Violence in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'

Violence is the "use of physical force to harm someone" (qt. "Merriam-Webster"). There are different types of violence: homicide, gangs, abuse, and even destruction of property. Homicide is the act of killing another human being, this can happen due to gun violence, a threat, and is mostly common among African-Americans, and youths from other cultures.

Julius Caesar is an historical tragedy, written by Shakespeare in 1599. Set in ancient Rome it depicts the rise and fall of an emperor and a time of vast political change. Presenting a tale of manipulation and a struggle for power Shakespeare uses the uses the art of the orator and rhetoric to describe key moments in Rome’s history. Structurally central to the play is Act III, scene 2, as it is at this pivotal moment, after the conspiracy and assassination of Caesar that the battle for power begins.

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is one of the better known, yet lesser understood theater installments by William Shakespeare in the Sixteenth Century. The play was first performed September 21, 1599 in the Globe Theatre in London, England. In the play there are many different and unique characters, some complex, some simple. Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, better known as Brutus, is one of the characters in the play and the protagonist of the play. Brutus is introduced fairly early in the play, Act I, Scene II to be specific. Brutus is one of the characters on the more complex side. Shakespeare developed the character of

William Shakespeare, famed English poet and author of the widely recognized play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Within his work, Shakespeare reveals the fascinating internal-workings of human nature, as he unfolds the actual events that took place in Roman history. As factual as Shakespeare might seem, it would not be wrong to suggest that his choice of a title is fairly misleading. The reader is led to believe that the tragic hero is Julius Caesar, not to say that being stabbed by one’s own friend is not devastating enough, but the character that suffers the real catastrophe is Marcus Brutus. Brutus, is the dagger-wielding, back-stabber of a friend, but he is honorable, and he only

Violence is implying physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone. In America every human being is treated differently because of their race, gender, and sex unless you have power or money. For example all the rich white straight male are well respected and has more power than everyone else. This happen during slavery where all the white people had more freedom than African American. Many individuals were put in harm by physical abuse of a higher class because of their physical images.

Centuries after the murder of a rising dictator, students, historians, and linguists alike continue to study the death of Julius Caesar as immortalized by William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. In this tragedy, Shakespeare examines the days preceding Caesar’s downfall, and the aftermath that ensues. The tragedy describes Marcus Brutus, a character with noble and honorable intentions, influenced by Cassius to support a conspiracy against an ambitious politician, Julius Caesar. Brutus, Cassius, and other conspirators succeed in ending Caesar’s life, but are forced to flee when Rome turns against them. Much controversy has arisen over who is the tragic hero of the play. A tragic hero is a noble character who, despite his greatness, is led to destruction by his own fatal flaw. Although many argue Brutus is the tragic hero due to his prominent role in the play and his heroic, yet flawed, character, Shakespeare remains justified in the naming of his play. In Shakespeare’s accurately titled tragedy, Julius Caesar, rather than Brutus, remains the tragic hero of the play due to his heroic qualities, his fatal flaw, and Brutus’ ineligibility as the tragic hero.

Violence is a behavior involving physical force that is intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. Also, violence can be against rights or laws of any government or state police. When thinking of violence, many people associate it with being aimed towards the black race. However, it goes beyond the black race and it is seen among teens, communities, and families of both the black and white race. For each of these different groups, I hope to show the triggers of this behavior, so we can identify them early and not reach the point of violence.

The play “Julius Caesar” is about a murder of a nobleman Julius Caesar by one of his trusted friends. Julius Caesar was soon to be ruler of Rome until he was assassinated by the conspirators of Rome and his best friend Brutus. The pure reasoning for killing Julius was emotionally based and Cassius manipulates people into believe that Caesar must die.

Much of the play’s tragedy breaks apart from the character’s neglect of private feelings and loyalties in favor of what they believe to be the good of the public. Similarly, characters confuse their “private selves” with their “public selves”, hardening and taking away all emotion in themselves or making themselves into ruthless political machines. Brutus rebuffs his wife Portia, when she begs him to tell her what he is up to, believing himself to be acting on the people’s will, he conspires with the others over the murder of Julius Caesar, despite their close friendship to Julius Caesar. Brutus puts aside his personal loyalties and ignores the thoughts of Julius Caesar the man, his friend, but instead he acts on what he believes to be the public’s will and kills Julius Caesar, the leader, the imminent dictator.

Julius Caesar is one of the prominent leaders in history for his unbelievable strength and determination to redress the principles of Rome. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare the play starts off with two men talking about how much they dislike him. Then it transitions into Brutus walking to watch Caesar be crowned. Cassius walks up to Brutus and starts talking how much he dislikes Caesar and that Brutus should join his group that wants to get rid of Caesar. Brutus tells Cassius that he will go home and think about it, in the next day or two Brutus gets back to Cassius about joining the conspiracy. Brutus tells Cassius that he will join it but, only because he believes that Caesar is to ambitious and in the long run will end up bringing the country of Rome down with him. Brutus and the other conspirators come up with a plan to kill Caesar in his own house but not violently. They take turns stabbing Caesar, Antony then comes in and tells them that he wants to talk at Caesar's funeral. They allow him to speak but only after him and Cassius get into an argument about it. When Brutus is done talking at Caesar's funeral him and Cassius flee to the city of Philippi because, they both know that Anthony is going to seek them out for revenge on what they did to Caesar. Brutus and Cassius have enough time to set up an army for when the time comes that Antony men start marching towards them. Than one day they decide to meet Antony's men to battle instead of waiting.

Julius Caesar is a play of tragedy written by William Shakespeare in 1599. The synopsis of the play is that a group of conspirators, led by the main antagonist Cassius, plan to murder Julius Caesar because they believe that he is gaining to much power and will eventually become the king of Rome. The conspirators believe that in order to carry out their plan they need someone in good standing with the people of Rome to join them, the person they choose is Marcus Brutus. Brutus is from a well known and respected family, the conspirators believe that if he joins them the people of Rome will accept the assassination of Caesar. Brutus eventually joins the conspirators, with some convincing from Cassius and the others, because his love of the people

“Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, I believe, was written for numerous reasons. Shakespeare wrote this play around 1599 and is about the Roman leader Julius Caesar and his assassination. A big factor to why he wrote this play was mainly because of his interest for tragedies. He wanted to show society the effects of violence and how leadership can be seen differently by other people. Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar” was mainly written to display the effects of persuasion and the power of violence.

In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare creates the character of Marcus Brutus in order to create a Connection. This connection was written on purpose to supply the reader with a feeling of pity for Brutus. An analysis of Marcus Brutus starts with his first appearance in the play Julius Caesar. In the play Brutus is written as a character who is well liked but with conflicting emotions and thoughts. William Shakespeare creates dialogue for Brutus to allow the reader to interpret his mindset throughout the play. This interpretation is applied in many different parts of the play.

In 1599, Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar, a story about the betrayal and death of the historical figure Julius Caesar. The character Brutus, who is Caesar’s close friend, joins a conspiracy that intends to murder Caesar for the good of the republic. While people generally agree that Caesar was rapidly gaining more power, there is disagreement on whether Brutus should have conspired against him.