Marcus Goldman

Cassius and Brutus In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, which is a play centered around the death of the character Caesar. There are two main characters, Cassius and Brutus who have have many differences in the way they do things throughout the play. One of the first examples, found in the play, that Cassius and Brutus are different in the way they do things, is when the conspirators are getting ready to kill Caesar. A minor character, Decius, in the play when the…

Brutus is one of the main characters in the play Julius Caesar. When one begins to read the play, Brutus comes of as one of Caesar’s followers, or at least a good friend. When the reader sees the first interaction that the two have, it seems as if Brutus looks up to Caesar. One might think that Brutus does look up to Caesar, but only to a certain extent. When Brutus and Cassius interact the first time, it seems as if Cassius is trying to persuade Brutus to join the conspiracy. Brutus even…

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…

Julius Caesar’s Liberality Machiavelli uses the example of Julius Caesar in his chapter concerning liberality and meanness. In this chapter, Machiavelli focuses on how a prince should regulate his expenses and whether it is better for a prince to be liberal or mean with his money, or in other words, how generous or ungenerous a prince is which his money. Machiavelli uses the example of Caesar so as to counter an opposing point one might bring up. He uses Caesar as an example of what a prince…

Road signs direct us where to go to reach our destination, whether it be to keep going straight or turn, and which areas to avoid because of a construction or accident. When a person ignores the signs, it can both figuratively and literally often lead them to the wrong destination. People frequently see what they want to see, rather than the reality and truth of a situation. Disregarding major signs that one sees or brushing them off can certainly result in a tragic end. In the play Julius…

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…

William Penn said, “The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves” (Penn). The two most tormented men in the plays The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and Tartuffe , Cassius and Tartuffe, come from two dissimilar plays. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, a tragedy, tells the story of the rising power and death of Julius Caesar. Tartuffe, a comedy, depicts the life of a poor beggar that attempts to live in the house of a wealthy family. Both characters, Cassius and Tartuffe from the…