Read the following text from the play julius caesar:
flavius
but wherefore art not in thy shop today?
why dost thou lead these men about the streets?
second commoner
truly, sir, to wear out their shoes, to get me
into more work. but, indeed, sir, we make holiday,
to see caesar and to rejoice in his triumph.
marullus
wherefore rejoice? what conquest brings he home?
what tributaries follow him to rome,
to grace in captive bonds his chariot-wheels?
you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!
o you hard hearts, you cruel men of rome,
knew you not pompey? many a time and oft
have you climbed up to walls and battlements,
to towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops,
your infants in your arms and there have sat
the livelong day, with patient expectation,
to see great pompey pass the streets of rome:
and when you saw his chariot but appear,
have you not made a universal shout,
that tiber trembled underneath her banks,
to hear the replication of your sounds
made in her concave shores?
and do you now put on your best attire?
and do you now cull out a holiday?
and do you now strew flowers in his way
that comes in triumph over pompey's blood? be gone!
run to your houses, fall upon your knees,
pray to the gods to intermit the plague
that needs must light on this ingratitude.
once you have read the text, examine the following painting titled caesar victorious:
ceasar victorious, andrea andreani, 1598 (1599), the painting has a deliberately crowded, celebratory feeling. there is the sense of action, as it depicts the triumphant return of julius caesar to rome.
caesar, dressed in formal robes, is positioned to the right of the painting on his golden chariot riding through the streets with the arch of constantine in the background against blue skies and an adoring attendant in the foreground on the left carrying the victory banner that reads “veni vidi vici” (translation: i came, i saw, i conquered).
the left side only is framed by an elaborate faux column, while the others are left simple.
in the traditional image, caesar sits high up on the chariot behind his white horse. he is holding a staff and a large feather, while an angel is depicted behind him placing a headdress upon his head. people mill around between the cart and the arch watching the procession while cherubs offer branches of victorious recognition in the foreground.
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in at least two to three paragraphs, write an essay where you analyze the tone the character marullus uses to express his interpretation of caesar's return. then explain how this is similar or different from the interpretation the painter has depicted? use specific examples to support your observations. use proper spelling and grammar.