the reign of King Humbert I of Italy, there were two major assassination attempts on his life, with one being successful. King Humbert had the reputation of loath and hatred by his enemies, all while gaining the nickname of “The Good One” by his loyal followers. “King Humbert succeeded the throne on the death of his father, January 9, 1878, and during his reign the kingdom has grown prosperous and political parties have crystalized so that it is now considered to be a stronger…

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    Julius Caesar Tone

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    In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, there are many differences in the speeches between Brutus and Antony, such as tone, loyalty towards Caesar, and emotions and logic. Brutus’s speech tone is grave, because he is very serious and straight forward while he is talking to the crowd. Brutus uses the line, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more.” (III.ii.21-22) Antony’s speech about the death of Caesar is heartfelt because Antony really loved Caesar and is…

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    You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself” ,Margaret Atwood, just like Cassius was jealous of ‘ dictator of life ‘ , Julius Caesar . Julius Caesar was a leader that went beyond expectations and tried new ventures as dictator of Rome. Caesar’s untimely death in March 15, 44 BC (Ides of March), was the plot of the infamous play ‘The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.. ‘The Tragedy of Julius Caesar’ is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, written in 1599.…

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    Julius Caesar Essay In the play William Shakespeare wrote, called Julius Caesar, there is a big difference between two of the characters. The two are almost opposites from each other. One character being, Brutus, a very honorable man, and Antony, a very persuasive man and targets one’s emotional state. Brutus spoke at Caesar’s funeral, he appealed to the people’s logic and Antony spoke to the emotions of the people. Brutus believes that emotions overrule logic. Antony is very bright and full…

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    In the play book, Julius caesar, shakspeare had many clever idea on to why he wrote what he did. He was very creative when writing and wrote about a man who was killed by his friend, Brutus. Brutus had his reasonings, that Antony disagreed with. By exaiming the ethos. Pathos, and logos, it is clear that brutus and antony have completely different feelings and thoughts on Julius Caesars death. When brutus and antony presented their speeches, they used ethos so that they could make the audience…

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    I’m Marcus Antonius, named after my father and grandfather. But most people call me Marc Antony. Since 54 BC, I served under Julius Caesar as his staff officer, then his second in command. I followed him to conquer several provinces including Gaul. Returning to Rome from Gaul a hero, I was elected as tribune in 49 BC and later co-consul. I helped Julius eliminate his political enemies on his way to power like Pompey. But, I may not have been as popular as I thought because I was expelled from…

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    Gaius Cassius Longinus, he is the instigator of the plot against Caesar. No one else is shown trying to persuade anyone to help, although the conspiracy is partially underway at the time Cassius makes a brilliant and forceful attempt to involve Brutus. As it is shown, the assassination of Julius Caeser was all of Cassius’ idea. People say that Cassius was the one who persuade other people to join in on his idea. Cassius, brains of the whole conspiracy in the assassination of Julius Caesar,…

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    The play “Julius Caesar” explained two men named Brutus and Antony who both presented speeches in front of their town with different meanings about the assassination of Caesar. Antony had to ask Brutus for permission to speak at Caesar’s funeral. His despairing emotion and speech drawed the crowds special attention. Antony speech does not show any praise of caesar but does show sympathy and memorable memories that caesar did for his town. This whole situation sums a complete catastrophe. If…

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