The song "Break" by Three Days Grace is an example of Julius Caesar because it is similar to Mark Antony. The song talks about breaking away from people and doing what you want to do. Antony "breaks" away from the conspirators after promising that he will not only announce positive things about them to the plebeians at Caesar's funeral. But, he had broke away from them and broke away from his loyal and servant like self and betraying them by doing the exact opposite in a sneaky like way. He also gains the plebeians on his side and they also break away from following Brutus at first to going against him. So they "light up" Rome and start a war.

This song also is similar to Antony because, not only does he "break away" from the conspirators, but he also "breaks away" and takes himself to a "higher place". He gains a lot of power and is head of the war against the conspirators because he was sick of what they had done. After being depressed from Caesar's death, he had picked himself and went to something higher and began a war. So he "breaks away" and begins to gain power and doesn't stop the war until he had fully killed the conspirators.

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"Break" by Three Days Grace lyrics:

Tonight, my head is spinning
I need something to pick me up
I've tried but nothing is working
I won't stop
I won't say I've had enough
Tonight, I start the fire
Tonight I break away,

Break!
Away from everybody
Break!
Away from everything
If you can't stand the way this place is
Take, yourself to higher places

Oh oh

At night I feel like a vampire
It's not right
I just can't give it up
I'll try to get myself higher
Let's go
We're gonna light it up
Tonight we start the fire
Tonight we break away

~Kake

Julius Caesar: Act 4, Scene 2 Quotes Modernized

BRUTUS:     Thou hast described A hot friend cooling. Ever note, Lucillius, When love begins to sicken and decay, It useth an enforcèd ceremony. There are no tricks in plain and simple faith. But hollow men, like horses hot at hand, Make gallant show and promise of their mettle But when they should endure the bloody spur. They fall their crests and, like deceitful jades. Sink in the trial. Comes his army on? You have have described to me A man who was loving but his heart is turning cold. But remember this Lucillius, When his loving heart towards you begins to fade It will become an unreal and fake love Its plain and simple, that's just the way it is no tricks involved But shallow men who are full of themselves Parade their arrogance But when worst comes to worst They fall the hardest And sink to the bottom. Is his army coming? This paragraph discusses how an arrogant and fake man may act. Brutus is showing Lucillius how Cassius has betrayed him. It also shows what Cassius is going to act like. This goes with our topic of betrayal because Brutus explains a lot in this paragraph about how any man would act when betraying another man. Brutus is a very smart man and he know the acts of others. -Tiny T

If anyone
in this assembly, any close friend of Caesar’s, for
him I say that my love for him was just as much
as his. But you demand why I rose
against him, well this is my answer: It is not that I
did not love him, but I loved Rome more.

Would you rather that he kept living, and all of you would have
became slaves, or have him dead, and live as free
men? I cry for him because he did love me. I am glad
that he had good fortune. I honor him for
being brave. But he was too ambitious, and for that I killed him.

Brutus convinces the plebeians that Caesar was not fit to be the ruler. This shows an example of betrayal because Brutus was a friend of Caesar but killed him. I claims that he killed him for the people of Rome and in order to "save" the people he had to "get rid of the person who was creating (or going to create) problems for them. He betrayed his friendship and loyalty to Caesar for an another. He could've stayed by Caesar's side and did not interfere with how he rules and stayed loyal to him, but he betrayed him by killing him.
*Kake

Stroud, Albert. "Julius Caesar - A Poem by Albert Stroud." Blue Skyways - A Service of the State Library of Kansas. Web. 25 Mar. 2011. .
Julius Caesar

