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    Sally Lutchman CLDV 210 Essay III Is the Monarchist Approach to Government the Right Way? Julius Caesar violated the laws of nature in a number of ways, the amount of awards and honors that he accepted against the Senate. The autocratic position of the “perpetual dictator” he took. His overconfidence position leading to complacency. Defiance of Roman laws by the dissolution of powers of the Senate. Dictatorship used only during exceptional times of crisis, not for absolute

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    audience, politicians likewise use acting to conceal their true political goals from potential opponents. This strong association between the theater and politics is readily apparent in Julius Caesar. The conspirators led by Cassius and Brutus use acting to conceal their politically motivated goal to assassinate Caesar. Marc Antony likewise uses acting to not only conceal his hatred for the conspirators, but to also turn public opinion against them. This relationship between politics and the theater is

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    Sir William Drummond once said “He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave” (Drummond). Everyone has the innate ability to reason through situations and come to a resolution by evaluating the consequences. Everyone, however, does not actively reason to come to an effective solution. Some choose not to reason, while others basically cannot due to their naivety. In any case the incapability to reason turns out to be a flaw, and in the instance of Marcus

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    circumstances Caesar 's civil conflict effected from the extended political rebellion of the Roman administration’s organizations, starts with the profession of “Tiberius Gracchus”, progressing with the “Marian” improvements of the sections, the wounded autocracy of LUCIUS Cornelius Sulla, along with finished by the initial Triumvirate in excess of Rome. The initial Triumvirate (consequently denominated through Cicero), including Julius Caesar, Crassus, as well as Pompey, raised to authority with Caesar 's

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    war in 49 BC. The boundaries of acceptable behaviour were stretched by politicians such as Caesar and Pompey and as a result new perilous precedents were set. Violence along with the use of an army became a political tool in the domestic, political sphere. The civil war laid on the foundations that constitutional methods proved ineffective in the face of an inadequate aristocratic government and therefore Caesar and the senate lead by Pompey used violence and rebellion against each other in an attempt

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    Antony’s Funeral Oration in Julius Caesar, and Why It Wouldn’t Stand in Court “Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing. It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you shift your own point of view a little, you may find it pointing in an equally uncompromising manner to something entirely different.” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. What does circumstantial evidence have to do with a speech, you may ask? In a manner of speaking, everything, for the evidence maketh the speech.

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    the spirit of Julius Caesar and Gaius Marius throughout his military campaign in the War of 1812 as well as his presidency (1829 -1837). President Jackson’s unprecedented imprint upon American politics and the presidency has exposed viewers to analyze few similarities portrayed from both Julius Caesar and Gaius Marius. Although the similarities portrayed between President Jackson and Gaius Marius were immense, based on their executive power, the similarity between Julius Caesar and Andrew Jackson

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    Julius Caesar assignation seemed a bit cruel even for today’s day an age. Now what was the reasoning behind the killing? Did people view him as a model politician or a selfish dictator? After reading three excerpts I found that these account were leaning more on the side of Caesar being a selfish dictator rather than a model politician, for the simple fact that the way the events were described leading up to the assignation as being horrible for Rome. After he manipulated his way to consul of Roman

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    either defended or prosecuted important cases. Julius Caesar also gained his fame in the court system. Caesar was prosecuting two men that were followers of Sulla, who was an influential leader. This is not the only connection that can be distinguished between the Kardashians and Julius Caesar. Kim Kardashian, although she was already well known at the time, increased her fame even more by marrying Kanye West in May of 2014 (Stephens). Julius Caesar, similarly, married Cornelia, who was the daughter

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    also of their mental state. In William Shakespeare’s world-renowned play Julius Caesar, Shakespeare illustrates the political, power struggle between the prodigious leader of Rome, Julius Caesar, and Brutus and his conspirators.

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