Amongst Fortune’s Wheel. A Machiavellian Reading of Julius Cesar
This article offers a comparative analysis of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, exploring the Machiavellian framework embedded within this Shakespearean tragedy. Drawing on the concepts of fortune, virtù, and the political realm as presented in The P...
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I15-R231-article-2802025-12-22T22:55:14Z Amongst Fortune’s Wheel. A Machiavellian Reading of Julius Cesar Jugando entre las ruedas de la Fortuna. Una lectura maquiaveliana de Julio César Tornatore, Agustín Fortuna República Política Tragedia Julio César Fortune Republic Politics Tragedy Julius Caesar This article offers a comparative analysis of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, exploring the Machiavellian framework embedded within this Shakespearean tragedy. Drawing on the concepts of fortune, virtù, and the political realm as presented in The Prince, the article examines how the characters' decisions, tensions, and failures unfold according to Machiavellian political thinking. This approach reveals the play as a tragic meditation on the impossibility of preserving or adapting certain classical ideals—specifically those of the Roman Republic—when confronted with an emerging new political order: the Roman Empire. Beyond this introduction, the work comprises four sections: a conceptual exploration of fortune, virtù, and the political realm as our theoretical framework; an analysis of Marcus Brutus's character in light of these concepts; a comparison between Anthony and Cassius as political alternatives to Brutus's flawed course of action; and finally, concluding thoughts on the relationship between politics and tragedy. El siguiente artículo propone realizar un análisis comparativo de las obras Julio César de William Shakespeare y El príncipe de Nicolás Maquiavelo, con el fin de señalar elementos de la matriz maquiaveliana presentes en dicha tragedia shakespeariana. Para ello, utilizaremos como marco teórico los conceptos de fortuna, virtù y cosa política presentados en El príncipe. El objetivo principal es indagar y destacar las decisiones, tensiones y fracasos de los personajes de Julio César de acuerdo a la terminología política maquiaveliana. Dicho abordaje nos permite releer la obra shakesperiana como una reflexión trágica sobre la incapacidad de adaptar o mantener ciertos ideales clásicos —en este caso, los de la República romana— frente a un nuevo orden político que comienza a entreverse—el Imperio romano—. Además de esta breve introducción, el trabajo consta de cuatro apartados: una exposición conceptual de la fortuna, la virtù y la cosa política, como marco teórico; un análisis del personaje de Marco Bruto a la luz de estos conceptos, un contraste entre las figuras de Antonio y Casio como alternativas políticas al inadecuado accionar de Bruto y, por último, una conclusión en torno a la política y la tragedia. Escuela de Filosofía. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes, Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2025-12-22 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed original papers. Double-blind Artículos originales evaluados por pares. Doble ciego application/pdf https://cuadernosfilosoficos.unr.edu.ar/index.php/cf/article/view/280 10.35305/cf2.vi22.280 Cuadernos Filosóficos / Segunda Época; No. 22 (2025) Cuadernos Filosóficos / Segunda Época; Núm. 22 (2025) 2683-9024 1850-3667 spa https://cuadernosfilosoficos.unr.edu.ar/index.php/cf/article/view/280/218 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 |
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This article offers a comparative analysis of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, exploring the Machiavellian framework embedded within this Shakespearean tragedy. Drawing on the concepts of fortune, virtù, and the political realm as presented in The Prince, the article examines how the characters' decisions, tensions, and failures unfold according to Machiavellian political thinking. This approach reveals the play as a tragic meditation on the impossibility of preserving or adapting certain classical ideals—specifically those of the Roman Republic—when confronted with an emerging new political order: the Roman Empire. Beyond this introduction, the work comprises four sections: a conceptual exploration of fortune, virtù, and the political realm as our theoretical framework; an analysis of Marcus Brutus's character in light of these concepts; a comparison between Anthony and Cassius as political alternatives to Brutus's flawed course of action; and finally, concluding thoughts on the relationship between politics and tragedy. |
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