Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
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"The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones."
Though a staple in high school English classes, Julius Caesar is not a simple play. Seemingly irreconcilable forces are at work: fate and free will, the changeableness and stubbornness of ambitious men, the demands of public service and the desire for private gain.
Study Guide to Julius Caesar
32 pp, $3.95
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Drawn from history as recorded by Plutarch, the major characters — Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, and Mark Antony — are complex, as are the twists and turns of their fortunes. What kind of man rises to power? What price does he pay when he becomes a politician? These questions raised by Shakespeare are relevant in every age, whether ancient Rome, Elizabethan England, or even in our own day.
A look at the essays
- Essay titles forthcoming.
Joseph Pearce situates the reader with the introductory essay.
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Editor
Joseph Pearce
Joseph Pearce is Writer in Residence and Associate Professor of Literature at Ave Maria University. He is editor-in-chief of Sapientia Press, as well as co-editor of the Saint Austin Review (or StAR), an international review of Christian culture, literature, and ideas published in England (Family Publications) and the United States (Sapientia Press). He is the author of two books on Shakespeare and has also written biographies and critical studies of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, OscarWilde, G. K. Chesterton, and Alexander Solzhenitsyn.