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    Julius Caesar Julius Caesar, the greatest war hero and most noble of all wanted to be praised by all Roman citizens wanted to achieve power to rule as a king. The play is set in ancient Rome in the year 44 B.C. when the Roman general Julius Caesar was almost ruler of the entire world at the highest point in his career. Within this play Julius Caesar is portrayed as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is defined as “the main character of a tragedy [who is] usually dignified, courageous, and high ranking”

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    Gaius Julius Caesar was regarded as one of the most significant and important person in Roman History. He was born in a Patrician (a rich Roman) family on 12th or 13th of July 100 BCE in Rome. During this time, Rome was a Republic (which meant a “matter of the people”) and was governed by the Senate, the assembly and the two Consuls. Roman citizens were divided in two groups the wealthy Patricians and the working class Plebeians. Plebeians were not happy the way they were treated and governed by

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    communication,confidence,commitment, and intuition. Brutus, a tragic hero in the play, Julius Caesar, is a great example who has some significant good and bad leadership and language qualities. He is one of the “conspirators” whose main intention of murdering Julius caesar was because of the well-being of Rome. He was brainwashed and manipulated by the cunning, Cassius. He was very shrewd and didn’t want Julius Caesar alive because he wanted to become powerful and

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    tragedies is the story of Julius Caesar. In this story, the main character, Julius Caesar, is plotted against his best friend, Brutus, and the head of the conspiracy, Cassius. After Caesar gets assassinated, his right hand man, Mark Antony, tries to get revenge on the people that killed him. However, in this particular story, the main character is not the tragic hero. The tragic hero, Brutus, is the most consistent throughout the play unlike the other three characters, Caesar, Antony, and Cassius.

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    The characters of Julius Caesar, Portia, Cassuis, and Titinius in Julius Caesar and the personas of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon in Agamemnon express arrogance in unique ways. In both William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and Aeschylus’ Agamemnon arrogance is exhibited to the point of narcissism, ignorance, or hubris. Arrogance is an exaggerated sense of ones own importance or abilities. It is often associated with strong male characters, but in Julius Caesar and Agamemnon the women also had their eyes

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    William Shakespeare’s tragic play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (TJC), is centered around Julius Caesar’s assassination. However, the story is not about Caesar, but about Brutus and Antony. They are both extremely close to Caesar, but to protect the people of Rome, Brutus assassinates him. After this event, Antony's heroic character is changing to a more villainous one. Although Brutus commits murder, Antony is truly corrupt because he manipulates the people of Rome and turns against Caesar's wishes

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    Julius Caesar was a noble man who was dedicated to Rome and its people, but did his ambition caused his death? The play Julius Caesar was written by William Shakespeare in 1599. In the beginning of the play Julius Caesar came back from concurring Pompey. Marullus and Flavius then break up the commoners from celebrating Caesar's return. On his way to the arena Caesar is stopped by a stranger who warns that he should ‘Beware the Ides of March.’ On the 15th March Caesar is urged not to go to the

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    ruler Rome has ever encountered was born, July 13, 100 BC, Rome Italy. His name was Julius Caesar, unfortunately he had so much power and influence in the people of Rome that his own friends who were Cinna, Cassius, Ligarius, Decius, Metellus, Casca, and Brutus, the great conspirator, were paranoid that Caesar would betray them for his own personal amusement and take all their luxuries and force them as slaves. Caesar was cocky he had to present himself as a great, brave, fearless ruler, he didn't want

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    Apparently, the North Star is also a pincushion. William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, is about the assassination of the titular future king and the aftermath of this event. Julius Caesar was loved by all the common people but hated by the aristocracy. Many characters in this play end up dying due to this event. Many of them had thought themselves immortal. As a genius playwright, Shakespeare was able to include hidden messages in his plays. In this specific play, he was able to demonstrate

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    Gaius Julius Caesar is one of Rome's greatest leaders in all of their history, he has done many things for his country but he was also a dictator towards his country. Julius Caesar was born on July 13, 100 B.C. in Rome Italy, he was born into a senatorial patrician family. Julius is also the nephew of a famous general of Rome named Marius. Julius had started his own military career and was known throughout Rome. Eventually he had to make allies so two leading figures Pompey and Crassus of Rome helped

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