Brutus 'Speech In William Shakespere's Julius Caesar'

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n William Shakespere’s play, Julius Caesar, Caesar is assassinated by conspirators. After his assassination, Brutus, a conspirator, had to explain to the citizens why Caesar had to die. Caesar “had” to die because he was sought to become evil He had to make this very clear to calm everyone down. Mark Antony, a man with a great speech in the play, tried to make his speech very discreet. He wanted to upset the conspirators indirectly.
In Brutus’ speech, he uses logical and ethical points of view. In his speech, he explains how much he loves his country, Rome. He “loved Rome more.” For the logical point of view, Brutus makes a statement and then explains using, “if, then” statements. For example, taken directly from the portion of the play we

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