Ancient Rome Essay Examples and Research Papers Page 4

Every historical event has a narrator and critic who criticize the first version of the story. Plutarch wrote about Julius Caesar, on the other hand, Shakespeare criticized it. Both of them chose the assassination event as a historical moment. Shakespeare who is unlike Plutarch focused on the marginalized characters as Brutus and Cassius more than…

I killed my best friend. This could be the beginning of a remake of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. “Julius Caesar is perhaps Shakespeare’s most renowned and frequently-read play. The historic tragedy includes not only the tragic downfall of Caesar, Rome’s leader, but also of Brutus, his lieutenant” (Hood 9). Marcus Junius Brutus…

Julius Caesar was the great leader of the Roman Empire. He was a tragic hero with a tragic flaw. Many thought he was well suited for his position, but his fellow politicians thought otherwise. The tragedy of Marcus Brutus should be of great importance because his jealousy showed disloyalty and how friends can be traitors,…

The world of Julius Caesar is very similar in some ways to the events and incidents that occur today. From the tragedies, to the brotherhood, to conspiracies that led to disasters, every negative and positive event that happened in this play can relate to the real world today in some way. Don’t get me wrong,…

Cassius thinks he is superior to Caesar, and is envious that Caesar has accomplished such a high station. Julius Caesar can relate to the political world. How does Julius Caesar relate to the modern world? The political viciousness, corruption, and self management of Julius Caesar’s Rome reflects the current US political scene the more things…

At times, things that may seem far from the past and irrelevant to our lives today are very much like today’s world and can teach us a lot. With all our modern conveniences and troubles, one might be tempted to think that Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” has little to do with our times and concerns. Just…

In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare the character has control of their own actions by fate. Although Calphurnia had a dream about Caesar being a statue, or in the other words he was soon to die. Caesar did not believe that fate rule his life, but Decius persuaded him. The dream was all…

Out of all the main characters in Julius Caesar, I chose Antony to write about simply because he is so interesting. The first personality trait he shows is obedience, as revealed in Act 1 Scene 2. In lines 9-12, Caesar tells Antony, Forget not, in your speed, Antonius/To touch Calpurnia; for our elders say/The barren,…

Speeches are a predominant skill used by great figures throughout history. Important ideas are efficiently conveyed through a balance of emotion and logic, which can greatly impact the audience when delivered impartially. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, two major characters, Marcus Brutus and Mark Antony, individually delivered a speech at Julius…

In Julius Caesar, Shakespeare presents a broad range of historical personalities as complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another and with themselves. Literary authors A.L. Rowse once wrote, “No issue hinders a man’s leadership capabilities more than his confusing perception of honor, noble idealism, and inner self-conflict” (15). In his drama about power,…