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... Romans by the Greek writer Plutarch, finely translated into English from the French by Sir Thomas North in 1579, provided much of the narrative material, and also a mass of verbal detail, for his plays about Roman history. Some plays ...
... Romans by the Greek writer Plutarch, finely translated into English from the French by Sir Thomas North in 1579, provided much of the narrative material, and also a mass of verbal detail, for his plays about Roman history. Some plays ...
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... Roman texts and towards literature written in English, Shakespeare became the object of intensive study in schools and universities. In the theatre, important turning points were the work in England of two theatre directors, William ...
... Roman texts and towards literature written in English, Shakespeare became the object of intensive study in schools and universities. In the theatre, important turning points were the work in England of two theatre directors, William ...
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... Roman people with their rhetoric. Brutus the conspirator and Caesar the ruler whom he helps to assassinate both understand that, in politics, a course of action cannot simply stand on its own merits: a statesman must, in Brutus' words ...
... Roman people with their rhetoric. Brutus the conspirator and Caesar the ruler whom he helps to assassinate both understand that, in politics, a course of action cannot simply stand on its own merits: a statesman must, in Brutus' words ...
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... Roman religion, which is why Brutus can imagine that the conspirators might be seen as sacrificers rather than butchers; but does he really expect either metaphor to predominate in the public mind over the visible actuality of a bloody.
... Roman religion, which is why Brutus can imagine that the conspirators might be seen as sacrificers rather than butchers; but does he really expect either metaphor to predominate in the public mind over the visible actuality of a bloody.
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... Romans, countrymen' (III.2.74) – has the reputation of being a theatrical catch-22. There are, it is said, two ... Roman citizens living in 44 BC, so the outcome of events holds no direct, personal significance for us: for us, it's ...
... Romans, countrymen' (III.2.74) – has the reputation of being a theatrical catch-22. There are, it is said, two ... Roman citizens living in 44 BC, so the outcome of events holds no direct, personal significance for us: for us, it's ...
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action actor appear assassination audience battle bear better blood body Brutus called Capitol Casca Cassius cause characters Cinna comes common conspirators dangerous dead death Decius doth effect Elizabethan enemies Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fear fire Flavius friends give gods hand hath hear heart hold honour Italy Julius Caesar keep kill later leave lines live look lord Lucilius Lucius March Mark Antony matter meaning meet Messala mind moved murder nature never night noble Octavius offered once performance perhaps play PLEBEIAN Plutarch political Portia present reading reason reference rest Roman Rome scene Senate SERVANT Shakespeare sick soldiers speak speech spirit stage stand statue suggested sword tell theatre thee things thou Titinius took true turn unto wrong