Julius caesar was a roman statesman and a very successful general before the time of augustus caesar. After his victory over pompey, caesar had plans to become dictator for life over the roman empire, until he was assassinated. His assassination was an act committed by the following eight conspirators: marcus Brutus, Cassius, Casca, trebonius, ligarius, decius brutus, metellus cimber, and cinna. The location of his assasination was in the roman capital, on the ides of march. This crime was committed by the conspirators out of fear of what caesar would do if he were dictator over rome. The conspirators believed that rome should stay a republic and never become an empire. The speeches at caesars funeral, which were given by brutus and marc antony, …show more content…
His speech heavily favored the ethical side of the mob attending the funeral and contained little to no verbal irony. Instead Brutus stated that he killed caesar not for his disliking of caesar but for his love of rome. He was attempting to impress the mob my saying that he cared more about rome than he did about his own best friend when he said, “If then that friend demand why brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that i loved Caesar less, but that i loved rome more.” he stated his reasonable arguement to the mob by saying that because the assassination of julius caesar was for the betterment of rome, anyone who contradicted the decision to have him killed was someone who didnt love theor country and would be a slave under julius caesar. He also said that those people and only those people were the people of whom he wronged in the killing of Jullius Caesar when he said, “who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a roman? If any speak for him have i offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any speak for him have i offended.” The mob reacted to his speech by shouting that caesar was a tyrant and believing that the conspirators did the right thing. This speech was both reasonable and ethical that was adequate enough to persuade the people …show more content…
For instance, both speeches contained a respectable amouht of reason. In brutus’ speech, he told the commoners that because this assassination was for the betterment of rome, to be against it would be like saying you invite the atrocities that would come with the dictatorship of caesar. While this seems reasonable enough, marc antony states the fact that Caesar had shown no evidence that he would bring these atrocities to rome. He states this when he says, “When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was
Firstly Brutus one of the conspirators was a very big part in the death of Julius. If Brutus did not convince Caesar to go to the senate that day as in document C he would not have gone. But Brutus who was said to be Caesar 's friend in Doc C wanted him to stop so Brutus himself could gain power. Cassius the other big conspirator openly expressed his hatred. This is shown in document A where after a war Caesar gave money to low class people.
The murders of Julius Caesar is Brutus,Cassius,and the senate. “But Brutus, one of the conspirators who was then thought of as a firm friend, came up and said, 'What is this, Caesar? Are you a man to pay attention to a woman 's dreams and the idle gossip of stupid men, and to insult the Senate by not going out, although it has honored you and has been specially summoned by you? But listen to me, cast aside the forebodings of all these people, and come. The Senate has been in session waiting for you since early this morning.
Julius Caesar was a tyrant after he defeated Pompey, but then some of his closest friends, including Brutus, Cassius, Casca, and Cinna, brutally murdered him. The only one there who had real motive was none other than Cassius. He was the one who convinced Brutus to join the conspiracy, he came up with the whole plan on how to kill Caesar, and he just generally didn’t like how Caesar was godlike in the Roman’s eyes. Cassius knew that for the mutiny to work, they needed Brutus. Brutus had a lot of influence among the Romans because he was Caesar’s right hand man.
His popularity came from returning to Rome with multiple military victories, and news of the previous ruler’s death. After such achievement, Caesar said that he would be a dictator until his death. Since this new ruler would take power from the Senate, a few of the members agreed that an assassination was the best solution to this power struggle (“The Assassination of Julius Caesar, 44 BC”). Another reason Caesar so quickly gained power, and why people hated him is from the belief that he was responsible for Pompey’s death, the previous beloved ruler( "What Were the Motives
Cassius wanted to kill Antony as well but was persuaded not to. After the assassination, he moved to Italy. Cincinnatus, Caesar, and Cassius all showed leadership in an act that affects how things are today. Cincinnatus led Rome in a victory against Aequi. Caesar invaded Britain and created the Julian calendar.
Julius Caesar was born in Rome the 12 or 13 of July 100 BC. He was a politician he was a well-known and good leader of the roman-republic which soon came to be the Roman Empire. When Caesar turned thirty-one he had already been in many wars, which lead to him being very involved in politics. After forming several alliances he become dictator but it didn’t last long just after a year Caesar was assassinated by a rival on the Ides of March 15 44 BC. Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus were responsible for his assassination.
At the funeral, both of Caesar’s friends, Brutus and Antony, made a speech. In Brutus’s speech he was very concise and was saying that he did it all for Rome. Brutus used logos and ethos in his speech. To fortify his speech, he used logos which is logic and reason. In his speech, he says listen to my reasons and he goes onto his reasons that Caesar would have become ambitious and enslaved them all.
When Brutus was talking to the conspirators Brutus was going back and forth think if he should help the conspirators kill Julius Caesar. He was going back and forth because he was thinking of the power he could have and could rule Rome. The reason behind Brutus killing Caesar was for the better of Rome. If Brutus would not have killed Caesar, Rome would have turned into a dictatorship, and in turn it would have ruined Rome and all of its people. Brutus did not kill Julius just for the power to rule Rome, he killed Julius to save Rome from Caesar’s dictatorship.
Julius Caesar was the Dictator of Rome in 42 BC who accomplished many things. Many people believed that he was a hero, but Julius Caesar was a very ambitious dictator and was more of a villain than a hero. Julius Caesar was a villain because he didn’t think first before doing something, he forced the Senate to name him dictator for life and he also was a glory hound and put his needs before the republic. To begin with, Julius Caesar was a was a glory hound and put his needs before the republic. Caesar used his power as dictator more towards his advantage instead of helping the people in Rome.
Based on how he was represented on both speeches his pride got to him and hats because they ordered for him to get killed. They thought he would have too much power in his hands. To add to that, Caesar really cared for Brutus, and he acknowledged that. But, Brutus expressed that he honors him for his values and death but does not state how he was a good leader and made good decisions for the people of Rome. Although Brutus states that Caesar was a good and honorable man, he did not list any examples or talk about what his ambitions were towards to, whether it was to improve the city of Rome, or to take the power he had and use it to his
The conspirators believed that removing Caesar would ‘liberate’ the Romans and restore the republic, at least this was what Brutus had in mind. Although Caesar denied the designation of “king,” he was no doubt a megalomaniacal and
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.
Lucius Junius Brutus one of Brutus’ ancestor that turned Rome into a republic. Brutus loves caesar but doesn't want him to become king. Brutus doesn't have a personal reason to kill Caesar but for the good of Rome he has to. The country of rome would fall to Caesar if he became king because he is corrupt.
Brutus 's speech: Brutus speaks to the people of rome why he killed caesar so they will not turn on him. He talked about how he didnt kill him because he didn 't love him but because it was for the better of rome. He also tells the people of rome that letting caesar become king would mean the government type would change and all the wars and hard work his family had put into the government would go away. He also states, for the welfare of rome that he would die for rome if rome demands his death Rhetorical devices: Brutus used questions, logos, parallelism, and pathos to stir the people of rhome. Question-
In Shakespeare’s play, “Julius Caeser,” the conspirators found Caesar to be a threat to the well being of Rome; thus, the conspirators found it just to murder the