...—ee Go Soare given two opposing opinions upon a Imater - - and the decision upon whose argument has more merit holds a great deal ofimportance with; --- -- l- > - thin the narrative. This high-stakes way of setting up a conflict draw 's in the audience and - - - emerges them into the story to a degree wherein the opinions of the audience CGT tains i: - - - - - - - stains importance within the story as the audience within the Story often correlates strongly with the actual audience. This is especially true for the tragedy of Julius Caesar. Soon after the assassination of Caesar two Speaker, Brutus and Antony, present a side to the argument of whether or not the assassination was justified or not. With Brutus for the assassination and Antony...
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...Julius Caesar was part of the first triumvirate and killed Pompey to attempt to become a monarch. Conspiracies arose to try and end Caesar’s life and his best friend, Brutus, was convinced to join. Brutus is wrong to join the conspiracy against Caesar. Killing Caesar is a dishonorable act and Brutus, saying he is honorable, joins the conspiracy. The conspiracy is not a “noble” act as Brutus claims it to be.It is said about Caesar that he could grow to become a tyrant, which means that he was not yet a tyrant. Caesar is a man who rose to power using his strength and war. Caesar becoming powerful leads him to pursue becoming a monarch. Brutus tries to explain killing Caesar as a noble act for the republic of Rome. Brutus claimed that “Think him as a serpent's egg which hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous, and kill him in the shell.”(II, i, 32-34). The act of Caesar is a crime and will be as such no matter how you justify it. Brutus joins the conspiracy, following this...
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...(Act III, scene ii) of Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus, one of the conspirators in the plot to kill Caesar, makes a case to justify why this noble man had to die. After this speech, Caesar’s errand boy Antony, goes to speak about Caesar and pay his respects for the crowd. But while reading his speech, his true intentions are revealed. Despite saying he would not, he argues against Brutus, pitting the crowd against him. What caused Antony to triumph over Brutus? What did he do different that was better than Brutus’s speech? This is an analysis on Brutus’s speech, and what he succeeded, and failed to do with it. Brutus gave the audience zero evidence on why Caesar had to die. He cites his ambition, but is ambition really bad? “As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.” (Anderson, 831) Brutus is also incredibly vague in his speech, and overestimates his audience. He thought they were capable of higher order thinking despite the mob mentality. Brutus is naive as well, believing that just because he is honorable and honest, so too will everyone...
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...Soliloquy in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, he reasons with himself that Caesar needs to be killed. Caesar is about to be crowned, but Brutus feels that would be to the detriment of the Roman Empire. However, Brutus’s reasoning is fallacious and his evidence is insufficient, so his argument is not valid. Brutus begins by saying, “It can only be solved by Caesar’s death” (para. 1); this is a false dilemma because killing Caesar is not the only option, but Brutus makes it seem as though it is. He reasons to himself that it is in Rome’s best interest for him to kill Caesar, despite the fact that there is no reason to believe that Caesar being crowned would not be for the general welfare of Rome. He says, “people often say that humility is a ladder for young ambition,” (para. 2) but this premise is oversimplified and, as such, irrelevant. A general statement is not a sufficient reason...
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...of Julius Caesar, there are many arguments over who is the tragic hero. Some people say it is Marcus Brutus. Others say that it is Julius Caesar. After examining these two options, a solution has been made. Brutus is the tragic hero because he possesses such heroic qualities and dies at the end of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Marcus Brutus deserves the title tragic hero for many reasons. First is because Brutus is a noble man. He never deceives anyone in the play. Even though he was part of the conspiracy and killed Julius Caesar, he did it for the benefit of Rome. Brutus stated: “if then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” (870). Brutus did everything for the benefit of someone else. Brutus was a noble man and he cared about others more than himself. Another example of this is when Brutus did not tell Portia his plans to murder Caesar because he felt it would stress her even more in Act two, Scene one. Brutus was a noble man....
