Secondly‚ Shakespeare represents the idea of Brutus having more power due to controlling the conspirators and letting Brutus himself in the leadership role. In Act Two Scene One there was a passage that shows how Brutus was leading the conspirators to do the right thing for Rome. “No‚ not an oath: if not the face of men/The sufferance of our souls‚ the time’s abuse/ -- If these be motives weak‚ break off bedtimes/And every man hence to his idle bed/………. If he do break the smallest particle/Of any
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Shakespeare’s Rendition of Julius Caesar death‚ the character Brutus must persuade the audience into believing his murder of Caesar was justified. To be sure that he is imprinted as a “heroine” for saving the roman empire he makes Mark Anthony go‚ knowing that the audience will believe him for he was Caesars best friend. Brutus makes sure that he implies him as a good guy by giving him restrictions on what he could and could not say‚ but ultimately Brutus fails with his plan for he did not listen to Anthony’s
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given to the Roman citizens by Brutus and Antony are the most predominate and important aspects of the play‚ because they each manipulated their words and incorporated the use of rhetorical devices and the three classical appeals‚ (ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos) in such a way that each speech dramatically affected who the crowd favored. Both Brutus and Antony used an ethical appeal‚ or ethos‚ in their speeches‚ although it was much more prominent in Brutus’ speech. Brutus focused his speech on the reasons
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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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Brutus and Cassius In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ a group of people killed Caesar‚ a man who was to become King‚ because they felt he was to weak. Brutus and Cassius were leaders of this group. They have a few similarities and differenes. How they read people‚ who they trust‚ and how making decisions is how they are different and how they feel about Caesar becoming king is how they are similar. In the play‚ Brutus and Cassius are differernt in many ways. After Caesar was
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I chose the topic “Brutus vs Caesar” because I thought the topic would be interesting. I saw the word “vs”‚ in the title and thought it was about gladiators fighting to the death. I researched this topic by using the internet‚ Chrome‚ and Google. I think the topic “Brutus vs Caesar” relates to the theme – Taking a Stand in History because the actions of Brutus changed history when he and others conspired and carried out the assassination of Julius Caesar‚ a man who some believed to have been a
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all of the characters‚ any reasonable person should realize‚ that‚ of course‚ this hero was none other than Caesar’s best friend‚ Brutus. By definition‚ a tragic hero must‚ of course‚ have heroic qualities. So what qualities does Brutus have that would make him any more applicable to the title than any other character in the play? There are a few of these. For one‚ Brutus was a genuinely nice person. He did not wish to harm anyone‚ and really only wanted to general good for all people. Secondly‚ as
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vocal than Brutus. He assassinates Caesar‚ pleads to the people for their support‚ and conducts war with Octavian and Marc Anthony. But is he virtuous? Brutus is not necessarily virtuous; he does all of these actions to gain glory and to show his virtue. Everyone should aspire to be virtuous. However‚ as seen by Marc Antony and Cassius manipulating Brutus and Brutus’s death‚ excessive pursuit of virtue can be
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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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Caesar‚ the character Brutus deals with the struggles of trying to make Rome as best as it can be. Conspiring with some fellow Romans‚ the noble Brutus kills the to-be emperor Julius Caesar. This begins a war against those who advocate the rise of Caesar‚ including Caesar’s closest cohort‚ Mark Antony. At the place of Brutus’ death‚ Antony stands over his body and gives a short speech commemorating Brutus’ honor. In his speech‚ Antony uses the phrase “This is a man” to describe Brutus. Mark Antony’s speech
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