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    In the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, he weaves the personalities and flaws of different characters in order to portray a historical tragedy revolving around the downfall of Julius Caesar. The characters are intricate, and they each embody different values that contribute to the eventful details within the play. The main hero of the play is Julius Caesar who falls victim to the betrayal of his royal acquaintances due to his tragic flaw of being an ambitious leader. However

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    have displayed treacherous acts to claim this power and one good example is shown in the play “Julius Caesar”. This paper describes how he was brought down from his throne by Cassius (Shakespeare, 2016). Cassius was clever to involve Brutus in the plot to kill Caesar. He was the mastermind behind the whole plot and the assassination of Caesar carried a huge burden in Rome. It all happened after Caesar won the Great War and came back even more loved by the people of Rome (Wyke, 2007). Cassius and

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    “I came, I saw, I conquered.” A quote by Julius Caesar that he lived his life by. One major thing Julius Caesar is known for is his great success in the battle of Gaul. The battle of Gaul was a huge impact in Julius Caesar’s rise as a leader of the Roman Empire. In the beginning, he set out with strategic plans to overtake Gaul and its many tribes in order to prove to Rome the kind of powerful man he greatly wanted to achieve. Unfortunately, with too much power comes jealousy. Most battles start

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    March 15, 63 BC. It's been almost twenty years since the death of the great Julius Caesar. My parents raised me to love Julius Caesar because he was a great man and a great warrior. He went to war and came back with the riches of his enemies, keeping the Senate from going bankrupt. My parents read about what had happened in the Daily Tribune. When they read the paper, they rushed to a public pulpit and heard Marcus Antonius speak, but he was not able to sway my parents to find and attack the conspirators

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    of Machiavelli’s advice can be seen manifested in Shakespeare’s novel Julius Caesar where a character uses careless actions to take down Julius Caesar. In Julius Caesar, three characters show similar actions that represent many attributes used in Machiavelli’s novel The Prince. In this essay, the characters are compared upon there similar actions and what rules were used. As a character from Shakespeare’s novel Julius Caesar, Cassius profoundly exhibits Machiavellian attributes by using manipulation

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    “Personality Traits of Julius Caesar” Have you ever considered the personality traits of Julius Caesar? Personality traits are a person’s characteristics derived from a trend of actions, outlooks, feelings, and habits the person has. The personality traits of Caesar, arrogance, physical weakness, and superstation, facilitated how he made decisions and lived his life. The personality traits displayed by Julius Caesar motivated several decisions that eventually lead to his death. First, a personality

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    government or in a military standpoint. Therefore if one lacks in these traits, failure is tantamount for not only themselves, but also the ones under their leadership. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the character Brutus portrays this situation almost perfectly. In the tragedy, it plays out the events leading to Julius’ death, the assassination itself, and the following turmoil. In the beginning, the original leader of the assassination, Cassius, tries tirelessly to persuade Brutus to understand the

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    Julius Caesar Expository Essay Steven Weber once said, “What’s hard, it seems, is living up to the expectation democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society. ” This is related because Julius Caesar, a leader in one of shakespeare’s plays, was thought to be a great leader based on his strength, popularity, and opinion of the people as a whole. Society creates expectations of what the individual is expected to look like in the physical and mental state as well as his achievements

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    Why Is Julius Caesar Bad

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    Julius Caesar was a man the people of Rome loved. He brought Rome prosperity, happiness, and power by ruling Rome in a way that had never been done before. He put the corrupt senators of Rome in a position where they could no longer pull Rome down to benefit themselves, and he made sure that he ruled Rome fairly and correctly, and for this, Rome loved Caesar. This is proven in the article “Killing Julius Caesar” by Jon Herman. Before Caesar’s rule, the senators of Rome ruled Rome in a way that

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    Caesar Monologue 1 This monologue occurs just after Antony's speech regarding Caesar's death caused by Brutus. The Plebeians suggest to burn down Caesar's house and revenge his death. Antony finds out and tells them to wait. Antony says that Caesar gave them money, and all of his walkways in his private gardens. In this monologue, Antony goes to visit Octavius and hopes that he is in a good mood so he will give them anything that he would like or need. Antony says that they will probably

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