ENGL 215 Lecture 9: ENGL 215 – Lecture 9
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Engl 215 lecture 9: julius caesar: set in rome. Antony and cleopatra takes place during the roman empire: to prevent rome from falling into dictatorship again, republicans did two things, elected to serve at only one year at a time, had veto power. Bread, circuses and citizenship: caesar likes fatness. Insert: plebeians are easy to sway with money and appeals to their appetites. Insert: the people are suddenly willing to do something that is un-roman in the name of caesar, celebration of victories over foreigners not each other very un- Republican of them: people love caesar but how does he affect their actions at citizens, what is the difference between being citizenship and spectatorship, plebeians are being taken in by spectacle politics as entertainment. Insert: the crown as a theatrical performance, the people persuaded by caesar, presenting himself as someone who would not rule rome.