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    Marcus Junius Brutus was one of the protagonists in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. He is best known for assisting in the assassination of Julius Caesar but he was also a husband, friend, influential public figure, and an honorable military leader. Brutus, son of Marcus Junius Brutus Maior and Servilia, was born in Rome in 85 BC and was raised by his uncle, Servilius Caepio. He started his political career being Cato’s assistant and during this time he made money by loaning to desperate people and

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    Marcus Brutus Ideal Rome

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    the play Julius Ceasar Brutus is an idealist because he wants to uphold the republican state. Brutus has a shielded perspective of what Julius Ceasar can do for Rome , and he cannot accept Julius Ceasar as an emperor, which leads him to conspire to assassinate his friend. Brutus sees a better, more ideal Rome and he loses his grip on reality. Brutus tries to plan a more ideal Rome, unfortunately he succeeds in his plan and he can only accept his plan as a reality. Brutus holds his reality and his

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    is clearly Marcus Brutus. Throughout the story, Brutus is shown expressing his feelings about his personal life with other characters, which is something that Caesar never does. For example, Brutus is shown discussing the reasons for his current mood with Cassius towards the beginning of the play. He says to Cassius, “Vexed I am / Of late with passions of some difference, / Conceptions only proper to myself, / Which give some soil, perhaps, to my behaviors…” (1.2.39-42). Since Brutus is one of the

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    tragedy drove the action more, Marcus Brutus or Julius Caesar? The story is titled The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, but is it really mainly about Caesar and his assassination? Throughout the whole play, Brutus was constantly battling internal and external conflicts. While dealing with those issues, he decided to join the conspiracy to save the Roman people. By joining the conspiracy, their plans were to kill the high and mighty Caesar. After the assassination occurred, Brutus takes one more risk and that

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    of Julius Caesar, one can see that noble Marcus Brutus faces the struggle of deciding between two choices that are both arguably correct with a regretful, irrevocable resolution influenced by his flawed loyalty, thus it can be concluded that he is the

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    William Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar, it was Marcus Antonius that said upon Marcus Brutus' death, "This was the noblest Roman of them all...". I would have to agree with that statement for many reasons. Though, what I've seen as his strengths, there are some that also serve as his weaknesses. Brutus lives by a strict moral compass and code of ethics entwined with a rigid sense of idealism. All of which are great virtues but are also deadly flaws. Brutus acts out of a desire to limit the self-serving

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    disagreement. Marcus Brutus’ relationship with Julius Caesar sees its demise when Brutus allows his political obsessions to force him to

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    Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare presents Marcus Brutus as a honorable tragic hero. A tragic hero is literary figure or character that possesses a flaw that leads to their defeat. The flaw is usually an error in judgment. Brutus’ tragic flaw is his love for Rome. His love for Rome causes him to kill his friend Julius Caesar and ultimately himself. Brutus also struggles with trusting the wrong people and judgement errors. The essay, Brutus’s Reasons: Julius Caesar and the Mystery of Motive” by

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    -unknown. Marcus Brutus and Caius Cassius are well respected senators who grew up together and discover that they both don’t agree with Caeser’s Ruling. They both deserve their status, yet somehow the people seem to like Brutus more. By conspiring together, they effectively assasinate Caeser. These key characters in Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Julias Caeser” would relatably show the conflict that we still run into today in modern politics. Some in my class would say that Marcus Brutus and Caius

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    Ceasar, William Shakespeare develops Marcus Brutus as the Tragic Hero whose ambition and naivety in his blind confidence in the nobility of man sparked guidance in a series of events which inevitably forced him to succumb to self destruction. First and foremost Brutus is the Tragic Hero of the play as has been said. Now with the title of Tragic hero comes a weakness, a tragic flaw in the characters

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