| rdfs:comment | - Julius Caesar was a play written by William Shakespeare, generally considered a classic of Human literature, based on the life of Gaius Julius Caesar, a military and political leader of the Roman Republic of ancient Earth. In 2293, General Chang quoted lines from the play including "If you have tears, prepare to shed them now."; "Cry 'havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war!"; and "I am as constant as the northern star" while his Bird-of-Prey attacked the USS Enterprise-A over Khitomer. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) The title of "The Dogs of War" comes from a quote from Julius Caesar.
- Julius Caesar was a play written by the human playwright William Shakespeare about the assassination of the early Roman leader Julius Caesar. Julian Bashir introduced Elim Garak to the play, although Garak found it to be farcical, telling Bashir he knew Brutus was going to kill Caesar in the first act. During the Battle of the Omarion Nebula in 2371, Garak paraphrased a line from Julius Caesar to his father Enabran Tain: "The fault, dear Tain, is not in our stars but in ourselves." (DS9 episodes: "Improbable Cause", "The Die is Cast")
- The play is based on historical events. However, for purposes of dramatic effect, events which, according to Roman historians, took place over several months are depicted as happening within days or hous of each other. The play deals with the plot, led by Brutus and Cassius to murder Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BCE. Caesar is a Roman general and politician who is very popular with the common people. However, the conspirators fear that Caesar is becoming too powerful and that he may threaten the future of the cherished Roman Republic by making himself king. The play follows Caesar's assassination, the subsequent civil war between the conspirators and forces led by Mark Antony and Caesar's nephew Octavius and the final defeat of the conspirators at the Battle of Philippi.
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| abstract | - Julius Caesar was a play written by William Shakespeare, generally considered a classic of Human literature, based on the life of Gaius Julius Caesar, a military and political leader of the Roman Republic of ancient Earth. In 2293, General Chang quoted lines from the play including "If you have tears, prepare to shed them now."; "Cry 'havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war!"; and "I am as constant as the northern star" while his Bird-of-Prey attacked the USS Enterprise-A over Khitomer. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) Julian Bashir introduced Elim Garak to the play in 2371. Garak first claimed to find it farcical, telling Bashir he didn't "see the value" of Shakespeare's work, as well as claiming to know that Brutus "...was going to betray Caesar in the first act, but Caesar didn't figure it out until the knife was in his back." (DS9: "Improbable Cause") A short time later, however, Garak had apparently revised his opinion at least somewhat, when choosing to paraphrase a passage from the play to Enabran Tain in effort to explain the failure of a joint Obsidian Order-Tal Shiar task force to anticipate the Dominion surprise counter-attack that subsequently destroyed it: "I'm afraid the fault, dear Tain, is not in our stars... but in ourselves. Something I learned from Doctor Bashir." (DS9: "The Die is Cast") The title of "The Dogs of War" comes from a quote from Julius Caesar.
- Julius Caesar was a play written by the human playwright William Shakespeare about the assassination of the early Roman leader Julius Caesar. Julian Bashir introduced Elim Garak to the play, although Garak found it to be farcical, telling Bashir he knew Brutus was going to kill Caesar in the first act. During the Battle of the Omarion Nebula in 2371, Garak paraphrased a line from Julius Caesar to his father Enabran Tain: "The fault, dear Tain, is not in our stars but in ourselves." (DS9 episodes: "Improbable Cause", "The Die is Cast") Garak also found Julius Caesar to be "politically misguided." (DS9 novel: A Stitch in Time)
- The play is based on historical events. However, for purposes of dramatic effect, events which, according to Roman historians, took place over several months are depicted as happening within days or hous of each other. The play deals with the plot, led by Brutus and Cassius to murder Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BCE. Caesar is a Roman general and politician who is very popular with the common people. However, the conspirators fear that Caesar is becoming too powerful and that he may threaten the future of the cherished Roman Republic by making himself king. The play follows Caesar's assassination, the subsequent civil war between the conspirators and forces led by Mark Antony and Caesar's nephew Octavius and the final defeat of the conspirators at the Battle of Philippi. Although the play is called Julius Caesar, the character of Caesar appears in only three scenes and is killed at the beginning of Act III. The play's true protagonist is Brutus, who has four times as many lines as Caesar. Much of the emotional strength of the play comes from Brutus' struggle between love of his country and love of his friend. Even though Brutus is a close friend of Caesar's, he is persuaded to join the conspiracy to murder him because he believes that it is the only way to save the Roman Republic.
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