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Volume : II, Issue : VII, August - 2012 Human Virtues and Vices in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Bala Swamy DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The exposition of human nature is at its zenith in Shakespeare's tragic and historical play
Julius Caesar which has 'its magnificent scenes and memorable characters.'1 The play is
a study of love, friendship and human relationships. It answers the questions like why
does an honest man err? Why do friends misunderstand each other and go to the extent of
murdering each other? Why even good qualities like bravery and truthfulness get
punished? The present article is a study of the concepts like honesty, bravery and
jealousy which emerge from the play. These qualities are portrayed in the personalities
of the major characters who become symbols of these qualities. Julius Caesar is a
different kind of tragedy because here, all the major characters get killed whether good
or bad. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Bala Swamy, (2012). Human Virtues and Vices in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. VII, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1221.pdf References : - George Sampson, Cambridge History of English Literature, (Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, 2006), P.221
- Margaret Drabble and Jenny Stringer, Oxford Concise Companion to English Literature, (Oxford University Press, New York, 2007), P. 379
- M H Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms, (Macmillan Publishers India Ltd, New Delhi, 1978), P. 181
- Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor, Ed, William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1988), P. 599
- ibid
- op cit. 3, P. 180
- Pooley, et al., England in Literature, (Scott, Foresman and Company, London, 1963), P. 182
- op cit. 5, P. 612
- Stanley Wells and Lena Cowen Orlin, Shakespeare, (Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2003), P. 242
- ibid, pp. 242 - 243
- op cit. 8, P. 622
- op cit. 10, P. 246
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