Question

Read the following text from the play Julius Caesar:

CASCA
I can as well be hanged as tell the manner of it:
it was mere foolery; I did not mark it. I saw Mark
Antony offer him a crown;—yet 'twas not a crown
neither, 'twas one of these coronets;—and, as I told
you, he put it by once: but, for all that, to my
thinking, he would fain have had it. Then he
offered it to him again; then he put it by again:
but, to my thinking, he was very loath to lay his
fingers off it.

And then he offered it the third
time; he put it the third time by: and still as he
refused it, the rabblement hooted and clapped their
chapped hands and threw up their sweaty night-caps
and uttered such a deal of stinking breath because
Caesar refused the crown that it had almost choked
Caesar; for he swounded and fell down at it: and
for mine own part, I durst not laugh, for fear of
opening my lips and receiving the bad air.

Once you have read the text, examine the following painting titled Caesar Victorious:


Write an essay of at least two to three paragraphs to analyze the difference between the artist's depiction of Caesar's return to Rome and the character Casca's description of Caesar's return. Use specific examples to support your observations. Use proper spelling and GRAMMAR.

Answer 1

#1) the difference between the artist's depiction of Caesar's return to Rome and the character Casca's description of Caesar's return.

Answer: In the character's depiction of Caesar’s return to Rome. Caesar is depicted as someone who is hungry for power and will use any means to obtain such great power. In this case Casca believes that he is refusing the crown again and again as a mere trick to make it seem like he has no interest in receiving the Crown and the great power that comes along with it. Casca even goes to describe the crowd as if it were an audience in a play watching a performance.

The painting in the other hand suggest that Caesar is pure and is not even interested in power. It makes it seem as though Caesar was destined by the gods to fall into power. It even makes it seem like Caesar himself could be an angel or even a divine being.

I hope it helps, Regards.