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Julius Caesar Weather Quotes

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Juliette Savalle
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Shakespeare used different types of weather in order to convey different emotions in his writing. For example in act III scene 1 of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, Julius is betrayed and stabbed to death by his good friend Brutus, as doing so a raging storm settles providing an uneasy and eerie feel to the story. As Julius becomes weaker, the storm roars louder and so does the frustration within Brutus. The weather in this scene highlights the disharmony between heaven and earth. Maintaining this idea, in the riveting novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelly she beautifully illustrates violent weather corresponding with the treachery Victor feels within himself as a result of the monster he has created.
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When he found out the thing he had worked so tirelessly on -giving the monster life- ended up causing death he was crushed, and the thunder perfectly reflected that. The thunder flash is also representing the passion that's been brewing inside of Victor all this time, but instead of the emotions passing they have been wreaking havoc over his life, drenching everything in his path. As Victor comes face to face with the thing that he created and consequently murdered his brother he falls physically numb but his mind runs wild. ¨I remained motionless. The thunder ceased, but the rain still continued, and the scene was enveloped in an impenetrable darkness.¨ (Shelly 80) In this moment of the story the thunder is symbolizing the horrific act the monster has committed while the rain seems like a direct parallel to the havoc he could still wreak. All while this is happening Victor can't do anything but stand there helpless to the menace he has brought to life. While the problem -the monster- is out of his life for the foreseeable future he knows that does not mean the problem is gone from the world for

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