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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Honorable Brutus In Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ the character of Marcus Brutus has a very significant‚ yet controversial role. Being both Caesar’s closest friend and a conspirator against him‚ Brutus is torn between whether or not he should take part in the murder. By his choice of joining with the conspirators to bring about Caesar’s demise‚ Brutus is not the ideal and honorable man Rome believed him to be. Brutus fears that Caesar’s power and ambition will grow far too
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When people are overcome with jealousy it can make them do outrageous things. In the play‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Shakespeare portrays Cassius as an evil manipulator in attempt to use Brutus as a pawn to achieve his goal. Cassius despises the way Rome is bring led and wants Caesar executed. He uses his skills to create a group of conspirators to kill Caesar and take over Rome. Cassius’s resentment can be shown through his malicious‚ courageous‚ and shrewd characteristics
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In “Julius Caesar”‚ a Tragedy written by William Shakespeare‚ Brutus joins the conspiracy because he is loyal to Rome and manipulated by Cassius. Brutus is loyal to Rome because he risks his life to do what he believes is the best for the state which is why he joins the conspiracy even though it could get him killed if he gets caught. Cassius manipulates Brutus using flattery during the Feast of Lupercal he points out that Caesar is no more worthy of being crowned emperor than Brutus which he hopes
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Tragedy of the Century Tragedy has com to our once peaceful nation. Our mighty leader Caesar was mercilessly assassinated yesterday on Ides of March 44 BC. by a group of rouge senators including Caesars trusted friend Marcus Brutus. These murderers have escaped and Rome has lost one of her best and most compassionate leaders. But what was the reason of this sudden assassination. The most obvious is uneasiness. For some time there has been tension between our great leader‚ Caesar‚ and the senate
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