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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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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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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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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by his friend Brutus‚ with the help of Cassius and a group of men who completely despise Caesar. After Caesar is assassinated Mark Antony‚ Caesar’s close friend‚ asks Brutus to have a proper burial and to speak at Caesar’s funeral. Cassius disagrees to let him speak but Brutus agrees to let him speak under certain criterias and rules: Mark Antony may not blame Brutus and his men for the death‚ Antony has to say he may speak because permission was granted for him to do so by Brutus‚ and Antony must
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play‚ Julius Caesar‚ Brutus a passionate senator claims that Julius Caesar could be a threat to the Roman republic. He supports his claim by comparing Caesar to a deadly snake. Brutus was a very good friend to Caesar and Caesar respected him dearly. Caesar was a very strong leader during battle but Brutus new that Caesar wasn’t meant for the throne. Brutus is conquered by the fact that he needs to kill Caesar or else the Rome republic will be in great danger. I agree that Brutus needs to kill Caesar
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You are Brutus at the end of Act 4. Write your thoughts. I feel somewhat guilty for the way I spoke to Cassius; but I believe he deserved it. I am overwhelmed by guilt that I stabbed Caesar and I still cannot believe that I agreed to do so. It now makes Cassius my one and only brother in this world. He was totally wrong in what he was claiming to be correct‚ I mean‚ who doesn’t know Cassius has an itchy palm? What I hate the most though is that he always tries to cause fights with me‚ especially
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"Othello is essentially an noble character‚ flawed by insecurity and a nature that is naive and unsophisticated". Looking at William Shakespeare’s Othello The Moor Of Venice‚ the central character‚ Othello is revered as the tragic hero. He is a character of high stature that is destroyed by his surroundings‚ his own actions‚ and his fate. His destruction is essentially precipitated by his own actions‚ as well as by the actions of the characters surrounding him. The tragedy of Othello is not a
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Brutus’ demanding of Cassius to give him money revealed the differences between his narcissistic nature and how he sees himself in Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ Julius Caesar. Brutus needed the money Cassius earned to pay his soldiers because he had not been able to raise any money on his own. He “can raise no money by vile means‚” unlike Cassius (4.3.75). By making this statement‚ he implies that Cassius is very greedy and does not care what he has to do in order to get what he wants. He also clearly states
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