“Well Brutus you are noble‚ but I can tell that honorable qualities can be given in a new direction.” – Cassius. This quote spoken by Cassius shows his need to get Brutus to be part of the conspirators. This quote also reveals that many people adore Brutus and that he is a honorable man. The play “Julius Caesar” was written by William Shakespeare and takes place during the time of Caesar’s reign in Rome. Various characters‚ like the conspirators‚ loath how ambitious Caesar was so they decided to
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conspirators depended on Marcus Brutus for one reason: to justify the murder of Julius Caesar. However after allowing Mark Antony to not only bring in the corpse of their beloved Caesar yet also speak after Brutus during the funeral‚ it would seem that Brutus’ role in the murder was pointless. Both Brutus and Antony delivered powerful speeches using irony and rhetorical devices but one speech failed to deliver an essential connection with the crowd. Although Brutus persuades the plebeians‚ Mark Antony
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him down. Cassius gathers others close to Julius to create this plan to bring Caesar down. Cassius tries hard to recruit one man who he believes would be perfect for the conspiracy: Marcus Brutus‚ a man who is known for the noble deeds of him and his ancestors. After much of a inner and outer strangle for Brutus to consider this‚ he goes along with the plan and then seems to over take most of Cassius’s position. The conspirators take Caesar to the capitol‚ where he is to be murdered‚ and Caesar utters
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Marcus Brutus as The Tragic Hero of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Aristotle is a Greek philosopher who made significant contributions to many different aspects of literature. In Aristotle’s philosophical treatise‚ Poetics‚ a tragedy is depicted as the downfall of a tragic hero‚ which is conveyed through the unification of hubris‚ free choice‚ and an error of judgement. Aristotle defines a tragic hero as a person of noble prestige and greatness. Although the tragic hero is notably great
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Brutus‚ in Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar”‚ is a powerful public figure who is a true Roman with a sense of honor. Brutus is conflicted with his values. He sees Caesar as a friend and does not want to kill him‚ but he has been convinced that the assassination is for the good of the state. While the other conspirators plan to kill Caesar due to envy and rivalry‚ Brutus is the only one who truly believes that Caesar’s death will benefit Rome. ----. ----. Brutus’ inner conflict in the play is that
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written by William Shakespeare‚ is a story about Brutus‚ a conspirator but also Caesar’s friend‚ wanting to make a better Rome by making a tough decision of killing Caesar‚ an ambitious man who has the crown. In this play‚ Brutus is a heroic character. He is heroic because he had to make a very hard decision to kill his friend to make a better Rome. Brutus was also willing to die if it made Rome a better place and if it saved the Romans from Caesar. Brutus is a hero because he had to kill his best friend
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The Comparison of Cassius and Brutus William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy of Julius Caesar in 1599 (Bostock). The play is a tragedy. "A Shakespearean tragedy is a written work with a sad ending where the hero either dies or ends up mentally‚ emotionally‚ or spiritually devastated" (Rafiq 2017). Shakespeare uses two characters‚ Cassius and Brutus‚ to rally other senators to commit to killing Julius Caesar. Cassius and Brutus are respected as senators so others are willing to follow them. Although
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hand man‚ Marcus Brutus. For centuries this debate on whether who should possess the title of the tragedy is still unknown. However‚ I think that the play should be entitled The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus‚ because Brutus contains more qualities of a tragic hero than Caesar does. A tragic hero is stated to be the main character of the tragedy that always has at least one flaw that can easily be distinguish which leads to their death. In Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus is indeed the tragic
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similar at all in my eyes. Brutus’s speech was trying to show the citizen’s that there was no harm in killing Julius Caesar‚ which there was. Brutus partially manipulates the citizens by saying how much he really loved Caesar‚ but loved the city of Rome even more. The citizens were moved by his speech because of how protected they felt by his words. Brutus talks good of Caesar‚ saying how there are tears for his love‚ joy for his fortune‚ honor for his bravery‚ but then death for his ambition. He
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Although Brutus was Caesar’s closest companion‚ he let himself assassinate his own best friend for the good of Rome‚ therefore becoming a hero of his country but forever a traitor in the dead eyes of Caesar. Will Brutus ever forgive himself for this? William Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar to leave readers pondering upon the boundaries of sacrifice‚ the loyalty (or absence of) in friendships‚ and how peer pressure and needing to “fit in” persuades our own decisions. Sacrifice: to surrender or give
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