The Death Of Caesar: A Play In Three Acts

by VOLTAIRE

2021-01-07 19:09:59

Voltaire's "The Death of Caesar" ("Mort de Cesar," 1735) is often erroneously described as a reworking of the first three acts of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." Instead, Voltaire rewrote the text in its entirety, using a different approach th... Read more
Voltaire's "The Death of Caesar" ("Mort de Cesar," 1735) is often erroneously described as a reworking of the first three acts of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." Instead, Voltaire rewrote the text in its entirety, using a different approach that focuses on the act of tyrannicide, with the complication that Caesar has revealed to Brutus that the latter is actually his son. Brutus is an ardent republican whom Caesar wants to convert to his side. Ultimately, the son places the needs of the country over any paternal connection, and participates in the tyrant's assassination on the Ides of March. Great political drama, and a rediscovered classic of French literature Less

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File size9 X 6 X 0.21 in
Print pages86
PublisherWildside Press
Publication date October 29, 2011
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781434435804
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In 1694, Age of Enlightenment leader Francois-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was born in Paris. Jesuit-educated, he began writing clever verses by the age of 12. He launched a lifelong, successful p...

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