Battle of Philippi Essays

Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare in 1599 A.D. recounts events which have transpired 1,642 years before during the days of the Roman Republic. The assassination of Julius Caesar has been a popular topic among historians, artists, playwrights, and the film industry for decades. Although the story of Caesar’s assassination has been displayed in many forms over the years some of them have been not so accurate (from the historical point of view). However, Julius Caesar a 1953 film by Joseph

Throughout, Act 1 & 2 in Julius Caesar, Shakespeare illustrates the effects of idealist versus realist point of view, using Brutus and Cassius’s view of Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire. Caesar returns from a victorious battle against Pompei. All of Rome is in love with Caesar, except Brutus and Cassius. Brutus is Caesar’s best friend, but he fears the Caesar wants to rule Rome absolutely. Brutus’s idealist view of Rome clouds his feelings for Caesar. Cassius is a jealous and vindictive person

Influential words can alter one's perspective, after having a set mindset for positive intentions. In Julius Caesar, a book by Shakespeare, Mark Anthony delivers a speech in Caesar's funeral with intentions that would alter the plebeians perspective of Brutus, and Brutus´s speech. Brutus had formerly convinced the group while speaking that his main purpose for killing caesar was for the best of Rome, and that Caesar, the emperor, was unfit for Rome. As a senator and friend to Caesar, Mark Anthony

“Julius Caesar” is a truly fascinating book full of action, adventure, and some of the most recognized sayings in the English language. Although it has these things, I will be focusing on how the friendships affect the outcome of the book. The friendships portrayed in "Julius Caesar" bring great depth and complexity of the plan of the book. The first Friendship I will focus on is Brutus and Cassius. Brutus and Cassius both, are good friends. One of the first things Cassius asks Brutus is

Some may believe that the only way to deal with a problem is to get rid of it instead of working it out, even if the problem happens to be one of your friends. Which is what happens in William Shakespeare 's poem Julius Caesar. This poem describes a story where Brutus has to make a choice between his friend Julius Caesar and his country. When he chooses his country, he has to face the consequences of his decisions. Of the two funeral speeches given by Brutus and Antony, although Brutus was good at

When we look at compromising in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, it is not done very often. In Act 2 Scene 1, Brutus refuses to confront Caesar when he is being crowned king, if he were to confront Caesar, he might not have taken the crown and he would not have to kill caesar. For example, in the play Brutus says, “It must be by his death.” (II. i. 10). What Brutus is trying to say in present day English is, the only way is to kill Caesar. Brutus says this about Caesar getting crowned as king because

The Character Brutus In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus is a character that has the most difficult decision in the play. To disobey his loyalty to Caesar, or to disobey his loyalty to Rome. At first we all believe that Brutus is a good guy and wouldn’t turn his back on Caesar. Then as the play continues with Brutus’ soliloquies, we start to question if Brutus is actually loyal to Caesar, or if he is so gullible that people can make him do anything. We as an audience find out

Throughout Julius Caesar, there is a total of thirty-four people that speak. From their words and actions, we can gather information as to who they are. We can see their strengths, and also their weakness from the play. Although there are thirty-four people that speak, there are only five people in the play that have traits that lead to their demise. The characters in the play that have important traits are Julius Caesar, Brutus, Antony, Cassius, and Octavius. First of all, the character with the

In the Crucible by Arthur Miller which protagonist is John Proctor, his desire to do what is right because of his reputation, his name in the town was synonymous with integrity and pride, all he wanted was respect. Notwithstanding, Elizabeth gave him his respect he deserved after his death, and Mary Tyrone, the protagonist of Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill does not want people to know that she’s addicted to morphine after Edmund’s birth. She’s the main focus of the play because each

In William Shakespeare’s King Lear, Edgar concludes the play by lamenting over the tragic deaths of those the around him and the future of the kingdom. As Kent, Albany, and Edgar are the only characters remaining in the end, Edgar stresses upon the lives lost to acts of deceit and the importance of letting honesty reign through one’s actions instead. Bound to never again let lies tear a family apart, Edgar believes that words should come from the heart and never should one speak with evil intentions

