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…William Shakespeare entitled his play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar even though Julius Caesar is killed in Act III, barely half way through the play. Caesar is stabbed by his conspirators but still continues to influence events and outcomes throughout…

…A "fatal flaw," is a trait of a character that is a weakness and leads the character to his downfall. The play Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, shows this concept of a "fatal flaw." This play speaks about a militant general who gained…

…people were betrayed and murdered for this power. In both the film Gladiator and the play Julius Caesar, betrayal is shown at its worst. It is a horrible act to stab someone who trusts you in the back. Betrayal is shown at its worst when best friends turn…

…, (The son of Julius Caesar), was one of main factors in the fall of Rome. Some of the things that could be linked to Ptolemy would be Caesar's assassination, the civil war between Octavious Caesar and Mark Antony and the death of his mother Cleopatra. This essay…

…Julius Caesar was murdered on the Ides of March in 44 B.C. by the people he trusted and thought were his friends. The justification for his death was that he was too ambitious and wanted too much power. The very concept of government in Rome…

…Brutus, A Tragic Hero "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more." (Shakespeare 3.2.21-24) William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is based mainly on the assassination of Julius Caesar. Ironically Brutus…

…to die. If every action is controlled by a hero's destiny, then the hero's death can't be avoided, and in a tragedy the sad part is that it could. In the play "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, the character Marcus Brutus fits…

…In the last century of Rome, a great general and politician rose to become the sole ruler of the republic. That ruler was Julius Caesar. Born Gaius Julius Caesar on July 13, 100 B.C., he was the son of a patri- cian family. His father was also named…

…Do we have control of our fates? Themes play an integral role in the play Julius Caesar. The actions and the way that the characters express themselves define the themes in the play. The play is not comprised of one or two themes but fate is one…

…Throughout the entire play, Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare repeatedly shows a theme of friendship. Living in Rome during 44 B.C., Brutus, an honorable man who starts out friends with both Cassius and Caesar, ends up joining along with Cassius…