2025-11-17
31 分钟Hello, everyone.
I'm Stephen West.
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So the following here is a guide for someone that's wanted to know more about the philosophy written into the tragedy of Julius Caesar,
a play written by William Shakespeare.
Because there's a lot he wanted to say in this play about political violence,
about the irony of living your life based on a moral ideal,
about the importance of actually asking the correct questions when it comes to rhetoric and its impact on mass psychology.
And out of respect to your time,
I just want to get right into the story today and talk about how Shakespeare makes a drama or a tragic play out of the actual assassination of Julius Caesar that occurred in the real world.
Should be said, there's certainly plenty about this play that's not historically accurate.
But look,
it It is truly impressive how much Shakespeare works in real people and events that were close to Julius Caesar when he was killed.
All of this Shakespeare takes mostly from the story in Plutarch for whatever it's worth and his description of what happened in Rome all those years ago.
Anyway,
all these characters are going to be critical for understanding what he was going for and we'll understand it by the end of this episode.
The play begins, the curtain opens,