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    Gaius Julius Caesar, also known as Julius Caesar, was a Roman dictator and general. He was born on July 12th, 100 BCE in Rome, Italy. He is supposedly related to the Trojan Prince Aeneas, a Greek Hero and Mythical God. He was also the nephew of the famous Roma general, Marius. After his Uncle’s death, Sulla, his uncle’s enemy, was going to seize Rome by force. Caesar’s life was in jeopardy. In 67 BCE Caesar launched a successful political and military career. Caesar studied public speaking in…

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    Effective Leader In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, many qualities of leadership is portrayed. Throughout the play, men do everything in their power to obtain authority; therefore, choices and ideas begin to go beyond extremities. Effective leadership is represented through various qualities. Having self-direction is a major quality of a leader. Mark Antony is able to direct effectively and powerfully, get things done, and calm himself when angered. When Mark Antony finds Caesar’s wounded…

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    Herding sheep has been an art for thousands years and over time a person can train one of his dogs to do this. In the Tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare has used this art and used the people as a herd of sheep, being swayed one side to another. The play takes place in Ancient Rome when Julius Caesar came to power by murdering one of his adversaries Pompey. During this time the people were in rejoice that Julius had killed Pompey, but some were in discouraged about the fact…

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    The well-respected Greek philosopher, Plato, once said, “The measure of a man is what he does with power.” In William Shakespeare’s tragic play, Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus clearly contemplates this idea when he considers whether to join Cassius and the other conspirators in murdering his friend Julius Caesar. Caesar has just triumphantly returned to Rome after defeating the sons of Pompey, the last of his enemies. Through this and other military achievements, he has steadily risen to power.…

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    It was clear when Brutus was first introduced in this tragedy that he was naive. It also became clear that Julius Caesar was reckless and power hungry. Caesar was threatening the future of the Roman Republic by thinking he could do whatever he pleased. I believe that Brutus could have saved Caesar by placing two other Roman dictators in with him to assist Caesar in ruling. I believe someone always has a choice in whatever situation they are facing. In this instance, Brutus could have talked to…

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    Julius Caesar started to get jealous as he felt that Rome didn’t like him as much compared to other leaders. Julius Caesar’s dream was to become a dictator of Rome and that would never happen if he was disliked. One of the first things that set him off was when Cicero wrote a book praising Cato. Julius Caesar was very mad because Cicero didn’t write a book about him. So in return Julius Caesar wrote a nasty book about Cato criticizing every move he made. This made the public very concerned…

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    The tragedy of Julius Caesar is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is set in Rome during the time of Caesar. The people of Rome adored him and everything he did with the exception of a few. Cassius the leader of the conspiracy felt that Caesar was nothing to praise and should not be king. Cassius allowed these feelings to get the best of him and openly shared them with others. In an attempt to take action Cassius chose Brutus as his target. Brutus was greatly loved by Caesar and easily…

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    Rylee Sellitto Ms. Heaton RL 1 English 10 November 4th, 2015 Effectiveness From Logical and Emotional Appeal Have you ever noticed the differences between two speeches by listening to how each persuades the audience with their words? In the tragedy Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar gets stabbed in the back by the conspirators and dies. After his death, both Brutus and Antony give a speech to the people of Rome, expressing their logic and emotion behind Caesar’s…

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    n William Shakespere’s play, Julius Caesar, Caesar is assassinated by conspirators. After his assassination, Brutus, a conspirator, had to explain to the citizens why Caesar had to die. Caesar “had” to die because he was sought to become evil He had to make this very clear to calm everyone down. Mark Antony, a man with a great speech in the play, tried to make his speech very discreet. He wanted to upset the conspirators indirectly. In Brutus’ speech, he uses logical and ethical points of view.…

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    Brutus had a good friendship with Caesar and then happened to Brutus died because he killed himself and he died in Philippi, accident Rome. He was 43 years old. Brutus died in Philippi, at the last scene Brutus seat with his few remaining men after him talk with Cassius. He asks them to hold his sword for him so that he may run against it and killed himself at that time. He is proud himself of his reputation for honor in his life to be a leader of Rome after Caesar died had killed under his…

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