In the beginning of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, your mind is completely blind to the fact that turning or even killing Caesar is possible. Though, you soon learn, not everyone is a fan of Caesar. And, well, let’s just say the people that don’t agree with him are pretty good at persuading others to join their evil plans. Brutus in specific, one of Caesar's best friends. He lets himself get talked into slaying a person very near and dear to him, all because of something very relevant today, peer pressure. Brutus is a part of the government in Rome, so you’d probably guess that he’s good under pressure and making decisions, those sort of things. But, you’ll soon learn over a course of events involving his wife Porcia and his best friend …show more content…
Brutus, Cassius, and the other conspirators hear shouting outside and they think the people are shouting and cheering for them. “What means this shouting? I do fear, the people choose Caesar for their king.” (1.2.168) Little do they know, it’s the complete opposite. People are furious and quite angry. Because of this unexpected outcome, Brutus gives a speech explaining why he did what he did. He tells the people of Rome how he thought Caesar was too dangerous and ambitious to be the leader of Rome, a city he loved too much to watch it be destroyed. At first this seems to work for him. Then, Mark Antony comes in and completely destroys the perfect image of himself that Brutus put into the Roman’s heads. Antony ends up telling all of the Romans of the lies that Brutus and Cassius are full of. Also, that none of the things about Caesar could possibly be true, Caesar loved them all. Watching the crowd morph into a mob, Brutus and Cassius aren’t sure whether to run or to stay and try to explain. Would they really risk getting trampled and possibly killed by an angry mob? “Everyone knows that an ambitious young man uses humility to advance himself, but when he reaches the top, he turns his back on the supporters” …show more content…
All of this riot-like behavior is causing people to attack people that had absolutely nothing to do about the matter. For example the people go after an artist named Cinna, all because his name was similar to one of the conspirators. He had nothing to do with this terrible plan, though he still got murdered. He could’ve lived the life he was supposed to live if Brutus would’ve just thought this plan out thoroughly. Brutus is a bit too arrogant at this point. He doesn’t think anything of Antony. Antony ends up gathering an army which leads to a various amount of events with not so great outcomes. Brutus and Cassius knew what they’d done, they thought they’d made the best decision possible. They weren’t ever going to back down from a fight because that’s not how noble Roman’s act. They especially weren’t about to be known as cowards for the rest of their lives. Not everyone thought this way, though. Brutus’s wife, Portia, thought very poorly of the situation. Why fight about this? Why make it into some huge thing? Why risk everything over a stupid arguement? This had almost no effect on Brutus. He strongly believed in everything he had decided. What he didn’t know was that this was one of the worst ways he could’ve handled how Portia thought about the situation. “Portia is dead. She was worried about my absence, and about
In Brutus' speech he uses logos to try to reason with the crowd whilst Antony uses pathos to control their emotions. Brutus explains that for the betterment of Rome Caesar had to die or else he would ruin the country and destroy the great empire. He at first has everyone on his side, that is of course until Antony speaks. When Antony speaks he gives examples of how Caesar wasn't going to ruin Rome and in fact how he was the best leader they had ever had. He says that Brutus and Cassius are murderers and that's all they are.
Does his sense of patriotism really justify killing a friend and a major political leader? You may notice that Brutus isn't very sympathetic as he is defending what he did. The dramatic character has a flaw. That flaw maybe one single word, but there can be many parts to that word. For Brutus there are many parts of his flaw that make him the dramatic character.
In Act 3 Scene 2 Brutus said during his speech, “If that friend then demands to know why Brutus turned against Caesar, this is my answer: Not because I cared for Caesar less, but because I cared for Rome more”. Brutus had courage to kill Caesar, not because he wanted to, but for the good of Rome and its people. During the entirety of the story, Brutus
Antony’s Speech Using Rhetorical Appeals In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, after Caesar’s death, the Romans are conflicted about what should be done. After Brutus’ speech the Romans are ready to crown Brutus king and be on the conspirators’ side. Though Brutus then leaves the crowd while Antony delivers his speech, the crowd realizes what should be done of Caesar’s murder and Antony prevents the conspirators from getting away with the murder of Caesar.
