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Death Of Caesar In William Shakespeare's 'Julius Ceasar'

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The reality of Caesar, through the voice of the Soothsayer If you’re here tonight, wondering what hath hath happened to the quiet and and peaceful town of Rome, then it means you want answers, and answers you shall get. You’re here on your own time because you care about this town, and you care about the mishaps that foreshadowed upon poor Caesar. Poor… is this the right word to useth? All of you noble citizens are waiting to thy answers about why the leader of Rome, Caesar, has been assassinated. Give me the chance to reveal reality and the lies that are buried along with the body of Caesar. Open your eyes you naive and foolish citizens. Caesar was not noble, he was not loving, he treated every one of us differently. Who am I? I may just be a …show more content…

Give me the chance to enlighten you of the fatalities that Caesar has caused upon the lives of you and I. Caesar’s death was a vision to me. I knew that his death would fall upon the ides of March, and warning him was the right thing to do, not what I had to do. I warned him for his better self, I warned him because I envisioned his wife in sorrow and regret, I warned him because I loved him and cared for the leader of our beloved town. O ye Romans! Keeping Caesar safe was in my part a noble thing to do, but that gent bethought of me as just a …show more content…

Caesar’s determination to only act upon what that gent didst wast the biggest reason of his death. Forget about me, Caesar hadn’t even listened to his own wife Calpurnia. He says that Calpurnia was not a slave of his, but then why did he not treat her as a part of him. Was it not his duty to listen to his wife? Was it not his duty to walk side by side with his wife through sickness and in health? I guess that’s what ambition can doth to a person. It blinds them from what the reality really is and it forces thee to taketh the wrong choice in

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