Portrait of Blood The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare,

Caesar’s words final were “Et tu Brute? Then fall, Caesar!,”which shows how hurt ,he was with Brutus’s actions. During Caesar’s deaths, many co-conspirators surrounded him and as each man stabbed him, he was not surprised by their actions until the very last person, Brutus came and stabbed him, seeing Brutus sent a pang of betrayal through him. Brutus was a person that Caesar had considered a friend and ally, so finding out that he was a part of his assassination plot, it shocked him and he felt deep betrayal that he gave up fighting and died. Although Caesar’s death was horrendous, it is important to remember that Brutus only killed Caesar, to save Rome. Between Cassius’s manipulative peer pressure informing him of the all the negatives that Caesar would bring Rome and the fake letters he received, convincing him to save Rome from the ruling of Caesar, Brutus only acted in the best interest for Rome and its people, which shows his loyalty and patriotism to

In Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar defeats Pompey, the previous ruler of the Romans, and takes control of Rome. Many people object to it, including the conspirators who assassinate him. Marc Antony, an ally of Caesar, speaks at his funeral and turns the citizens of Rome against the conspirators which ultimately leads to the death of the majority of the assassins, including their unspoken leader, Brutus. A truly insightful glance is offered into the character Brutus in Act II, scene i, lines 120-146. At this point in the tragedy, conspirators led by Brutus are plotting the death of the tyrant of Rome, Julius Caesar, and moving on to the final stages of their planning stage, preparing

Julius Caesar, a tale of a great leader that was evidently taken down in the worst way. Julius Caesar was one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays; showing how a leader should present himself, and his people. It really is magnificent; except, Julius Caesar does have a dark side. Friends that Caesar trusted, with Brutus as the leader, stabbed Caesar to death and bathed in his blood. They went on to make sure that Caesar was determined, as Brutus says, “ambitious” (III.ii.24). Though, this play is not all sadness and woes. Marc Antony, a great friend of Caesar’s, turned the tables on his unjust death. When he goes to give his eulogy, he uses pathos, logos, and ethos, to persuade the people. By using these rhetorical strategies, he was able

Emperor Julius Caesar was just killed by Brutus and other conspirators who believed Caesar would be a bad leader for Rome in the future. Mark Antony, one of Caesar’s advisors plans to take down the conspirators as punishment for Caesar’s death. In Antony's funeral speech, Antony uses rhetorical devices and appeals to show his discontent about the conspirators killing Caesar. Antony’s speech at Caesar’s funeral persuades the people of Rome that the killing of Caesar by the conspirators was unjustly in order to seek revenge against the conspirators.

Cassius told Brutus, that he should kill Antony, because Antony was the weakest link out of everyone. Naively, Brutus did not listen to him, which caused more trouble. Again, Cassius also warned him to not let Antony speak at the funeral, however, Brutus ignored his warning. If Antony never spoke at Caesar's funeral, there would have never been that much chaos. The conspirators would have gotten away with murdering Caesar. Brutus' honor was the cause of his downfall. The pandemonium that ensued could have been prevented, if Brutus listened to Cassius. This clearly illustrates that Brutus was very naïve in his leadership

The symbol of blood often represents guilt, death, shame, and even used sometimes as a symbol of bravery in stories or in plays In the play Macbeth, Shakespeare exemplifies many different motifs such as the eye and the hand and more. One captivating motif is blood; Shakespeare uses blood to display the progression of one's action as a representation of respect, immorality, and remorse.

