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    king praised him‚ he led a rebellion against him. In Julius Caesar Brutus‚ a honor driven conspirator‚ believes too much in honor and uses nor as a way to justify his action. He is admired by the Roman people‚ but was easily manipulated into joining a conspiracy and immediately took as the leader to killing Caesar. Both of these characters are very similar in how they perceived and lived their lives. Shakespeare creates Brutus and Hotspur as characters whose principle concern is for themselves

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    comes to power. Brutus is portrayed as the tragic hero‚ and he gives numerous speeches to convey his opinions and feelings about the subject matter. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ the character Marcus Brutus makes many appeals to rhetoric‚ specifically ethos and pathos‚ in order to get his point across to the audience. Throughout the story‚ in order to express himself‚ Brutus makes many appeals to ethos. For instance‚ at the start of his eulogy‚ Brutus uses the phrase:

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    he hit the audience with Pathos (Emotion)‚ unlike Brutus who used Logos (Logic) and Ethos (Ethics). Mankind are subjected to their emotions rather than thinking for themselves‚ and due to this Antony’s speech prevails Brutus’s speech. When Brutus spoke to the crowd‚ they understood what he was saying and trusted him. When Antony spoke‚ the crowd rose up in rage and was set on revenge‚ which had the opposite effect of Brutus’s speech. Brutus could’ve won the argument but he made some mistakes

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    The Effects of the Speeches of Brutus and Antony One of Shakespeare’s greateset plays is Julius Caesar. It’s about a group of conspirators who kill their king in order to be free. Antony‚ opposed to the killing of Caesar‚ felt that he should make them pay for killing Caesar. He delivered a speech that convinced the Romans that the murder was not fair‚ causeing them to start a riot. Brutus also gave a good speech but the Romans didn’t react to it. A battle started‚ and most of the conspirators

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    In the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar ‚ Brutus and Mark Antony both give speeches to persuade the Roman people whether or not Caesar died for the good of Rome or so someone else could come into power. Based on the rhetorical appeals used in both speeches‚ Brutus’s speech was the most effective one in persuading the Roman citizens. In his speech Brutus uses pathos to appeal to the emotions of the Roman citizens. He states‚” Not that I loved Caesar less‚ but that I loved Rome more.” He uses this phrase

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    dramatic death in the class while two other students would guess who were the hitmen. This could be similar to Julius Caesar because Brutus was planned out to be the killer of Julius Caesar by Cassius and the others in this conspiracy that have chosen him to be the one. Do you see how it all falls into play‚ Julius caesar is the students that are being killed. Brutus is the hitman but instead of winking he will stab Julius‚ the two people

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    Jessica Helm Phillips English 10 Pre-AP 1st 28 February 2013 Speech Analysis The speeches given by both Brutus and Mark Antony in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar are very persuasive to the audience that they are given to‚ but rhetorical devices were used in different ways in order for each to have an effect on the people of Rome. In Brutus’s speech‚ he uses devices such as rhetorical question and antithesis to convince the Romans that he and the conpirators did a good deed

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    Courteney Wiredu Mrs. Grillo ELA II Honors pd 6 16 April‚ 2017 Julius Caesar Essay Brutus vs Antony Characterization is a crucial part of Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. He utilizes the characters to make the play more believable to the audience. Each person has a different personality‚ which makes them all unique. By putting careful thought into their words and actions‚ the characters are fully developed throughout the course of the play. This which adds to the plot because it makes the audience

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    Will Brutus join the conspiracy and why? In the play of Julius Caesar a conspiracy formed and Brutus gets dragged in to it. So we will look at how he stated to get dragged in. The reasons why he joined. Lastly should he have joined. The start of the conspiracy was stated by Cassius. He was the first to actually talk to Brutus about it. Brutus did kinda agree more like feel the same way. When they were shouting for Caesar Brutus said “I fear Caesar has become king” (I‚i‚ 88-89) Which

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    power and were king like. Marcus Brutus is the most complex character in this play. Brutus is one of the men who assassinate Caesar in the senate. Brutus is complex‚ because he does not just kill Caesar for greed‚ envy or to protect his social position like so many of the other conspirators. This Brutus makes very clear in his speech in act III‚ scene II (lines 12-76)‚ where he explains his actions as being only for the good of Rome. Unlike the other conspirators‚ Brutus is in fact a dear friend of Caesar’s

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