Julius Caesar (Cliffs Complete Study Editions) - Softcover

William Shakespeare

Softcover

ISBN 10: 082201419X ISBN 13: 9780822014195

Publisher: Cliffs Notes, 1996

Synopsis

This respected edition of Shakespeare's play contains the full text, extensive notes and supplementary material written for school use.

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Book Description

Professor Spevack's critical discussion shows how private desires and public affairs are inextricable in Julius Caesar and how Shakespeare frames the world of this play - person, action, place, time - within the operations of larger forces, mysterious, ironical, and undeniable.

From the Publisher

In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings--"Beware the ides of March"--and of moving public oratory "Friends, Romans, countrymen!" Ironies abound and most of all for Brutus, whose fate it is to learn that his idealistic motives for joining the conspiracy against a would-be dictator are not enough to sustain the movement once Caesar is dead.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cliffs Notes
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 082201419X
• ISBN 13: 9780822014195
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 102