Vengeance is a powerful. Caesar’s slaying by Brutus sets Antony in motion to deceive his murderers into allowing him to speak to Rome. In his speech to the Romans‚ Antony turns Rome against Brutus using repetition to convey the irony in his own speech and discredit Brutus‚ as well as‚ applying meter to add emphasis to the mutiny‚ and contrast Brutus’s speech allowing him to connect with his countrymen. Repetition is used powerfully throughout Antony’s speech to convey a multitude of thoughts‚ however
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14. What complaint does Cassius make about Brutus’ behavior towards him? How does Brutus answer this complaint? 15. What does Brutus mean when he says he is “with himself at war”? 16. What is Cassius telling Brutus in lines 54-79? 17. What internal conflict does Brutus reveal in line 82? 18. What do lines 85-90 say about Brutus’ character? 19. Cassius’ story attacks what aspect of Caesar’s makeup? What is the attack supposed to say to Brutus? 20. What is Cassius suggesting by comparing
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How do you find Marcus Brutus and Julius Caesar compare as the main characters in Shakespeare’s play? Do you find them to be representative of good vs. evil? In the historical tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ there are a number of contrasting themes and characters who develop the theme of good vs. evil and perhaps are constantly changing from the protagonist to the antagonist. It is hard to distinguish who is suppose to be the savior of the Roman people and who is the hypocrite that is misleading both
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wept;/ Ambition should be made of sterner stuff./ Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;/ And Brutus is an honorable man/... I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke‚/ But here I am to speak of what I know.” (III‚ II‚ 97-107) In this quote is Antony speaking to the common rabble. Antony continually uses the phrase “Yet Brutus is an honorable man”. In this he is saying that Casear was accused and showing the people how they were wrong to think Brutus as honorable. In the end he persuades the people to revolt
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Because of this‚ Shakespeare wrote several plays based on historical events that occurred in Roman history‚ like Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra. Though the play is named Julius Caesar‚ he is overshadowed by other important characters such as Marcus Brutus‚ Cassius‚ and Mark Anthony. The play revolves around the scheme and deceitfulness
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him success‚ just as Brutus predicts. Caesar’s physical deafness‚ his inability to hear‚ correlates with Caesar’s inability to listen. 2.Brutus is considered the most important member of the conspiracy‚ yet his mistakes doom it. List two mistakes Brutus makes and explain the effect his mistakes have on the attempted coup. •Brutus argues in favor of sparing Marc Antony‚ claiming that killing Antony would make them appear as butchers. After Caesar is assassinated‚ Brutus allows Antony to speak
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The speeches made to the plebeians by Brutus and Anthony at Caesar’s funeral was mostly effective using the "blame game." As Brutus blamed Caesar’s death upon his own "ambition"‚ Anthony blamed Caesar’s death at the conspirators indirectly. Even though both of their speeches questioned and boggled the crowd’s mind‚ reading both of their speeches‚ I thought Anthony’s was more effective and better‚ more respective than plain‚ old‚ repetitive Brutus’. Anthony was more persuasive especially because
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Analysis Essay In Act one‚ Brutus remains very serious. He claims he is at war with himself when Cassius asks him what is wrong‚ and tells him not to worry. One of Brutus’s fears is that Caesar will become king‚ which makes Cassius happy to hear. Cassius then tries to persuade him to help remove this possibility‚ but Brutus refuses. Brutus decides against Cassius’ offer. Brutus seems somewhat strong in his opinion in act one. But he also seems quite vulnerable at the same time. If he
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them and they have to fight for their cause. Brutus‚ a main character‚ is part of the conspiracy and joins the conspiracy to protect Rome‚ but then ends up dying to support his cause. Brutus is the tragic hero of “Julius Caesar” because he never has a back-up plan for his actions‚ he is a loyal Roman citizen‚ and he has a bad sense of character. In the play "Julius Caesar"‚ Brutus has a pattern of never having a secondary plan for his actions. Brutus does this because he wants to believe everything
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Compare and Contrast Essay Shakespeare Tragic Heroes: Macbeth and Brutus Kyla Yu English 11 August 4th‚ 2008 William Shakespeare is a world renowned English poet and playwright famous for many tragic plays such as Macbeth and Julius Caesar. These two plays both contain tragic heroes with Marcus Brutus from Julius Caesar‚ and Macbeth from Macbeth. A tragic hero is defined as a protagonist of high standing with heroic or potential heroic abilities who must oppose some external or internal
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