One of the defining characteristics of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar was the contrast between Brutus' and Marc Antony's speeches on the death of Julius Caesar. These two characters Brutus and Marc Antony both made speeches regarding the assassination of Julius Caesar with different ways of reaching the audience. The two characters presented interesting and important speeches. Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar presents a comparison of Brutus' and Marc Antony's speeches, showing how both
that dignified Julius Caesar as a ruler of the Roman Republic. He did not emphasize the presence of Julius Caesar, and passed on the opportunity to give praise where it was deserved. Historical Julius Caesar may have been calculating and unafraid of challenging authority, but he was also a brilliant military leader and extremely gifted orator. He was excellent at manipulating situations and people to his advantage, but his eyes were set on creating a better Rome. Without Julius Caesar, Rome would not
Julius Caesar; the Catalyst for all Character’s Actions Murder, war, depression, chaos. All of these actions were caused because of Julius Caesar's existence in Shakespeare’s play, “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.” Shakespeare's play was first performed in 1599 C.E., centered around the story of Julius Caesar, the dictator of Rome who was conspired against and killed by senators in Rome's capital on the Ides of March. The play mostly follows the events that occur right after Caesar returns to Rome
as the last words of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, directed at one of his many assassins, previously a trusted friend, the line conveys utter heartbreak and betrayal. However these were not originally Shakespeare’s words, rather his adaptation. Suetonius recorded Julius Caesar’s shocking last words as, “What! Art thou, too, one of them? Thou, my son!” Possibly Caesar’s testament is even more poignant, elucidating a painfully intimate connection. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar has been repeatedly performed
The character of Brutus in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is by far the most complex. As a prominent hero, his death at the end is truly a tragedy. However, were it not for his fatal flaw, the overall outcome of the play may have ended more favorably for Brutus, Cassius, Caesar, and the other citizens of Rome. Throughout the work, Brutus’ flaw is evident and drives the plot in a direction that determines the story’s ending. Were Brutus marked by different moral values or a less respectable position
Following the death of Caesar, both Brutus and Antony deliver speeches to the demanding Roman public that are ambivalent and fickle on the issue. Though they both address the situation of Caesar’s unfortunate demise, each speaker has a different agenda for their argument, their words also fundamentally embodying their individual characteristics as people. Brutus strives to convince the Roman citizens that the slaying the avaricious Caesar with the support of the valiant conspirators was necessary