Julius Caesar V-Format Thesis Paragraph: The year was 42 BC, and, while passing through the streets of Rome, I was confronted with a decision. While walking in the city, I spotted a throng of plebeians chanting and shouting. As I approached, I realized that Marcus Brutus had just finished giving his speech at Caesar's funeral, and the crowd favored Brutus. As I was a soldier in the army of Caesar, I was shocked at the crowd's disloyalty toward Caesar, and I decided to leave and continue on my walk
Attention Getter: Everyone knows of Julius Caesar but do you of his son Augustus? Introduction to the subject: Being the first emperor of Rome, and having to be Julius’s heir he had a lot on his shoulders; he had a lot to look forward to as well, as well as accomplish things at a young age. Augustus had started ruling at a very young age, and soon after went into a civil war with one very determined enemy, Thesis: Augustus’s life as an emperor of Rome was full of life and excitement if you count
Chapter 5: Vercingetorix It was the winter of 54-53 BC and the fourteenth legion of Caesar was keeping an eye on Gaul, when they were attacked by the Gallic tribe of the Eburones. The fourteenth legion was completely destroyed and Gaul was starting to smell a scent of freedom. Caesar knew he had to do something about it the stop the whole of Gaul from rising up against the Romans because that would mean disaster. The Eburones also destroyed the army of Sabinus and Cotta , two of Caesar’s finest men
five, scene five of the play ‘Julius Caesar’, Mark Antony gives his opinion on Brutus, “This was the noblest Roman of them all”. Shakespeare chose to end the play with this phrase to make Brutus sound like the tragic hero. Throughout the play, Brutus was described as noble. During the feast of Lupercal Brutus says, “What means this shouting? I do fear the people do choose Caesar for their king...yet I love him well”. Brutus loves Caesar, but would not allow Caesar to rise to power and then turn
Julius Caesar and Malcolm X were influential men in their own rights. While they lived millennia apart and in extremely dissimilar societies, their lives have several parallels. Pundits and scholars of history concur that both defined and influenced the respective histories of their time and were loved or loathed in equal measure by those that their lives touched. Malcolm X was an African American Muslim minister and human rights, activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights
In Julius Caesar, the distinction between heroes and villains is often not detected. Shakespeare uses a tone of morally ambiguous character in people throughout the play, making each character appear as if they are morally equal to each other, establishing a certain flawed humanity. Shakespeare emphasizes this particular tone by providing examples of flaws of human society throughout the play. He provides these examples chiefly through greed. Shakespeare’s concept of universal human imperfection
Tiberius Caesar Augustus also known as Tiberius Claudius Augustus was seen as one of the most influential political leaders in Roman society during his lifetime. As the second emperor of Rome, Tiberius was in a prime position for public scrutiny and dislike. The events surrounding his life, his character and social context are often discussed within ancient and modern sources; as such these components will be explored in this report. Tiberius’s character and social context can be somewhat unclear;
with an intense love for Caesar. He is dramatized as an orator
I believe that Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar as a way to talk about how he saw the human race, what they were capable of, and what he has seen or experienced. Although the way he has seen humans and the way he has shown his thoughts through this story, I believe that the story serves to be more of a lesson than some babble of the humans. Therefore, this story can relate to the present mistakes made by the world today and uses the themes in the story to further relate to it. The story
In the years of 52-50 BCE, Rome was being led by a crumbling first triumvirate. The remaining members of this triumvirate were Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius, also known simply as Pompey. Caesar was from a very noble family that was said to descend from Venus, goddess of love, and the legendary Aeneas. He was well educated and came to power when he allied with Crassus and Pompey. Pompey also came from a powerful family with a history of consulships. He defeated Sulla and helped Crassus stop