Essays on The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

What makes someone a hero? When looking at people, it’s easy to assume that heroes are a certain type of person, as if being heroic is an exclusive personality trait. However, a hero isn’t defined by their identity, they’re defined by their actions. Throughout several…

Every historical event has a narrator and critic who criticize the first version of the story. Plutarch wrote about Julius Caesar, on the other hand, Shakespeare criticized it. Both of them chose the assassination event as a historical moment. Shakespeare who is unlike Plutarch focused…

In the Shakespearean days, female parts were played by male actors, while more recently, actresses have taken on some of his most famous male roles such as Hamlet and Julius Caesar. The gender stereotypes were very extreme back in the day. Women are not the…

Regardless of judgment, one may have on the authenticity of supernatural events in the real world; one must acknowledge such forces at play in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The play is a tragic performance composed by William Shakespeare in 1599. Now superstition is considered more as…

The Rides of March is an amusement park based on the play Julius Caesar, which was written by William Shakespeare. Located in Rome, Italy, The Rides of March is compacted with many things to do that revolve around Julius Caesar. The Shakespearean Twist is a…

Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare puts human difficulties and tribulations in a very dramatic, as well as a historical setting that live and reading audiences can relate to. This play shows the conflicts both internally and externally between social constructs and personal values. All…

Julius Caesar is a tragedy about a leader that is killed by a group of power-hungry and angry conspirators that later go into a war against Caesar’s right-hand man Brutus. By portraying the characteristics of honorable Brutus, Shakespeare proves that anyone with good intentions, policies,…

“Ignoring warnings is a good way to end up in the wrong destination.” Is a quote less heard of, but one that needs to be heard. In 1986, a man named Roger Boisjoly, a mechanical engineer, told NASA not to launch the Challenger because the…

The butterfly effect is the belief that something as insignificant as the flap of a butterfly’s wings can start something as catastrophic as an entire hurricane. Although many people believe fate decides the course of a person’s life, the butterfly effect is a much more…

In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, two speeches both different in context are given to the citizens of Rome discussing/stating Caesar’s death. In this play, Brutus and Antony try to persuade the citizens of Rome to believe what they…

One central theme that is identified in William Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar” is how love can lead to tragedy. This is shown by Brutus’ love for Rome, Julius Caesar’s love for Brutus and Portia’s love for Brutus. People presume that they can find happiness in…

William Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’ is clearly a play concerning the tragedy of lost morality in the political sphere but contrary to the plays title the focus is not on Caesar himself but instead on the individuals left behind after his murder. The political tragedy primarily…

Mark Antony is an interesting person. At first, he just seems to be fearing for his life, then he acts friendly towards the conspirators. No one knows what to make of him. He seems to be on their side, but then he decides to praise…

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Summary Throughout the course of the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the assassination of General Julius Caesar and the ensuing power struggle over Rome occurs. The tale begins when two elected officials, Flavius and Murellus, scold…