JULIUS CAESAR In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare there are two funeral speeches given. ... In it he explained how much he loved Caesar and how Caesar cared for Brutus. Brutus also explained how if there was no reason to kill Caesar he wouldn't have do it. ... Antony though continued to say throughout his speech "But Brutus is an honorable man." (3.2.85) he used Caesars will against Brutus to persway the crowd. ... In both the speeches they are both similar because both of the men love Caesar. ...

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In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus and Cassius are opposites or foils to one another because Brutus is noble while Cassius is manipulative, Brutus is concerned only for the good of Rome while Cassius is concerned only for himself and while Brutus is naive, Cassius never trusts people. Throughout Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus and Cassius are shown to be foils to one another when Brutus is displayed as noble, while Cassius is displayed as manipulative. ... The last instances where Brutus and Cassius are shown to be foil...

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Antony and Cleopatra is a historical play by William Shakespeare first performed in 1607 or 1608 and first printed in 1623. ... Shakespeare worked closely from this work and astonishing numbers of phrases within Shakespeare's play are taken directly Thomas North's translation of the prose. ... Shakespeare used Roman Empire as the setting of the play. ... Antony is now much older than he was in the period of Julius Caesar and although he was a good politician and an experienced commander, his qualifications seem to vanish now. ... After Antony's death, Caesar takes Cleopatra pr...

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In his chapter "The Final Paradox," Irving Ribner seems to believe that Shakespeare was addressing and returning to the theme of damnation, feeling that he has shown this in his earlier plays. ... Damning his soul, I've had a hard time in believing that is what Shakespeare was implying when writing the play. Shakespeare's play seems to demonstrate a continuing struggle for power, whether it be Cleopatra's ever long battle to keep Egypt hers, for she had already made Julius Caesar lay down his sword, or Antony's conflicts within himself to regain his power over not only Rome...

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Explain how Shakespeare uses language in "Antony and Cleopatra" to depict the two main protagonists. ... Shakespeare even invents actions by Octavius Caesar in order to increase our sympathy for the lovers. ... He only ever cried when Julius Caesar died, and he is the greatest soldier that Octavius Caesar knows. ... The fact that Antony spends much of his time in Egypt causes Octavius Caesar to worry that he is becoming effeminate. ... Shakespeare uses many oxymorons in the play; an example of this is when Cleopatra says: " .. ...

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