"The Power of Speech/ To Stir Men's Blood": The Language of Tragedy in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Authors

Gayle Greene, Scripps CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Department

English (Scripps)

Publication Date

1980

Disciplines

English Language and Literature | Rhetoric

Abstract

In the Rome of julius Caesar, language is power and characters rise or fall on the basis of their ability to wield words. Their awareness of the importance of language is indicated by terms they associate with it.

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© 1980 Northwestern University Press

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Recommended Citation

Greene, Gayle, “’The Power of Speech/To Stir Men’s Blood’: The Language of Tragedy in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar,” Renaissance Drama 11 (1980), pp. 67-93.