matt's paper

Historical Caesar Versus Shakespearean Caesar Julius Caesar can be portrayed in two different aspects. One aspect being historical and the other being fictional. An example of Caesar being portrayed as fictional is in the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare describes Julius Caesar differently compared to who Julius Caesar actually was. This paper will contrast what Julius Caesar was like in William Shakespeare?s play and what he was like historically. In the tragic …

…Caesar is more factual than Shakespeare?s Caesar; Shakespeare was trying to create a play that would best suit the audience instead of trying to inform the audience. G.B. Harrison discusses why there was such a big difference between the historical Caesar and Shakespearean Caesar by noting, ?Had Caesar been shown as a noble and sympathetic patriot, there could have been no justification for the murder, and no sympathy with Brutus and the rest.?