Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger

Cassius, but Brutus. When looking at these characters more closely it's obvious that Brutus is the real, but a tragic hero because Brutus had heroic qualities and died because of it. This is shown many times throughout the play. It is shown in every act of every scene and shows Caesars true honor and nobility. Anybody who has read Julius Caesar knows tat he was ambitious and the reason that Brutus killed his best friend was for the good of Rome and not himself. The reason that Brutus is the…

The Effects of Brutus and Antony Brutus Is a noble man Antony repeats with sarcasm during the time that Brutus allowed him for Caesar’s funeral. Brutus was a noble man indeed, though he was corrupted by the conspirators to betray Caesar. Antony can relate with Cassius for being manipulative and weasel like. The contrast between both Brutus and Antony are very distinct and can show how easily someone can be manipulated or how a person can hide their true self. Brutus’ tragic flaw was how…

Chaos erupts when the conspirators manipulate Brutus into killing Julius Caesar for the good of Rome. Manipulation by clever people occurs many times in the play. In the beginning Cassius realizes Brutus can be persuaded when Cassius says, “Thy honorable mettle may be wrought” (1.2.302). Cassius then proposes an idea in which he will send Brutus letters that seem to come from different people talking about Caesar’s ambition (1.2.308-312). After Brutus receives the letters…

being crowned king. Caesar’s death was justifiable because of all the wrong-doings against his Empire; even though his actions could have been perceived to help Rome in the long run. Julius Caesar was a man driven by ambition, by the words of Marcus Brutus, “as he was valiant, I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.” (Julius Caesar, Shakespeare Act III Scene II) Julius Caesar was arguably determined to gain power, one of the ways Caesar was going about his political gain involved…

tragedy. Examples can be found in the text that clearly shows how the author uses conflict to develop the central idea that the best intentions of good, noble men can lead to tragedy. The first example is when Cassius and Brutus struggle with loyalty to Ceasar. Brutus is torn between his friendship with Caesar and his love for Rome.He perceives Ceasar's ambition…

and why Caesar was murdered. Even though Caesar is Brutus’ best friend, for the sake of Rome, with no regrets or grief, Brutus murdered Caesar. In Brutus’ mind, the best for Rome was to annihilate Caesar. When Mark Antony finds out that Caesar was put to death, he asks Brutus if he can deliver a speech at his funeral. Brutus grants Antony his wish and lets him speak. Little did he know that Anthony had a proposal to turn everybody against him. Brutus was telling them that Caesar was gonna make…

describes a scene of a fallen leader and two speakers, one explaining his motives and one inciting the crowd into action. At Caesar 's funeral scene, Brutus speaks first and is trying to quell the crowd 's anger. He is trying to prevent further death and destruction. However, Mark Antony, who speaks after Brutus, is trying…

by William Shakespeare, conspirators wage a war against the Roman Republic, which as one knows all too well, ends in tragedy. Led by Brutus and Cassius, rebels against Julius Caesar plot to kill him in fear of his overuse of power, but once he is dead, a war over power begins between Caesar’s assistant Antony, Brutus, and Cassius. In the end, Cassius along with Brutus kill themselves in fear of surrender and to die noble men. While he never really recognizes his mistakes until he dies, Julius…

Facades, treachery, and deceit are all tactics used in manipulation, and without manipulation, the course of history would have changed dramatically. Brutus would never have joined the conspiracy to kill Caesar, and because of that, the second triumvirate would change. In William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare writes about how deceit, treachery, and facades are used time and time again for conspirators and loyal friends to get what they want. Shakespeare…

In Act III, Scene 2 of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony turned a crowd of mourning citizens to an angry mob. Antony turned this crowd into an angry mob through multiple persuasive devices. Brutus and the other conspirators thought they were killing Caesar for the good of Rome, but Antony and other ideas. He wanted to discreetly show the crowd of Romans who the conspirators actually were to him, a group of murderers. In order to persuade the people to not have sympathy for the…