The Fight to Keep Fighting During World War II over 60 million Japanese war captives were killed while another half a million died during the holocaust happening at the same time. Perseverance was a inexorable theme in Night, Julius Caesar, and Unbroken. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the definition of perseverance is the continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition. Perseverance is being in an insular place while having to maintain a stoic and viable attitude even though people are forcing to work nonstop. Furthermore, perseverance is the abundance of courage and will to survive while people are doing everything in their power to tear the humanity away from the working. Firstly, …show more content…
Brutus first exhibits the theme in the quote, “Since Cassius first did whet me against Caesar I have not slept. Between The acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma or a hideous dream: The Genius and the mortal instruments Are then in the council, and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection” (Caesar 2.1 7-16). This quote demonstrates how British expresses perseverance through him not sleeping for a month due to the worry of how to approach the problem of Caesar being the emperor. The second quote showing perseverance is, “not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all freemen? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but he was ambitious, I slew him” (Caesar 3.2 4-8). This phrase shows the theme by Brutus not giving in to what everyone else thought to believe was going to be a great leader, but instead he fights everyone’s choice to protect Rome from what he thought would hurt it. The play Julius Caesar has a complex storyline that involves Brutus to persevere through many hardships in hope that it would protect his beloved …show more content…
One of the many quotes that develops perseverance is “Five minutes passed, then ten. Louie’s arms began to waver and go numb. His body shook. The beam tipped. The guard jabbed Louie with his gun, and Louie straightened up. Less and less blood was reaching his head, and he began to feel confused, his thoughts gauzy, the camp swimming round him. He felt his consciousness slipping, his mind losing adhesion, until all he knew was a single thought: He cannot break me. Across the compound, the Bird had stopped laughing” (Hillenbrand 296). This describes Louie’s perseverance through him holding a up a wooden beam for thirtyseven minutes which to most people doesn’t sound that difficult, but to a war prisoner thirty-seven minutes is a matter of life or death. Another quote is, “ I’m free! I’m free! I’m free” (Hillenbrand 307). Though this quote seems small and insignificant, it’s one of the most compelling there is because by saying he’s free Louie knows that he has persevered through two and a half years of straight torture in which he says later in the book that if he had to do it all over again, he’d kill himself. These two quotes along with many others shows the theme of perseverance by Louie Zamperini in
In Roman history, some elite men held certain values that they felt strong enough to take their life in order to defend it. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, there are certain characters portrayed to show how a person’s values or ideas can change their behavior and influence some significant decisions. The protagonist of the play, Marcus Brutus, supports this thought by having an idealistic view on the world and by showing his patriotism toward Rome. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Shakespeare uses Brutus as an honorable, idealistic man in order to show the depth that a high-class Roman man will go through in order to defend his honor.
Caesar or Brutus? Many people think that the tragic hero in Julius Caesar is Caesar, only because the title of the play. The real tragic hero is Marcus Brutus. There are many traits you can have to be a tragic hero, Brutus has at least three of them. In WIlliam Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, it is shown that Brutus is the tragic hero because he has noble stature, he has a tragic flaw, and free choice.
In Brutus’s speech he talked about how he loved Rome more than Caesar. Brutus was very gullible, stoic, and also easily persuaded. Throughout his speech he uses fallacies. One example of a fallacy he uses is the either/or. “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men“ (III, i, 22-24). This makes the Roman people believe that either they going to be slaves or free men. One other thing Brutus uses are logos and ethos. He says, “As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him” (III, i, 24-27). In that quote he tries to
Throughout time people have always had different ranges of power. The effect of this power is that some people lose control and allow power to corrupt them. Some prime examples of how power corrupts can be seen through the following people: Brutus in the play The tragedy of Julius Caesar, Josef Mengele, a Nazi physician from the Holocaust, and North Korea's political leader, Kim Jong Un. These three people have either let power corrupt them even more then they have already been corrupted, or they have allowed power to completely change their character, and corrupt them into being someone they are not.
In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar the main character, Brutus, experiences many things that lead him to become a tragic hero. From the interactions between Cassius and Brutus, the two characters contract each other, Brutus’s character develops into a tragic hero, and the plot advances and a theme is also created.
