“The Tragedy of Macbeth” and “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” are written by William Shakespeare. The most common theme in these two plays is treacherous murder because both kings were murdered. Julius Caesar was killed by his friend Brutus. He was murdered in front of everyone. King Duncan was killed in his bedroom while asleep. The similarities between both plays are both were planned murders, done by conspiracy, royals were killed, killers were friends and family, and both were mystical/tragedy plays. The differences between both plays are, Julius Caesar was king when he was murdered, Macbeth killed his uncle in order to seize power, and a woman was involved in this murder plan. Shakespeare used many literary devices in both plays. Julius Caesar and Macbeth have a lot of similarities, but they are unique in their own ways because of their differences. First, the similarities between both plays are, both were planned murders. For example, Brutus and his friends planned together to kill Julius Caesar. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were all involved in the planning to kill King Duncan. “Stars hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires" (Macbeth 29). This shows the desires of Macbeth to become king. "Out, out brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing." (Macbeth 177-179). This indicated, Macbeth says upon hearing the news of the death of his wife. He is depressed and desolate after what has happened. He is now full of remorse for what they both have done out of greed for the crown. Macbeth now acknowledges the fact that life is just like a brief candle that ha... ... middle of paper ... ...lays are, both royals were murdered and a woman was involved in King Duncan’s murder whereas no woman was involved in Julius Caesar. William Shakespeare uses multiple literary devices in both plays. For example, anachronism, metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, etc. Julius Caesar and Macbeth both share common theme treacherous murder and have a lot of similarities, however they are distinct in their own ways because of their differences. Word Cited "The Life and Death of Julies Caesar." Julius Caeser: Entire Play. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2014. . "The Tragedy of Macbeth." Macbeth: Entire Play. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2014. . "Literary Devices." Literary Devices. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2014. .
The two plays conspiracies differed drastically. In Julius Caesar, not every conspirator had the same goal. Brutus worried about the future status of the nation under Caesar’s rule and was taking action to stop it. However, the other conspirators only joined forces for personal benefit of wealth as co-rulers. Brutus ultimately achieved his goal of killing Caesar, but died in battle along with multiple other conspirators, by the hands of the citizens who were loyal to Caesar. Unlike the conspirators in Julius Caesar, the conspirators in Hamlet agreed on what had to be done to seek revenge. After receiving the truth about his father death, from his father’s ghost, Hamlet decides to take initiative and kill his father’s murderer. Even though Hamlet died shortly after Claudius, the killer, he succeeded in his duty to avenge his father. Due to the cooperation between the conspirators and understanding of the morally correct actions that had to take place, Hamlet and his dead father can rest in peace knowing they fulfilled their intentions. Dissimilar from Julius Caesar and Hamlet, Macbeth tells the story of Macbeth’s wife conning him into unlawful
Macbeth is a play written by a poet. Shakespeare’s first love was poetry and before Shakespeare wrote plays he wrote poems. Macbeth was written around 1606, during which time James 1 of England, formerly James IV of Scotland, was in rule. It is believed that Shakespeare was friends with James and Macbeth takes place in Scotland to honor him. As Macbeth is written by a former poet Macbeth is written in poetry and to end each scene Shakespeare used rhyming couplets. The rhyming couplets are composed of two lines of equal length that complete one thought and tell the audience that a scene is ending. Dark Places was written by Gillian Flynn a novelist that loves writing about dark mysteries. Although Flynn wanted to be a police/crime reporter she didn’t have the guts for it, and later became a fiction writer; mainly writing about mysteries. Most of Flynn’s books take a dark twist that relate back to things she heard or read about during her childhood like, the book In Cold Blood by ____. In Cold Blood was a book about dead bodies being found in a farm house, giving Flynn the idea for Dark Places. Dark Places does not use poetry but instead it uses imagery, symbolism and metaphors such as “____” (Talk about the quote) Macbeth and Dark Places have different writing styles due to the type of writing the writer preferred and the time period the writer
Shakespeare’s character Macbeth is based on the historical figure of a Scottish nobleman called Macbeth who was the general for Duncan the first. He also became King after murdering Duncan on the battlefield and reined for ten years before being defeated in a battle against the Danes (Thrasher 35-36). “For brave Macbeth- well he deserves that name” is a passage from the war in the first chapter showing what the other warriors thought of Macbeth valor as a general for Duncan’s army (Macbeth 302). Then Shakespeare tells of Duncan’s death which he concocted the setting in Macbeth’s home to suit his needs. “I go, and it is done: the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell That summons the to heaven, or to hell” this shows that Macbeth’s action where preplanned to kill Duncan as he slept (Macbeth p.321). Shakespeare’s account of who Macbeth was is close to the factual account even down to the fact that he murdered the former King Duncan and his battle with an army lead by Malcolm Canmore, the son of Duncan (Columbia University). Another character in Sha...
William Shakespeare had tragedy in Macbeth. Macbeth had been a Thane, which is a noble. Lady Macbeth wants to be Queen of Scotland in Macbeth wants to be king no matter what it takes Macbeth was going be king and Lady Macbeth was going to be queen. Lady Macbeth was a very strong mind person. Lady Macbeth suffered from the effect of bipolar and schizophrenia.
