Even Brutus, who feared absolute power, became corrupt. The play explores different types of power, both the type that Caesar had bestowed upon him but also military power and power gained from making political connections demonstrated by Antony and Continue Reading...
He is impulsive and unscrupulous which serves his purpose perfectly as he manages to persuade both the conspirators of his dedication to the cause, and the plebeians of the injustice of the conspiracy. His duplicity teamed with skilled rhetoric earn Continue Reading...
Julius Caesar
'This was the noblest Roman of them all," (V.v. 2nd to last para.). Antony's eulogy of his former friend and compatriot shows that in spite of Brutus' tragic flaws and failings, the man was well-respected and loved. In fact, Brutus eme Continue Reading...
Julius Caesar and George Bush
William Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar explores the social and political underpinnings of perhaps one of the most famous assassinations of all time, the assassination of Julius Caesar by his friends. Currently we liv Continue Reading...
DRAMATIC IRONY
Quote: "CAESAR: The ides of March are come. SOOTHSAYER: Ay, Caesar; but not gone" (pp. 40, III, i, 1-2).
Paraphrase/Context: Caesar is bragging to the soothsayer that the date he was warned about has come without any danger, but th Continue Reading...
Octavian and Roman Empire
Roman Empire witnessed the rise and fall of so many emperors that it is hard to decide which one of them had the greatest influence on the empire. But historians have still made an attempt to found out just which ruler prov Continue Reading...