The tragedy of Julius Caesar The Tragedy of julius Caesar is a twisted play the that is filled with conspirators and surprising actions from friends that turn into enemies‚ and enemies that turn into allies. Brutus states‚ “Not that i loved caesar less i loved Rome more” (Shakespeare 3.2.21-22) does things for the right reason not the wrong‚ he is doing things for Rome not for him and the conspirators have jealousy. The assassination of Caesar is tragic. There are many scenes that are delicately
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most brutal death. After his death‚ Brutus and Markus Antonius give speeches about Caesar. Both compel the crowd in their beliefs‚ but Brutus held the crowd for a good while and then Antony came in and stole the crowd’s hearts. This is a problem for Brutus‚ because if he held the crowd’s hearts he would live‚ if he lost the crowd he died. Antony knew this and he used a very blunt way of speaking to make the crowd turn on Brutus and the other conspirators. When Brutus saw the crowd turning‚ he and the
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Antony‚ Brutus or Cassius have a lot of ambition. Although Caesar isn’t too ambitious‚ he still want the crown deep down. He never makes a large attempt at “taking over’’ or trying to rule but the word that he will be getting the crown at the Ides of March is enough to motivate him to go. Now‚ Cassius has more ambition than almost anyone. He tries constantly to convince Brutus constantly to overthrow and kill Julius Caesar. His ambition is seen greatly in his attempt to change Brutus’ mind. He
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Scene II‚ Brutus says‚ “I would not‚ Cassius‚ yet I love him well… If it be aught toward the general good‚ set honor in one eye and death I’ th’ other‚ and I will look on both indifferently‚ for let the gods so speed me‚ as I love the name of honor more than I fear death.” According to Brutus‚ he reveals that he fears Caesar will be king. Despite being friends with Caesar‚ he cares about Rome more than he does about Caesar. Through this quote‚ the readers are able to understand Brutus values being
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know your outward favor.” When Cassius says this Brutus begins to reconsider his standing with Caesar and slowly is convinced that Caesar being dead is for the good of Rome. Incidentally‚ Brutus ends up at the conspirator’s house discussing how they are to kill Caesar. He makes many decisions here that hurt him later the first being that when Cassius wants them to take an oath of secrecy Brutus rejects that idea saying “What need we any spur but our own cause‚ to prick us to redress?” Artemidorus
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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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In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ he has 2 main characters named Brutus and Caesar. Caesar is the honorable leader that Rome’s peoples are wanting. Brutus is the one that gets deceived into believing Rome’s peoples want him just because the conspirators and Cassuis want to get rid of Caesar. In this play there is betrayal that revolves around the inflexibility of Brutus and Caesar. An incident that shows inflexibility of Julius Caesar is when the Soothsayer steps from the
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life. William Shakespeare’s drama‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ is saturated with rhetorical strategies. Brutus‚ Cassius‚ and Antony use their words throughout different parts of the play to sway other people’s opinions. Cassius’s persuasion is so powerful it leads to the death of Julius Caesar. Brutus is left with the repercussions of the assassination and has to speak to the Romans. Brutus and Antony go back-to-back speaking to the Romans using rhetorical strategies to explain their diverse views
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such as when Cassius convinces Brutus to join the conspiracy or Antony’s compelling speech to the plebeians. In addition‚ when Decius convinces Caesar to arrive at the Capitol for his impending assassination. The language of persuasion is used extensively and adequately throughout William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” ultimately impacting the history in the city of Rome. The first use of language as a means of persuasion was Cassius alluring Brutus into the conspiracy of assassinating
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frequency. 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 kill Caesar for greed‚ envy nor to preserve his social position like so many of the other conspirators against Caesar. This Brutus makes very clear in his speech in Act III‚ Scene II (Lines 12-76)‚ when he explains his actions as being for the good of Rome. Unlike the other conspirators‚ Brutus is in fact a dear friend of Caesar’s but kills his
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