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Poetry analysis In act III, scene II, line 73-146 of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare uses several poetic devices to show that it was caesar was not ambitious in a sarcastic, joking way. He uses a few poetic devices in Antony’s speech Shakespeare used several poetic devices when writing Antony's funeral speech. First, he says lend me your ears in the first line. He used a metaphor there. He wasn't actually asking them to lend their ears, he was asking to listen to what he had to say. Next, he…

Throughout the play, Caesar’s suspicions have been aroused as he interacts with his fellow council members. A multitude of commodities foreshadow his future and drives those around Caesar against him. A murder of the emperor by the people signals truth to Caesar’s suspicions. This event couldn’t be described as a sacrifice but instead a merciless butchery. Would a sacrifice require betrayal and emotions of envy or would a butchery be more appropriate of titling the scene? In the beginning of…

Caesar once said, “Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar” as he watched his best friend stab him to death. Many people may argue that Brutus was a noble Roman. Brutus turns his back on Caesar by making people believe that Caesar was going to be an ambitious leader, when in fact Brutus was actually the one who was ambitious at the time. In this case Brutus was definitely not a noble Roman in a couple different ways. First of all, Brutus turned his back on Caesar, one of his best friends because he…

Friends or Foes In the play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar,” Mark Antony contrasts Brutus. One way we can tell that Mark Antony contrasts Brutus is being that Antony is powerful it shows just how gullible Brutus really is. Another thing is since Mark Antony is a good friend and wants revenge; it proves Brutus is a backstabber. Lastly, Mark Antony stands up to Brutus and speaks at Brutus’ funeral and turns the crowd against him, and this shows that Brutus realizes what he has done is wrong. Well…

In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, the protagonist, is ambitious for his rule over Rome because Caesar does not wish for other Romans to overpower him and asserts his supposed superiority. During Lupercal, the festival in honor of the Roman god Lupercus, Caesar voices the characteristics of men he prefers to have around him to his general, Mark Antony. Caesar elaborates, “Let me have men about me that are fat…Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. / He thinks…

Brutus based his speech on why he had killed Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony based his speech on how good of a person Julius Caesar was. Mark Antony was explaining how Caesar was a generous man and not a tyrant like Brutus was making him seem like he was. Brutus said that Julius Caesar was starting to become a tyrant and take control of everything and not share the power he held with the senate, but he knew that what he was saying was not true at all. Mark Antony decided to hold a conference and…

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare the ways men and women were portrayed from each other .during that time woman can not speak in public the were housewives ,because it was an men world. “As many men of his age in any period of history would be, he is somewhat amused yet wholly fascinated by the lovely child he has met under such strange circumstances”. Julius Caesar were an very kind and respectful man. Caesar was born on July 13, 100 BC, he was a general and politician of the late Roman…

Marc Anthony and Brutus are both famous people within the Roman Empire.these men both have goals in their minds that they wanna achieve.Anthony being a trusted friend of Caesar wants to seek revenge for the death of his friend.Brutus being a conspirator who killed Caesar and also a so called “friend” to Caesar.Both these men have some similarities within their writings. So within this essay will be a compare and contrast of Marc Antony and Brutus funeral speech at Julius Caesar's funeral.…

Thy Brutus In the play Julius Caesar, there are many characters who play an important role. Such as, Cassius one of out of the eight conspirators who killed Caesar he motivated Brutus to join along in the mission for the good of Rome. Cinna the conspirator not to be confused with Cinna the poet aided Cassius with making Brutus join the conspirators by planting phony documents in Brutus’ house. But, truly the most important character had to be Brutus. Why? because, he acted as if he was a leader…

Julius Caesar and the 12 Angry Men Throughout the first trimester of Sophomore Honors English, we read through some phenomenal pieces of English literature; Taming of the Shrew, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Tales of Two Cities. All of these works may seem random at first, however, two of have a handful of correlation between one another, Julius Caesar and 12 Angry Men. Even though these plays were created at different time periods and completely different plots, both of them have one theme in…