This is an essay on powerplay written only about Julius Caesar. ... Powerplay is portrayed in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar is a play written by Sir William Shakespeare, which successfully depicts the powerplay within nature and individual. The play is all about Julius Caesar who is betrayed by the conspirators who withhold power over hium in many ways, and try to overtake the power Caesar had over Rome, by killing Caesar. ... Shakespeare juxtaposes the chaos of Rome during the uprising of the conspirators to the chaos of nature. ...

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The death of Julius Caesar is a central event of the play, Julius Caesar, and as such much anticipation is created before this event actually occurs. Shakespeare builds up the suspense before breaking it all down with the death of this main character. ... They feared for their social standing as Julius Caesar had promised the people of Rome more equality and less poverty. ... As Caesar's death draws near we see Shakespeare's use of suspense. ... In Julius Caesar, the suspense builds up until it eventually collapses in the central event of the play; Caesar's death. ...

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In fact, Shakespeare, the English playwright, used the complex theme of friendship in many of his great plays. In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, friendship is developed as an illusion of where there is always an ulterior motive. ... Then fall Caesar" (3.1.77). ... In conclusion, in the play Julius Caesar, Shakespeare presents the concept of friendship to the readers as an illusion rather then something true and meaningful. ... If Shakespeare's view of friendship in Julius Caesar is applied to today's world, one can conclude that every relationship has an individual benefit. ...

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William Shakespeare is one of, if not the most well renowned authors of all time. ... Shakespeare's works have been translated into every major known language and his plays are preformed more often than any other writer. Julius Caesar, one of his most famous plays, tells the tale of a well-respected politician named Brutus who is faced with an internal conflict that could decide the fate of Rome. ... His associate Cassius would come to exploit this flaw by attempting to use him as a puppet in order to murder Julius Caesar, the soon to be king. ... In the end, Brutus' internal strug...

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Julius Caesar Julius Caesar is one of many plays written by Shakespeare. ... Some of the characters played the exact roles that they should have played, such as Antony who started out as a loyalist to Caesar and in the end he was loyal to Caesar. ... Brutus out of all the conspirators is most qualified to lead the assassination of Julius Caesar. ... One thing that is true about Brutus is that people will listen to him and because he was so close to Caesar people would think it was for good reasons that they killed Caesar. ... He is a little envious and fearful of Cae...

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In the play, Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, the interaction of characters help reveal the themes promoted by the playwright. ... Hence, Brutus terminates Caesar's life for he is scared that Caesar may demoralize. Brutus may fear this because of Caesar's arrogance. For example, Caesar mentions, "Danger knows full well that Caesar is more dangerous than he" (Act 2 Scene 2). ... The interaction of the characters helps reveal the themes in the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare. ...

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The Real Hero of Julius Caesar In Julius Caesar, by Shakespeare, the true hero lies not within Caesar or Cassius, but Brutus. ... Anybody who has read Julius Caesar knows tat he was ambitious and the reason that Brutus killed his best friend was for the good of Rome and not himself. The reason that Brutus is the hero of Julius Caesar is because he is a noble man with many heroic qualities. ... Although he did murder Julius Caesar, it was for the good of Rome, not to betray Caesar. ... All that he believed in betrayed him at one time or another during Julius Caes...

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In the play, "Julius Caesar," William Shakespeare shows what happens when people are more concerned with themselves than anyone else, ultimately driving these people to make decisions that result in unwanted, unintentional outcomes; furthermore, it proves that people must learn to accept the consequences of their decisions. ... Brutus, one of the main characters in "Julius Caesar," was one of the unfortunate people that Cassius chose to hide behind. ... Eventually, although Brutus was a close friend to Caesar, he drove the last dagger into Caesar. ... Granted, not all people in Julius Caes...

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William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is mainly based on the assassination of Julius Caesar. ... Brutus believes he uses wise judgment in his plans to prevail over Caesar. ... They fear that Caesar's death will cause Antony to seek revenge. Cassius states "Let Antony and Caesar fall together," (2.1.161). ... After Caesar's assassination, Antony proposes to speak at the funeral. ...

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"Julius Caesar" is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1599. Despite the title of the play is "Julius Caesar," the story revolves around the people surrounding Caesar before and after Caesar's death. When the conspirators kill Caesar in the middle of March; Brutus decides to give a speech in the name of all the conspirators and he also allows Antony to join him during Caesar's funeral in front of a huge crowd. ... " (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 for...

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In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the peasants and the everyday people had really no minds of their own. ... The two speakers, Marcus Brutus and Mark Antony, are both friends of Julius Caesar; however, the difference between them is that Brutus was part of the conspiracy to kill Caesar, yet Antony stayed true to him. ... Shakespeare writes the speech this way to show that Brutus is acting like one of the common people himself. Next, he asks the crowd to use reason instead of emotion to judge him, as many people loved Caesar greatly. ... Reverse psychology is his next ...

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Brutus is an ambivalent protagonist in William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." ... He is the only one who doesn't hate Caesar, but he is responsible for Caesar's murder. ... Later on, when he feels Caesar will take over the country, he decided to kill Caesar. ... " (2, 1, 11~14) he is afraid that Caesar will be a dictator after Caesar is crowned. ... He just takes side of the story by Cassius that Caesar will be powerful to control Rome, but he doesn't really know if Caesar will do it or not. ...

