The Complete Plot Of Book by William Shakespere : The Tragedy Of julis Caesar.
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By : Parth Patel Id No : 14EE007 Sub : Communication Skills Book Review
Book Titlle : The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Name of the Author : William Shakespeare Publisher : First Published in Folio of 1623 by group of five men headed by Edward Blount & William Jaggard.
William Shakespere An English Poet, playwriter , and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer & ‘Brad of Avon’. His extant works includes 38 plays,154 sonnets and two long narrative poems. He produced most of his works between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories. His famous tragic plays includes Romeo And juliet , julius ceaser,and many more… In his final peiod he turnedd to romance and tragicomedy and gave plays like : Cymbeline,The Winter tales and The Tempest. About the Author
Julius Caesar - A great Roman general and a senator , recently returned to Rome after a succsful victory. Ceaser may not unduly power hungry He does not posess his shares of flaws. Marcus Brutus – The suppoter of republic who belives strongly in gov . guided by votes of senator. Torn between his loyality to caesar and his allegiance to state. Brutus becoms the tragic hero of the play. Cassius : A talanted general and longtime acquaintance of caesar.He deslikes the fact that caesar becoms godlike in the eyes of romans Characters in the Play
Mark Antony : A loyal friend of caesar . He claims alligance to brutus and the conspirators after caesars death in order to save his own life . Octavius Caesar : Caesars adopted son and appointed succesor.Firm beliver in his fathers principles. Calpurnia : Caerar’s wife. She investes great authority in omens and portents. Casca : A public figure opposed to Caesar’s rise to Power. Portia : Brutus Wife. Flavius : A tribune. Characters in the Play
Cicero : A Roman senotor renowned for his oratorical skill Lepidus: The third member of Antony and Octavius . Murellus : A tibune who condems the plebeians for their fickeleness in cheering Caesar. Decius Brutus : A member of conspiracy.and son of Marcus Brutus. Characers in the Play
The Play “The Tragedy of JULIUS CAESAR” gives detailed consideration to the relationship between rhetoric and power. Persuation is a concept at the center of this play Everyone seemes to br trying to convence someone else for something. The play seems to support a philosphy in wich fate and freedom maintain a delicate coexistance . Theme of the Play
Much of the play’s tragedy stems from the character’s neglect of private feeling and loyality on favour of what they belive to be the public good. In the play the ability to make things happen by words is the most powerful type of authority. Throughout the play , omens and portents manifests themselves , each serving to emphasise the larger theme of fate and misinterpration od signs. Theme of the Play
The play is full of omens, including lightining and thunder , the walking dead , and lions stalking through the city. Calpurnia’s dream that she sees caesar’s statue running with blood. Caesar impending murder and the resulting chaos in rome . Caesar’s ghost visits Brutus Prior to the battle. Foreshadowing
The night preceding caesar’s apperiance at the senate is full of Portents. Cassius manipulates Brutus into joining the conspiracy by means of forged letters,knowing that Brutus’s trusting nature will cause him to accept the letters . The circumstances of Cassius’s death represents anther intnace of misinterpretaion . Misinterpretations & Misreadings
“ Men at sometimes were masters of their fate. The Fault, dear Brutus, is not in out stars, But in ourselves, that we are underling” - Atc [I].scene (ii)