Brutus Vs Antony “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves‚ than that Caesar were dead‚ to live all free men?” Whose speech was better between Brutus and Marc Antony? Well‚ it really depends on what perspective that you are looking at the play through. Brutus’ speech was meaningful more to the crowd of the Romans‚ while praising Caesar. Antony’s speech was more to address the crowd that Caesar is dead‚ and to bury Caesar. Brutus’ famous quote from the play is in his speech. Brutus’
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Hamlet Soliloquy Analysis Before the soliloquy‚ Hamlet was going through a seemingly unpleasant conversation with his mother and Claudius‚ and Hamlet was asked to remain in Denmark as being opposed to continue his studies in Wittenberg (which was against his wishes). In the soliloquy Hamlet reveals his wish to fade away‚ or even to kill himself when shakespeare writes‚ “Oh‚ that this too‚ too sullied flesh would melt‚ Thaw‚ and resolve itself into a dew‚ Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d His
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shows a lot about the art of persuasion. This is due to many things that are said in both Brutus’ and Antony’s speeches at Caesar’s funeral. Despite this similarity‚ both of the speeches are very different from one another. While Brutus is trying to sympathize with Caesar’s fan while still trying to reason with them‚ Antony is very aggressive and mentions how Caesar didn’t deserve to be betrayed. In Brutus’ speech‚ he tries to reason with Caesar’s fans without trying to offend them. He said‚ “it’s
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In William Shakespeare’s "Julius Caesar" Brutus is a friend of Caesar. Brutus is a believer in the republic and a member of the conspiracy against Caesar. Brutus is a highly respected man in the upper class of the Roman society. Brutus is a noble and a good man throughout the play. Brutus is a tragic hero because he is born from a high class family‚ is an overall a good person‚ and his trust is his tragic flaw. A noble man should be patriotic‚ ethical‚ and selfless. He should come from a heredity
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Brutus is the most complex of the characters in this play. He is proud of his reputation for honor and nobleness‚ but he is not always practical‚ and is often naive. He is the only major character in the play intensely committed to fashioning his behavior to fit a strict moral and ethical code‚ but he takes actions that are unconsciously hypocritical. One of the significant themes that Shakespeare uses to enrich the complexity of Brutus involves his attempt to ritualize the assassination of Caesar
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extensive ramifications‚ I wish to review his actions‚ and the motivating factors behind those actions. I intend to prove that Brutus had a strong and well grounded personae. He had good intentions; however‚ he made one fatal mistake and that was his downfall. He had many positive qualities. I wish to bring these to the light and delve into how they affected the plot. 	Brutus is a very sincere man. He truly believes that his role in Cassius’s assassination plot is for the good of Rome and her
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Brutus easily changes from a sympathetic protagonist to a back stabbing‚ narcissist. In the beginning of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus was loyal to both of his allies: Caesar and Cassius. However‚ he was always thinking about the citizens in Rome. Brutus had made a self agreement to not be on one of his friends’ side‚ and doing this expected that nothing intense would happen. Later‚ in Act II scene i‚ Brutus is alone in his garden and debates whether if he should help kill Caesar. He concluded with realizing
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" They all wanted answers why Caesar was killed. This is when Brutus Started his speech. He made the people believe him with his speech. The people were cheering "Bring him with triumph home unto his house!" "Give him a statue with his ancestors!" as well as "Let him be Caesar!" These are some of the examples of how Brutus got the people of Rome to his side. When Antony goes up on stage people say "’Twere best he speak no harm of Brutus here." "This Caesar was a tyrant." in addition "Nay‚ that’s certain
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Brutus and Mark Antony both give meaningful speeches after Julius Caesar’s death‚ while Mark Antony made his speech more dramatic with more shown emotion to give off his message Brutus relied on his crowd to believe that what he did was for the good of Rome and not for his own personal gain. Brutus’ speech was meant to ease the crowd out of their hatred for him and the other conspirators for Brutus didn’t want the Roman people to break up into an uproar due to Caesar’s death and he did this by
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Brutus is a complex character and a tragic hero. He is a noble man who was acknowledged by his enemy and by the people of Rome. However‚ his tragic flaw often lead him to make bad decisions and subsequently lead him to his death. Moreover‚ his bad decisions lead to the death and suffering of many others. In short‚ the character of Marcus Brutus from William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” was a good man with a tragic flaw who causes death and suffering to many people‚ including his own wife. Therefore
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