interpreted to evaluate the main idea of a particular scene in a play. In Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare introduced a conflict in Act 1 Scene 1 through the use of language between the conversations of the commoners and the tribunes to indicate that not all are content with Caesar’s trip back home. To begin, the tribunes’ speech differs from the commoners’ because they are degrading and dehumanizing them. The tribunes perceive the commoners differently, based on class distinctions, education
the existing political institutions that was unable to be managed. The early Roman republic was an aristocracy before Caesar was elected consul. Legions were considered to be more loyal to their generals than they were in the republic. Rome set up three forms of government (monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy) to create the guidelines for the constitution. Roman senators killed Caesar because he was going to destroy the Roman Republic. The senate was a mixture of the legislature and giant advisory
war in 49 BC. The boundaries of acceptable behaviour were stretched by politicians such as Caesar and Pompey and as a result new perilous precedents were set. Violence along with the use of an army became a political tool in the domestic, political sphere. The civil war laid on the foundations that constitutional methods proved ineffective in the face of an inadequate aristocratic government and therefore Caesar and the senate lead by Pompey used violence and rebellion against each other in an attempt
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war in 49 BC. The boundaries of acceptable behaviour were stretched by politicians such as Caesar and Pompey and as a result new perilous precedents were set. Violence along with the use of an army became a political tool in the domestic, political sphere. The civil war laid on the foundations that constitutional methods proved ineffective in the face of an inadequate aristocratic government and therefore Caesar and the senate lead by Pompey used violence and rebellion against each other in an attempt
Act I, Scene 1 On a street in Rome, two tribunes named Flavius and Marullus are angrily confronting a crowd of commoners. Rome used to be ruled by three men, but because of the recent civil war, Julius Caesar has emerged as the single most powerful man in Rome. This troubles Flavius and Marullus because they think that Caesar’s growing power will threaten the stability of the Republic. They yell at the commoners for celebrating Caesar’s return, reminding them that they once supported Pompey, one
coup. Julius Caesar, a nephew of Marius, descended from a noble family who were ardent supporters of the populares. Like Sulla, Caesar was greatly renowned as an exceptionally competent military commander, conquering Gaul. Remarkably, Caesar was also central to a series of civil wars between his former political allies, Crassus and Pompey, and claimed victory in this conflict just like Sulla – by defiantly marching an army on Rome and establishing himself as dictator. While Sulla and Caesar were