Julius Caesar

Have people changed?

During Act III. ii., Brutus and Antony demonstrate how easily people can be persuaded when addressed with language that inspires emotion. Each character, through emotive language, moves the audience (Romans) into a gentle submission with an ability to make people believe in their ideas.

Your question:

• Can this still Happen?
• Does it still happen?
• Provide an example from our world in which people are easily persuaded despite what the facts might say

Julius Caesar

Understanding Themes

Through the first III Acts, a themes have emerged based upon the events in the play, and character choices. After Caesar's death, what is learned through his inability to listen to the one's around him? Why is it false to see him as "excepting death".