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Essay / Analysis of Julius Caesar and Macbeth - 1536
Are Shakespeare's tragedies different from the tragedies before William Shakespeare began writing them? The two best tragedies of William Shakespeare are Macbeth and Julius Caesar which had an impact because of the way Shakespeare proposed his ideas, real life events had an impact on his imagination. In 1599, Shakespeare wrote the tragedy Julius Caesar. And at that time, it is believed that the tragedy was written for Julius Caesar himself, even though he was dead, also to tell the story of his assassination. The impact may also have been caused by the people he used. The public self versus the private self of Julius Caesar. . But in 1606, The Tragedy of Macbeth was written for King James the First. It had a greater impact because it used three themes: ambition, royalty and evil. In the tragedy of Julius Caesar, there are a total of 2,762 verses and in these verses the tragedy of the assassination of Julius Caesar is told and what happens next to the character who assassinated Caesar, namely Cassius and Brutus. But before the assassination, they plot against Caesar and he arranges for Caesar to possess loyal men to join the plot against Caesar, including Brutus. But Cassius tells Brutus to meet him. When Cassius and Brutus meet, he convinces Brutus to only assassinate Caesar and not his loyal friend Anthony. (Start here) Meanwhile, Caesar's wife dreamed of a statue of Caesar bleeding from a hundred wounds (item #1). Later, Brutus and Cassius assassinate Caesar by stabbing him to death. Brutus defends his cause by saying that he was overthrowing a tyrant who was destroying the freedom of all Romans. At the end of the story, Antony and Octavius arrive and find Brutus dead, the play ends with Octavius saying "so call the field to rest, and let us depart/To part the glass...... middle paper..... .y which dates back to Banquo One of King James' greatest passions was also the study of witchcraft In 1597 he wrote the book Daemonologie, which dealt with witchcraft and he believed. that people should read it and practice witchcraft King James I also attended many witchcraft trials and examinations The tragedy of Macbeth is only 2,100 of Shakespeare's shortest play, but it had. a huge impact on the way tragedies were written, as Shakespeare wrote them for King James I and the events of his personal life impacted his imagination He made many thoughts about King James, on. witchcraft and how he became king Shakespeare used many events from the life of King James and then he used his imagination to create his own story to present to the king himself. According to Shakespeare-online.org, he made the play much shorter because the king didn't like long plays..