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Romeo And Julius Caesar Comparative Essay

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William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar and Romeo and Juliet are two of the tragic stories written by

William Shakespeare himself. Both of these stories have many similarities and many

differences. In Romeo and Juliet the two are brought together by fate and were destined

to die by each others side. As in Julius Caesar it’s a somewhat different theme, as more of

a war than a romance or love story. The two stories also share some more differences like

the locations of the two stories. Romeo and Juliet takes place in the cities of Verona and

Manchua while Julius Caesar takes place in the great city of Rome.

Symbolism also occurs in the two stories a lot. Romeo and Juliet has light and

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Julius Caesar also had some

Betrayal of friendships and bonds. I know not what you mean by that, but I am sure

Caesar fell down ( Julius 904). William Shakespeare uses a lot of differences as well

as similarities. Many of Shakespeare’s written work includes elements like free will,

betrayal, and corruption of someone’s personal skill. Shakespeare also uses a lot of

irony in his work. Vick 2

Dramatic irony is used in Julius Caesar when the soothsayer says beware the

Ides of march (Sparknotes.com). Suicide is a big factor in both Romeo and Juliet and

Julius Caesar when Cassius kills himself with the sword that killed Caesar because he

was afraid and Juliet kills herself to be with Romeo once more. Characters in the two

stories that contribute to the story but are not the main characters are known as the

tragic hero’s(Shmoop.com).It is safe to say that between Romeo and Juliet and Julius

Caesar they share the same amount of similarities as differences with the locations,

symbolism, and general themes of the stories. Julius Caesar was an outgoing and caring

person but due to the city of Rome his piers got worried that he might

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