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    Act 2 of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is when Brutus decides to assassinate Julius Caesar for the benefit of Rome. Through a monologue‚ Brutus explains why he believes Caesar should be killed. Although Brutus loves Caesar as a friend‚ he opposes the political system where only one director tyrannically reigns a country. Instead‚ he believes in a republic form of political system guided by the votes of senators. After Cassius started to convince Brutus into turning against Caesar‚ Brutus had

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    conflicts every day; often‚ they resemble some conflicts from the past. In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar‚ the protagonist Caesar is assassinated by a group of conspiracies that think that crowning Caesar would overturn Rome. In reality‚ in Ancient Rome‚ the Senate had named Caesar “dictator perpetuo”‚ or dictator in perpetuity‚ and they opposed his policies. They did not assassinate Caesar for themselves; they loved Rome and believed the Romans would live as slaves under Caesar’s leadership

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    followers say‚ and all that is done is for the power that one can gain from such behavior‚ once the followers see that the dictator‚ ruler or leader is only upon the throne for the authority it gets very convoluted‚ but as the population does see the behavior at times it’s already too late to do anything so the individuals have to wait for another voting‚ or maybe they caught it in time‚ so what do the people do then? They protest‚ but in Julius Caesar when the Dictator of Rome hasn’t proven such behavior

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    The Relevance of Loyalty in Julius Caesar In the Shakespearean play Julius Caesar‚ loyalty is relevant to each person. In the eyes of Marc Antony‚ Marcus Brutus‚ and Cassius‚ the term “loyalty” means something entirely different to each man. In a sense‚ each of the three characters is only loyal to what he thinks is good and right but in some cases‚ his morals also fluctuate with his desires. Marc Antony plays the specific role of a son-like figure to Caesar. He takes no part in the conspiracy

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    affect the entire group‚ but most of the blame is placed on the person who was supposed to lead them in the right direction. Now envision Julius Caesar soon to be crowned the leader of all of Rome. Being a leader of all those people is a big task and a big responsibility‚ but Julius Caesar had the attributes of being a great leader for all those people. Julius Caesar is an aware‚ decisive‚ and confident man. A person would have to be if they were going on to take over all the responsibility of Rome onto

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    first-hand consequences. In the play Julius Caesar‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ the tragic death of an innocent man‚ Cinna‚ was preventable. Although Roman citizens were technically at fault for his death‚ it goes back further than that simple action. Upon further analysis‚ and on the basis of the butterfly effect‚ the citizens were enraged by the actions of Antony‚ and Antony was enraged by the death of Caesar by the conspirators. The conspirators were enraged with Caesar. With the underlying threat

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    contrast to another to enforce their agenda‚ they position the audience through language to side with them. The tight narrative “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare’s utilises the final days of Caesar’s

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    Persuasion is the power to get your way or get people to go your way. In "Julius Caesar" the conspirators use many different techniques to get people to join their cause‚ which is to overthrow Caesar. They feel that they need large numbers in order to get their point across. I feel there reasons for murdering and overthrowing Caesar were based on both logic and emotion. It may not have been the right logic or emotions but it was what the conspirators believed in. Some of the reasons they said to

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    Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ Brutus‚ is the main and most known conspirator in the murder of Caesar‚ was an honorable man. Brutus had a choice within himself; he could either be loyal to his friend Caesar‚ or to Rome. He was honorable because he killed his friend out of the love for the greater good and the Romans. Brutus is an honorable man because he did what he thought was right for everyone not just himself‚ and because of that Brutus deserved the honor. Throughout Julius Caesar there are many

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    Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar Brutus and Antony are presenting speeches to the Roman plebeians to convince them of their position regarding Caesar’s assassination.They both believe differently Antony manages stealthily bring it to the opinion that Caesar has been killed wrongfully.He begins by insisting that Brutus and the other murderers are honorable but then slowly undermines this idea by pointing out that Caesar’s ambition could not be true. How Caesar loved his people.Brutus thinks that Caesar threatened

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