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Julius Caesar Study Guide

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by William Shakespeare
About 261 pages (78,389 words)
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Bonjour, Adrien. The Structure of "Julius Caesar. " Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1958,81 p.

Analyzes the structure, themes, and imagery of Julius Caesar. Bonjour identifies the play's cen tral issue as the "twofold theme" of political and personal crisis. He also maintains that the drama has two heroes, Caesar and Brutus, who alternately evoke our praise and blame until, at the end, our sympathies are divided.

Coursen, Herbert R., Jr. "The Fall and Decline of Julius Caesar." Texas Studies in Literature and Language IV, No.2 (Summer 1962): 241-5l.

Contends that the structure of Julius Caesar is closely linked to Shakespeare's use of "height and lowness" imagery. According to Coursen. this imagery is successfully employed in the first three acts of the play, where it serves to contrast Caesar's greatness with the conspirators' lesser.....

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