Julius Ceasar. /

Shakespeare, William 1564-1616

Julius Ceasar. / William Shakespeare ; edited by T. S. Dorsh. - Croatia : Methuem & Co. Ltd., c1997. - xxiv 166 p. 20 cm

Julius Ceasar is an ambivalent study of civil conflict.As in Richard 11,the play is structured around two protagonists rather than one.Ceasar and Brutus ,men of extraordinary abilities and debilitating weaknesses are, more like one another than either would care to admit.This antithetical balance reflects a dual tradtition :the medieval view of Dante and of Geoffrey Chaucer,condemning Brutus and Caius as conspirators,and the Renaissance view of Sir Philip Sidney and Brent Jonson,condemning Ceasar as tyrant."In" The Complete Works of Shakespeare,edited by David Bevington.

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