Brutus's Irony In Julius Ceasar

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Pitiful is evoking or deserving contempt by smallness or poor quality. “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar,” is a very murderous play. The play has very suspenseful elements. Brutus, the tragic hero, has controversy deciding who to be loyal to, Rome or his good friend Caesar. Brutus decides he wants to be loyal to Rome. In the end of the play Brutus decides he doesn’t want to live anymore and chooses to kill himself. In the play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar,” by William Shakespeare, Brutus is most pitiful. Brutus’s pitiness comes from Cassius, his idea of Rome and his lost friendship. Brutus’s pitiness first comes from cassius’s manipulation. For example Cassius tricks Brutus. In fact Cassius writes Brutus letters that say they’re from

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