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  • Stoicism in Julius Caesar

    Stoicism in Julius Caesar

    In Roman times, suicide was not the shameful, taboo act that it is today, but was once viewed as honorable and praiseworthy. The ultimate sacrifice was being able to take one’s own life. Brutus, in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, is a man driven by will, virtue, and disillusionment all in the name of the Republic. On the eve of his defeat by Antony, Brutus runs upon his own sword to preserve his honor as a

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar is about a tragic end of Caesar and most of the senate. The main character, Brutus, is a troubled man who doesn’t know what to do. The other senators though want to assassinate Caesar for becoming to power hungry. They lead Brutus into their group and carry out their plan one day at a senate meet. Unfortunately after they do the deed Octavian and Mark Antony chase them throughout Rome. The two most

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    Essay Length: 568 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar was the dictator for life. 2 years later members of the senate assassinated him. A young boy named Octavian was 18 years old. Octavian was Caesar's grandnephew but Octavian had always hoped Caesar would take him as a son. Octavian knew of everything that Caesar had done. From conquering Gaul to when he crossed the Publicans with his army, and also when he defeated his enemies and became the most powerful man in

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    Essay Length: 1,282 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Janna
  • Literary Analysis of the Tragedy of Julius Caesar

    Literary Analysis of the Tragedy of Julius Caesar

    Literary Analysis of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar William Shakespeare wrote his play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, so that his readers could have an idea of the lives, wars, and conflicts during the roman times. Shakespeare may have written the play because of his interest in history. He studied the writings of the historian Plutarch, who was alive at the same time as Caesar and wrote about his life. He also needed a job

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    Essay Length: 763 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Mike
  • Tragic Flaw of Hamlet

    Tragic Flaw of Hamlet

    Tragic Flaw of Hamlet A tragic flaw is the excess of a particular weakness that affects how a character act and how he thinks, and eventually leads to his downfall. In Ў°HamletЎ± by William Shakespeare, the young prince is not able confront Claudius because the he has not been able to conquer himself in his internal conflict. This recalls the clichЁ¦, Ў°OneЎЇs greatest enemy is no other than oneself.Ў± HamletЎЇs angst becomes most evident when

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Emperor Julius Caesar: His Rise to Power

    Emperor Julius Caesar: His Rise to Power

    The Emperor Julius Caesar is perhaps most famous as the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity. His rise from a humble birth as a peasant boy to Emperor is a tale of bravery, adversity and ultimately triumph through faith. Julius Caesar was born as Γρουχω Γαυλ in 54BC into an immigrant family in the back streets of Rome. Neither parent was rich. The German historian Guildo Horn noted: "Seine Mutter war ein Hamster und

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    Essay Length: 459 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Steve
  • America’s Tragic Flaw

    America’s Tragic Flaw

    America's tragic flaw “I can understand why he did not see me as American. He had a narrow but widely shared sense of the past- a history that has viewed American as European in ancestry (Takaki 2)” Americans today who do not have a racial background from European are seen as foreign. The English view is still around today and plays a major role in history about the white man's country. With the evidence in

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Hamlet’s Tragic Flaw

    Hamlet’s Tragic Flaw

    Shakespeare's Hamlet is a play written to make the reader or director think for himself and create what he thinks to be Hamlets tragic flaw come alive. Any argument could be well supported or demolished on quotes and actions from the text and one's interpretation of these. The bottom line is not what is Hamlet's tragic flaw, but what tragic flaw can best be supported by the reader. Hamlet's tragic flaw is his inconsistent approach

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    Essay Length: 332 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

    As Antony opens his speech, he presents the audience with a multitude of detailed specific evidence as an aid to convince the Romans to feel angry toward the conspirators. In the previous speech given by Brutus, Brutus states that Caesar’s ambition caused the conspiracy against him. Antony proceeds to disprove this accused trait of Caesar’s to incite the audience to assess the validity of the accusation. Antony expresses the fact that Caesar had brought many

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    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

    Gaius Julius Caesar was born on July 13, 100 BC. Although patrician descent, Caesar's family had not achieved real prominence. His father, also named Gaius Julius Caesar, was the brother-in-law of Gaius Marius and married Aurelia, who was connected with the prominent Aurelii family; he died about 85 BC, however, before reaching the consulship. In 84, Caesar married Cornelia, daughter of Marius's old partner Lucius Cornelius Cinna. When Lucius Cornelius Sulla ordered him to divorce

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Top
  • Julius Caesar: Corruption in the Government

    Julius Caesar: Corruption in the Government

    Over the last few years, the issue of corruption has attracted interest. There are a number of reasons why this topic has come under recent inspection. Corruption scandals have destroyed governments everywhere. For example, the government of Rome, during the time Julius Caesar held power in office of consul. Yet another example, especially more recent, in the state of Ohio, the state refused to place the religious state motto in the plaza of the political

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    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: Andrew
  • How Does Theme Help Structure Julius Caesar

    How Does Theme Help Structure Julius Caesar

    • How does theme help structure the play? Julius Caesar T he structure of the tragedy is chronological, in the sense that the different situations that take place are in order, despite the fact that Shakespeare, in some cases, cuts the time between an event and the other so as to be able to cover from the time the conspiracy is planned until the death of Brutus. However, the different themes of the play contribute

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    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Monika
  • Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

    Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

    In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare there are two forces at work fate and freewill and throughout the play they are both fighting for control over man. Fate was shown in the many prophecies and omens that the characters viewed throughout the entire play. Free will as defined in the play is the ability to overcome fate. Although in the end all three of the characters succumbed to their fate, Shakespeare shows again

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    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar is about the rise, fall, and murder of Julius Caesar and the life of Rome and its conspirators. It was written by William Shakespeare. The so called leader of his death was his friend Brutus. What would cause him to kill such a close friend? After reading about Brutus’ relationship with Caesar, how important he is to the plot, and his involvement in the conspiracy, you might understand why. Brutus was a close

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Mike
  • In Act 3 Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Play “julius Caesar”, Why Does Antony Succeed and Brutus Fail to Persuade the Crowd.

