William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar In Act 1, Scene 1 we are introduced to Flavius and Marullus, and we soon learn that they are not too fond of Caesar and instead preferred the previous ruler Pompey. In their speeches they should sound resentful about Caesar to show their dislike for him. When Flavius says "These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wing will make him fly an ordinary pitch…and keep us all in servile fearfulness", this shows their fears regarding the possibility of Caesar becoming tyrannical and making them slaves, which leads me to believe they should sound angry and bitter when saying this. At the start of Act 1, Scene 2, we soon learn that Caesar is of a superstitious nature, though he tries not to make this evident. Evidence of this is when the Soothsayer speaks to him; Caesar shows slight insecurity, as he wants to see his face. Notably, Caesar says "He is a dreamer, let us leave him. Pass." I would have Caesar seeming rather insecure when saying this, as I would want the audience to realise he does have slight superstitions. We also continue to learn how important and significant Caesar is to the citizens, as well as how high and mighty he actually considers himself. Firstly we notice Calphurnia refers to him (her husband) as 'Lord', when at this time she should be looking up to Caesar; Marc Antony also says "When Caesar says, 'Do this', it is performed". This should not be said in annoyance, but normally, as Antony is a dear friend of Caesar's. Thirdly, Caesar talks about himself in the third person, showing arrogance in itself. Later on in the scene, we learn of Cassius' dislike for Caesar throug... ... middle of paper ... ...questions because he is of such great magnitude. Through his belief in his own power, he naturally would also be getting rather angry, demonstrating his frustration. Especially when Caesar says "Hence! Wilt thou lift up Olympus?"; through his anger he can get across his point that he will never change his mind. At the end of his life, and when Caesar says "Et tu Brute? Then fall Caesar!" he ought to be shocked and give up. As he is so very surprised about Brutus, I would expect the audience to feel sorry for Caesar after the way he has been treated, though on the other hand they still may feel that he deserved his fate, because of his boasting and inconsistency with his decisions. Though the audience may feel he did this sub-consciously, it leaves them with their own decision on the matters that have taken place.
In Act 1 Scene 2, we see that Cassius is jealous of Caesar and detests
”(1.2.131-133) “Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men walk under his huge legs and peep about to find ourselves dishonourable graves.” (1.2.136-139) "I will this night, in several hands, in at his windows throw, As if they came from several citizens, writings all tend where I will wear this dagger then; Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius.”(1.3.90) “Caesar said to me, 'Dar'st thou, Cassius, now leap in with me into this angry flood and swim to yonder point.' " Upon the word, accoutred as I was, I plunged in and bade him follow; so indeed he did.
In the streets of Rome in Act 1 Scene 1 we are given an excellent
character. When he is talking to himself about killing Caesar he compares him to a serpent
From Act 1 scenes 2 and 3 we learn most about the character of Brutus
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would
In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, I saw two main characters as tragic heroes. First, I saw Julius Caesar as a tragic hero because his will to gain power was so strong that he ended up losing his life for it. The fact that he could have been such a strong leader was destroyed when he was killed by conspirators. I saw Marcus Brutus as a second tragic hero in this play. Brutus was such a noble character that did not deserve to die. The main reason why he did die, however, was because he had led a conspiracy against Caesar and eventually killed him. These two characters were the tragic heroes of the play in my opinion.
In the play the Life and Death of Julius Caesar (just as in all of Shakespeare’s tragedies) there is much death, much tragedy, and of course, a tragic hero. However unlike most of Shakespeare’s plays this time the tragic hero is not particularly obvious. Throughout the play a few main characters present themselves as possibilities for being the tragic hero. But as being a tragic hero is not only having a tragic flaw but also entails much more, there really is only one person to fit the mold. The character Brutus is born into power and is higher/better then we are. He has a tragic flaw that causes his downfall and at the end he realizes his mistake (a trait none of the other characters can really claim).
Caesar is the first character that Shakespeare uses to show how arrogance leads to demise. On the day that Caesar is going to be killed, Caesar’s wife Calpurnia tells him that he must not leave the house that day. She had a nightmare in which Caesar was murdered, and she genuinely fears for her husband’s life. Caesar tries to act brave and telling her that he is afraid of nothing. He refuses to heed her warnings. His servant informs him that the animal sacrificed that day did not have a heart. In ancient Roman culture, this was a ...
"He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare In Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, the presentation and development of the relationships among the triumvirs, Caesar, Antony and Lepidus becomes a pivotal concern. As the play progresses, the dynamics of the triumvirate changes and becomes more complicated, providing the audience with the main political conflict that sometimes overshadows the romance of the title characters in the play. Shakespeare provides the audience with several different images of the triumvirate through different characters. The play’s first mentioning of the triumvirate is, in essence, a masculine Roman perspective of a soldier.
In Act I, Julius Caesar holds the most power throughout Rome because of his "heroic" deeds and his acts of bravery. He has gained his power after conquering the rest of the triumvirate and becoming the lone ruler of Rome. In the eyes of the common people, Caesar is seen as a god, but among
...es his take on the matter (Act II, ii, 109). This perfectly serves as an example of how Caesar emphasizes both the significance of the public and the political world over the public and the domestic world, as well as showing how much Caesar truly respected his wife and her opinion. Finally, one of the strongest instances of how Calpurnia played a vital role in the novel was when the fearfully voiced her opinion on whether Caesar should go to the Senate and when she was reported to have had a dream in which she, “…in her sleep cried out, ‘Help, ho! They murder Caesar!’ Who’s within?” (Act 2, ii, 3-4). Foreshadowing the murder of her husband, and begging him to not go out, Calpurnia essentially controlled the fate of Caesar. It is remarkable to think that if Caesar had only listened to his wife, the entire course of the story would have been dramatically different.
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice is a play full of different relationships ranging from love and friendships to hate. These relationships are affected by gossips and rumours, which due to the close community are flying around all the time. Money is involved in everything in the play; it is at the centre of work, relationships and rumours. It also holds together and makes the main tension of the play. There are many relationships in The Merchant of Venice.
Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra is aptly named, not just because the play centers around these two characters, but also because it encompasses the play’s fixation on the lovers’ oppositional relationship. On the surface level, Antony embodies the Roman ideals of a good, noble man, while Cleopatra represents the hyper-sexualized, dangerous Eastern woman. However, upon further examination both Antony and Cleopatra display complicated internal conflicts that effectively reverse these polar positions repeatedly throughout the play. In this way, the opposition between Antony and Cleopatra that exists on a simple, interpersonal level is echoed by more complicated, internal conflicts within each of these characters on a deeper, more individual level. The tension between the title characters creates the love that draws them together at the same time as it drives them further apart, thus establishing yet another layer of antagonistic relationships within the play. The importance of these oppositional relationships is underlined most starkly in Act II.2. In particular Enobarbus’ speech describing Cleopatra’s beauty functions as one of the greatest statements of the play’s conflicting themes. This speech reflects the antagonistic nature of the play’s central relationships through the invocation of equivalent antagonistic relationships between the violent descriptors used to depict Cleopatra.