Cultural Differences In Julius Caesar And Before The Law

The play Julius Caesar written by Julius Caesar illustrates the murder of Julius Caesar by his Senate and the events that happened after his death. The famous funeral speeches given by Mark Antony and Brutus give the Roman people two different sides of Julius Caesar and his leadership using ethos, logos, and pathos. Ethos is the credibility of the speaker, logos is the logic or reasoning, and pathos is the emotion of the audience. Mark Antony delivers the most effective speech in the play as he appeals to these three elements in his speech in a more convincing manner than Brutus.

Literature is always changing and evolving to match the human condition. However, there are a few basic structures which remain constant; writers end up using these universal themes to connect to readers, because they connect to them themselves. This is not always intentional. If the reader has no relation to a topic, the book will not be interesting to them. In fact, almost everything that is read today has elements of a book written before it.

Justice is often found after a situation has occurred and more times than not it is seen through the eyes of revenge. Marc Antony, the main character, partakes in this reality by trying to get revenge on Julius Caesar’s, Marc Antony’s best friend, death. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare literally and symbolically delves into the choices that one makes when seeking revenge in the name of justice.

Perspectives can be controversial, commonly used as topics for debates and in fact, used to solve certain disputes between people. First, to understand the idea of perspectives, the definition of “perspective” is the state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, the faculty of seeing all the relevant data in a meaningful relationship, basically a mental view or prospect. All these definitions, taken from the dictionary, are linked and are somewhat related the common factor being, they are all formed by certain ideas, ways of seeing the world and its problems or its occurrences in general. An example of clashing perspectives having a significant impact on all of our lives would be perhaps past wars and feuds.

From the 1500’s to 2017 authors have reflected their time period into their writing and shows their uniqueness with their point of view. There are many differences between

How really is one able to successfully deceive someone to die, very contrary to popular belief. The world-renowned Shakespeare wrote a play, Julius Caesar, that meticulously depicts how an understanding of audience can shift one’s decision, or so they for all intents and purposes thought. In the play, Caesar was presented with two arguments in literally regards to making a decision whether he should venture off to the Senate or not, which actually is fairly significant. Calpurnia, his wife, literally insisted he should stay home because of her dreams that she claimed basically were an indicative of danger. In the other hand, Decius specifically asserted that she misinterpreted her vision and began to praise him, or so they thought.

Julius Caesar broke laws to get what he wanted. He knew that he would be killed if he did not hold office after. He cancelled debts and created public jobs for the poor. During this time in Rome, education was a big deal; Both men and women were required to have some education nonetheless why Caesar created numerous amounts of libraries (Textbook 169). When Julius Caesar was ordered to office and also placed as a general in the army, he was forced to surrender by the senate. Even though the army stuck by his side, he backed down off the position. Still, Rome continued to expand by great numbers especially when Caser had a love affair with Cleopatra IV, the farmers plantations were growing numerously to grow with population and army, and the

Realism, Naturalism, and Regionalism are just a few examples of the many styles of writing that exist. Each style of writing deals with a specific time period. Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat”, Henry James’s “Daisy Miller”, and Mary E Wilkins Freeman’s “The Revolt of Mother” are just a few examples of the literary works that represent these time periods. These literary works are perfect examples of the specific time periods each writing style was popular among certain authors. These stories allow readers to compare the modern times that we live in currently to the period these authors were in. They also allow the reader to branch out and be different.

Both Shakespeare and Kierkegaard see publics as groups of people that have no true individuality, because by being included in a public they are becoming another part of the whole. The public in scene 1 of Julius Caesar is aptly positioned to show the ignorance they hold toward their own actions, and the significance yet meaninglessness of the individuality of each person. Shakespeare first introduces Flaviu, a judgemental spectator to the working class of Rome, and contrasts him with a few of these workers. The overall purpose of introducing these men is to juxtapose them to Flavius, and to show both their jejune reverence of caesar, and Flavius’ opposition toward it. The carpenter and the cobbler are irrelevant characters in a sense that

Throughout history, many important events have become more and more grandiose as they are passed down from generation to generation. The case of the Gauis Julius Caesar is no exception. The death of a ruler who conquered vast amounts of territory, was able to proclaim victory in a civil war, and seized power as the singular lifelong ruler of the Roman Empire undoubtedly had seismic impacts on the ancient world. While the assassination of Caesar was documented and written down rather than passed down through oral accounts, instances of fact turning to mythical narrative is increasingly clear. After reading the historical reports of Plutarch, Suetonius, and Nicolaus, it is eminently apparent that events become rather embellished and far-fetched with the passage of time. While Nicolaus could retell the events he may have lived through, Plutarch and Suetonius did not record their versions until more than two centuries later. The acute differences in their accounts are made evident by the details emphasized and various discrepancies between the three accounts.

Legatum Caesar    Politics is something that has been in place since the first organized society. However, comparing politics earlier in history with politics in this day may look like 2 completely different ideas. While the changes in politics from the time of Julius Caesar, to now may be significant, comparing certain instances between the two may produce unexpected results. In Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, most politicians fight for power while some fight for Rome, which could be directly compared to politics in this day and age where most politicians fight for money and power, while very few fight for what they believe in.

There are different forms and examples of exemplary and classic literature which have been deemed as significant works that are highly esteemed worldwide. These examples of literature would awe the world with how much literary skill they entailed when they were composed and written: attention to details as to formation of characters, the most crafty of plots, the most eloquent speeches and lines, the most astounding of twists of scenes, and most of all, the most universal and meaningful of themes. The theme of any literary work is what makes it great as it should be able to encompass the immense diversity of the world and as it would be able to transcend the boundaries of religion, age, race, gender, etc. Two examples of this great and

Julius Caesar was a man that ended the rough time period in Rome. He was in Egypt and Asia before he returned to Rome to rule for his people. When he came to power, these were some of the rules that he set,

They were not only trying to form an allegation against him. Besides, they were hoping to get him trap in going against the laws of the land (Caesar’s law). Disobeying the laws and regulations. With which comes disciplinary actions by the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. He avoid them by teaching them the proper relationship between earthly authority and God. “Show me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.” He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s/ and to God the things that are God’s” (Luke 20:24-25).

Literature is an imitation of societal values and is thus a reflection of the human experience of a time period. Written works emphasize the elements of culture, by means of characters, particular events, setting and theme, specific to the time period in which it was composed. Furthermore, literature mirrors the troubles or hardships of society and projects the core values that define said society. Thus, as culture has changed over time, literature has remained a critical facet in representing time periods of the past. Essentially, the culture of a time period is manifested through writing in the projection of society’s values, symbolism of the center of community and literature itself.