    In Act 3 Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Play “julius Caesar”, Why Does Antony Succeed and Brutus Fail to Persuade the Crowd.

    I have studied Julius Caesar a play written by William Shakespeare. I focused the study on act 3 scene 2 the speeches by Brutus and Antony. I am looking at the persuasive techniques used by the two speakers and why Antony’s speech won over the crowd. Julius Caesar has been an influential figure in history for 2000 years. Caesar was such a powerful, heroic leader with his death a devastating civil war ensued. Julius Caesar

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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Mike
  • Julius Caesar Analysis

    Julius Caesar Analysis

    Julius Caesar Analysis Aristotle was perhaps the pioneer of modern day dramas, more specifically dramatic tragedies. He first defined what a tragedy is: A drama which contained hubris, pathos and/or bathos, and the most valued element in a tragedy, a tragic hero. This was usually the main character who is noble in his deeds, yet has one flaw which causes him to fall. The tragic works of Shakespeare were no exception. In the drama, Julius

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    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Rhetoric in Julius Caesar

    Rhetoric in Julius Caesar

    A fight with words to change the minds of your audience is one way to explain rhetoric. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, rhetoric is exactly what Brutus and Mark Antony used to duke it out and to get their point across about Caesar’s death to the people of Rome. Seeking to gain their support and change their minds based on their rhetorical way with words. Let’s get it on! “If then that friend demand why Brutus

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    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: Edward
  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

    In Julius Caesar Brutus displays the traits of a tragic hero through out this play but being a good person but makes an error in judgment, and when this error occurred it causes his own downfall. First off is that Brutus makes an error in judgment by joining the conspiracy to over throw Caesar. But the only reason that Brutus had joined was because his tragic flaw was honor; he lived his life on

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: July
  • Julius Caesar : Cassius’ Nobility

    Julius Caesar : Cassius’ Nobility

    “Fear him not, Caesar, he’s not dangerous; / He is a noble Roman, and well given” (I.ii.196-197). Antony explains to Caesar that Cassius is not a person to be feared, but, a noble man who is trustworthy. Cassius might not be considered noble for some of his acts, but his motives behind them makes him a noble Roman, for he wants the best for the common public and doesn’t want a tyrant ruling over Rome.

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    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: Janna
  • Gaius Julius Caesar

    Gaius Julius Caesar

    Gaius Julius Caesar, who would become the first Emperor of Rome, was born on 13 July, 100 B.C.E. He was born at a chaotic time in Roman history, brought about largely by the rapid expansion of the Roman Empire. The first 20 years of CaesarЃfs life were typified by rivalries between the Senate and the Assembly. The electoral system in Rome was also corrupt. When Consul Sulla returned to Rome in 83 B.C.E. after fighting

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    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: Artur
  • Gaius Julius Caesar

    Gaius Julius Caesar

    Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman military and political leader who defined his time and influenced world history. His brilliant tactics during wars, or in politics went unmatched during his time. Caesars likeness would be portrayed in literary works, coin minting, and statues that last to this day. His military and political career led to comparisons of Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Ghengis Khan, and Napolean Bonaparte. Caesars early life would be marked by the turmoil

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    Submitted: May 31, 2010 By: Anna
  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

    In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Decius Brutus and Mark Antony, both Roman Senators, eulogize Julius Caesar, each using a different technique and approach. Brutus, in a somewhat arrogant, to the point, eulogy, attempts to sway the people. He justifies conspiring against Caesar by stating that Caesar's ambition would have hurt Rome. However, in Antony's eulogy, he focuses on Caesar's positive traits, and cunningly disproves Brutus' justification for killing Caesar. The fickle Romans waver between leaders, responding

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    Submitted: June 6, 2010 By: Bred
  • Hero of Julius Caesar

    Hero of Julius Caesar

    There are many characters that can be considered to be the hero of "Julius Caesar," but in the end it truly comes down to only two men who can truly be seen as, "heroes." And they are, Marcus Brutus, Julius Caesar. Many people would argue that Brutus is the hero, but Julius Caesar is definitely the hero. Why? The people of Rome love Caesar so much that they offer him the crown three times, yet

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    Submitted: June 13, 2010 By: Jack
  • Life and Accomplishments of Gaius Julius Caesar

    Life and Accomplishments of Gaius Julius Caesar

    Life and Accomplishments of Gaius Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar was a brilliant general, a great politician, and a powerful dictator of the Roman republic. He was born on July 17, 100 BC and he was assassinated on March 15, 44 BC. Caesar's rise to power was not an easy one, in 73 BC he was made a pontiff in Rome. He gained alot of popularity because of this and because he sided with those

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    Submitted: July 13, 2010 By: Andrey
  • Julius Caesar Draft

    Julius Caesar Draft

    Discuss what Shakespeare’s play ‘Julius Caesar’ has to say about the concept of Conflicting Perspectives.lol The concept of conflicting perspectives is derived from diverging individual perspectives which are inevitably undermined by subjectivity, consequently altering the representation of issues and values. Indeed it is through these conflicting perspectives that complexities and depth of concerns are assiduously explored and ultimately a greater understanding of the issue is established. This is demonstrated in William Shakespeare’s 1599 play “Julius

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    Submitted: August 20, 2014 By: facepalmtree56

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