“What means this shouting? I do fear the people choose Caesar for their king.” While Brutus does not bring up the possibility of suicide in this quote, it does present his feelings of resentment towards Caesar.
In Julius Caesar, Cassius is revealed through what he says, what he does, and what others say about him. As presented in the play, Cassius is one of the senators that organized Caesar’s assassination and becomes a very close friend to Brutus. Unfortunately, during the war between the triumvirate, Marc Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus, and the conspirators, Cassius asks his servant Pindarus to stab him when he receives news of Titinius’s supposed death. The author of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare…
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to Caesar by trying to prove a way to make Caesar either stay home or got to work. One speaker is Calpurnia, she wants Caesar to stay at home, because she has a feeling that Caesar might die. The other speaker is Decius Brutus and he wants Caesar to go to work so that he and his friends can kill him. Both speakers have their own reasons that want to make Caesar want to stay but what Calpurnia said wasn’t enough so he was frightened. I think that Caesar would believe Brutus more because Brutus sounds…
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Madison Pallett 12-7-12 CEII-III Julius Caesar The famous play written by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, has numerous meaningful quotes. But, the quote that stood out the most for me was "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” I fully understood this quote in seconds, it has a lot of meaning also, more then any other quote in the play in my perspective. I believe Shakespeare, is the only writer that writes memorable lines. He is an incredible writer and knows how to…
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Compare and Contrast Essay 10/27/13 In the play of Julius Caesar after Julius’s death Brutus gives a speech trying to give logical reason why he needed to kill Julius. Julius’s speech is successful at convincing the people of Rome that the murder of Julius was necessary, but is immediately following Brutus in speech was Mark Anthony. Mark Anthony’s speech was one of the biggest turning points in the entire story. It is because of…
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the a play called Julius Caesar. In the play, written by William Shakespeare, Brutus is a noble man who would do anything for Rome. When in the middle of the night he gets letters from ¨Roman Citizens¨ he fully obliges to join the conspirators. The conspirators are led by Cassius whose main goal is to kill Caesar due to personal dislike. Cassius was the one to write Brutus all of the fake letters, he wanted Brutus to join because everyone in Rome loves Brutus. After Brutus and the conspirators unify…
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famous play, “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar,” Shakespeare is able to recreate the most popular aspect of Roman history in a way that was and is still entertaining to its audiences, today. Marcus Brutus is one of the most intricate characters in the play. He faces the internal conflict of choosing between his loyalty to Rome and his friend, Julius Caesar. However, when he chooses to join the conspiratorial group, the reader automatically labels him as a villain. Brutus was a senator of a high position…
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Julius Caesar Character Motivation Of Brutus “ Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true”. This week we’ve been studying the tragedy of Julius Caesar , Our assignment is to take a famous quote from Julius Caesar and analyze based on Brutus character . Brutus’s character motivation is power, influence, change, and taking action is what lead to Julius Caesar’ death . Power is a feeling or an ability of doing work it is Equivalent to an amount of what you dreamed…
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was betrayed and killed by their best friend? In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Caesar was betrayed and killed by his best friend Brutus and the conspirators. After the war with Pompeii (a general), citizens of Rome label Caesar as a hero and lots of people support Career. Brutus and the other conspirators are planning to kill Caesar because Caesar is getting too much power (citizen’s support). Caesar is kill at the lupercal by Brutus and the conspirators. After Caesar’s death, Antony asks…
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The Tragic Hero: Brutus With good qualities come bad decisions. Brutus has great qualities; however, he makes one bad decision which leads to his moment of catharsis and then to his death. He could have done the right thing and not betrayed Caesar, but for the “greater good” he does. Brutus is a just honorable man and is known as such all throughout Rome. Everything he does is for the good of the people . . . or so he thinks. He wants to serve Caesar faithfully and nobly, but when Cassius comes…
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A War with Words: The Speeches of Marc Antony and Brutus Since man developed the gift of speech, he has cultivated it and groomed his silver tongue to be a weapon to smite his enemies. This ability to use words as weapons is one Marc Antony uses to turn the tides against Brutus. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, two of the most famous and profound speeches of all time were crafted by Marcus Brutus and Marcus Antonius on the day of Julius Caesar’s death. Marc Antony and Brutus are both dear friends of Caesar, but they…
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