By saying this to his enemy, he lessened the tension and showed ethics that he did not plan on killing Caesar’s companion. He only targeted who was wrong for Rome. Due to Brutus’s high moral standards and ethical values, he received a great amount of respect from his followers. When Brutus came close to his death he said farewell and thanked his followers. As his hands shook he said: “My heart doth joy that yet in all my life / I found no man but he was true to me. / I shall have glory by this losing day / More than Octavius and Mark Antony / By this veil conquest shall attain unto. /

Therefore, Antony is trying to prove that once the conspirators are in his sights, no one is getting out alive. While Marc Antony is giving his speech to the common people trying to persuade them that the conspirators are in the wrong: “In every wound of Caesar that should move the stones of Rome to rise and mutiny” (131). From this moment every action that Antony does will in turn affect the stability of Brutus’ physical and mental well being. Also, Brutus does not realize how close Caesar and Antony are, which can only lead to his demise because Antony is trying to kill him and he does not realize it. During Antony’s speech, to persuade the common people, he walks over to Caesar’s body to show the people all the wounds: “Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. O, what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us” (129). Antony is exaggerating, in a light hearted way, the fact that Brutus stabbed Caesar; for the conspirators told

“The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies, It comes from your friends and loved ones.” I say that because Brutus and Caesar were close friends, and Brutus betrayed Caesar by killing him over a material thing which was the crown. Brutus also told everyone that Caesar basically wasn’t fit enough to be their king. “ It must be by his death; and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general.

In Act II of the play, Julius Caesar, the character says “ You came just in time to convey my greetings to the senators and to tell them that I will not come today” (II, ii, 60-61). Caesar says this to Decius and commands him to go tell this to the senate. Caesar is not going to the senate, even though he knows its because they want to crown him king. He is not going because his wife has had terrible dreams about it but Decius talks him into going anyway. Caesar ends up getting killed at the senate by the conspirators, who are the group of men who want Caesar dead. The lead man in the group, Brutus, is one of Caesar’s close friends and Caesar is heartbroken when he turns and Brutus puts the final dagger into his side. Marc Antony is Caesar's right hand man and he is very upset and angry about Caesar's death. Marc Antony and Brutus both give speeches at Caesar’s funeral about their sides of the story. Marc Antony gave a more outstanding speech compared to the one Brutus gave and he gained the most followers from it.

Blood represents life, death and often injury. It is an essential part of life, and without blood, we could not live. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the symbol of blood to represent treachery, murder and death. The word "blood", or different forms of it, appear numerous times throughout the play. Interestingly, the symbol of blood changes throughout the play, corresponding to the atmosphere and mood changes in the characters and the play.

Both men were trying to get the people to see their point of view and to join their side. Brutus justified his part in Caesar’s assassination by declaring that Rome was better off without him. “. . . . Had you rather Caesar were living and [we] die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men? . . . . There [are] tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his ambition.” This suggests that in order to escape a too powerful king, Caesar must have been eliminated. Antony attempted to persuade the mob to understand the wrong that Brutus committed and also to join his side of reasoning by saying, “Look, in this place ran Cassius' dagger through: See what a rent the envious Casca made: Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabb'd . . . . For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel: Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him . . . .” As each justified the action of Caesar’s death in a different way, both were still trying to veer the crowd’s opinion through the act of

The epic poem Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare tells the story of Caesar, the ancient Roman dictator, and his story of how he also became king of Rome. Unfortunately, Caesar gets murdered by his “friends” before he could become crowned. His killing affected many people, one of which was his dear friend Mark Antony. Antony and Caesar worked together and through that they became good friends; so when Caesar died Antony wanted his revenge on the killers, aka conspirators. Moreover, Antony decided to speak at Caesar’s funeral and that speech helped Antony get his revenge on the conspirators. Consequently, through the power of persuasion and truth telling, Antony was able to get revenge on the conspirators for killing Caesar by telling

     In the play ‘Macbeth’, Shakespeare uses brutal imagery, with association of blood.  The mood of disgust and horror towards the characters and setting is established by the references to the universal representation of death and pain. The first mention of blood seems to establish a sense of honor. The second mention of blood seems to communicate betrayal.  Lastly the third allusion of blood appears to establish a sense of guilt All of these images of blood help develop the atmosphere and scene and contribute to the over all drama of the play.

The Viewers have known blood to all of us to represent life, death and often injury. Blood is an essential part of life and without blood, we could not live. This is known to everyone, and because of this, when Shakespeare uses the imagery of blood to represent treason, guilt, murder and death. The audience have easily understands it and fits it in perfectly with the ideas we have of blood. Blood is the most prominent and seems to be the most important imagery of Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’.