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    Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus and Cassius are contrasting characters. They differ in the way they perceive Antony as a threat to the assassination plot‚ their dominance in personality‚ and their moral fiber. In Julius Caesar‚ Brutus is the more naïve‚ dominant and noble character‚ while Cassius is the more perceptive‚ submissive‚ and manipulative person. <br> <br>Brutus and Cassius are very different in the way they perceive Antony. Brutus is very trusting and naïve when he judges

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    Brutus for president Brutus should be president because he is smart and loyal. Ethos- He is a politician. Pathos- Father died taking part in the rebellion of Lepidus so Brutus is loyal and cares about his people. He also had to go through the difficult decision whether to choose the loyalty of his friend or the loyalty for the government. and has to kill his friend to save the republic. If there be any in this assembly‚ any dear friend of Caesar’s‚ to him I say‚ that Brutus’ love to Caesar

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    Brutus is a main character in the play‚ Julius Caesar‚ and was a part of the plot to assassinate the titular man. Brutus is a high-ranking nobleman with a selfless nature‚ but is known to be easily tricked and manipulated. His most noticeable feature is his undying love for Rome‚ and his strong sense of honor. Unlike everyone else‚ who acts for their own purposes‚ Brutus was a friend of Caesar and only helped to kill him because he thought it would benefit Rome‚ and only for that reason. He thinks

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    marriage was less about love‚ and more about the need for a pretty possession to call a wife. However‚ Brutus’s relationship with his wife‚ Portia‚ was not like this. Brutus truly loved his wife as an equal. The first example of this is that when Portia asks Brutus to tell her what is bothering him. In Act II‚ scene i‚ lines 313-318‚ Brutus tells Portia that after he sees who is at the door he’ll tell her all his secrets‚ everything that’s bothering him. Then‚ later in the text‚ in Act II‚ scene iv

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    speeches to the citizens by Brutus and Antony. The speeches were contrary to each other. Brutus speech was to calm them down and explain why Julius was killed (he used logos and ethos). One of Brutus’s friends‚ Antony‚ also made a speech to the people. His whole purpose in the speech was to get everyone angry and go against the conspirators. He wasn’t allowed to talk bad about the conspirators‚ so he tried to get everyone angry through their feelings (pathos). Brutus first addresses what

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    Brutus and Mark Antony both spoke after the assassination of Julias Caesar. Though Their speeches were both very different in many ways‚ they were similar in others. Brutus was the first the speak in his defence for assassinating Julias Caesar.He used logic and reasoning to support his ideas of justice to Rome. Brutus:"...censure me‚ and and in your wisdom‚ and awake your senses‚ that you may be the better judge." (3.2.1547-1550). This makes the crowd this reasonably‚ letting Brutus speak of the

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    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 would persuade him to

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    Brutus joining in on the plot is a tricky situation‚ as it has many up and down sides. Brutus joining would certainly help the conspirators further there goal‚ but it would also cause a few problems. Brutus joining could be a good thing as well as a bad thing because his support could also convince a majority of common people to support the conspirators. This has the possibility of ruining their plans because there is a higher chance of Caesar finding out their plot the more common people know and

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    As Brutus says that he would do anything for the good of all Romans that is a similarity between Cassius and Brutus because Brutus says he would do anything to protect Rome but when Cassius outsmarts him and uses him to kill caesar‚ that is a difference. Cassius thoughts of killing Caesar are lead because he is ambitious and wants the power or more than Caesar had. He was also Envy of Ceasar and of all the respect he had from the people. "Why‚ man‚ he doth bestride the narrow world/Like a Colossus

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    made by Doctor Smith? The Duwamish language was not a written language‚ having no alphabet‚ thus no official record or writing could have been made. For these reasons‚ it is highly probable Chief Seattle’s Oration of 1854 never existed. The first and only published account of Chief Seattle’s Oration was written in the "Seattle Sunday Star" on October 27th‚ 1887. The author of the article‚ Doctor Henry Smith‚ was said to have been a witness at the speech and served as a translator for Chief Seattle;

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