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The Real Caesar vs. Shakespeare’s. Syannah Dozier. Similarities and Differences between the Real Julius Caesar and Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. By: Sy’annah Dozier. The Real Caesar.
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The Real Caesar vs. Shakespeare’s • Syannah Dozier
Similarities and Differences between the Real Julius Caesar and Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar By: Sy’annah Dozier
The Real Caesar • Not yet confirmed, Gaius Julius Caesar's birthday is thought to be about two or three days before the ides of July in 100 BCE. • Caesar's father died when he was sixteen, and two years later at the age of eighteen, he married Cornelia, the daughter of a noble and had their only legitimate child, Julia.
Shakespeare’s Caesar • It is clear that Shakespeare based his play almost exclusively on Plutarch’s narrative of Roman characters. • He then translated into English by Thomas North in 1579, • The text was popular and Shakespeare certainly had access to it.
Their Similarities • Caesar dies on the Ides of March both in the play and in real life, but it is not confirmed whether he was actually warned beforehand about his death by a soothsayer as in the play.
Their differences • In the play, this is in Act 1 Scene 2. Antony offers Caesar the crown thrice, and Caesar refused. • In Caesar's actual history, Antony offers him a diadem, ((the symbol of the Hellenistic monarchs)) but Caesar refuses, saying the only King of the Romans is Jupiter.
