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- Title
AN ECHO OF JULIUS CAESAR IN PARADISE LOST.
- Authors
Gorecki, John E.
- Abstract
The article states that echoes of the loud Roman mob in writer William Shakespeare's novel "Julius Caesar" may be heard in the shouting of the fictitious character Milton's rebel angels in their first assembly in hell. In the play the tribune Marullus, scolding the common people for taking a holiday to celebrate Caesar's victory over Pompey's sons, convicts them of ingratitude and fickleness by reminding them that they used to cheer Pompey himself in the streets of Rome. By echoing Marullus' speech to the Roman commoners, Milton may be underscoring the fickleness and instability of the rebel angels, for the tribune is contrasting the Romans' former applause of Pompey with their present celebration of the conqueror of Pompey's sons.
- Subjects
JULIUS Caesar (Play : Shakespeare); LITERARY characters; CHARACTERS of William Shakespeare; CAESAR, Julius, 100 B.C.-44 B.C.; ENGLISH literature; APPLAUSE
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 1986, Vol 33, Issue 1, p36
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Article