on his side. Also‚ Antony figured out ways to persuade the crowd by using fallacies‚ rhetorical devices‚ and appeals. From the beginning of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus wanted to do everything for the good of the people‚ but are the people actually good? The commoners have shown that they tend to go back and forth between leaders. After Brutus spoke at Julius’s funeral‚ the
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of the play focuses on the conflict involving Brutus/Cassius and Antony/Octavius because Julius Caesar really is the main topic in Acts One and Two‚ as everything revolves around him. Whether it be his “becoming” king‚ planning for his assassination‚ or maintaining false friendships with people that are not his friends‚ like conspirators plotting against him‚ Acts One and Two were all about Caesar. Caesar does die in Act Three‚ but the conflict of Brutus/Cassius and Antony/Octavius really centers upon
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devices. In the funeral orations in Julius Caesar it is evident that the perspective of Brutus on Caesar and his death are driven by his bias. Brutus’ avid patriotism results in his bias against Caesar‚ and consequently he puts the good of Rome before his loyalty to Caesar. This bias is represented effectively through the use of antithesis – “Not that I loved Caesar less‚ but that I loved Rome more”. Brutus believed that Caesar had a fatal flaw that put his beloved country in great jeopardy – ambition
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16th Century English society by utilising the concept of everyman. Brutus represents ‘everyman’ within the drama allowing the audience to associate and relate this is shown significantly in Act 3 Scene 1. Shakespeare employs symbolism and imagery depicting a man’s lust for blood and violence “let us bathe our hands in Caesar’s blood”. An initial reading of the text would suggest Shakespeare cleverly interprets a noble act of Brutus in honouring Caesar’s death but rather exposing his attraction for
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presenting the information as objective and factual‚ rather than personal opinions. Both texts portray a character neglecting their private feelings and loyalties in favour of protecting and supporting the future of the public. The play characterises Brutus as a noble Roman‚ genuinely loving Julius Caesar‚ yet ironically murdering him‚ afraid from handing power to a tyrant. Shakespeare hides this irony through his emotional statement “Any dear friend of Caesar’s‚ to him I say that Brutus’s love to Caesar
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Advanced English II May 22‚ 2012 Mr. Balazs 3rd Period Julius Caesar Essay Prompt “Might makes right‚” a vacillating quote signifying power‚ strength and ability‚ a vast amount of power which may surely lead to ones reign or contrary their own destruction. Is it possible that those with the most power always live a victorious life‚ and those who don’t have a grueling idea of what they are capable of live within a lie‚ residing under the casted shadows of those who were capable of exercising
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and in the wake of Brutus’s suicide‚ Antony gives Brutus’s eulogy. Antony cites Brutus’s naive nature as the reason for his nobleness. Of all the conspirators‚ Brutus was the only one who thought that Caesar’s death was for the good of Rome; everyone else acted out of jealousy. According to Antony‚ even in death Brutus was noble. “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious… And I must pause till it come back to me” Act 3 Scene 2 Lines 90-99 Antony doesn’t suggest the people adopt his judgments; instead he
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Mark Antony appeals to the crowd’s sense of ethos to establish himself in their eyes as a noble man‚ and to surreptitiously separate the conspirators’ from their lofty reputations. Specifically‚ Antony mentions that he has the power to "do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong‚ who‚ you know‚ are honourable men"‚ but he "will not do them wrong: [he] rather choose[s] to wrong the dead‚ to wrong [himself] and [the people]‚ than [he] will wrong such honourable men" (). Antony says that though he could‚ it
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secretly need their support in deciding rulers to keep them in power. The plebeians decided to believe Antony’s speech‚ of how Caesar wasn’t a tyrant and sacrificed his own life for the citizens and Rome. They cause what the outline of the play is‚ if Brutus went last‚ the plebeians would have believed that Caesar deserved to die‚ there wouldn’t be a battle at Philippi‚ and the second triumvirate wouldn’t be in control. In conclusion‚ their leaders needed their help‚ so their leaders could gain more power
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There is a great debate to decide whether Caesar was a tyrant or hero. Based on the information from the passage “Killing Caesar” by Jon Herman‚ Caesar is more a hero then tyrant. The average citizen of Rome felt that Caesar was a blessing. Caesar is more a hero then a tyrant because he helped Rome. In the passage it says‚ “Never before had Rome been governed so well‚ or so efficiently”. The senate was running Rome poorly‚ so when Caesar took control he ran Rome better than the senate did. In the
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