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It's not that special, but it does have some features of interest.
1. Mark Antony makes a very well-known and famous speech commencing with "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears!"
2. Other lines, such as "it was Greek to me", or "cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" are also pretty famous.
3. Julius Caesar is a well-known guy, and this is the most famous literary treatment of his life and death.
4. It is often chosen for study in schools because it has the fewest dirty jokes or references to sex in it of any of Shakespeare's plays. Its dulness in this respect is partially redeemed by the onstage murder and suicides.
5. It is a political argument for Dictatorship, against the use of revolution, against the value of the popular will in politics. Col. Gaddafi would love the message of this play. Naturally it was particularly popular in Victorian England and postwar America.
Its use as a school text, its classical subject and its political content have given it a notoriety greater than other plays by Shakespeare and others which are better.
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Why Is Julius Caesar the title of Julius Caesar?
The most important character in Julius Caesar is not Julius Caesar, but it is Marcus Brutus. The reason why Shakespeare put Julius Cesar as the title is simply because it was more appropriate. It is the killing of Julius Caesar, which supplies the motive for the play. The death of Julius Caesar takes place before the middle of the play, however, his spirit dominates the entire work. It is the spirit of Julius Caesar, alive or dead, that supplies the struggle for Brutus and fellow conspirators.
Julius Caesar dominates the play boyh before and his death?
Because the play was about Julius Caesar. Moreover, in real history after his death there was a civil war between the supporters and the opponents of Caesar.
Who is papilius in Julius Caesar?
There is not a character called Papilius in the play Julius Caesar. There was not an historical figure called Papilius either.
What is a chorus in Julius Caesar?
In ancient Greek drama a chorus is a group of actors who commented on the action of the play in unison. Those plays were written hundreds of years before Julius Caesar lived. There is no chorus in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar.
When was the play Julius Caesar first performed?
1599
Which play of shakespeares was about Julius Caesar?
Julius Caesar
Who was told beware of the ides of march?
Julius Caesar was told to beware the ides of March by a soothsayer in the play Julius Caesar.
Why is Shakespeare's Julius Caesar called Julius Caesar?
The play is titled "Julius Caesar" because it is about the final days of the Roman king, Julius Caesar.
In 'Julius Caesar' what role does metellus cimber play in Julius Caesar's death?
He is a conspirator against Julius Caesar.
What form of writing is Julius Caesar?
Julius Caesar, the play by William Shakespeare, is a play, actually.
Why is Julius Caesar titled juilius Caesar?
The play is titled "Julius Caesar" because it is about the final days of the Roman king, Julius Caesar.
Who dreamed of Julius Caesar's death in the play Julius Caesar?
His wife Calpurnia.
Why was the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar named after Julius Caesar?
Julius Caesar's soul never dies throughout the entire play. He is always there and there would never be a plot without him.
Where was Caesar stabbed in the play Julius Caesar?
The Capitol
Was Julius Caesar happy with his life in the play Julius Caesar?
Julius Caesar got stabbed a lot. He was probably happy up to that point.
What Shakespeare play features Octavius and Cassius?
Julius Caesar
Who made Julius Caesar?
If you mean Julius Caesar, the person, Gaius Julius Caesar and Aurelia Cotta made him, they were his parents. If you mean the play, it was William Shakespeare.
