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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"Julius Caesar" is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1599. ... " (Shakespeare III ii 13-16) Basically Brutus uses ethos to set himself apart from the crowd as some superior because he addresses the listeners so formally and requests the people to rely on his honor. ...

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