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    resolution of this case will either justify Brutus and the other conspirators’ act of murder or avenge Caesar’s death. Due to his overly ambitious nature and false claim that he did what was best for Rome‚ I believe that Brutus killed Caesar to gain power and therefore should be punished for his involvement in the murder. Brutus’s actions when he gained power after Caesar’s death indicated that he acted not out of love of his country‚ but out of selfishness. When Brutus addressed the public at Caesar’s funeral

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    friends of Caesar that are having the biggest impact are Brutus and Antony. Brutus and Antony are two men living in Rome having to deal with the dictatorship that is ruled by Caesar. Although they are both Caesar friends‚ they do have some similarities‚ but they also have differences as well. You could see the true difference between Brutus and Mark Antony in their eulogy speech for Caesar. They both speak a eulogy at Caesar’s funeral. . Brutus‚ in a somewhat arrogant to where he attempts to sway the

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    Shakespeare‚ Cassius successfully persuades Brutus to join an alliance against Caesar by using claims and logos‚ pathos‚ and ethos arguments. Cassius’s effective persuasion begins with the building of Brutus’s ego of honor. He does this so Brutus will feel an obligation to keep Rome honorable. Pathos driven arguments that will bring forward this emotion of obligation are used such as “This breast of mine hath buried thoughts of great value‚”. Cassius is reminding Brutus that he recognizes the great honor

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    Through life’s bloody suicide of Caesar‚ Brutus thinks he now has full power over Rome. Shakespeare expresses how Brutus allows Antony to say his speech at the fallen ruler‚ Caesar’s funeral. Antony contrasts gullible Brutus who ends up killing himself showing the honor he had during the story. Antony shows that when you become power hungry you become desperate and can cause a distraction. The gullible Brutus is convinced by the conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar‚ thinking he will become crazy over

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    In “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare‚ Brutus is able to sway the people to believe that Caesar’s assassination was for their own good by using a single analogy. However‚ Antony is able to confront that belief right after Brutus’ speech‚ swaying the Roman citizens to trust him rather than Brutus. By being able to merge voices and speaking to the people colloquially‚ Antony has an automatic linguistic advantage over Brutus. With this advantage‚ voice merging and emotional delivery

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    How well do the two speeches combine the story? Well there was so much conspiracy and emotions all wrapped up into one as the two speeches were going on. Like Brutus was all about logic and the reality of the problem. Mark on the other hand wasn’t. How did these two speeches compare to each other? Keep reading and find out. Mark’s speech after Julius death was all based on his emotions since he was a very good friend of Julius. He would talk about the emotions he was feeling because he did It for

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    Although the conspirators believe that enlisting Brutus in the conspiracy will ensure their success‚ Brutus’s tragic flaws of naivety and pride cause him to make a number of errors in judgment that ultimately doom their “noble enterprise” to failure. For instance‚ when Brutus demands that the conspirators do not take an oath‚ he shows his guilelessness. Casca and Cassius want all the conspirators to take an oath to lock in their motives and to keep them from running at the first sight of danger‚

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    Who should take Caesar’s place? Should it be Brutus or Antony? Both Brutus and Antony wanted to show that Caesar was an honorable man and that he died for the good of Rome. They also both wanted to get the people of Rome to believe‚ trust and follow them. They both used rhetorical appeals to get their point across. Brutus went first‚ which was a mistake on his part. Even though he had a good speech and did good getting his point across‚ he should not have gave his first. By going first‚ his speech

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    The first speech was Brutus ‚ followed by Mark Antony. The speakers use many different ways to turn the crowds aspect of them and get them on their side. The first speech were going to talk about is BrutusBrutus used a lot of different ways to turn the crowd. The first way were going to talk about is how Brutus stands above the crowd to show power or to get attention. When he walks in the crowd is being loud and talking until they notice Brutus standing above them. Brutus tells the crowd that

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    D 12 February 2013 E tu Brute? Was a tragic hero ever named in the novel Julius Caesar by Shakespeare? A tragic hero was never named in the novel‚ most likely due to the fact that there were many candidates to the tragic hero role. Could it be Brutus‚ Cassius‚ or Julius Caesar himself? A tragic hero is a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy that is destined for downfall‚ suffering‚ or defeat. The tragic hero also must have a hamartia‚ which is a fatal flaw. Who would become the tragic

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