Examples Of Loyalty In Julius Caesar

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Loyalty is one of the most important trait in a person. People are either loyal to what they stand for or to the people they care most about. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar loyalty is a key role throughout the play. It shows how much someone will go through for their loyalty towards something or someone. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Antony and Brutus fight about what was right and wrong. They each think that they both have done something good. Brutus kills Caesar because he thinks it would be good for Rome. Antony manipulates the crowd into thinking what Brutus did was wrong. They were both loyal to different things and had a somewhat different mind set. Brutus was a close friend to Caesar. Many Romans were confused as to why

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