thinking there are more people in support of their actions than there really are. Brutus agrees to let Marc Antony speak at Caesar’s funeral. Cassius has serious misgivings about this and warns Brutus in Act III‚ scene i‚ after Antony makes his request‚ not to agree "You know not what you do: do not consent That Antony speak in his funeral: Know you how much the people may be moved By that which he will utter?". Brutus believes that each man should be trusted based upon their integrity‚ and who they
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pathos‚ repetition‚ and a few other various rhetorical devices come together to assert Mark Antony’s funeral speech and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail as two public addresses of great similarity. Pathos appeal dominantly takes the upper hand in terms of similarities throughout the two proclamations. For example‚ both King and Antony open to their audiences with a friendly standing. Antony calls upon “Friends‚ Romans‚ [and] Countrymen” (III.ii.75.)‚ and King addresses‚ “My
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of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus is the main character who shows the most qualities of a tragic hero. Some of those qualities include‚ excessive pride‚ disrespect toward people‚ and boasting about oneself. As the reader can see in (Shakespeare‚ 3.2 80-85)‚ Antony gives a lecture to the plebeians about how honorable and noble Brutus is as man‚ even though‚ Caesar shows his ambitiousness by refusing the crown three times. This has led to many controversial theories debating between Brutus or Caesar being the
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In the book Julius Caesar‚ I think the character Brutus changes a lot. This character starts out mean‚ but he thinks he has good intentions. By the middle of the book he undergoes changes for the worse. He gets mean and starts becoming a lesser‚ meaner person. By the end of the book he is more noble and sees things in a different way. At the beginning of the book Brutus wants to kill Caesar. He wants to do this for the good of the people. He truly and honestly thinks that if he kills Caesar that
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a picture of a spider. A serious case of arachnophobia is much different than someone who doesn’t like spiders. Many people who are afraid of spiders have feelings of panic entering into a situation where spiders may be present. Professor Martin Antony of the University of Toronto Psychiatry Department classifies arachnophobics in two categories: "monitors" and "blunters". When a "monitor" enters a room‚ he searches the entire room for a spider. When he finds one‚ he not only makes sure he knows
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in society and determine their fates. Marcus Brutus from the play Julius Caesar‚ by William Shakespeare‚ is one such man. Brutus uses his rationale and logical reasoning to surpass challenges and conflicts throughout the story. Brutus ultimately ends his own life‚ but not before taking the life of Julius Caesar‚ the title character of the play. It is this determination of
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Mark Antony is very loyal to Caesar. He sometimes acts if he is Caesar’s servant. His loyalty and dedication is appropriate. His deference is also sometimes excessive‚ but not mindless. Antony cares and loves Caesar as if they were brothers. Mark Antony is so very loyal to Caesar‚ that at times he calls him “Caesar my lord‚” (pg.3‚ Act I by Antony). Mark Antony is honest‚ and cares for Caesar. His loyalty is appropriate‚ because during the time frame most people were loyal instead of being a
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Mark Antony’s speech was more persuasive than Brutus simply because Brutus was trying to persuade the people of the village that killing Caesar was the right thing to do . His ultimate goal was to round up the commoners under the impression that they were revenging Caesar’s tragic death. He mentions how he and Caesar were rally good friends and how hurt he seemed to be to lose a good friend. Mark Antony persuades them by telling the commoners that he made a promise with Brutus to not speak or bring
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You are Brutus at the end of Act 4. Write your thoughts. I feel somewhat guilty for the way I spoke to Cassius; but I believe he deserved it. I am overwhelmed by guilt that I stabbed Caesar and I still cannot believe that I agreed to do so. It now makes Cassius my one and only brother in this world. He was totally wrong in what he was claiming to be correct‚ I mean‚ who doesn’t know Cassius has an itchy palm? What I hate the most though is that he always tries to cause fights with me‚ especially
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Brutus’ fate is not his alone: in Shakespeare no character with a clear moral vision has a will to power and‚ conversely‚ no character with a strong desire to rule over others has an ethically adequate object. This is most obviously true of Shakespearean villainsthe megalomaniac Richard III‚ the bastard Edmond (along with the ghastly Goneril‚ Regan‚ and Cornwall)‚ the Macbeths‚ and the likebut it is also true of such characters as Bolingbroke in the Henriad plays‚ Cassius in Julius Caesar‚ Fortinbras
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