Julius CaesarIn this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings–“Beware the ides of March”–and of moving public oratory, “Friends, Romans, countrymen!” Ironies abound and most of all for Brutus, whose fate it is to learn that his idealistic motives for joining the conspiracy against a would-be dictator are not enough to sustain the movement once Caesar is dead. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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... hand in others , including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble Kinsmen , and he wrote poems , including Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece . His 154 sonnets were published , probably without his authorization , in 1609. In 1611 or ...
... hand in others , including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble Kinsmen , and he wrote poems , including Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece . His 154 sonnets were published , probably without his authorization , in 1609. In 1611 or ...
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... hand, Roman one-man rule as it flourished under Octavius Caesar lacked the English sanctions of divine right. Rome was, after all, a pagan culture, and Shakespeare carefully preserves this non-Christian frame of reference. The gods are ...
... hand, Roman one-man rule as it flourished under Octavius Caesar lacked the English sanctions of divine right. Rome was, after all, a pagan culture, and Shakespeare carefully preserves this non-Christian frame of reference. The gods are ...
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... hand , Roman one - man rule as it flourished under Octavius Caesar lacked the English sanctions of divine right . Rome was , after all , a pagan culture , and Shakespeare carefully preserves this non - Christian frame of reference . The ...
... hand , Roman one - man rule as it flourished under Octavius Caesar lacked the English sanctions of divine right . Rome was , after all , a pagan culture , and Shakespeare carefully preserves this non - Christian frame of reference . The ...
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... hands of Octavius . The process of incessant change , reinforced by such metaphors as the tide in the affairs of humans ( already noted ) , offering its mocking comment on Caesar's self - comparison to the fixed northern star , is not ...
... hands of Octavius . The process of incessant change , reinforced by such metaphors as the tide in the affairs of humans ( already noted ) , offering its mocking comment on Caesar's self - comparison to the fixed northern star , is not ...
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... Hands's production at Stratford - upon - Avon in 1987 found a more telling equilibrium in subordinating the political opposition between Caesar and Brutus to an empha- sis upon what Hands called the debilitating " effects of power in a ...
... Hands's production at Stratford - upon - Avon in 1987 found a more telling equilibrium in subordinating the political opposition between Caesar and Brutus to an empha- sis upon what Hands called the debilitating " effects of power in a ...
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actors Alarum Antony's army Artemidorus battle bear blood Brutus and Cassius BRUTUS CASSIUS Brutus's Caesar's death Calpurnia Capitol CASCA Cassius Cassius's Cato Cicero Cinna Claudius CLITUS conspiracy conspirators countrymen dangerous Dardanius Decius Brutus dost doth Elizabethan enemies Enter Brutus Enter Lucius Exeunt Exit fear film fire Flavius follow FOURTH PLEBEIAN friends Fyodor Dostoevsky ghost give gods hand hast hath hear heart honor humor ides of March Julius Caesar Lepidus Ligarius live look lord Lucilius Marcus Brutus Mark Antony marketplace Marullus matter Messala Metellus Cimber night noble Brutus Philippi Pindarus play play's PLEBEIAN Plutarch political Pompey Pompey's Portia Publius Roman Rome scene SECOND PLEBEIAN Senate SERVANT Shakespeare soldiers SOOTHSAYER speak speech spirit stand Strato sword tell theater thee things THIRD PLEBEIAN thou art Titinius tragedy traitors Trebonius unto VARRO Volumnius word wrong