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The movie involves quite a bit of figurative backstabbing, but it’s a pretty clear allegory for the death of Caesar. Vexd I am Of late with passions of some difference, Conceptions only proper to myself, Which give some soil perhaps to my behaviors. In 2011, Columbia Pictures released The Ides of March, a movie about an idealistic campaign staffer (Ryan Gosling) who gets a harsh lesson in dirty politics while working for an up-and-coming presidential candidate (George Clooney). If I have veiled my look, I turn the trouble of my countenance Merely upon myself. In warning him of his inevitable downfall, Lisa plays the part of the soothsayer, quoting “beware the Ides of March.” Homer simply says “No,” and laughs it off (much like Caesar did in the play) but, like Caesar, he soon experiences a swift undoing. Stand you directly in Antonius' way, When he doth run his course.

In 1995 alone, the Ides-related episode of “Party of Five” was based around a cocaine-related death and featured a near-incident involving drunk driving “Xena: Warrior Princess” had its protagonist facing threats from an ominous vision that showed her and her travel partner, Gabrielle, put to death by crucifixion and Homer Simpson’s rise to power within the ancient secret society known as the Stonecutters in The Simpsons episode “Homer the Great” leads to his self-proclamation as a God. Enter CAESAR ANTONY, for the course CALPURNIA, PORTIA, DECIUS BRUTUS, CICERO, BRUTUS, CASSIUS, and CASCA a great crowd following, among them a Soothsayer Caesar.

Several television shows have had episodes named “The Ides of March.” And it’s never good news. Yet when heroes in movies, books and television shows are faced with the Ides of March, it’s always a bad omen. In fact, the Ides of March once signified the new year, which meant celebrations and rejoicing.

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Ides simply referred to the first full moon of a given month, which usually fell between the 13th and 15th. Kalends, Nones and Ides were ancient markers used to reference dates in relation to lunar phases. In fact, just about every pop culture reference to the Ides-save for those appearing in actual history-based books, movies or television specials-makes it seem like the day itself is cursed.īut the Ides of March actually has a non-threatening history. It’s likely that many people who use the phrase today don’t know its true origin. You've probably heard the soothsayer’s warning to Julius Caesar in William Shakespeare's play of the same name: “Beware the Ides of March.” Not only did Shakespeare’s words stick, but they also branded the phrase-and the date, March 15-with a dark and gloomy connotation.

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