1. How Characters Help Reveal The Themes In Julius Caesar, By William Shakespeare
"Tis true, this God did shake. ... Speaking in prose to identify with the ordinary citizen, he justifies his actions by appealing to the crowd's sense of loyalty "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more." His use of the rhetorical question, "Who is here so vile that would not love his country" appeals to the crowd's sense of loyalty to the state. ...
(II, i, 10-34)- This soliloquy shows that Brutus has finally resolved to kill Caesar, and shows the audience his true feelings about the assassination. ... The quote that begins, "It must be by his death- shows Brutus' first internal struggle, fighting between loyalty to his friend, and loyalty to Rome. ...
Thomas Wiedemann states in his book Emperors and Gladiators, "When Caesar invaded Italy in 49 BC, his opponents were particularly concerned about the 5000 gladiators owned by him kept at or near Capua. "3 It is likely that the opponents of Caesar were simply looking for a means to vilify him rather than having any true concern over his use of gladiators in the armed conflict to come. ... In these cases gladiators often showed uncommon loyalty to their leaders. In Dio's Roman History, he cites the extreme loyalty showed by Marcus Antonius' personal gladiator troop. Like most of the Ro...
The Roman empire was a giant of an empire with a massive army. It had 207 years of peace, and impressive monuments only comparable to it's glory. Ancient Rome grew from a small town on central Italy's Tiber River into an empire that at its peak encompassed most of continental Europe, Britain, much o...
In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Brutus proves this to be true when he dies in the same fashion in which he lived. Through out the play Brutus displays characteristics of nobility, exhibits traits of naivety and demonstrations loyalty in life as well as death. ... This proves that freedom was his true reason for killing Caesar. ...
Mercenaries, or soldiers who fought for money, replaced the true citizen soldiers. ... The Roman Army was not as strong or well trained as it used to be and the mercenaries that replaced the citizen soldiers often had little loyalty to Rome. ...
In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Mark Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral, despite all his protestations to the contrary, is fueled by one purpose: vengeance to those who murdered his beloved Caesar. He uses combinations of verbal irony, repetitive diction, and heavy emphasis on emotions to sway his ...