Brutus‚ a brave hero or a traitor? BRUTUS killed his benefactor and friend‚ Cesar‚ because Cesar had usurped the sovereign power. Therefore‚ Brutus was a patriot‚ whose character is to be admired‚ and whose example should be imitated‚ as long as republican liberty shall have a friend or an enemy in the world. Brutus is a very cautious man. "Into what dangers are you leading me‚ Cassius‚ that you would have me lookinto myself for things that are not there?"(1.2.68-70) This quote is referring to
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“Julius Caesar” Act II Brutus’ Behavior Brutus’ unusual behavior can be contributed to several things. Brutus and Caesar have been life-long friends. Brutus feels loyalty toward Caesar‚ but he is torn because he feels that Caesar is abusing his power and has risen far too quickly. The letter from Cassius makes Brutus think that the Roman people want Caesar dead so that Rome can be restored. Brutus is a vain man and is easily manipulated by Cassius’ letter. Brutus twists the letter’s meaning
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Brutus’ honor for the good of Rome is shown at the Feast of Lupercal and near the statue of Pompey. Cassius persuades Brutus that Caesar is not worthy to be the king of Rome. Cassius flatters Brutus by saying he (Brutus) has the same amount of power and should not have to look up to Caesar. Before Cassius proposes to Brutus if he (Brutus) should join the conspirators to kill Caesar‚ Brutus says‚ “If it aught toward the general good‚ / Set honor in one eye and death I’ th’ other‚ / And I will look
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Marcus Brutus’ plight is ultimately a decision to save a republic that involves sacrificing its soon-to-be dictatorial leader‚ with the conspiracy taking into consideration the pros and the cons of such an act. Often times the better choice is the more difficult one‚ especially when it involves the murder of a man beloved by all. As such‚ Brutus is the tragic hero of the play Julius Caesar. His tragic flaw is his easily trusting nature‚ and his conflicting emotions and nobleness make him one of the
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Julius Caesar Synopsis. Act I: The play opens humorously with a little word play between Flavius‚ Marullus‚ and a few workers. The workers are on their way to see Julius Caesar who has recently returned from his victorious battle against Pompey. The reader immediately sees the dislike the tribunes have towards Caesar. However‚ the commoners seem to love Caesar. The scene moves to a large gathering where Caesar is the focus. As Caesar converses with Mark Antony‚ we learn that Caesar is superstitious
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Line act 3 scenes 2 of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ the character Mark Antony delivers to the Roman people a speech that employs a appeal to pathos and diction to show that Caesar was wrongfully killed‚ and uses metaphor in order to show how the stab wounds of Caesar spoke in pain and treason. Mark Antony uses pathos in his speech by saying “that when the people cried‚ Caesar also cried.” Mark Antony uses that line to show the people of Rome that he was ambitious and wasn’t a bad ruler
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Reading Brutus: Marcus Brutus is by definition‚ an ‘honourable man’‚ yet the play Julius Caesar poses the question; how can such an honourable man commit such a dishonourable act as murder? This ambiguity is tracked throughout the play as Brutus‚ a man who is constantly ‘with himself at war’ (I‚ ii‚ 51) attempts to convince himself that he acts ‘for the good of Rome’ (3‚ ii‚ 45). But the question is not whether Brutus has managed to convince himself of his nobility‚ but whether he has managed
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and admirable stature. During 44 BC‚ Julius Caesar ruled the Roman Republic into the powerful Roman Empire. Before Caesar’s rule‚ he left Rome for military services‚ and returned to rule Rome. In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ the character Brutus is a tragic hero possessing the flaw of pride leading to his downfall. Characteristics of Marcus Brutus include being a noble and loyal Roman add to Brutus’s downfall. Brutus’s relationship with Caesar portrays loyalty. The reader can sense there
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Renata S. Biglia Ms. Brostoff English 10 The Act of Misinterpretation “Men may construe things after their fashion‚ / clean from the purpose of the things themselves” (1.3.34-35) says Cicero. People often interpret signs in a way that will benefit them‚ but instead of warning what might happen‚ the problems‚ the wrong interpretation can lead to bad events. In Julius Caesar‚ Shakespeare shows through a series of events that being careful is important. The characters’ situational misinterpretations
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Julius Caesar is a huge character in which people looked upon on. Except the conspirators whom wanted him gone. They tried to avoid him from the beginning to not cause the death of him. But as time came and they noticed how everyone wanted him as their king. They became jealous of him. Let’s get to know who the conspirators are and why they did this to Julius Caesar. Was it for jealousy‚ anger‚ or was it for something that no one knows. Were the conspirators wrong to kill Julius Caesar? Caesar
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