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Each character in Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, has a different personality allowing each character to be unique in his or her own way, making the play seem realistic. ... After the killing of Caesar, Brutus explains that he killed Caesar not because he loved Caesar less, but because he loved Rome more. ... Unlike Brutus, Cassius kills Caesar out of envy. ... He shows his envy of Caesar when he is talking to Brutus and asks how a weak man like Caesar could rule Rome. ... In Julius Caesar, each character has a different personality which allows the play to seem realistic. ...

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Indirectly, this chaos that ensues after Caesar's assassination is an important function in the play as it is reminiscent of Shakespeare's contemporaries in the Elizabethan context. ... Shakespeare shows that the public believes Caesar is suited to be the leader of Rome and adore him through the word choice of "awe" and "majestic world" (I.II) in relation to Caesar. ... So let it be with Caesar" to reflects his view of Caesar as noble and good. ... Shakespeare makes this evident in the accumulation and alliteration "he was my friend, faithful and just to...

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In the play Julius Caesar, written by: William Shakespeare, there are many arised leaders. ... Brutus killed Julius Caesar for the Roman Republic and its people. ... He played very crucial roles in Julius Caesar. ... He is by far one of the best leaders in the play "Julius Caesar" and he is the principal choice pick as to who is the main leader. As the great William Shakespeare once said, "A man can die but once"....

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In the play, Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, major characters, exhibit major character flaws. ... Caesar is very self-centered and dismissive. ... He accepts their claim that Caesar's death is for the "betterment of Rome.... Caesar'? ... Julius Caesar is last of my major characters but definitely not the least. ...

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Julius Caesar, a play written by William Shakespeare, had many characters who could have been questioned in terms of their motives and will. ... Julius Caesar, the center of the big ordeal, is the first logical person to take a look at. ... The next person to be looked upon in Mark Antony, apparently Julius Caesar's right-hand man. ... When he kills Julius Caesar by stabbing him even as he looked him in the eye he believes that he and the others are doing it only for the good of the country of Rome. ... Of all of the people involved in William Shakespeare's trag...

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And he proves that throughout the book Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. For one the only reason Brutus agreed to be in on the conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar was for the better of all Roman people. ... He knew about what Caesar did to Pompay. ... This made Brutus paranoid of Caesar. ... He lets Antony speak at Caesars funeral. ...

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Then fall Caesar" (Act III si line 76) were Julius Caesar's final words in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. After these final words, Marcus Brutus and Marcus Antonius came to speak at Julius Caesar's funeral. ... However, he also said that Caesar was ambitious. ... It was easy to tell that his speech was powered by his love and adoration for Julius Caesar. ... Afterward Antony told the crowd of Caesar denying the crown three times, contradicting what Brutus said about Caesar's ambition. ...

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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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But do Shakespeare's characters use rhetoric for wrong doings in the play of Julius Caesar? Yes, the characters in the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare use rhetorical appeals in order to accomplish evil acts by using ad hominem, tradition, and bandwagon. ... Mark Antony did desire that the citizens were cared for, however he desired the revenge for Julius Caesar much more. ... You did not so when / Your vile daggers hacked in the sides of Caesar. " (Shakespeare IV, I, 39-40, 780). ... In the article Julius Caesar and Coriolanus: Shakespeare's Roman World of ...

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In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the two main characters are presented as foils to each other. Brutus and Cassius, two of the lead conspirators whom arranged the assassination of the Roman political figure Julius Caesar, remain in direct contrast throughout the play. ... The motives for the murder of Julius Caesar from both conspirators differ dramatically. ... After the assassination of Caesar, both sides, Cassius and Brutus are against Antony, Caesar's good friend, and Octavius, the heir to Caesar's throne, separate and form t...

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Mark Antony's funeral speech in Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare was very important to this particular piece of work. It showed how much Mark Antony loved Caesar, and how Caesar was not a tyrant. He basically proved in this speech to the peasants that Brutus and all of the people who plotted to kill Caesar were wrong for killing Caesar. He stated that it was unjustified and that there was no reason for the murder of such a great man such as Julius Caesar. ... This speech was the turning point in the story, this is where the peasants get angry and burn the houses of all the conspirato...

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In all Shakespeare's plays, there is a center of drama where someone with a high sensitive moral conscience, suffers and dies because of a tragic weakness. In Julius Caesar, Caesar is the character to suffer and die because he was seen as too ambitious and thought by some to be a possible tyrant leader. In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Brutus and Mark Antony, both Roman Senators eulogize Julius Caesar, each using a different technique and approach to sway the citizens to their side. ... Brutus tries to justify killing Caesar by saying that he killed Caesar for his ambition. ... O...

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An Honorable Leadership Honor is one of the main underlying themes in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, a tragic play that explains, through Brutus" conflict with himself and with other main characters, that the end does not justify the means. ... Opportunely, he is reminded of how much of a tyrant Caesar was when Caesar said, "I could be well moved, if I were as you; If I could pray to move prayers would move me. ... "I then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were li...

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