Did Caesar help or harm the Roman Empire? Rome would have been better off without having Julius Caesar as a leader. During his time‚ Julius Caesar should have been considered a villain because he made the senate larger so that he could have more followers in politics‚ he only wanted to benefit himself and didn’t care about Rome’s outcome‚ and he beat his enemies be using brute force and cruelty. Firstly‚ he made the senate larger to have more of his own supporters in political positions. In
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One person Big difference How can one person make a difference? In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ Brutus helps the conspirators kill Caesar because they were scared that he would want to become dictator of everything and become powerful. His assassination caused a big civil war and that led to a lot of deaths. Another example is Antigone in Sophocles’ Antigone; her two older brothers fought over power‚ but ended up dying; only one brother was buried‚ though. Antigone’s stand against such injustice
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The cause and effects to Brutus’s death In the story The tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare the character Brutus has done many things to make his death come closer than he knows. Not knowing what his effects do he doesn’t see the cause of it happening. The First Cause that leads to his end is the fact that he decided to join a group of conspirators believing that the note he has found was from one of the towns people asking for him to help get rid of Caesar. As he meets the
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Rough Draft “Not that I loved Caesar less‚ but that I loved Rome more.” This is a famous quote from Brutus regarding Julius Caesar. Brutus was manipulated by the conspirators into killing his best friend Caesar. From his guilt‚ Brutus ends up killing himself. But before his own death‚ Brutus and Caesar’s friend‚ Antony‚ give a speech regarding the death of Caesar. Brutus’s funeral speech in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare was most effective due to his use of pathos‚ ethos
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Mark Antony appeals to the crowd’s sense of ethos to establish himself in their eyes as a noble man‚ and to surreptitiously separate the conspirators’ from their lofty reputations. Specifically‚ Antony mentions that he has the power to "do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong‚ who‚ you know‚ are honourable men"‚ but he "will not do them wrong: [he] rather choose[s] to wrong the dead‚ to wrong [himself] and [the people]‚ than [he] will wrong such honourable men" (). Antony says that though he could‚ it
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In what ways does the language and imagery of Antony’s speech demonstrate his manipulation of the crowd? In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ Mark Antony’s speech at Caesar’s funeral‚ despite all his protestations to the contrary‚ is fuelled by one purpose: vengeance to those who murdered his beloved Caesar. He uses combinations of verbal irony‚ repetitive diction‚ and heavy emphasis on emotions to sway his audience. He does so without guilt or remorse towards the people to whom the crowd will direct
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The Friendships of “Julius Caesar” “Julius Caesar” is a truly fascinating book full of action‚ adventure‚ and some of the most recognized sayings in the English language. Although it has these things‚ I will be focusing on how the friendships affect the outcome of the book. The friendships portrayed in "Julius Caesar" bring great depth and complexity to the plan of the book. The first Friendship I will focus on is Brutus and Cassius. Brutus and Cassius both are good friends. One of
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Bradley Myron 8/15/15 Summer Assignment Mark Antony Speech Analysis In Mark Antony’s funeral speech for Caesar‚ we can find one of Shakespeare’s finest examples of rhetorical work. The speech itself could serve as a thematic synopsis to the play Julius Caesar. Perhaps more than any other of Shakespeare’s works‚ Julius Caesar is a play that relies on rhetoric—both as the art of persuasion and as an artifice used to veil intent. Already distrusted by the conspirators for his friendship with Caesar
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How far will one man go to get revenge on the people who did him wrong? This question is relevant because Antony is ready to take action on the conspirators to make them pay for what they have done. By using his own emotions‚ that now has gotten him one step close to getting revenge. Antony was very tactful by studying the psychological aspect of the commoners to sway them on his side. Also‚ Antony figured out ways to persuade the crowd by using fallacies‚ rhetorical devices‚ and appeals. From
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To assassinate means‚ “To kill suddenly or secretively‚ especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously”(dictionary reference 1).. Julius Caesar was born on July 12‚ 100 BC‚ and was assassinated by many Roman senators near the theatre of Pompey on the Ides of March‚ on March 15‚ 44 BC. Achity explains his assassination by stating that “In the Senate chamber‚ Antonius is drawn to one side. Then the conspirators crowd about Caesar as if to second a petition for the
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