The Importance Of Brutus In Mark Antony's Speech

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Brutus gave a speech that was not very long but had a lot of meaning to it. In his speech he says about how much Caesar loved him and how important he was to Caesar, Brutus also made clear that he was very sad about Caesar dying when he says "As Caesar loved me, I weep for him". Brutus also points out that they both loved each other when he says "any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his". This speech relates to the conclusion showing that Caesar and Brutus were very good friends and that the death of his friend had a great affect on the story.

Mark Antonys speech was more harsh and mean. He starts off his speech by saying "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives

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