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In a previous post, I gave the covenantal plot for Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (1599). Here I complete an outline of that work using the biblical covenant as a model. QUOTATIONS Transcendence: “[K]iss dead Caesar’s wounds / And dip their napkins in his sacred blood” – Marc Antony (3.2); Antony turns Caesar into a sacrificial god.Hierarchy:Continue reading “Julius Caesar: A Covenantal Outline”

I am working on a Shakespeare e-course that connects the biblical covenant to Shakespeare’s famous tragedies. My first play is Julius Caesar. Below, I show how the play’s five acts mirror the five elements of the covenant. Transcendence: Caesar has become a god, and Brutus and Cassius lament the republic’s dissolution. Hierarchy: Rome has aContinue reading “Julius Caesar: The Covenantal Plot”