I sometimes tire of daily news as dry exchanges
I peruse; I long to quit this sordid grind and seek a
tonic for the mind___to single out some classic, old,
wherein a wondrous tale is told of knights and wars
and mountain steeps and castles with their donjon
keeps.
Last night while ruminating round, upon the
mantelpiece ! found some mental fodder, cut and
dried, which told how Julius Caesar died.
This Caesar was a Roman bold, who from his
wars brought slaves and gold. Now certain knockers
in the land united in a secret band and plotted how
to take his life, but fair Calphurnia, Caesar's wife, in
some way seemed to get a nudge that someone owes
her man a grudge, that Brutus, Cassius, and the rest
would stab him through his fancy vest. And Caesar,
musing on the way, thus to Marc Antony did say:
"Now, mark you, Marc, yon Cassius, mien; he is
too long and lank and lean. Give me big men who
sleep o' night, whose waistbands are extremely
tight." Thus portliness he did defend and proved
himself the Fat Man's friend.
The wary crew soon laid their plan and waited
long to get their man. "He is ambitious," Brutus
said; though thrice had Caesar shook his head, and
thrice the crown he did refuse. They murmured:
"Don't it beat the deuce? Did'st ever hear of such a
thing? He does not want the job of King. Perhaps
he seeks a higher place and thinks ere long to be the
Ace."
And so they shouted Caesar's name and ran their
daggers through his frame, till at their feet he fell
and died and they at last, were satisfied.
Marc Antony was Caesar's friend and got sweet
vengeance in the end and all of those who wrought
his doom, ere long had scooted up the flume.

Verdigris Valley Verse
Albert Stroud
(Coffeyville, Kansas: The Journal Press. 1917)
Pages 82-83


I find the poem to be very interesting. The author uses many personal slangs and personality in it. He is standing in his home,wanting to remember a tale of classical. By the fire he stood and on the mantle an object stood out to him. He began reminiscing the tales of Julius Caesar, the "early" Roman king.

The poem begins describing why the people love him. He brings gold and slaves to Rome, along with most importantly, victory. The author describes how Calphurnia knows he will be stabbed. But the most interesting part of the poem arrives during the stabbing. After Caesar was dead, the men rose to their feet.
"Marc Antony was Caesar's friend and got sweet
vengeance in the end and all of those who wrought
his doom, ere long had scooted up the flume"

~JaMarcus

Act 1 Quote Analysis

In lines 306 to 318, Cassius says, “Well, Brutus, thou art noble; Yet I see thy honorable mettle may be wrought from that is disposed… For who so firm that cannot be seduced…Caesar doth bear me hard but he loves Brutus…Caesar’s ambitions shall be glanced at…”
In the first section of the quote, Cassius is saying that Brutus may be too honorable for his own good. He implies that Brutus is gullible and blinded by his honor.
Then, Cassius asks (rhetorically) who can not be persuaded if they believe it is for a good cause. When he says that Caesar bears him hard but loves Brutus, he is saying that Caesar does not trust or like Cassius, but he loves and respects Brutus.
Cassius then states that if he was in Brutus’ position, he would not be so gullible. After that, he plans to write to Brutus but makes it appear to be several citizens expressing their respect. He does this so that Caesar’s ambition will be noticed and how he must not continue or he will become dangerous.

Spenczar & Phamulous

Arriving To Rome

"If I could pray to move, prayers would move me;
But I am constant as the northern star,
Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality
There is no fellow in the firmament.
(III.i.59-62)"

Julius Caesar; Possible tyrant, or dictator. This picture depicts him arriving in town after his successful conquest and defeat of Pompey. The crowd is cheering on how he returns and in front (Antony) offers him the crown.
The overall idea that Julius Caesar will become
king is too much for some to handle. Along with Cassius and
others, an attempt on Caesars life will be made...
Malackai
Kayla

BETRAYAL

Brutus is Loyal
Everyone rejoices Caesars return
Tragedy predicted on ideas of march
Real realization blooms in Brutus
Antony offered the crown to Caesar 3 times
Years of rein predicted
After Caesar refused the crown he collapses with epilepsy
Loyalty is questioned in the eyes of march.
Betrayal
Gee
&
JaMarcus