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...Julius Caesar. The men who followed Caesar were always set aside and seen as less by Caesar. the two m en who first joined the conspiracy to kill Caeser were Brutus and Cassius. Although the two men a re significantly different, that just helps the situation. Like magnets there differences cl ick. Brutus is a beloved man of Rome, well respected. in act one scene 2 you see how blind Brutus is. Cassius sees his chance to make Brutus think Cassius loves him and that not even Brutus sees how great he really is. Cassius and Brutus spea k as Brutus hears the people want to crown Caesar, and it is received that even Brutus would not wa nt that to happen, as he says he loves Caesar but that he loves...
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...In Julius Caesar, Mark Antony’s main claim is that Caesar's death was unjust because he had no such ambition for which the conspirators decided her should die for. Antony uses sarcasm to point out the flaws in the conspirator's logic subtly to allow his audience to come up with their own conclusion that Caesar’s death was a treasonous mutiny. Throughout his funeral speech Antony often brings up Brutus and the others as honorable in a sarcastic manner to again, persuade Romans to produce their own conclusion of Brutus and the others. This a very strong, and...
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...death, both Antony and Brutus gave very compelling speeches with different uses of ethos, pathos, and logos but Antony's was more persuasive towards the crowd. Each hit several points and got the crowd going however Antony's speech convinced the crowd that " hated " Caesar to adore him again. Ethos is the building up of credibility of a speaker to coax the audience to trust in the more. Brutus started his speech with, " Romans, countrymen, and lovers! Hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor that you may believe. " In these statements, Brutus is attempting to entice the listeners to believe in his story because he is a public figure. On the other hand, Antony proclaims, " he was my friend, faithful and just to...
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...situation. In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the future king is dead and the city of Rome need answers. Two speakers, two different messages, who will sway the people of Rome? Brutus and Antony are in battle of manipulation, and their weapons are there words. Despite Brutus speaking first, Antony delivers the most effective speech by contradicting Brutus, and using appeals to emotion to change the mindset and feelings of the audience. Though Antony, was able to completely manipulate the crowd, Brutus did sway them first. Since he was Caesar’s right-hand man, the people had more trust in him. To connect with them, he says “Not that I love Caesar less, but that I loves Rome more” (Shakespeare 3.11-12) appealing to the crowd’s love of Rome. They knew he was honorable, so in their eyes, if he had reasons to kill Caesar then those reasons most be...
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...tragic heroes. In Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the tragic hero is Brutus. Although the play is named after Caesar, Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger is the main character. The literary work focuses on the emotions, actions, and decisions made by Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger. Brutus is the best friend of Titular character, Julius Caesar. Gaius Julius Caesar is a member of the first Triumvirate of Rome, a form of government that is run by three people. Traditionally, a tragic hero is a character in a literary work who is usually of noble birth or who has notable ancestry. The character that is the tragic hero also has another distinguishing characteristic. The tragic hero has to have...
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...Summary of Mark Antony’s Speech In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, there is a character named Mark Antony, he gives a speech at Julius Caesar’s funeral. People consider this speech to be one of the most finest and most remembered lines written by Shakespeare. This speeches main function was used to invalidate Brutus’s convincing statement of how Caesar actually died, Antony also wanted to shift the mood of the crowd. Mark Antony knew that Brutus had made the crowd believe that the death of Caesar was going to be most beneficial towards Rome. Brutus had just finished giving his speech on what had happened to Caesar and it was Mark Antony’s turn to address the crowd and he knew that he would have to hold a neutral ground at first to gain some support of the “plebeians” in line 75, Antony says, “ I have come to bury Caesar, not to praise him”. Antony then begins to talk about how Caesar is remembered by his bad deeds, but then he goes forth and addresses them on how Caesar also did good things he had done. “The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones…” in this quote Mark Antony uses a literary device called personification and in this quote Antony personifies the attributes of good and evil. Antony also uses another device called reiteration to suit a common person’s emotion. Antony keeps on repeating “Brutus is an honorable man”. However Antony uses a sarcastic tone whenever he mentions these words. Antony returns again and again...
