In the play Julius Caesar‚ two men‚ Brutus and Antony‚ each give a powerful oration. In Brutus’ speech he discusses the reasons he should kill Caesar (who was a roman general and a senator)‚ calling him a poisonous snake and a serpent’s egg that was ready to hatch. Brutus was afraid that Caesar would become a dictator. He thought it would be best for the people if Caesar was murdered before he could become king. Brutus explicitly said he had no personal reason to strike Caesar but it was all in the
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in making decisions for them or against them. In Julius Caesar‚ the common people are easily manipulated by their leaders‚ but their rulers need the support of the plebeians‚ because they could overthrow their leaders. Murellus and Flavius were citizens but were conspirators who wanted to get rid of Caesar.
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The Tragedy of Brutus After the murder of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus sets out to explain why the conspirators plotted against Caesar. He is there to shift the crowd to support the death of their beloved leader and to show them the good things that will result of Caesar’s demise. Brutus knows that the crowd is not on the side of the conspirators‚ so he knows he has to be cautious of how he gets their support. Brutus is worried about his public duty and is prepared to act for the common good of Rome.
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ridicule someone based on your choice of words. Julius Caesar used sarcasm to mock the soothsayer and laughed at the fact that he would even suggest that Caesar would be in danger. A true leader takes any citizens ideas into consideration and does not judge one’s opinions. Caesar was not fit to lead Rome because he was very narcissistic. Although Brutus did not want Rome to have a ruler at all‚ he would have been much more fit for the position. Julius Caesar could not lead the plebeians of Rome because
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Mean Girls is like the modern version of Julius Caesar. There are many connections between the two stories. High school is a good portrayal of the jealousy‚ backstabbing‚ and betrayal that is found in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Regina George is Julius Caesar in Mean Girls. She is the leader that was feared to become too powerful or too popular. Regina was both loved and feared by the high school like Caesar. Then Regina was plotted against to ruin her reputation and taken down by Brutus and Cassius
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Marcus Brutus and Stoicism Essay In Julius Caesar does Brutus exemplify the stoic life? Stoicism is “the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint” (google.com). Julius Caesar‚ and The Meditations prove that Brutus is stoic when Portia died‚ when Brutus killed Caesar‚ and when Brutus admits he hates sticking out. Brutus has a stoic philosophy. First off‚ Marcus Brutus has shown stoicism through his emotions when his wife Portia died. When portia died by swallowing
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Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar‚ the funeral orations delivered by Marc Antony and Brutus is the turning point. Marc Antony delivers the more effective funeral oration because he plays with the commoners’ emotions and uses repetition to illustrate sarcasm which wins the crowd over. Funeral orations commonly focus on emotions. Marc Antony’s funeral oration was very effective because he played with the plebeians’ emotions. He states‚ “And‚ being men‚ bearing the will of Caesar‚/ It will inflame
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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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My fellow senators i believe hat and i am against the ruthless‚ liar known as Julius caesar. Caesar has done many things to change rome for the worse. He Broke many laws‚Changed others lives for his own gain and he is going power mad. Julius is trater to many and treats us like dirt. He has taken the democracy and gave us a dictatorship. Robert kennedy once said Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in a web of repression it wove for its people making mistakes that could not be corrected because
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the Ides of March‚ shall be forever remembered in the histories of the Roman Republic. For on that day a great leader and arguably the best Rome has ever seen was killed. It took twenty and three plunges of envious knifes to bring down great Julius Caesar‚ as he started to address the senate that day. This tragic event created by those who have the nerve to call themselves liberators should not go unpunished. Their action has led to disunity and chaos inside the heart of our Republic‚ weakening
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