Servilius Casca

This scene comes before Casca is recruited to the conspiracy, prior to Caesar’s death. First Casca speaks about the abnormal weather, then he brings up the supernatural event: “A common slave (you know him well by sight)/Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn/Like twenty torches joined; and yet his hand,/Not sensible of fire, remained unscorched” (1.3.15-18). The hand is “not sensible of fire” as in illogical; when personified the hand seems unaware of the hazard fire is to human flesh, possibly implying general oblivion to danger. Another possible interpretation is this occurrence defies the laws of nature, so as an omen it may be hinting things that should not happen will happen. Put together a viable interpretation is things that cause harm and should not happen will happen because of ignorance…

Any effective argument is guaranteed to have some form of rhetoric in order to push the persuasive agenda of the author. One such example of this is in Brutus’ speech after Julius Caesar’s death when he expressed his thoughts toward Caesar, but in doing so induced slight logical fallacies. However, he continued to effectively use rhetoric to persuade the people that Julius’ death was for the good of Rome. Brutus’ claim is that he killed Julius Caesar for the good of Rome. He stresses this point…

Julius Caesar, the “dictator for life” of the Roman Empire, was murdered on March 15th 44BC, in the Pompey’s Theatre by his very own senators, during one of their meetings. Julius was planning on leaving Rome to fight in the war on March 18th. He had planned to have some of the most loyal members in the army to rule the empire while he was gone, and Cassius and his brother-in-law Marcus were both very angry to take orders form Caesar’s inferior followers. Unfortunately, Caesar would’ve still…

Caesar Dies on the Senate Floor Breaking: Today, Julius Caesar, our ”dictator for life” of our great Empire, is murdered by his own senators at a meeting in a hall next to Pompey’s Theatre. Caesar was a military genius, he defeated Pompey and he also defeated the annoying Gauls up north. Caesar was also very generous to us and we elected for many political positions and he satisfied us. Today he dies at the age of 55. Caesar was killed today morning at a meeting hall next to Pompey’s Theatre.…

Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965. According to www. History.com it states ''Malcolm X was shot to death by nation of Islam members while speaking at a rally of him organization.'' This peice of evidence shows the assassination of Malcolm. On the other hand, Julius Caesar was assassinated on March 15, 44 BC, Rome, Italy. www.History.com states'' Servilius casca struck the first bow, hitting caesar in the neck and drawing blood. The other senators all joined in, Stabing him…

for life. Although in the past Roman leaders had become dictators in times of crisis, no one had taken this much power. Rumors began to spread that Caesar planned to make himself king. Plutarch wrote: “What made Caesar hated was his passion king.” Caesar denied these charges but the Roman people, who had a strong dislike of the kingship system, began to worry about the way Caesar made all the decisions. Even his friends complained that he was no longer willing to listen to advice. Finally, a…

prevent him from going to the Senate-house. In addition, his doctors and wife did not want him to make a public appearance on this day. His wife, Calpurnia, even had a dream about Caesar dying. However, Julius Caesar’s supposedly close friend, Brutus, convinced him to go to the Senate by telling him to just ignore the false rumors.s When Caesar entered, the Senate stood out of respect for his high position of power. Those who were planning the attack stood the closest to him. A man named…

scheduled to leave Rome to fight in a war on March 18, he had appointed loyal members of his army to rule the Empire in his absence. The Republican senators, already chafing at having to abide by Caesar’s decrees, were particularly angry about the prospect of taking orders from Caesar’s underlings. Cassius Longinus started the plot against the dictator, quickly getting his brother-in-law Marcus Brutus to join. Caesar should have been well aware that many of the senators hated him, but he…

new beginnings. Even though they were born into two different times and lived under different circumstances, they were similar yet very different because they both felt the leaders had too much power and conspired to kill the powerful leaders. Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger was born June 85 B.C. in Philippi, Macedonia (now Greece) to Marcus Junius Brutus the Elder and Servilla Caepionis. However, it was rumored that Julius Caesar was his father. When Brutus was only eight years-old, his…

Brutus to come to the senate (Plutarch, Caesar 63.12). Caesars wife, Calpurnia had a horrible dream in which she held “her murdered husband in her arms,” an event consistent in all accounts of the murder (Plutarch Caesar 63.9). Caesar was murdered on the Ides of March, March 15th, 44 BC, by a group of senators who conspired together to murder him. In all of the accounts, the murder was committed by a large group of the senators, led by Cassius and Marcus Brutus, who thought Caesar was…