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    Killing Caesar: Good or Bad Is Brutus or Antony's speech more effective? Both speeches affected the people in a different way. Antony's speech appealed to the people more considering that he used emotion in his speech. Brutus tells the people why Caesar had to die. Antony makes the people understand what Brutus and the conspirators did to Caesar. Comparing both the speeches they were similar and different in some ways. Brutus uses logic to persuade the audience to visualize why the conspirators

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    Antony who asked Brutus if he could because Caesar was a good friend. The other one was Brutus who helped killed Caesar and only cared about the city of Rome. Brutus and Antony were both good speech writers but they had different styles. The first person that went was Brutus which they should never speak first if they are trying to win a crowd over because the person after can use. He tried to justify why he needed to kill Caesar. Rome needed to be judged by someone. Brutus did say he had a lot

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    I. Brutus A. Brutus' speech show that his loyalty is given first to Rome then to his close friends. He is justifying the death of Julius Caesar. B. He used ethics to persuade the audience that killing Caesar is the right thing to do because it benefits the masses in the long run. C. Strategy 1. Assertion: “…This is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less- but that I loved Rome more” (III. ii.20-22) a) Translates into “I did it for you!” b) Convince the citizens/crowd that the conspirators are malicious

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    Brutus argued that Caesar should be killed because he was quickly gaining power. They were afraid that this power would corrupt him and lead him to do future harms. Brutus even believed that Caesar at the time of his death had not done anything to warrant his death. Although Brutus killed Julius Caesar for the right reason, it is still unjustified to kill an innocent man for what he had not done. Political assassination is justified depending on the circumstances. If the leader is good to the people

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    In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus displays evidence of listening to other characters rather than thinking on his own. Brutus is a powerful, public figure throughout all of Rome. One who would choose to write about Brutus might love his honorability and love for Rome. Throughout this play, one will question, is Brutus is persuaded by Cassius to take over or is Brutus thoughts’ based on his own opinion? While Brutus is a very powerful man, he is persuaded by Cassius to make

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    Brutus possesses a gullible personality, which becomes justified when he trusts a random letter, when Caesar reacts dramatically as he stabs him, and when he allows Antony to give a speech at Caesar’s funeral. After reading a letter lying by the window, Brutus changes his perspective to Caesar completely. After reading aloud, he fully believes that the revolt Cassius proposed recently is justified through a mere letter thrown at his window. Furthermore, within this letter, he shows an inclination

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    Mark Antony and Marcus Brutus were both able to get the crowd to agree with their speech. Brutus was able to get the crowd to say “Live Brutus! Live, live!”. Mark Antony’s speech was more effective because he got the people to conspire against the conspirators. His was well thought out much more than Brutus’s speech. Antony was good at getting them to change their mind. He could accomplish this in many ways. Mark Antony was very good at using pathos in his favor. “my heart is in the coffin there

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    learn that Brutus loves Caesar. However, he doesn't necessarily like his actions. Caesar is being worshipped by the people of Rome for killing another one of the men high in the Roman government. Brutus is a very well respected person, but he isn’t the only person who is bothered by Caesar’s actions. Cassius starts a conspiracy to kill Caesar. Cassius has no power without Brutus on his side, so he begins to manipulate Brutus into joining the conspiracy. Cassius starts by making Brutus feel good.

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    Caesar once said,” Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.” Brutus proves this by joining the conspiracy to kill Caesar. By joining the conspirators, Brutus goes against his idea of being honorable. Considering that Caesar has not done anything wrong to Rome, Brutus and the conspirators still assume he will become a tyrant. Hence Brutus does not think things through enough to make his decision. Brutus did not want to kill Caesar at first, but through the persuasion of Cassius

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    1599. In Act III Scene 2, Marcus Junius Brutus also known as Brutus in the play was giving a speech to notify the citizens of Rome. When Brutus finished with his spiel, Marcus Antonius commonly known as Antony in the play gave a heartfelt speech telling his fellow SPQR (Romans) on the death of a great leader, and a great friend. There were different viewpoints of each speech, Antony had the final word, Brutus was being egotistical. In Act III Scene 2 Brutus was speaking to the people of Rome about

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