Similarities Between Lincoln And Julius Caesar

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a) INTRODUCTION:
a. Every single minute, someone is murdered. Many murderers go unnoticed but for killers Siddhartha Brutus and John Wilkes Booth, their murderous acts were quite famous. Both men killed famous leaders that are Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln. However, they both admit they are guilty for doing such a treacherous act yet they believe they are justified for doing so. They believe that they were doing a good deed to their country. To these men and their conspirators, the leaders they have executed were deserving of death because of their actions. Between these two speeches there are attempts to justify themselves along with similarities and differences. To start off with, a summary of what went down and how they both tried to justify themselves.
b) BODY PARAGRAPH 1:
a. JWB motivation CEER
i. John Wilkes booth believes that he is justified for killing Abraham Lincoln and that he has done a favor of sorts for his country.
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These two speeches have similarities and differences. Both men were doing it for the better of their countries and saw no reason in which disprove the justification of their actions. The way Brutus called Caesar ambitious, Booth called Lincoln a tyrant. They both agreed on the same subject: the men they killed were bad for their country. When it comes to differences, these men were different people from the view of their countries people. Brutus was an honorable man who many people looked up to and would even offer the crown to him. His country’s people even sat through and listened to what he had to say after killing Caesar. For Booth, his country did not sit through what he had to say and they hunted him down for what he had done. Booth trotted and rode over 60 miles with a broken leg after jumping down from the balcony where he assassinated Lincoln. On the 26th of April, Booth was shot and killed for assassinating the President of the United States. Overall, these two speeches were quite similar but also quite

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