At this point in the play, Brutus was making all of the decisions for the conspirators. He would not listen to Cassius when he should have. For example, if they would have killed Antony he would not have had to flee Rome, another thing he should have listened to is that Brutus should not have let Antony make a speech in act 3 scene 2 lines 73-105. Antony was able to use pathos during his speech to turn the people against the conspirators, while Brutus tried using logos. If Brutus would have used a different approach he would not have had the people turn against
In conclusion, Brutus is not a villain. His conscience tells him that what he did was wrong and something had to be done about it, which ends in him killing himself. He shows lots of compassion throughout The Tragedy of Julius Caesar(JC) by William
People complain that Brutus is just as bad as Caesar, yet Brutus does it for justice of the people. While others explain that the Roman empire will fall due to Brutus’s actions, others will say that he has a high respect of the citizens, and the citizens would know he did the deed for the better good. While some may bicker about Brutus making predictions about the future, he is simply trying to prevent tyranny to get ahold of Rome and the empire. Brutus is the perfect example of anyone in the world, who wants to do the better good for everyone. Should Brutus join the conspiracy against Caesar?
Honor in the world gives people a reason to fight for the things that they believe in. Throughout The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus has had to make many tough decisions that display the great honor within him. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare's, it is made very obvious that Brutus is an honorable man. Brutus preserves his honor by taking care of Rome’s issues with good intentions and without going too far.
In this scene Caesar has been murdered by the conspirators including Brutus. Brutus is one of Caesar's good friends who is driven by honor; who thought Caesar’s ambition was going to be the end of Rome. Antony is a very loyal friend of Caesar’s who does not agree with the conspirators. Brutus and Antony are both smart well thought out characters. They desire to persuade the commoners to their side of the situation.
Brutus, According to Shakespeare The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, a Shakespearean play and representation of the assassination of Caesar, is a well written and developed story in which the build up of the characters is very well done. As a matter of fact, the developing of Brutus, the tragic hero on the play, is one of the most important characters and therefore one of the better explained and exposed. Brutus is a character that is marked with three traits that allow him to be the one responsible for Caesar's assassination. Indeed, Brutus is naive, well-intended and hypocrite, as seen when the conspirators convince him to be part of it, and be one of the most important figures in it.
Brutus wants to make the crowd feel like he is in a way the victim. In order to do that he says "As Caesar loved me I weep for him" so in a way the people feel bad for him. This emotional appeal did not persuade the audience considering the fact that he was if he truly did love Caesar as much as he said he would, then he would have tried to find a different route in getting rid of Caesar as emperor. Antony goes with the approach of making the people of Rome feel guilty. He tells the citizens "You all love him once not without cause what cause withholds you then to mourn for him" so they could reflect on their attitude towards his death.
In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, Marc Antony appears to be a strong advocate for Julius Caesar’s triumphs and increasing power. However, like Caesar, Antony is extremely manipulative and powerful. After Caesar’s death, Antony manipulated the conspirators into believing he was on their side before requesting to speak at Caesar’s funeral. While Brutus and the conspirators remained fooled by Antony’s innocence, Antony took the initiative to inform the Roman citizens of the conspirator’s horrendous actions towards their beloved leader, Julius Caesar. Caesar’s funeral was a time of reflection for the citizens of Rome, as Marc Antony caused them to question their allegiance to Brutus.
Brutus has negatively affected the outlook of Rome and created more harm than good for the situation. Not only did it harm Rome, but it brought his own demise and hallucinations of Caesar’s ghost. Brutus’s speech to the plebeians after Caesar’s death, about his dilemma and his viewpoint towards Caesar, influenced the viewpoints of the plebeians and causes them to believe he is the best roman until Antony speaks to them. Brutus’s idealism led to his own death later on and brought him more misery than his idealism could
Murder is the unlawful planned out killing of one human being by another, which in society is seen as an action that is morally incorrect and should not be done; yet can this act under any circumstance ever be justified? In the Shakespearean play, Julius Caesar, a group of conspirators are against Caesar's rise in power and popularity, so they assassinate him to prevent Cesar from ascending greatly in power and becoming a tyrant. Even though the conspirators had the “good of Rome” in their intentions, Caesar's murder was not justified. Caesar was murdered under the pretext that he was gaining too much support and would eventually become a danger, and his “ambitious” behavior. Therefore, Caesar was murdered out of jealousy, morally incorrect
(III, I, 90-91). This is Brutus trying to comfort the people and get them to listen to what they had to say about murdering him. The conspirators feared tyranny and they were willing to do anything to be free of it. But, they wouldn’t know how the people would react so they were giving them a reason to a