“A true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength but by the strength of his heart.” –Unknown. With a tragic flaw and the realization of a mistake that is too far gone to fix Marcus Brutus show the amount of strength he has through his heart. Brutus is clearly the tragic hero. Brutus finds himself with a tragic flaw. After Cassius asks Brutus to join the conspirator and help kill Caesar Brutus says he will think about it. That night Brutus is alone in his study thinking it over. He asks himself

William Shakespeare, in his tragedy Julius Caesar, has Cassius use parallelism, a rhetorical question, and an allusion to persuade Brutus in joining the conspiracy against Caesar. Shakespeare uses parallelism in Cassius 's speech to emphasize that Brutus and Caesar are equal which helps to persuade him to join the conspiracy. Cassius is making Brutus aware of his equivalent value to Caesar and states, “Write them together, yours is as fair name; / Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; / Weigh

William Shakespeare, the author of Julius Caesar, utilized the two most prevalent literary terms, which were tragic flaw and metaphors to illustrate the theme, people who are easily swayed can easily turn out to be your worst enemy, however being too stubborn on your decision can make you the cause of your own downfall. The assassination of Caesar was only made possible due to him believing that he was invincible, and when the Soothsayer came to tell Caesar that March fifteenth was a precarious day

Several novels convey a theme that is either perceived as universal or selective towards certain races, people, or groups, consequently, many stories may consist of the same themes but portray it differently through their own characters. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar the theme of greed and power consuming even the possibly most honorable man in all of Rome during the time period. Brutus is manipulated into assisting in the brutal assassination of Julius Caesar, the current ruler of Rome, for what

Honor is knowing who and what you care about. Honor is being there for who or what you care about unless they themselves have caused you to change your opinion of them. In the play “Caesar” the most honorable character is Brutus. Shakespeare even portrays Brutus to be the most honorable by showing how he is respected by the people and can change nearly all of the senate’s opinions with his own. In the play “Caesar” Brutus is the most honorable character and Shakespeare shows many attributes that

William Shakespeare, one of the greatest playwrights of all time, created Julius Caesar. This play was written in 1599 and it is still studied and watched today. Julius Caesar had a story of his life that is identical to the counterparts for the epic battle between Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Julius Caesar was one of the greatest military leaders with best friend Brutus FIX and enemy Cassius. Cassius very much hates Caesar and wants to kill him and take over as king and rule what Caesar

decision and joins the rebels. He said, “…I was pursed, trapped, and made a prisoner all for having said something in favor of the revolutionaries (Azuela 20).” Eventually, Macias comes to the same conclusion as well when he goes back to fight in the battle when all of his men are long gone and he been abandoned by Cervantes. The conversation between Cervantes and Solis shed some light on the issues of disillusionment. Solis says to Cervantes when he asked if Solis grown tired of the revolution. Solis

In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the character Cassius wishes to convince Brutus to join him in conspiring against Caesar because he and his co-conspirators believe Caesar is unfit to rule Rome. In this passage, Cassius persuades Brutus through his pathos, ethos, and logos. Cassius exploits Brutus’s pathos in that he compliments Brutus to inflate his ego, as shown when Cassius says Brutus has “hidden worthiness” (1,2,57) and his worthiness earns him “many of the best respect in Rome” (1,2,59). Cassius

Flaws of a Tragic Hero! Honor can be looked upon in different ways. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus is looking and thought to be honored for his selfless actions, but Mark Antony seems to think otherwise. Antony contrasts from Brutus, which helps Brutus’ development as a tragic hero and advances the plot. Antony is the character that contrasts with Brutus. This being because Brutus is too naive to Antony’s true intentions. Some evidence for this is when Antony asks to speak

examples of how the characters in this play move the plot along, first through rhetoric, secondly propaganda, and thirdly the crowds reactions. Each of these things were demonstrated in speech. One can see that throughout this play there is a constant battle between what each person sees as truth. Truth is a universal thing yet is universally different. Speeches are a representation of the individual truth of the characters in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Rhetoric is extremely prominent in the play