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    you believe Brutus was justified for murdering Caesar‚ or whether you believe that Brutus made the wrong decision. You may also reference “The Soldier’s Dilemma” and/or current events to illustrate your point of view. Support your position thoroughly and logically. According to dictionary.com‚ trust is a “firm belief in the reliability‚ truth‚ ability‚ or strength of someone or something.” This concept is prevalent in the play Julius Caesar; Caesar‚ a publicly loved figurehead‚ was assassinated

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    Brutus convinces himself that Caesar needs to be killed‚ by justifying that once Caesar becomes King‚ the power will manifest his true selfish nature and he will ruin Rome. Brutus has no personal grudge against Caesar. But if it is for the greater good of the people‚ for Rome‚ he will kill Caesar. In Brutus’s personal experience Caesar has never shown fault. Thus‚ he goes through a process of logic in the unknown to convince himself that Caesar should die. In his justification‚ Brutus considers that

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    Brutus‚ an honorable man; he would be consider as one of the best rulers for the Roman Empire. A character like Brutus is hard to find specially in a ruler. Brutus has great characteristics as a ruler‚ he care for the Empire‚ and he has a powerful public figure. All of this is what make a great ruler for the Roman Empire and Brutus has these important characteristics. Brutus has the best characteristics of a ruler for the Roman Empire. Brutus was best known by being "the noblest of Romans"

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    Brutus And Caesar

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    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 Julius Caesar is the protagonist was made. It is without a doubt that Brutus was in fact a major role in the play and helped bring across some key points

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    Justified killing

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    Is there such a thing as justified killing? Many would argue that the killing of another individual is by far one of the worse crimes that can be committed. Though under certain circumstances such as capital punishment‚ or to kill in self-defense‚ justified killing is okay. These options are only acceptable if there is no viable alternative to doing so. Everyone has the right to live‚ and once someone decides to kill another individual then they should lose that right. They don’t deserve to have

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    most dangerous game” Rainsford was justified in killing general Zaroff. Rainsford was a writer and a hunter and he was on a boat they were near by a island called “ship wreak island” they crashed but only few died but Rainsford was the only one to live after the terrible ship wreak Rainsford swam to the island than he found a house but it was more a big one than he went there wondering is anyone was there and that where he met general zaroff‚zaroff was also a hunter but he hunted all

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    Despite the simplistic fact that King Charles I was the legally lawful leader of England‚ Parliament was more than justified in executing Charles I due to the divergent and passionate views of law and life between the people and the king in politics‚ society‚ and religion. Parliament never desired a position where they could control England with full-fledged power. They simply wanted enough limitations on the king’s power that would guarantee the people certain rights that the king

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    hero. In Julius Caesar‚ there are a number of people to pick from; Caesar himself could be the hero‚ Cassius could be considered the hero‚ Calpurnia could be the hero...etc. This boils down to the main question; who was the hero of Julius Caesar? Almost every character has it’s heroic moments; but which one really qualifies to all of the requisites to be a hero? After careful examination or all of the characters‚ any reasonable person should realize‚ that‚ of course‚ this hero was none other than

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    Brutus in Julius Caesar

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    Julius Caesar Noble. Honest. Trusting. These words all describe Brutus‚ the tragic hero of William Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar. In the famous play‚ a group of conspirators ask Brutus‚ an honorable and righteous man‚ to assist with the assassination of Caesar for a noble cause‚ when actually it is out of their own envy. Brutus agrees‚ thinking this is best for Rome. After he delivers the fatal stab to Caesar‚ Casear’s allies‚ Mark Antony and Octavius‚ meet Brutus and Cassius for battle of

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    playwrights in history. He wrote the great tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ as well as the dark conspiracy of Julius Caesar. In Julius Caesar‚ Mark Antony speaks to a mob of citizens in order to obscure the audience’s view of Caesar and to persuade the audience to question Brutus’ honor. Shakespeare parallels Caesar and Brutus. He repeats that Brutus says that “Caesar was ambitious” (6)‚ and that “Brutus is an honorable man” (10). By constantly comparing the two characters‚ Mark Antony is making the audience

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