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In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, there are many differences in the speeches between Brutus and Antony, such as tone, loyalty towards Caesar, and emotions and logic. Brutus’s speech tone is grave, because he is very serious and straight forward while he is talking to the crowd. Brutus uses the line, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more.” (III.ii.21-22) Antony’s speech about the death of Caesar is heartfelt because Antony really loved Caesar and is speaking from his heart. Antony says, “Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin with Caesar.” (III.ii.107-108) Next, Antony says “If I myself, there is no hour so fit”, what Antony means by this is that is that there is no better time to kill him than

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