Character Skekthes
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William Shakespeares play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is mainly
based on the assassination of Julius Caesar. The character who was in charge
of the assassination was, ironically, Marcus Brutus, a servant and close friend
to Julius Caesar. But what would cause a person to kill a close friend? After
examining Brutus relationship to Caesar, his involvement in the conspiracy, and
his importance to the plot, the truth can be revealed.
In Julius Caesar, Brutus, in discussing strategy with Cassius remarks:
There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune
In 1572 a comet, a nova or new star appeared and astrologers and astronomers alike made all sorts of predictions. One of the first observational astronomers, the Dane Tycho Brahe predicted that through its influence a male child would be born in Finland in 1592 who was destined for a great career but who would die as a result of religious strife. This forecast is usually linked (although two years off) with the birth of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, a fighter for protestantism who died in the Battle of Lutzen in 1632.
Henry the VI performed in 1592 to 1594, opens with funeral of Henry V.
Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night!
laments the Duke of Bedford,
Comets, importing change of times and states
Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky,