FREE ESSAY ON JULIUS CAESAR

JULIUS CAESAR

JULIUS CAESER
1.) The great philosopher Aristotle makes the distinction between comedy and tragedy.
Aristotle defines tragedy as a tragic character falling from a high place in society due
to a flaw they possess and provides an insight into human existence. He defines comedy as
any story that begins in adversity and ends in optimism. Shakespeare offers his own six
elements to a tragedy; a tragic hero, conflicts (internal and external), humor, the
supernatural, revenge, and chance happenings or bad luck. The tragic hero is clearly
Brutus who seals his own fate through his character flaw, which is being a stoic.
Conflicts are present in great numbers throughout this story both internally and
externally. Brutus struggles internally when he contemplates whether or not to go through
with joining the conspirators. Caesar obviously struggles with his counterparts during
his own death scene. Humor or puns are illustrated when the cobbler describes himself as
a "mender of bad soles." The ghost of Julius Caesars accounts for the supernatural
element. Marc Antony brings about revenge when he rallies the people against Brutus for
killing Caesar. When Portia is too late in stopping Brutus from reaching the capitol
where he will kill Caesar is a great example of chance happenings.
2.) The element of character flaw play as huge role in this play. Character flaw is
defined as a trait character lacks or possess which leads to their ultimate downfall from
a high place in society. Brutus' character flaw is the very fact he is a stoic or he
believes in what people are and say. He lives in an idealistic world. A modern example
would people in get caught up in certain gimmicks and schemes that the media offers.
Caesar's flaw is he is over ambitious. He lets the idea of being emperor blind of the
conspiracy going on around him. An example of this would be someone who is a so-called
"work-aholic." That is a person who allows their goals in the work place to obstruct the
goals of life.
3.) The roles of Portia and Calpurnia play an influential role in this play as the act as
the better halves of Brutus and Caesar. Portia and Calpurnia differ in their own mental
stableness. Portia stable set of mind allows her to think and reason with logic clearly
make a woman before her time. Calpurnia, on the other hand is a woman who overacts,
panics, and really is too big in the logic and reasoning department. Portia's action
taken when she tries to stop the conspirators before they reach the capitol and
Calpurnia's actions taken when she tries to prevent her husband's trip to the capitol
after she has the dream about Caesar's murder are best explain for their love of their
husbands. Though their mindsets may be different they still love and deeply care about
their spouses. I would rather marry Portia because of her mental stability and strength
in times of adversity.
4.) Blank verse is key in establishing social classes in "Julius Caesar." Blank verse is
defined as unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter in which every syllable is
stressed. Shakespeare uses blank verse as a device to distinguish social classes. The
Patricians speak in blank verse while the Plebeians do not contrasting the their own
ignorance.
5.) In Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" Brutus is the tragic character. His flaw of being an
idealist causes him to believe the conspirators and murder Julius Caesar and fall from
his high place in society. By definition you arguably see how Brutus' inability to see
and hear people for what the are causes his own horrible demise. His idealistic world
creates the illusion killing Caesar and following the instructions of the conspirators is
perfectly logical. Through these conclusions it is plain to see that Brutus is the true
tragic character.
JULIUS CAESER
1.) The great philosopher Aristotle makes the distinction between comedy and tragedy.
Aristotle defines tragedy as a tragic character falling from a high place in society due
to a flaw they possess and provides an insight into human existence. He defines comedy as
any story that begins in adversity and ends in optimism. Shakespeare offers his own six
elements to a tragedy; a tragic hero, conflicts (internal and external), humor, the
supernatural, revenge, and chance happenings or bad luck. The tragic hero is clearly
Brutus who seals his own fate through his character flaw, which is being a stoic.
Conflicts are present in great numbers throughout this story both internally and
externally. Brutus struggles internally when he contemplates whether or not to go through
with joining the conspirators. Caesar obviously struggles with his counterparts during
his own death scene. Humor or puns are illustrated when the cobbler describes himself as
a "mender of bad soles." The ghost of Julius Caesars accounts for the supernatural
element. Marc Antony brings about revenge when he rallies the people against Brutus for
killing Caesar. When Portia is too late in stopping Brutus from reaching the capitol
where he will kill Caesar is a great example of chance happenings.
2.) The element of character flaw play as huge role in this play. Character flaw is
defined as a trait character lacks or possess which leads to their ultimate downfall from
a high place in society. Brutus' character flaw is the very fact he is a stoic or he
believes in what people are and say. He lives in an idealistic world. A modern example
would people in get caught up in certain gimmicks and schemes that the media offers.
Caesar's flaw is he is over ambitious. He lets the idea of being emperor blind of the
conspiracy going on around him. An example of this would be someone who is a so-called
"work-aholic." That is a person who allows their goals in the work place to obstruct the
goals of life.
3.) The roles of Portia and Calpurnia play an influential role in this play as the act as
the better halves of Brutus and Caesar. Portia and Calpurnia differ in their own mental
stableness. Portia stable set of mind allows her to think and reason with logic clearly
make a woman before her time. Calpurnia, on the other hand is a woman who overacts,
panics, and really is too big in the logic and reasoning department. Portia's action
taken when she tries to stop the conspirators before they reach the capitol and
Calpurnia's actions taken when she tries to prevent her husband's trip to the capitol
after she has the dream about Caesar's murder are best explain for their love of their
husbands. Though their mindsets may be different they still love and deeply care about
their spouses. I would rather marry Portia because of her mental stability and strength
in times of adversity.
4.) Blank verse is key in establishing social classes in "Julius Caesar." Blank verse is
defined as unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter in which every syllable is
stressed. Shakespeare uses blank verse as a device to distinguish social classes. The
Patricians speak in blank verse while the Plebeians do not contrasting the their own
ignorance.
5.) In Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" Brutus is the tragic character. His flaw of being an
idealist causes him to believe the conspirators and murder Julius Caesar and fall from
his high place in society. By definition you arguably see how Brutus' inability to see
and hear people for what the are causes his own horrible demise. His idealistic world
creates the illusion killing Caesar and following the instructions of the conspirators is
perfectly logical. Through these conclusions it is plain to see that Brutus is the true
tragic character.