Mr. Salsich
English 9
4/19/11
The Power of Strength:
An Essay on the Book Julius Caesar
It's hard for someone to display their strength to others because everyone has so many weaknesses, but the characters in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare seem to do it effortlessly. They all have someway to show their amount of strength and will in them. Whether it be doing something completely outrageous and brave or holding dark secrets within themselves, they are still considered to be strong. The characters in Julius Caesar are perfect examples of people with lust.
The Power of Strength:
An Essay on the Book Julius Caesar
It's hard for someone to display their strength to others because everyone has so many weaknesses, but the characters in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare seem to do it effortlessly. They all have someway to show their amount of strength and will in them. Whether it be doing something completely outrageous and brave or holding dark secrets within themselves, they are still considered to be strong. The characters in Julius Caesar are perfect examples of people with lust.
Strength appears to be a major theme of what we have read in Julius Caesar so far. Cassius showed his bravery by revealing his chest while in the midst of a thunderstorm. To do something this wild takes crazy bravery or he could also believe himself to be immortal. He told people of this bravery to show his strength over Caesar. Brutus is another person that has quite a bit of hardiness to agree to kill one of his good friends. Caesar trusts Brutus, making him a key person to help with the assassination, but it also puts a ton of pressure on Brutus. Brutus's amount of might and will is helping him get through this tough situation though because without it, he would most likely fall apart and even tell Caesar of their plans. Lastly, Portia has a great deal of inner vitality. She stood up to her husband Brutus because she felt betrayed when he wasn't being completely honest with her. She felt obligated to know what was wrong with him, so she confronted and demanded to know his secrets since she was in fact his wife. Brutus, Cassius, and Portia all have the same characteristics, strong and full of courage, and they even keep these attributes in the most difficult of times.
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar has actors that are not afraid to show the strength they own. Almost every person inside the play reveals their interior power and has immense amounts of it. For example, Cassius shows multiple times how brave he his, not just once. Shakespeare must have believed that once a person found their strength, it would usually stay there until the end of them.
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Self-Assessment
1.) I am still continuing to work on being specific in my essays. I still sometimes appear to be too vague in my writing. In this essay I felt I was specific only in some parts.
2.) A strong point of this is my concluding sentences. I usually have boring finishing sentences in my paragraphs, but in this essay I tried to create a more interesting concluding sentence in each of my paragraphs.
3.) A weak point of this essay is my assonance uses. I had a tough time fitting this special effect in and the examples of it are exactly my best work.
4.) I would give myself a B- on this essay.
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar has actors that are not afraid to show the strength they own. Almost every person inside the play reveals their interior power and has immense amounts of it. For example, Cassius shows multiple times how brave he his, not just once. Shakespeare must have believed that once a person found their strength, it would usually stay there until the end of them.
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Self-Assessment
1.) I am still continuing to work on being specific in my essays. I still sometimes appear to be too vague in my writing. In this essay I felt I was specific only in some parts.
2.) A strong point of this is my concluding sentences. I usually have boring finishing sentences in my paragraphs, but in this essay I tried to create a more interesting concluding sentence in each of my paragraphs.
3.) A weak point of this essay is my assonance uses. I had a tough time fitting this special effect in and the examples of it are exactly my best work.
4.) I would give myself a B- on this essay.
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