'Julius Caesar': A Great Political Tragedy
The masterful speeches by Brutus and Mark Antony in Julius Caesar make us question who is honorable, and who is ambitious. Whose ambition led to Caesar’s murder? Was it Caesar’s or was it the combined ambition of Brutus and other senators? Let us answer these questions by applying the tools that we can use to understand Shakespeare’s plays. In Julius Caesar, Caesar ignores the prophecy of the soothsayer and is killed by his senators including his most trusted friend, Brutus. (Image: GhostKnife/Shutterstock) The events in the first act of Julius Caesar are reminiscent of Macbeth, ...
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