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    the play Julius Caesar, but the most pronounced theme would be betrayal. Betrayal is going behind someone’s back and turning on them, or in this play even killing someone who you once looked up to. The conspirators claimed they had many reasons to kill Caesar, but that does not change how they once felt about him. Betrayal is a dark and horrible thing that people do to those whom they “loved.” Throughout the whole play, betrayal was everywhere, even slightly. Calpurnia dreamt that Caesar would die

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    In the play Julius Caser written by William Shakespeare, he illustrates many conflicts throughout the play. Conflicts such as political matters (who gets the crown), betrayal between friends, as well as knowing who can and cannot be trusted. Caser’s closest friends Cassius and Brutus begin to portray betrayal towards Caser when he is obligated to take over in power. They fear he will rule as a tyrant even though he denies the crown on multiple occasions; They then decided to conspire against him

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    Betrayal In Julius Caesar

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    In the play “Julius Caesar” there were multiple characters that performed throughout the play. However, there were only two characters that stood out the most, Brutus and Cassius. The play starts out in the City of Rome, where a celebration is taking place over the victorious Julius Caesar who conquered the city of Pompeii. The celebration of this victory begins the feelings of betrayal by his companions who seem highly jealous of his actions. The Jealous few are the senators and high status figures

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    Julius Caesar Betrayal

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    The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies. It comes from friends and loved ones. It doesn't seem to be right that close friends or even family would be the ones to turn on you. Instead that it would be enemies or people that you don't even know, but that is untrue. You cannot trust anyone. In the story The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, you can find that the ones who backstab each other are ones who were extremely close or even related. It's very wrong and uncalled for

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    tu, Brute?”” (Caesar 3.1.77). These were the last words Julius Caesar spoke after being ravished by his closest friend Marcus Junius Brutus, and his fellow conspirators. From this time period also came one of the most famous betrayals in history; the betrayal of Jesus Christ by the hand of one of his own disciples, Judas Iscariot. The friendships and betrayals of these two historical figures hold many similarities as well as differences to these biblical individuals. Julius Caesar is had a rough

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    reading the play Julius Caesar wouldn’t think that Caesar died a tragic death. The conspirators made Caesar look like a horrible guy that shouldn’t be allowed to rule Rome. They made it seem like Caesar deserved to die, and that he wouldn’t be a great ruler. Caesar was a strong-willed man who didn’t deserve to die a tragic death. A words to describe Caesar's death would be tragic, and betrayal . The word tragic means causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow. The word betrayal means the act

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    are forms of betrayal. In Julius Caesar, betrayal is the “backbone” of the whole play and also throughout the play between other characters. Because of Cassius’ anger, the entire play is formed around Cassius betraying Caesar; there are examples of this deception before and after his homicide. The first time Caesar is betrayed, at the beginning of the play, when Marcillus and Flavius told the common people to leave, then they proceeded to take off the scarves from the statues of Caesar. Flavius and

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    Betrayal is a theme of modern life. It has been around since the beginning of time. It is also a common theme in the works of William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare is viewed as the greatest writer in the English language. He has lots of works that contain many different themes. Betrayal, an occurring theme in 3 of his works, common during Shakespeare’s days. It has been a very popular theme throughout literature. Betrayal is viewed as lies, deceit and even duplicity. Shakespeare’s writings give

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    In “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”, Brutus gives the final stab in the assassination of Caesar. Caesar shows feelings of betrayal when Brutus is about to engage in the action that ended his life. William Shakespeare leaves some sense of wonder about why Caesar felt so abandoned. This leaves Brutus to be the only one to betray. However, that is not completely true. There was a relationship between the two that is left out in this story. Brutus and Caesar were part of a chain of events that happened

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    Is betrayal moral or immoral? In the Passage Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, both Brutus and Cassius betrays their best friend Caesar. Even though they both planned the death of Caesar, they both did it for a different reason. This could be one of the reasons why they both died in a different way. William Shakespeare uses the downfall of Brutus and Cassius to how that betrayal is immoral. Brutus was one of Caesar best friends but he still killed Caesar because he thought it would be good for

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