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    Julius Caesar and the Supernatural Saving people, hunting things, the family business. Okay, maybe not that Supernatural but Julius Caesar had many supernatural elements and some pretty blatant foreshadowing. However, is there too many supernatural elements in Julius Caesar? Some critics believe so but others do not. But without the omens and dreams, Julius Caesar would not have been complete. There were a couple of instances in Julius Caesar where animals were behaving unnaturally. “Against the

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    good king or ruler? Julius Caesar is one of the most famous rulers of all time. He was one of Rome’s greatest and most powerful leaders. His changes to the empire helped take Rome to new levels of success. The life of Caesar was short, yet great. It is important to learn about this great man and his many accomplishments. Gaius Julius Caesar was born on July 13th, 100 B.C. to a poor, Patrician family in Rome (“Julius Caesar”; Gruen 12). For most of his young life, Caesar lived in an apartment

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    Shakespeare's play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar ”, Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony) is an often disputed hero many claim to be a villain. And the reasoning for this can be seen for the entirety of the play; which centers around the protagonist Brutus, whom was as great a friend of Julius Caesar as Antony. Throughout the play Caesar is loved by the Roman people and Brutus himself admits to loving him as a friend, but despite this Brutus and others go on to betray and kill Caesar. The play begins during the

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    Julius Caesar Success

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    successful rulers of the Roman Empire was Julius Caesar who “reigned from 46-44 B.C.E.” (Julius Caesar, n.d., para. 1). Although he did not rule for very long, his success changed the Roman Empire for years to come. Many various events throughout his life helped develop his credibility and and reputation which would lead him to becoming one of the most successful Roman leaders. His ability to keep his word was essential to becoming a successful Roman emperor. Julius Caesar should be remembered as an overall

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    What was Julius and Augustus status as a soldier and their military accomplishments? How did they obtained their titles as dictators and emperors? Julius Caesar and Caesar Augustus were both great military leaders, having many military accomplishments. Both worked hard to become the dictators and emperors they were. Julius Caesar started as a military tribune making ready to become a Consul. One of the world 's most vital military pioneers was regularly acquainted with a senatorial, patrician

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    Power In Julius Caesar

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    Julius Caesar playing at A Noise Within Theatre in May 2015 was designed to exemplify, “power and the abuse of it”. With secondary themes such as friendship, allegiance, and the harms of pride, directors Geoff Elliot and Julia Rodriguez-Elliot attempt to turn this classic Shakespearian tragedy into a play applicable to modern times. As emphasized by Elliot in the program guide, “Our Rome is one that moves through time” (Slooboda pg5). Furthermore, the directors set out to highlight government corruption

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    Julius Caesar Analysis

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    loved you, immediately turned on you after you died. Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, is about a selfish king who rules Rome and ends up getting killed by the people he thought loved him. The main characters of the story are Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus, Marc Antony. The central problem to the story is loyalty because people are manipulative and unkind to each other. The conspirators are justified in assassinating Caesar because he does not care for the well being of the common people

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    Julius Caesar Julius Caser was a Roman Dictator who was both loved and hate by those that he ruled over. Throughout the world he has been written about in a variety of different ways and is portrayed as a politician as well as a selfish dictator. Three “firsthand” accounts that were written to give us a better understanding of Julius Caesar were “The Assassination of Julius Caesar”, “Tranquillus, Gaius Suetonius”, and “Plutarch, The Assassination of Julius Caesar, from Marcus Brutus”. We will

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    And Death of Gaius Julius Caesar In my opinion, no other man in the history of the world symbolizes military and political strength as much as Julius Caesar does. Caesar was born on July 12, 100 BC in Rome, Italy (Encarta 2000). His father belonged to the prestigious Julian clan (Internet Explorer) His uncle by marriage was Gaius Marius, leader of the Populares which supported agrarian reform and opposed the Optimates (Comptons Encyclopedia). Marius saw to it that Julius Caesar was appointed flamen

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    In the play Julius Caesar, Antony shows the audience a new side to him when he decides to take charge and tell the people what really happened to their beloved Caesar. After Brutus persuades the citizens and tells them that Caesar had to be killed for the good of Rome, Antony speaks to them and then reassures them that Caesar had good works and had a genuine concern for the people, even going as far as leaving them all his wealth. Antony’s passion led to the riot of people trying to find the awful

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