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...Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare we see how honorable the character Brutus is. However, there is some argument to that. In this essay, I will be focusing on the points of his flaws, mistakes he made, and that everything he did was for Rome. Throughout the essay, you will see how Brutus is a truly honorable guy. Brutus is portrayed as a tragic hero in the play “Julius Caesar.” We see this through his personal character flaws, mistakes that led to his death and that he did everything for the good of Rome. Brutus had a lot of flaws. One of Brutus’ flaws is that he was too good. An example of this was when he let Mark Antony speak at Caesar's funeral. This goodness was a fatal flaw because Mark Antony turned the people against him and started...
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...Discuss the theme of power and justice in Julius Caesar What is power? It is the ability to direct or influence the behaviour of others or the course of events. Background * At first Caesar belonged to what is referred to as the First Triumvirate in alliance with another general, Pompey and Crassus, a wealthy patrician. * Caesar had forced his way to dictatorial power and destroyed the republic when Crassus died in battle and Pompey began to entertain ideas of ruling without Caesar, who by then had become dangerously popular. This resulted in a in a civil war in which Caesar defeated Pompey’s forces and entered Rome, triumphant and unchallenged. * Upon his return, Caesar made himself dictator and absolute ruler of Rome and its territories. * In 44 B.C.E. Julius Caesar ordered the senate to make him dictator for life. (Caesar’s actions threatened to end the Republic once and for all. * Fearing this change, a group of senators plotted and executed the murder of Caesar on the Ides of March. * Although the senators succeeded in ending Caesar’s life, they did not realise at that time that the Republic had died with him. Rome would now become an empire. Power Although the biggest argument in Julius Caesar is the change of power in the rulers of Rome, Shakespeare tries to show us many different kinds of power and the use of it. As we can see during the play, people with power use power just for their convenience. During the first part...
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... Julius Caesar Act III, Scene ii Power of language or rhetoric is the central theme in Act III, Scene ii of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare utilizes system of structuralism to reinforce the central theme in Scene ii. The theme which is based on three argumentative appeals: emotional, logical, and ethical - postulated by Aristotle. Act III, Scene ii takes place post assassination of Julius Caesar – an assassination on the basis of preventing a becoming dictator - ruling over Rome. At the Caesar’s funeral, the two opposing orators, Brutus as a conspirator and Antony as a Caesar’s loyal, present different emotional and ethical appealing argument to convince and persuade the plebeians, Roman Citizens, of the logic behind Caesar’s assassination. From this scene, the audience observe the power of words, presented by Brutus and Antony, on the Roman Public - and the effects of powerful, superior and highly persuasive rhetoric in: stirring emotion by providing tragic event, shaping opinion through logical evidence, and demanding action based on ethics. This essay will demonstrate the effects of power of language, the central theme of Act III, Scene ii. Throughout this essay I will be comparing Brutus and Antony’s use of emotional, logical, and ethical appeals. For different motives, the assassination of Julius Caesar is acted in collaboration of conspirators. The leader of the conspirators is Cassius, a senator, whose rivalry toward Caesar is based...
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...Julius Caesar, Brutus has made multiple errors due to inaccurate judgement. Foremost, Brutus does not take Cassius’s thoughts into consideration when thoughts of assassinating Marc Antony are put forth. An additional mistake Brutus made was not only letting Antony live, but letting the mischievous man speak at Caesar’s funeral. Lastly, an important mistake that not only risked their lives, but the people of Rome’s: Brutus denying Cassius’s ideas to wait for the opposing side to reach them before the war. “ Leaders with the ability of flexibility, maintain themselves during chaos. These leaders are open to new ideas, and work with a wide variety of people. Being flexible can include immense changes and adapting to changing conditions” (Flexibility, 1). In Act II, scene I, lines 162-168 of Julius Caesar, Cassius expresses his views of Marc Antony and suggests they assassinate him. Brutus responds with “As for Marc Antony--forget him. He’ll be as useless as Caesar’s arm after Caesar’s head is cut off”(Anderson, 804). There is not much of an argument in this scene for, what...
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