Julius Caesar is one of the best known historical figures to come out of ancient Rome; he is also the basis of William Shakespeare’s tragedy called Julius Caesar, although this heavily contrasts the actual events. Taking place in ancient Rome; the main character of Brutus begins to fear for the future of Rome when he learns that his arrogant, and presumptuous friend, Julius Caesar, could possibly become king. In response to this he goes along with a conspiracy to kill Caesar. After Caesar has died Brutus, and Caesar's dear friend Antony speak at his funeral. At the funeral Brutus gives a speech about why Caesar needed to die, conversely Antony gives a speech about why the killing of Caesar was appalling, pertinent and unnecessary. He presents a much more intensive and persuasive speech, using plentiful rhetorical devices.
William Shakespeare’s historical play, Julius Caesar, is a tragic display of betrayals of friendship due to power. A betrayal of friendship is shown when conspirators -which consisted of close friends to Julius Caesar –plan against him in fear of Rome putting him in the position to be a dictator. Following the brutal murder, citizens of Rome are upset with the conspirators, so they start an uprising against them. Realizing what they have done and the trouble that they have made, the conspirators feel incredibly guilty, especially Marcus Brutus, who was Caesar’s closest friend. One after another, the conspirators take their own lives as a result of the heavy burden of guilt they brought upon themselves. Shakespeare’s display of multiple rhetorical
In the play, Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, there are a lot of deaths and suicides. Shakespeare, who some consider the greatest writer of all time, has written about love, backstabbing, and heartbreak. But, Julius Caesar is a bit different. The primary focus of the story is betrayal and the way the characters moved on from it, or just did not move on at all. The historical Roman, Julius Caesar, is the main character and got betrayed by his most trusted people, Cassius and Brutus. Although Caesar did not choose his death, it could be stated that Cassius and Brutus got over the act of killing Caesar committing suicide, rather than face the consequences of their decisions. But, each may have had their own reasons behind their ultimate decisions.
Julius Caesar by Shakespeare is a play about the death of Julius Caesar. In the play Julius Caesar, the main character, is murdered by friends that he trusts because he was power crazy. The conspirators kill Caesar because Caesar was going to take the crown and become king. In Act two scene one of Julius Caesar the character playing Brutus, Caesar's best friend, uses foreshadowing to show what is going to happen next by saying “The only way is to kill Caesar. I have no personal reason to strike at him—only the best interest of the people” (Shakespeare II, 1, 10-35). Caesars characters importance and Brutus’s feeling are revealed in the siliques in act II scene 1, lines 10-34 of the play Julius Caesar.
Macbeth is a gruesome tragic play that led to the downfall of Shakespeare's most beloved tragic hero, Macbeth. It shows the downfall of a wrongfully crowned king, but his downfall is not only due to his own pride and greed. There are other characters in the play that are a big part of his downfall. All of Macbeth’s moves are influenced by others and his own greed is just an excuse, or a push to commit the crimes he has done in the play. Macbeth’s actions are controlled by Lady Macbeth and his mind by the witches. Lady Macbeth motivates Macbeth to murder the King and not feel guilty about it, whereas the witches made Macbeth
Both of the Macbeths want the king's powers but don't want the blame of his death. In the play it reads “As we shall make our griefs and clamour roar upon his death”(1.7.78-79). Lady Macbeth wants the king's power and the only way to get it is if he’s dead. Macbeth come back and says “I have done the deed”(2.2.14). Macbeth killed King Duncan because Lady Macbeth forced him to for the power. Macbeth did the deed but Lady Macbeth goes behind him and
These two acts are not only reflections of each other but also, one is the consequence or the results of the other. These two acts have the same setting; that is in Macbeth’s Castle and the context too is practically the same (planning for a murder) but the only difference is that the initiators of this act (murder) are different for the two acts. That is, Lady Macbeth in Act 1 scene 5 and Macbeth in Act 3 scene 2.
When Macbeth informed Lady Macbeth of the witches and their prophecy she asked the evil spirits to make Macbeth ashamed of everything that prevents him from becoming evil enough to be King. However, Macbeth wondered how he would become king and if it would be rightly given to him or if he would have to take it by force. This shows how the hunger for power is more dominant in Lady Macbeth than in Macbeth.
Hitler and Macbeth are extremely similar in multiple ways, but there are two main points. Their desire for power, and their drive to push through anything in their way. These two people, one fictional and one not, were extremely powerful, possible the most powerful people of their time.
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both wanted to be crowned king and queen of Scotland. They did whatever they could to secure their positions as rulers of scotland. They were both similar in the aspect of both are driven by ambition. They are the type of people who get what they want no matter what. One of my sources has a good way of explaining the main points. They are set up by stages.
The way Macbeth questions and thinks about killing the king shows that he knows that killing the king is wrong and that he will feel guilty if he does so. On the other hand, Lady Macbeth never questions or worries about killing the king. She never worries that they will be caught and never worries that she will feel guilty. Unlike Macbeth, she never weighs up what they are going to do and instead jumps straight into it without thinking.