Cultural References to Julius Caesar Julius Caesar Media

Cultural References to Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar & Media The Ides of March “The ideas of March” refers to the 15 th of March, which is the day that a soothsayer warns Caesar to “beware. ” The prophecy comes true when Caesars fellow Romans assassinate him for political reasons. The Fault in our Stars “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars” The story is narrated by a sixteen-year-old cancer patient named Hazel, who is forced by her parents to attend a support group, where she subsequently meets and falls in love with the seventeen-year-old Augustus Waters

Mean Girls (film) Betrayal among friends Plot to destroy “dictator” (Regina George) Themes of power hierarchy, power, tact http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=GPDt 6 c. MYvo. M

The Hunger Games (film & book series) For those of you who Caius Cassius have read the book or Casca, seen the film, how many of these Trebonius, characters from Ligarius, Decius Brutus, Shakespeare’s Julius Metellus Cimber Caesar sound familiar? Flavius and Marullus Artemidorus Julius Caesar Cinna Octavius Caesar, Lucilius, Titinius, Marcus Antonius, M. Messala, Young Cato, Aemilius Lepidus Volumnius, Cicero, Publius, Popilius Varro, Clitus, Claudius, Lena Strato, Lucius, Marcus Brutus Dardanius Pindarus Calpurnia Portia NOTE: Romans are sometimes referred to as “tribunes” and Shakespeare’s drama was based on a historical account written by Plutarch

Caesar & Speech “It was Greek to me” “Great Caesar’s Ghost”

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