Archetypes ofThe Tragedy of Julius Caesar

Archetypes are a very typical example of a certain person or thing. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar was a play wrote by Shakespeare, based on true events from Roman history.

The first archetype, is about a character named Brutas, he killed Caesar out of his grudge against him. Caesar didn’t claim Brutas as a friend, and they had many differences.

The second archetype, is about the character Soothsayer, he had some kind of supernatural power. He predicted Caesar’s death and warned him about it but Caesar did not listen to him. Caesar called the Soothsayer a fool and laughed in his face and pushed him to the side.

The third archetype, is about the symbolic Ides of March, March 15, the day Caesar was murdered by Brutus and his group. A soothsayer predicted this day and told Caesar but he did not listen. Caesar thought he was just telling a fib so he did not believe him, and then the day came and and Caesar was killed.

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