Julius CaesarPenguin, 01.12.2000 - 304 Seiten The Signet Classics edition of Shakespeare's timeless tragedy of conspiracy and betrayal. In the first of his Roman history plays, the Bard tells the story of the murder of emperor Julius Caesar and the gruesome aftermath as ancient Rome descends into a violent mob. This title in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series includes: • An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater • A special introduction to the play by the editors, William and Barbara Rosen • Selections from Plutarch's Lives of Noble Grecians and Romans, the source from which Shakespeare derived Julius Caesar • Dramatic criticism from Roy Walker, Maynard Mack, Richard David, and others • A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of Julius Caesar • Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable format • Recommended readings |
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... Cassius, as well as Antony and Cleopatra, were enticing figures to the Renaissance both in England and on the European continent precisely because they permitted writers a context in which to explore questions that might otherwise ...
... Cassius, as well as Antony and Cleopatra, were enticing figures to the Renaissance both in England and on the European continent precisely because they permitted writers a context in which to explore questions that might otherwise ...
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... Cassius that his wife is dead, having swallowed fire, Brutus curtails discussion of his loss with a curt “Speak no more of her” (IV.2.210). His coldness adds another twist to our assessment of his putative moral uprightness, while ...
... Cassius that his wife is dead, having swallowed fire, Brutus curtails discussion of his loss with a curt “Speak no more of her” (IV.2.210). His coldness adds another twist to our assessment of his putative moral uprightness, while ...
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... Cassius is consumed with jealousy of Caesar; and yet, the latter's imprint on Rome is so great that Cassius feels conspired against by forces that are too massive in his imagination to be located in a single human being. Refusing to ...
... Cassius is consumed with jealousy of Caesar; and yet, the latter's imprint on Rome is so great that Cassius feels conspired against by forces that are too massive in his imagination to be located in a single human being. Refusing to ...
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... Cassius instead criticizes the city in which he lives for adding to the luster of Caesar's reputation: “What trash is Rome, / What rubbish, and what offal, when it serves / For the base matter to illuminate / So vile a thing as Caesar ...
... Cassius instead criticizes the city in which he lives for adding to the luster of Caesar's reputation: “What trash is Rome, / What rubbish, and what offal, when it serves / For the base matter to illuminate / So vile a thing as Caesar ...
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... Cassius's deviousness, Brutus's mind is not equipped to defend itself. He is too smug, in fact, too assured that because he is “so strong in honesty” nothing can corrupt him (IV.2.122). Overconfident that his ideals can be relied upon ...
... Cassius's deviousness, Brutus's mind is not equipped to defend itself. He is too smug, in fact, too assured that because he is “so strong in honesty” nothing can corrupt him (IV.2.122). Overconfident that his ideals can be relied upon ...
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