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Weapons In Julius Caesar

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Weapons Embedded with Symbolic Importance Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare features the story of the renowned Roman general and the rise and fall of the emperor himself. Loyalty, betrayal, and love consistently occur throughout the tragedy. These themes occur in many different places; however their way of appearing often takes the form of swords and daggers. Although these weapons usually result in deaths and killings, these weapons also symbolize very passionate themes. Whether producing a negative or positive outcome, the daggers and swords bring meaning and irony to the main themes of the play. Loyalty, defined as a strong feeling of support or allegiance, largely affects many of the scenes in this play. Loyalty in marriage and keeping …show more content…

After discovering her husband’s new attitude, Portia felt confused. Portia grew desperate of not understanding the reason for his new attitude. Sad that Brutus refused to listen to her, Portia committed an act to which showed an extreme level of loyalty and love, “....Tell me your secrets. I won’t betray them. I’ve proved my trustworthiness by giving myself a voluntary wound here in my thigh. If I can bear that pain, then I can bear my husband’s secrets” (Shakespeare 73). The dagger holds a substantial amount of importance for loyalty expresses itself through the dagger itself by creating a way that Portia could prove her loyalty to Brutus. This weapon made it distinct to Brutus that his wife, with honor and loyalty, truly did hold feelings for her husband. Without the use of the dagger in this scene, the effect of Portia’s exaggeration to prove her loyalty would not have been as visible as it ended up …show more content…

The Selfishness and jealousy of Brutus and Cassius identified as the reasoning behind the killing of Caesar. Prior to the killing Brutus notably honors Caesar in a special way. He comes to realization that the ghost of Caesar payed him a visit as a sign and it did not take long for Brutus to understand the message given to him. Brutus determines that the way to prove how much regret he carried towards his actions, he would need to plunge into his sword and end his life. Before Brutus does so, he shows his sorrow for Caesar by saying, “Caesar, you can rest now. I didn’t kill you half as willingly” (Shakespeare 237). Brutus says that though he had committed the sin of killing Caesar, his death held much less pride than Caesar's

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