Reading a work by a famous author is not only entertaining but also able to teach valuable lessons. William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is not only entertaining and comical but also promotes key political truths. In the play Julius Ceasar by William Shakespeare, the lessons listen to your wife, avoid mob mentality, and always support the appointed leader are demonstrated.
Julius Caesar teaches one the importance of listening to one’s wife. Twice in this play major mistakes could have been prevented if the advice of a wife would have been followed. First, Portia, Brutus’s wife, senses something is wrong with Brutus the night before he will kill Caesar. Brutus promises to tell her, but leaves before he is able. If Brutus would have told Portia, she would have likely been able to convince him to change his mind and save both his and her life. Secondly, the night before Caesar is murdered, Calpurnia, Caesar's wife, has a dream that Caesar is killed. When she awakens, she tries her hardest to prevent Caesar from leaving the house, but fails. From these two instances it is possible to infer that a wife has a special sense about her husband, and that if a man will listen to his wife a lot a harm can be prevented.
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When Caesar is murdered there is a mob of Roman citizens that is looking for answers. Brutus speaks first and the pliant minds of the mob are bent to believe exactly what Brutus said. Then, Mark Antony speaks and the minds of the mob is once again changed. This shows how a mob can be dangerous because they are often confused and will believe whatever they hear. Next, a mob can be dangerous because they will act without thinking twice about it. In Julius Caesar, one of the conspirators names is Cinna. When the mob finds a poet named Cinna they believe he is one of the conspirators and kill him before they realize he is not a conspirator. These two examples show how mobs can be
Driving her to suicide was a very selfish act on Brutus’ part. He should have been there for his wife. Brutus did not think about his actions before they were done. He didn't think about what would happen to the Roman empire if Caesar were killed. By assassinating Caesar, he started a civil war.
Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, is the story of a man trying his best to
The conspirators had already decided how and when they would kill Caesar, and Brutus, Cassius, along with Decius, knew they had to lure Caesar close. They had an advantage at this because they knew that all they would have to do was prove to Caesar that they had a good, solid friendship, and this would help their situation and leave Caesar completely sightless to the fact that his situation had grown dire. So they decided to use their friendship with Caesar in a horribly deceptive manner, effectively, in order to kill him. Decius managed to start this off well by using flattery and quick wit in order to trick Caesar into going to the senate house, despite the fact that Caesars wife, Calpurnia had dreams of Caesars murder the night before.
In the play Julius Caesar, written and preformed by William Shakespeare, there are many characters, but two, Brutus and Cassius, stood out. The play begins in Rome where a celebration of Julius Caesar's victory over the former ruler of Rome, Pompeii. The victory leads to Caesar's betrayal by his jealous companions. Senators and other high status figures are jealous of Caesar's new and growing power, while others, like Brutus, fear the tyrannical rule Caesar could enforce. The conspirators, Brutus and Cassius being the most important, assassinate Julius Caesar and Marcus Antonius, better known as Antony, and Octavius Caesar, Caesar's heir to the thrown, revenge Caesar's death. Antony convinces the Roman populous to destroy the conspirators and eventually begins a war with Cassius and Brutus' armies. Both Cassius and Brutus commit suicide to save their honor and Antony and Octavius win the war. The characterizations of Brutus and Cassius show a distinct contrast in their character traits and motives for the assassination of Julius Caesar.
The ambition possessed by each character, leads Caesar, Brutus, and Cassius to power. It will be the same ambition, that quest for power, that makes each one susceptible to their own weakness. For Caesar, it will be his ego and inability to heed warnings, Brutus his love of Rome, and Cassius his dedication to power. These qualities prove that although intentions may be noble, ambition can make a person ruthless and blind them to their original goals. Ambition kills those who lose sight of their conscience and although it may prove beneficial in many instances, in this case, it leads the characters to lose all that they
After the murderous confrontation, it was not too late to prevent the anger of Caesar’s allies and the citizens or, even, to avoid future civil war. But it was here that Brutus made his second and third mistakes. Marcus Brutus rose before the Roman populace and attempted to offer a justification of Caesar’s murder. His flawed judgment came when he deemed Antony trustworthy and allowed him to speak at Caesar’s funeral. Brutus naively let Antony draw the mob in his favor. No one could dare refute Antony’s impassioned pleas in behalf of Caesar.
Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, is a puzzle when it comes to understanding messages. Honor and nobility are displayed many times from several characters in this play. The main focus of this play is Caesar going into power and the jealousy and loyalty surrounding it. Throughout this play, each character finds his/her own way to show their honor and nobility, either to themselves, or to another character. The most significant actions that prove honor and nobility come from Brutus, Antony, and Portia.
Julius Caesar should serve as a warning to modern society as well. The lessons of the dangers of absolute power, the use of speech to manipulate society, and the dangers of civil disobedience are still relevant to today’s society. One of the major lessons of Julius Caesar is Shakespeare’s
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is an intimate portrayal of the famed assassination of Julius Caesar and the complex inner workings of the men who committed the crime. In one particularly revealing scene, two of the men closest to Caesar, one a conspirator in his murder and one his second-in command, give orations for the deceased. Despite being simple in appearance, these two speeches do much of the work in developing and exposing the two characters in question. Though both have a love for Caesar, Mark Antony's is mixed with a selfish desire for power, while Brutus' is pure in nature, brought to a screeching halt by his overpowering stoicism. These starkly-contrasted personalities influence the whole of the play, leading to its tragic-but-inevitable end.
...ed a vital role in the novel was when the fearfully voiced her opinion on whether Caesar should go to the Senate and when she was reported to have had a dream in which she, “…in her sleep cried out, ‘Help, ho! They murder Caesar!’ Who’s within?” (Act 2, ii, 3-4). Foreshadowing the murder of her husband, and begging him to not go out, Calpurnia essentially controlled the fate of Caesar. It is remarkable to think that if Caesar had only listened to his wife, the entire course of the story would have been dramatically different.
Julius Caesar displayed to everyone that a leader may have to break a law, or bend a rule to try and protect the greater good of the public. In this play, Brutus kills Caesar for fear of him abusing his power, but people have done similar things; such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi.
Reading Shakespeare helps students obtain a deeper meaning of texts because of his use of figurative language and puns. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, there’s almost always a deeper meaning. Some people may not agree, but Shakespeare could
A later example occurs during the funeral oration by Mark Antony. Brutus logically gives his reasons that necessitated Caesar’s death. He informs them that he acted out of love of Rome and his desire to prevent tyrants from controlling her. The citizens embrace his words with cheers and understanding. However, their mood alters when Antony offers his interpretation of the situation. He passionately described the deeds Caesar performed in behalf of the citizens of Rome, which clearly contradict the opinion of the conspirators that Caesar was too ambitious. Antony carefully uses irony in referring to Cassius and Brutus as honorable men; the strategy wins over the citizens and they listen with growing anger to his words. He leads the citizens to the body and begins to show the brutal results of the murder while simultaneously influencing them to believe that the conspirators are murderers and traitors. Ultimately, Antony reads Caesar’s will, which leaves his parks, private estates, and newly planted gardens to the citizens of Rome.
2. 242-248). After hearing this the citizens despise what all the conspirators and Brutus have done. The citizens go as far as to kill a man named Cinna, who is a poet, just because of his name (Shakespeare lll. 3.
The conspirators had planned the death of Julius. Brutus and Cassius, along with Decius, knew they had draw in to Caesar close. Proving Caesar that they had a firm friendship, that would solidify their situation and leave Julius completely sightless to his doomed fate. Caesar's wife Calphurnia would have a dream. She would see Caesar's statue run with blood and men with swords surrounding him.