“If we do meet again, we’ll smile indeed. If not, ‘tis true this painting was well made.”
Coriolanus is a complex character who has the makings of a hero. He struggles to act against his mother and his hubris and lacks the gift of self-control. His hamartia results in him being responsible for his own demise. It is evident that Coriolanus has high respect for Volumnia, his mother, however, he focuses too much on how to please her. In their relationship, Coriolanus plays the weak and subservient role.
In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus uses the analogy “ It is the bright day that brings forth the adder and that craves wary walking.” to justify his reasoning for wanting to kill Caesar. This means that good people can do evil things, just like poisonous snakes likes to come out into the open on bright sunny days. He uses this to explain that at this point in the play, Caesar’s intentions are still honorable, but he is more than likely going to turn selfish. Brutus knows that Caesar is ambitious and this trait could cause harm to the county if he was to come into power.
When one sees the quote “This was the noblest Roman of them all” one would think of the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, or more specifically, of Brutus. It was written by the famous William Shakespeare after the Roman betrayal of Caesar. Caesar was going to be crowned king when he was viciously stabbed by envious senators and his honorable best friend, Brutus. This play follows Brutus’ decisions and struggles on the one thing that rules him: honor. Many believe this play was a misnomer and that it should’ve been called The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus. Brutus faced multiple hardships due to his tragic flaw and paid for it many times over that the play should be named after him. This is because Brutus is thought to be a bigger tragic hero than Caesar and Brutus' decisions had devastating effects on other’s lives,
In the beginning of the play, we meet Brutus, a highly respected, much loved, senator of Rome. He loved Rome as a republic and he has a good life until he is led astray by Cassius. When he becomes embroiled in the assassination of Caesar, he is very reluctant to do so. In the way he acted, you could tell he has sleepless nights over what he should do. He decided to kill Caesar for
Casca Casca, from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, demonstrates the philosophy of cynicism through his traits, motivations and fears. An example of his motivations is referred to in this quote. “But for all that, to my thinking, he would fain to have it.” (JC 1.2.236). Here, Casca is referring to Caesar, this is demonstrating his belief that people work toward their own self interest.
“Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.” said by Yoda from Star Wars. This is a quote that many people have lived by. It means that there is no such thing as “trying”, you either do something or you don't.
To lose morality is to have some to begin with. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, many see Brutus as an honorable character but really he is as ¨ambitious¨ as Caesar. Many people say he lost morals, but the real question is has he always been this vain person. In Shakespeare’s play, Brutus and a few conspirators come together and kill Caesar so he can not take the throne because he would be a ¨horrible leader¨ and for the ¨greater good¨ of Rome. These actions lead to riots and a battle between Brutus and Cassius, fellow conspirator, against Mark Antony and Octavius Caesar, Caesar’s adopted son.
For as long as I have known Brutus, he was pure of heart, and only wanted what was best for Rome. I was the true conspirator behind the plot, the thought of Caesar being sole ruler of Rome made my blood boil. Caesar was weak; when he challenged me to a competition, I had to save him when he could not withstand the difficulties. I found myself in a position where “this
Starting with Caesar, the play really doesn’t revolve around him although he is in the title. Caesar is a very powerful man, but like everyone has his weaknesses. Julius has a condition now known as epilepsy. Besides that another weakness is he had a big ego. Caesar let the power get to his head and in the end it got him killed. He as a man becomes nobler but as a leader he goes the wrong way. Caesar and Brutus were friends since they were young, As they grew older Brutus was his right hand man. Brutus and a few others started a group known as the conspirators and he believed Caesar needed to die because he was too powerful. Caesar began to think he was untouchable and was on a complete search for power and to keep gaining more. Caesar didn't think of anyone besides himself for the most part. Act 1, Scene ii, lines 4-10, in these lines Caesar tells everyone about his wife Calpurnia's problem about not being fertile or able to have children. The ghost of Caesar appears to Brutus at Sardis and Philippi, this shows that Brutus has failed to mentally get over his part in the murder of his best friend, it also shows that his and Cassius' plans are going downhill. Caesar sees himself as not human, but as a God among men. He ignores the soothsayers warnings of the ides of march,