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    country.” Brutus, a character in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, is often surrounded by debates of whether he was a traitor or a patriot. He is described as a traitor to his best friend, Julius Caesar, because he murders him, and he is described as a patriot for saving Rome from a corrupt ruler. Brutus was a patriot of Rome because, though he murdered his best friend, Caesar, all of his actions were performed for the greater good of his beloved nation. The most popular argument for describing Brutus as

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    Shakespeare play in which Brutus kills Caesar. This is a controversial topic, with the question of “Was Brutus a betrayer or patriot” on everyone’s minds. Those who think he is a traitor are appalled that Brutus would kill one of his close friends. On the other hand, sometimes one has to do something they don’t want to do in order to save their country. This is the case in Julius Caesar, in which Brutus murders Caesar to save Rome. In order to save the thousands of people in Rome, Brutus felt compelled to

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    because he is loyal. Mark Antony is not a traitor. He has been loyal to caesar even after his death and he can be loyal to you as well if you remain loyal to him for loyalty is everything. He will make sure that the unequal treatment between the rich and the poor no longer exists in this country (pathos) .When Mark Antony makes a decision he never changes his mind and that is one of the qualities of a good leader. Why oh why would you even consider voting for Brutus? There’s one thing that all rulers should

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    conspirator is defined as being a traitor and committing an illegal or wrongful act. I think Brutus was not being an honorable man and played a role as a traitor against his country and friend. First of all, Brutus did not know what his country wanted and what was best for it. Second, Brutus didn’t even know what he wanted until Cassius deceived him. Lastly, Brutus was a traitor toward Caesar and his country by killing his dearest friend. My argument claims that Brutus was a dishonorable man and he did

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    logic. Between Brutus and Mark Anthony, from the play “Julius Caesar’’ by William Shakespeare, Antony gave the best argumentative speech using the rhetorical strategies. This is because Antony used all three strategies throughout his speech better. In both speeches are the use of pathos. In Antony’s hes says: “For Brutus, as you know was Caesar’s angel… this was the most unkindest cut of them all.” (Act 3, Scene 2) What he means by this is that Caesar loves Brutus a lot, But Brutus betrayed him and

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    and villains using the senators of Rome to show the difference between heroes and villains. The hardest character to determine was the hero Brutus, by analyzing his loyalty, background, and his intentions, one can determine that Brutus was a hero to Rome. Brutus’ loyalty helps shape whether his cause was justice or unjustified. In the beginning, Brutus is walking with Caesar. He even helps him when a soothsayer tells him to beware the Ides of March. “What man is that? / A soothsayer bids you

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    the traitor’s good sides and make it seem as if he had joined them so that he could convince the citizens to fight against them with him. He deceived the traitors and convinced them to let him speak at Caesar’s funeral, and in this speech he turned the citizens against them using very powerful rhetorical skills. After he had drove the traitors from the city, he took control of the city and led them to victory in a war against the conspirator’s armies. These are three telling examples that prove Antony’s

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    ethos, pathos, and logos to disprove Brutus', Cassius' and the other killers' innocence. Antony fights to secure justice for Caesar as he condemns the conspirators to the consequences of the crowd's newfound anger. Mark Antony appeals to the Romans' sense of ethos to establish himself in their eyes as a noble man, and to surreptitiously separate the conspirators' from their lofty reputations. Specifically, Antony mentions that he has the power to "do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong, who, you know

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    witnesses Brutus stab him, “Then fall Caesar!” As Brutus was that of the most trusted of Caesar. Political extremism was pushed onto Caesar which convinced him to conspire with envious senators and ultimately, participated in the brutal assassination of Caesar, who was ruthlessly stabbed 33 times, so he could become active ruler in Rome in the works of William Shakespeare derived from the play Julius Caesar. With what is being claimed, Brutus couldn’t possibly have been an honest man but a traitor. Brutus

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    Do you think that Brutus is a betrayer or a patriot? I think he was both but if I had to pick I would say he was a betrayer. I think he was a betrayer because he killed his best friend for the good of Rome but it wasn’t a good thing. Brutus was a betrayer because he wanted to kill Caesar just so he could take his place. He was a betrayer because he killed his best friend instead of thinking of another way to stop him. Brutus was finally convinced to kill Caesar when Cassius planted fake letters from

