William Shakespeare proves validity of his certain message throughout Act One of the play‚ Julius Caesar. Most of the townsfolk are delighted over Caesar’s homecoming‚ however some do not feel the same. Cassius‚ one of Julius’s long-time friends‚ does not enjoy the fact that he will become the ruler of Rome. Cassius then influences Brutus‚ hoping he will join the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar and take over the throne of Rome‚ which is conveyed throughout the first act. In Shakespeare’s Julius
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In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Caesar is rising in power and a lot of people want to bring him down before he becomes to powerful. The people that want to bring him down call themselves the “Conspirators”. The people that are part of the conspirators include Cassius‚ Casca‚ Cinna‚ Decius‚ Matellus‚ e.t.c. Out of the conspirators they all want to recruit a man named Brutus. Brutus is very respected man throughout Rome and they believe if they can get Brutus to join the conspiracy that the people
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Brutus for president Brutus should be president because he is smart and loyal. Ethos- He is a politician. Pathos- Father died taking part in the rebellion of Lepidus so Brutus is loyal and cares about his people. He also had to go through the difficult decision whether to choose the loyalty of his friend or the loyalty for the government. and has to kill his friend to save the republic. If there be any in this assembly‚ any dear friend of Caesar’s‚ to him I say‚ that Brutus’ love to Caesar
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I think the least honorable person is Antony‚ because he’s the one who caused a riot. Antony even caused a war just because he didn’t like the way Julius Caesar died. Another reason why he’s not honorable is because he committed suicide. Which suicide isn’t always the way out of living. Plus‚ Antony was saying bad things about Brutus so he can start a riot‚ and a war. He even went against Octavian‚ which was Julius’s nephew. When he went up against Octavian‚ and he lost that battle. Antony is
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Brutus - Hero or Brute (as his name seems to imply)? Brutus one of the main characters in the play‚ Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ Brutus on the one hand seems to truly be a good person who wants the best for his beloved Rome and on the other had he almost seems jealous of Caesar. Did he actually love Caesar and simply loved Rome more or was he actually a jealous and revengeful person? Brutus is one of my favorite characters in this play. He seems to really love his city and wants nothing
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Persuading Caesar In the tragedy‚ “Julius Caesar‚” William Shakespeare uses detail and appeal to present how Decius was able to make a stronger argument than Calphurnia to persuade Caesar to go to the Senate. Calphurnia already has an emotional appeal with Caesar since he is her husband and uses pathos to try to persuade Caesar to stay home and not go to the Senate meeting as it would turn out in a negative situation. She expresses her fear with a dream of his statue “[running] pure blood and
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In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Brutus is often debated whether or not he would be a good leader. A leader is someone who has power and knows how to get the people to respect him. The mighty Brutus would not be a good King because he does not have the right qualities of being a leader. One of the qualities of being a king is the ability to always make smart decisions that will benefit the people. The group of conspirators very easily convinced Brutus to join and kill his friend Caesar
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In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ Mark Antony‚ a loyal friend of Caesar’s‚ announces a speech to persuade the Roman citizens to turn against the conspirators who murdered his beloved ruler. Embedded in Mark Antony’s speech‚ Shakespeare uses imagery when describing Caesar’s wounds‚ rhetorical structures like metaphors while describing the blood of Caesar‚ and a mournful tone‚ to emotionally impact the audience. In creating a well-organized speech‚ Mark Antony is easily able to manipulate
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The thing that really got the conspirators started in the overthrow of Julius Caesar was Cassius. His best move that he made was getting Brutus to join the conspirators. He had a good knowledge of his fellow peers‚ his logical and emotional appeals allowed him to draw Brutus in to the conspirators and to be able to do what he wanted to do. He was able to draw Brutus by doing all of the things that he needed to do in order to get Brutus in on the plan to overthrow Julius Caesar. The
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While Caesar was in Briton‚ tragedy struck again. Pompey’s wife and Caesar’s daughter Julia‚ had passed away at the hands of childbirth in 54 BC. Caesar‚ conscious that the Triumvirate was fading Tattempted to regain Pompey’s support. Caesar offered him Octavia (his great-niece) in marriage‚ yet Pompey declined. Then in 53 BC‚ Crassus was killed in the battle against the Parthians which further impacted to the Triumvirate’s fading friendship and also meant that the invasion on the East had failed
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