Marcus Luttrell

Imagine living in an empire where your leader was assassinated by his close friend. What would you do? In Rome’s case, the death of Julius Caesar brought fear and chaos. Many Romans anxiously demanded reasons for Caesars death from two people, Brutus, who planned and carried out the assassination of Caesar and a close friend of Caesar, and Mark Antony, who was a high ranking official and also a close friend of Caesar. Both Brutus and Mark Antony had different views on the death of Julius Caesar…

“Betray a friend, and often find thyself ruined.” In the story “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”, Caesar’s best friend Brutus, is fighting an internal conflict with himself because he has to pick a side of either his best friend Julius Caesar’s side or Rome’s side. Brutus picks Rome’s side and kills Caesar for the good of Rome, later on in the story Brutus “kills himself” because his life got harder once he killed Caesar and people didn’t handle it anymore. Betrayal from a friend is worse than…

“There is tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his ambition.” In the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, there is a conspiracy planning to kill Caesar because they believe that he is becoming “too ambitious”. Caesar’s wife, Calpurnia, who had nightmares about Caesar being killed if he were to go to the Senate, but trickery was used to talk him into going even though it was beyond Calpurnia’s wishes. Caesar is told to “Beware the Ides of March” by the Soothsayer,…

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and Regina George The society in Rome was a lot like the high school in Mean Girls. Julius Caesar was very similar to Mean Girls, and Julius Caesar is still relevant today because there are a lot of people in the world who are still violent and hurtful to each other like how Brutus was to Caesar. Julius Caesar was the soon to be leader of Rome. There were a lot of people who liked Caesar and there were a lot of people who did not like Caesar.The same thing happened…

In the novel, Julius Caesar there is a two sided argument on how and why Caesar was murdered. Even though Caesar is Brutus’ best friend, for the sake of Rome, with no regrets or grief, Brutus murdered Caesar. In Brutus’ mind, the best for Rome was to annihilate Caesar. When Mark Antony finds out that Caesar was put to death, he asks Brutus if he can deliver a speech at his funeral. Brutus grants Antony his wish and lets him speak. Little did he know that Anthony had a proposal to turn everybody…

The leader of the country has just been brutally murdered. There is panic and confusion among the crowd. No one is sure what is happening. No one is sure of what to do. This is the perfect time for a persuasive speaker to stand up and grab everyone 's attention. A persuasive speaker is someone who is able to change and strengthen people 's opinions and actions. When William Shakespeare wrote his famous play, Julius Caesar, he describes a scene of a fallen leader and two speakers, one explaining…

Facades, treachery, and deceit are all tactics used in manipulation, and without manipulation, the course of history would have changed dramatically. Brutus would never have joined the conspiracy to kill Caesar, and because of that, the second triumvirate would change. In William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare writes about how deceit, treachery, and facades are used time and time again for conspirators and loyal friends to get what they want. Shakespeare…

In Act III, Scene 2 of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony turned a crowd of mourning citizens to an angry mob. Antony turned this crowd into an angry mob through multiple persuasive devices. Brutus and the other conspirators thought they were killing Caesar for the good of Rome, but Antony and other ideas. He wanted to discreetly show the crowd of Romans who the conspirators actually were to him, a group of murderers. In order to persuade the people to not have sympathy for the…

They say that fame has a price but is giving away your privacy and having people photograph your every move worth being famous? From flying paparazzi drones to harassment the life of a celebrity seems to be portrayed as glamour. As the brilliant Anthony Liccione said “ Gain fame, and the paparazzi or media waits and watches for them to slip, just to shame their name.” Paparazzi are blood thirsty animals ready to snap a photo of a celebrity in the wrong place at the wrong time just to ruin…

“Danger knows full well That Caesar is more dangerous than he” (II.ii). Caesar was arrogant, naive and a military mastermind. Caesar was definitely no ordinary man he was a godlike figure to the Romans and the conspirators feared him. He knew what he wanted and because of this mindset, he was very ambitious. In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Caesar’s arrogance helped guide him to become the successful ruler he was ,and at the same time, his lust for power lead him to his untimely…