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    assassination in a phenomenal, vivid manner. Alongside rendering the events that lead to Caesar’s merciless and bloody assassination, Shakespeare extended the play to the rivalry between Mark Antony and Octavius vs. Brutus and Cassius. This pathetic rivalry induces the deaths of both Brutus and Cassius. Brutus’s death signifies his noble and virtuous character. When Mark Antony had discovered Brutus’s lifeless body he said, “This was the noblest Roman of them all.” (Act 5.5). Cassius’s death, on the

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    wrong with the whole plan to kill Caesar, and that Brutus should not have listened to him, but that we are talking about Brutus let me just say some things about him. Brutus was a fellow friend of Caesar but the problem was is that he started to listen to Cassius a fellow traitor of Caesar but used to be his friend a long time ago, in the story when Cassius and Brutus met on the day when Caesar has come from his conquest from Pompay Cassius told Brutus stories of how Caesar was a little girl and that

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    the novel Julius Caesar, there have been murders, traitors and thieves. There always appeared to be one man who always stood above all the cowardly ways of the characters. Brutus was one of the most noble characters in this book. Even Antony himself thought that he was a noble man. Brutus was a well known and respected soldier of Rome. The conspirators reached out to Brutus to make noble in the eyes of Roman citizens the killing of Caesar. Brutus believed that Caesar would make the citizens of

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    Rome from tyranny. Even with Brutus being well liked by the Romans his speech was weak in comparison to Antony's. To understand why Antony’s speech was better we must look at how he utilized all he had to his advantage. He could only say so much since the conspirators were preventing him from accusation. He utilized Ethos, Pathos, and Logos to draw in the crowd. His biggest power was leveraging the will of Caesar into the speech. In conjunction with Antony, Brutus utilized some amounts of rhetoric

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    treason, damning historical traitors and two-faced politicians to the horrors of Hell’s lowest circle. In this highly allegorical journey, Dante, as a pilgrim, descends deeper and deeper into Hell, witnessing the plight of sinners fated to eternal damnation. Since Dante Alighieri was both a politician and a poet, he placed numerous politicians into The Inferno in order to demonstrate the devastating effects of the political schisms created by these individuals. Marcus Junius Brutus, a member of the Roman

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    rhetorical tricks used by Brutus and Mark Antony in their speeches, in act three-scene two of the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by Shakespeare, cause reactions in the crowd that affect the plot of play by creating chaos with mob-mentality, causing war and death. Although the styles of the two speeches vary greatly, both Brutus and Mark Antony each use their speech to manipulate the crowd of plebeians into group thinkers who believe in their respective causes; Brutus is persuading for abounding

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    Comparing the Speeches of Mark Antony and Brutus in Julius Caesar The play 'Julius Caesar' was first performed in 1599 at the Globe theatre in London. The Globe theatre was built earlier that year and 'Julius Caesar' was one of the first plays performed there. This gives us reason to believe that the play was written towards the end of 1598 and beginning of 1599. William Shakespeare wrote the play 'Julius Caesar' because 'Plutarchs Lives', William Shakespeare's source

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    right and wrong can be blurry. In the play, Brutus other Romans conspire to kill the man who may become their new leader, Caesar. Patriots are typically looked at as being trustworthy, and Brutus murdered Caesar, someone who viewed him as a friend. Looking at the situation in a vacuum can make it look like Brutus is a betrayer because of that fact. However, many people incorrectly think of Brutus as being a villain when he was not a betrayer or traitor, Brutus was a patriot to the city of Rome. One thing

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    However, while Brutus and Cassius took part in the conspiracy, and their character and political standings changed according to how their lives are affected negatively, Antony and Octavius did not take place in the murder, and are portrayed as enemies of the conspirators. Therefore, Antony and Octavius are not marked as traitors to the Roman republic, and their characters change based on how Caesar’s death benefits them

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    “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars /But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” (1.2.141-142) Cassius was a large factor in Brutus’s decision to kill Caesar. Cassius influenced Brutus greatly and, while Cassius prodded Brutus to take action against Caesar, Brutus was already having internal struggles against Caesar. Brutus already mistrusted Caesar and wished to prevent Caesar from becoming too powerful. In “Julius Caesar” Brutus gives his reasons for killing Caesar several times and ensures

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