As the news of Caesar’s death reached the majority of Rome‚ people were shocked and wanted answers of his death. Which Brutus gave‚ and most of them seemed to agree. Brutus convinced them of how it was necessary for the betterment of Rome and its people. He spoke in a clear factual tone. However it seemed that there was more than what Brutus was letting on‚ like how he wanted the throne for himself. Then Mark Anthony comes in and convinces everyone to change their mind again surrounding Caesar’s
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Julius Caesar‚ a play 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
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In the play‚ “Julius Caesar” by Shakespeare‚ Antony is the most important character of the play. There are three primary reasons why Antony is the most important character. One reason why Antony is the most important character is he ruins the plans of the conspirators with was taking over Rome. Another way that Antony shows the most important character is by using reverse physiology his speech at the funeral. Lastly Antony shows importance in the play‚ “Julius Caesar" is him simply being Caesars
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After the crowning of Julius Caesar he was soon killed afterwards. Caesar was killed by Brutus along with other conspirators. They killed him because they thought he would end up as a bad king‚ and he would make bad decisions for Rome. Once Caesar is dead Brutus‚ and a man of the name Antony come to give speeches about Caesar. They both give their speeches in front of the citizens of Rome. Brutus is the first to give his speech about Caesar. In Brutus speech he tells the people that he needed to
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In the play Julius Caesar‚ two men‚ Brutus and Antony‚ each give a powerful oration. In Brutus’ speech he discusses the reasons he should kill Caesar (who was a roman general and a senator)‚ calling him a poisonous snake and a serpent’s egg that was ready to hatch. Brutus was afraid that Caesar would become a dictator. He thought it would be best for the people if Caesar was murdered before he could become king. Brutus explicitly said he had no personal reason to strike Caesar but it was all in the
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As Brutus says that he would do anything for the good of all Romans that is a similarity between Cassius and Brutus because Brutus says he would do anything to protect Rome but when Cassius outsmarts him and uses him to kill caesar‚ that is a difference. Cassius thoughts of killing Caesar are lead because he is ambitious and wants the power or more than Caesar had. He was also Envy of Ceasar and of all the respect he had from the people. "Why‚ man‚ he doth bestride the narrow world/Like a Colossus
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Based on these two speeches‚ it’s quite obvious who won the crowd over. It was Antony‚ but him and Brutus had similar tactics in how to persuade the audience. Along with that‚ they also had many different ways they persuaded.Some of the similarities and differences will be listed. Altogether though‚ Antony and Brutus both had very persuading speeches. Antony and Brutus used quite a few of the same tactics to persuade the audience. They both used ethos to try to make the audience relate more to
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In Williams Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar was assassinated because the conspirators were afraid he’d have too much power‚ so they killed him. It was very drastic‚ but they thought they were right. Immediately after he was assassinated‚ there were speeches to the citizens by Brutus and Antony. The speeches were contrary to each other. Brutus speech was to calm them down and explain why Julius was killed (he used logos and ethos). One of Brutus’s friends‚ Antony‚ also made a speech to the people
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I.1.64 “Disrobe the Images if you do find them decked with ceremonies.” The two tribunes of the people agree to remove all ceremonious decorations along with the busts of Caesar I.1.72 “These growing feathers plucked from Caesar’s wing will make him fly an ordinary pitch‚ who else would soar above the view of men.” Caesar is being described as an individual who could be a god over other Romans and that the people could be used as Caesar’s detriment I.2.115 “Did from the flames of Troy
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According to the all knowing Webster dictionary a protagonist is defined as‚ “the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama‚ movie‚ novel or other fictional text.” Based off of the previous definition‚ both Brutus and Caesar share an almost equal opportunity to be given the title of the protagonist. While in most cases it could be said that both are in fact the protagonist‚ in this case it is veered for only one to receive the title. After extensive research the conclusion that
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