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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Historical Caesar Versus Shakespearean Caesar Julius Caesar can be portrayed in two different aspects. ... An example of Caesar being portrayed as fictional is in the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare describes Julius Caesar differently compared to who Julius Caesar actually was. ... This allowed Shakespeare to create any picture of Julius Caesar he wanted. Caesar's behavior towards the senate and Cassius was very different in Shakespeare's tragedy in comparison to Caesar's actual history. ...

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In "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Marc Antony took his time and effort to persuade the people of Rome. ... For example, Antony says that Caesar is an ambitions man (754). Antony is trying to say that Caesar wanted a lot. Caesar wanted to achieve a lot of thing showing that he is ambitious. ... Calling Caesar honorable several times would make the crowd change their thought towards Caesar. ...

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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, a play written by William Shakespeare, told a story of love, betrayal, and enormous greed. ... Brutus felt Caesar already controlled much more than necessary. In Act I, scene ii, lines 78-79 Caesar states, "I do fear the people/Choose Caesar for their king." ... He would rather kill Caesar, a dear friend, to help Rome become better. ... Brutus said these words after agreeing to join the conspiracy against Caesar. ...

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The clash of civilizations is the one of the main reason behind the tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra. ... Shakespeare has based his play on Plutarch's 3narrative of Roman characters .A.C.Bradley does not consider it the real tragedy because he thinks that it lacks certain convention of tragedy. ... Mark Antony has not learned the lesson from tragic death of Julius Caesar , the last Republican ruler, who tried to marry the Egyptian Queen as he was in love with her and did great favour to her by restoring her to throne. ... Reason is symbolized by Octavius Caesar,the heir of Julius Caes...

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Comedies, tragedies, pantomimes and rude folk plays were staged in the theatres; in the arena of the Colosseum, gladiators fought in pairs or with wild animals to satisfy the blood lust of the crowd; and hundreds of thousands of race-goers packed the stands of the Circus Maximus to enjoy the thrills of chariot racing. ... The top gladiators, charioteers and actors were folk heroes, and the power of their universal appeal was recognised and exploited by politicians and emperors such as Julius Caesar, Augustus and Nero, who used games to manipulate a sometimes volatile public, whether to pacify ...

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