Defendant Marcus Brutus is a murderer and based on the U.S. text, there were other ways the defendant could have handled his situation. Good afternoon, my name is Imani Griffith and I am one of two prosecutors in this case. On March 15, 44 B.C., the defendant, Marcus Brutus and his conspirators, were involved in the assassination of Julius Caesar. At the conclusion of the case, we would like you to say that the defendant is guilty. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this is a case about the defendant taking responsibility for his wrongful actions. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the prosecution will call four witnesses to the stand. We will call Mark Antony who was the best friend of the victim to discuss their friendship and his views on…
Marcus Brutus, a righteous and noble Roman, died an honorable death. On the battlefield, in Philippi, his army was destroyed by Mark Antony and Octavian so he thought that committing suicide was better than being kept prisoner. He was 43 when he died.…
3. Why have Caesar and his attendants gathered in a public square near the Forum?…
Marcus Junius Brutus was born in Macedonia in 85 BC. He was the son of Marcus Junius, who was killed in Pompey in 77 b.c. his mother, Servila, was Caesars’ lover. He was known as a literary man who wrote histories (now lost).…
Niccolo Machiavelli once stated,“He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.” This seems simple, but some don’t understand, including most in the play Julius Caesar. Mark Antony, one of the few who understands how to command, is a loyal friend who is gifted with the ability to use rhetorics, and is able to appeal to people’s hearts. While Brutus uses force and facts, Antony is able to lift others up while conspiring against them. It is a skill that comes into play later in the tragedy when Caesar is killed Antony takes it into his own hands to get even with the conspirators. By being able to command respect Antony is able to turn the throng of citizens against Cassius, Brutus, and the others. This is why Mark Antony…
"Fear him not, Caesar, he's not dangerous; / He is a noble Roman, and well given" (I.ii.196-197). Antony explains to Caesar that Cassius is not a person to be feared, but, a noble man who is trustworthy. Cassius might not be considered noble for some of his acts, but his motives behind them makes him a noble Roman, for he wants the best for the common public and doesn't want a tyrant ruling over Rome.…
Our beloved Caesar was shredded from this world by the daggers of hatred and it was Marcus Brutus, who claimed to love the man that led to this tragic murder. Brutus and the conspirators begged that Caesar was killed for the greater good of Rome, and for the benefit of the people, but Caesar was beloved by all. “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” (3.2.23) ; being viewed as a noble man among the Roman people proved to be more important to Brutus than to be a good man to someone who he had called his friend.. They were all simply jealous men who could not stand to continue to be overshadowed by the light of greater men’s triumphs. He would never continue the cruelty shown by Rome’s first ruler whom we so feared and hated; there was no reason for Caesar to die. Caesar had owned all of his accolades and was punished for doing so. He was a strong man, becoming the head of his house at age 16, being ousted from the country by Sulla, being captured by pirates and later crucifying them after his release. “I could be well moved, if I were as you; “If I could pray to move, prayers would move me but I am constant as the Northern Star, Of whose true-fixed and resting quality / There is no fellow in the firmament.” (3,1, 63). Caesar expresses how he would be a stable leader for the Romans. He has gone through the trials of war and exile and emerged a stronger man. Caesar has suffered through his life, and to be betrayed by those he trusted is worse than the pain he suffered in death. Although Brutus stands at trial this day it should be noted that he did not act alone. Numerous members of the senate were involved in this heinous act and should be met with the same fate that should happen Brutus; namely the manipulative Gaius Cassius Longinus. These men were meant to serve the republic and the glory of Rome, yet shamed it by staining the floor of the senate with the blood of Rome’s favored son. Caesar gave numerous political reforms and was beloved by his…
Marcus Brutus’ plight is ultimately a decision to save a republic that involves sacrificing its soon-to-be dictatorial leader, with the conspiracy taking into consideration the pros and the cons of such an act. Often times the better choice is the more difficult one, especially when it involves the murder of a man beloved by all. As such, Brutus is the tragic hero of the play Julius Caesar. His tragic flaw is his easily trusting nature, and his conflicting emotions and nobleness make him one of the most renowned tragic heroes of all time.…
Brutus’s rigid idealism is both his greatest virtue and his most deadly flaw. In the world of the play, where self-serving ambition seems to dominate all other motivations, Brutus lives up to Antony’s elegiac description of him as “the noblest of Romans.” However, his commitment to principle repeatedly leads him to make mistakes that cost him much: wanting to curtail violence, he ignores Cassius’s suggestion that the conspirators kill Antony as well as Caesar. In another moment of rampant idealism, he again ignores Cassius’s advice and allows Antony to speak a funeral oration over Caesar’s body. As a result, Brutus forfeits the authority of having the last word on the murder and thus allows Antony to incite the shocked Roman crowd to riot against Brutus and the other conspirators. This is similar to when Regina George incites the entire school into chaos using the “burn book.” Brutus later endangers his good relationship with Cassius by self-righteously condemning what he sees as…
I am enraged that you slaughtered me and my friends. You cannot use your rage caused by one person, Antinous, as a reason to strike hundreds of us down. Before you killed me, I was trying to tell you that the person incited this whole mess was Antinous. After you killed him, there was no need to turn your fury on the rest of us. The worst part is how you did not even intend for us to have means to fight back, your idea was to set us up so you could slaughter and torture us and we would have no means to respond or defend ourselves. In Addition, how could you have killed every single one of us if you have no firsthand account of what happened while you were away, all you knew was what Telemachus told you. You were so naive and enraged that you…
Is it possible for two people to have similarities, but also be almost completely opposite in personality and motives? In Julius Caesar those two people are Brutus and Cassius. Even though Brutus and Cassius share the fact that they were both conspirators who killed caesar, there are many more differences in their personalities and motives.…
Brutus’ demanding of Cassius to give him money revealed the differences between his narcissistic nature and how he sees himself in Shakespeare’s tragedy, Julius Caesar. Brutus needed the money Cassius earned to pay his soldiers because he had not been able to raise any money on his own. He “can raise no money by vile means,” unlike Cassius (4.3.75). By making this statement, he implies that Cassius is very greedy and does not care what he has to do in order to get what he wants. He also clearly states that he is very secure in his honesty and his integrity, which means that he possesses strong morals and would never steal or take bribes from someone else in order to achieve his goals. This is ironic, because Brutus is angry that Cassius will…
Cassius makes the assumption “Than must I think you would not have it so,”. Displaying Brutus’s uneasy feelings towards Caesar makes Brutus more aware of this idea and opens it up to discussion. By doing this Cassius can expand on the fearfulness of Caesar. To do this he claims, “I was born free as Caesar; so were you: We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter’s cold as well as he,”. This statement of equality revealed that Caesar is an equal to them and he has no reason to be placed on a pedestal of honor. With this claim that Caesar is not worthy to be king, Cassius tells Brutus that they should be ashamed of what they have allowed to happen in Rome. He calls Brutus to bring Rome back to the way it should be. Since Brutus is seen as a man of honor, he feels compelled to carry on this and do something about Caesar. Using claims such as these that will provoke Brutus are important and give more reasoning for the killing of…
now be still; I killed not thee with half so good a will” (998). Although Brutus’ intentions are…
In the story The tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare the character Brutus has done many things to make his death come closer than he knows. Not knowing what his effects do he doesn't see the cause of it happening.…