Examples Of Personification In Julius Caesar

Brutus & Julius Caesar The tragic hero archetype has been played with for as long as literature has been created, but no one had quite a spin on it like William Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s tragic heroes were specifically designed to elicit pity and fear from the audience and to personally feel their downfall. In Julius Caesar, the protagonist Brutus is a well-made example. He practically follows all the requirements to the letter. However, the character of which the play is named after is often not considered as one as he doesn’t exhibit suffering and morality in a conventional way and does not experience his own catharsis.

In the Tragedy of Julius Caesar: Act 3 by William Shakespeare we listen to Brutus and Antony’s speeches both of them tried to win over the citizens of Rome. In their speeches they are talking about honor and how they were friends with Julius Caesar. They talk about how Julius handled things around Rome they also talked about his death and how gruesome it was. My thesis is that Antony’s speech is far more imperior he appealed to the citizens more than Brutus did.

Personification The character Brutus in the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar personifies the word conspiracy by saying “Where wilt thou find a cavern

There are things which are inheritley good. Service is looked at fondly as one of these naturally good things. Murder is typically thought of as wrong. We encourage service but condemn murder. Then there are concepts that we can’t quite pin down. They could be thought of as either right or wrong depending on specific circumstances or experiences. Power can go either way. In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, power is addictive, it destroys relationships, and induces guilt in the characters.

In the play, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the author frequently uses figurative language to persuade the people of Rome to listen to a certain character. For example my character, Antony, has many places in the play where he uses the techniques; ethos, pathos and logos to persuade or draw the audience to his side. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!” This is one of the most commonly known use of ethos in the funeral speeches. He uses this phrase to try to get into the Roman crowd’s hearts with his reputation as a trustworthy person. Antony uses pathos in his first speech saying that “He was my friend, faithful and just to me.” He shows that Caesar was a man who is trustworthy and was wrongfully killed. Logos is used to persuade someone. Antony uses a lot of facts throughout his funeral speech. One of them

Julius Caesar is a work of art by William Shakespeare in 1599. Within this play Julius Caesar is portrayed as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is defined as “the main character of a tragedy [who is] usually dignified, courageous, and high ranking” (novel study guide). Also vital to defining a tragic hero is that, “the hero’s downfall is caused by a tragic flaw” ( novel study guide). It is very evident that Julius Caesar in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a tragic hero given that he is of noble stature, has a fatal flaw and comes to an unhappy end.

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar can be interpreted in multiple ways when it comes to who the characters are and if the name holds true. An immense amount of people would say that the conspirators are the antagonists while Mark Antony is the protagonist. Others may say it was only Cassius who was the antagonist. Many readers believe that the name of the play is completely wrong and William Shakespeare messed up. There are numerous amounts of evidence for each concept. As it does for many, my idea of who was who in the play varied as I continued to read on. Opinions may differ, but I believe the protagonist is Brutus while the antagonist is Mark Antony and the name holds true to the play.

“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” -Mark Twain. Brutus would of never believed that he has been manipulated into his actions. Brutus was always blinded at the fact that his actions towards people were wrong. Brutus was one of Caesar's good and trusted friends. Cassius, not a huge fan of Caesar, did not like the idea of Caesar as king, for his weaknesses and had a plan to assassinate Caesar. As the leader, he believed Brutus would be a good member for the group for being respected and well-liked by the citizens of Rome. Cassius was able to manipulate him into joining the conspirators. After the assassination of Caesar all his respect from the citizens started to fade away. Antony, a very good friend of Caesar, was able to turn Rome against Brutus. Due to all the hatred from the citizens, he had to flee town and fight a war against Antony and Rome. After losing the war, his wife , and everything he once had, he committed suicide to avoid being killed by an enemy. In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, Brutus tragic flaw of being gullible and patriotic caused him to murder a devoted friend and betrayed Rome's trust.

So you know, when writing my introduction I thought the prompt was referring to whether Brutus

“A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions“ -Confucius. This quote is relevant because in Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony gave speeches after Caesar’s death. A speaker has to make connections with the audience, use creativity, and have passion. Antony was rhetoric, cunning, and used pathos to connect with the people of Rome. Brutus was also rhetoric, honorable, and used logos and ethos to influence the audience. Overall, Brutus did not influence the crowd like he hoped to. Antony knew how he was going to persuade the people before he gave his speech.

The metaphor commonly referred to as “body politic” has been used frequently throughout history to compare the inner workings of religion, government, and society to that of an anatomical body (2?). One of the first known uses of this metaphor dates back to 600 BCE, in Aesop’s fable of the Belly and the Members (1). In this fable, the Hands and Feet stop feeding the Belly, because they feel that the Belly does nothing except eat. This results in the entire body growing so weak that, even if the Hands and Feet did decide to feed the Belly, they did not have the energy to do so. Aesop’s fable serves to show that every person and role in a state is imperative to ensure that the state can run smoothly. Without politicians or monarchy, there would

However, Shakespeare suggests that some people may even morph into their distorted public faces. Specifically, vice begins overtake a person to the point of regularity, until truly virtuous qualities are almost completely lost from him. Cassius, in his attempt to lure Brutus into the conspiracy references “a Brutus once that would have brooked/ Th’ eternal devil to keep his state in Rome/ As easily as a king” (1.2.168-170). Cassius’ use of“eternal devil” generates a symbolic portrayal of Caesar, with ‘devil’ representing Caesar’s corruption. However, ‘eternal’ carries a dual meaning, denoting both Caesar’s supernatural nature and the timeless extent and significance of his malfeasance. He call attention to the fact that Caesar has transformed into a ‘devilish’ nature. Later, in his speech to the Plebeians, Antony remarks, “O judgment, thou [art] fled to brutish beasts” (3.2.114). In addition, Antony constantly repeats the phrase “But Brutus is an honorable man” (3.2.82-117), to the point of overuse, intentionally forming a sarcastic tone to question Brutus’ nobility. Interestingly enough, his pun on ‘brutish beasts’ suggests a marked difference in Brutus’ personality, in which honor is transformed into savagery character. Although a brutish nature, is not originally Brutus’ public face, Antony’s rhetoric, especially in the context of the conspiracy

Two of the most powerful and persuasive things Antony did was showing the corpse of Julius Caesar and putting himself at the level of the plebeians. Antony persuaded the plebeians further, by putting himself at their level. He even asked for permission to come to their level, “Shall I descend? And will you give me leave?” (Julius, 3.2.158). The one-act that truly made the crowd gasp was when Antony uncovered Caesar's corpse and explained, “You all do know this mantle. I remember...Through this the well-belovèd Brutus stabbed./And as he plucked/his cursèd steel away,/Mark how the blood of Caesar followed it,/As rushing out of doors, to be resolved/If Brutus so unkindly knocked, or no./For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel” (Julius 3.2.165-176).

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar contains several references to Roman mythology. There are also many references to Julius Caesar in various movies, songs, and television shows. William Shakespeare wasn’t Roman, but he did incorporate several references to gods and goddesses to show that it took place during a time when they heavily believed in mythology. Most people don’t understand these allusions to the various gods and goddesses, as well as not catching the quick references in pop culture.

How can someone be a good friend until death. In the story Julius Caesar Antony was Caesar friend until the very end. He stuck with him to the very end and long after. A few examples of how Antony stuck with him would be when Antony swore to avenge him, when he told the common people what Caesar had left them in his will and he made Caesar look good i the eyes of the common folk. Antony was loyal to Caesar in one way when he swore to avenge him, where it state on line 270 “