Essays on Mark Antony

The story of Cleopatra, a remarkable ruler often compared to Elizabeth Taylor who portrayed her in the 1963 film “Cleopatra,” has lasted for more than two millennia. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and featuring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison, and Richard Burton, the movie recounts the decline of Ancient Egypt’s Ptolemaic dynasty with Cleopatra’s own downfall….

In Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar”, there is much death, much tragedy, and of course, a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a person of noble or influential birth, who has a moral personality. In order to be identified as a tragic hero, a character must have a hamartia, which is a fatal flaw. But as…

or circumstance is caught up in a sequence of events that inevitably results in disaster. Brutus, because of his actions and behaviors in the The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is considered a tragic hero. He does a number of things that brings his own tragedy such as letting Mark Antony speak to the crowd in…

I believe that being a beloved leader has a huge effect on being a better ruler. In 44 B. C. Julius Caesar was assassinated by his senate chamber. Soon his nephew and adopted son, Gaius Octavian, would join forces with Mark Anthony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus into a three-way dictatorship. This transformed Rome from being…

It is one of several Roman plays that Shakespeare wrote, based on true events from Roman history, which also include Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra. Although the title of the play is Julius Caesar, Caesar is not the central character in its action; he appears in only three scenes, and is killed at the beginning…

In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Marc Antony changes his view of Brutus as more is revealed to him. Antony is sought on the revenge of his dear friend Julius Caesar, of whom was assassinated by Brutus and his comrades. Antony sees no goodness in the mind and heart of Brutus and, as a result,…

Brutus and Cassius are contrasting characters in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. They differ in their perception of Antony as a threat to the assassination plot, their dominance in personality, and their moral fiber. Brutus is portrayed as naive, dominant, and noble, while Cassius is depicted as perceptive, submissive, and manipulative. Brutus and Cassius…

The first three acts showcase Brutus’ internal struggle on whether or not to kill his closest friend. Eventually, he determines that Caesar must be slain, stating, “It must be by his death: and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general. He would be crown’d: Ought that…

Sculptures, bust, coins and bas-reliefs are among the artifacts that illustrate the countenance of the powerful Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra. She is the seventh Cleopatra of the Ptolemy dynasty and has ruled Egypt in the first century BC. This paper enumerates some of her different faces and contributions as she influenced several aspects of our history….

In Julius Caesar’s will. his grand-nephew. Octavius. was named as his inheritor and adoptive boy. Octavius was related to Caesar through his gramps. who married a sister of the Roman dictator. As one of the three triumvirs. Octavius is the youngest and the most ambitious of the three. He began his calling with small —…