On trial today is (Marcus?) Brutus for the murder of Julius Caesar. There is an abundant amount of evidence that prove that M. Brutus is the one to blame for the death of Caesar. M. Brutus has never gotten the glory that Caesar has received and one may be able to infer that M. Brutus’s overall intention is to eliminate his opponent. One of the important parts of this scene was the discussion of Caesar’s desire of power. People feared Caesar of being king because he could possibly be the ruthless
Thesis statement- Brutus is the protagonist in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. He is the protagonist because Brutus is noble, gullible, and moral. Brutus is a noble person throughout the course of the story. He was trying to hide his true emotion, thus being noble and stoic. Even throughout the plot of killing Caesar he tries to be noble about what he does. He does not want to kill Caesar because he does not like Caesar, he does it because he cares for the people of Rome and does not want them to
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the characters Brutus and Antony both give speeches at Julius Caesar’s funeral. Brutus’ purpose in making this speech is to put the plebeians’ minds at ease and to explain why Julius Caesar was just assassinated. Brutus shows his love for the people of Rome to show that all he wants is to better the audience's lives. Antony has a much more sinister purpose for making his speech and that purpose is to seek revenge upon the people that have killed Caesar. He
in the fact that it keeps talking about Brutus being a noble man. It seems as if after everything Antony says about Brutus he covers up by saying that Brutus was a noble man. At the beginning of the speech Antony says “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears” (3.2.73) which seems like he is kind of begging the audience to listen to him. Antony expressed that Caesar was a good man and that he wasn’t ambitious. Ambition was the quest for power and Antony stated, “I thrice presented him a kingly
In Act III Scene II of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare composes essentially a war in rhetoric between the characters of Brutus and Mark Antony. Although for different purposes, both speeches given by Brutus and Mark Antony, pertaining to Caesar’s murder, contain poignant and skilled rhetoric in order to win over the citizens of Rome. Brutus bases his speech upon the appeal of ethos, being straight forward and honest with his audience, defending his ethical foundation. On the other hand, Antony’s speech
Brutus Versus Antony In act III, both Marcus Brutus and Marcus Antonius give eulogies after the great Julius Caesar falls. Brutus delivers his eulogy first; Antony speaks second. True of their characters, their speeches are both tremendously different. Each man uses his own strategies to gain the crowd’s approval. However, Antony’s speech is overwhelmingly more convincing. To begin with, Antony’s speech is passionate. The reader can clearly tell how he felt about his friend, Caesar. This is prominent
Truth of Brutus Shakespeare’s play, the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is main focus is on the assassination of Julius Caesar. One of the characters involved in the assassination was, Brutus, a close friend to Julius Caesar. What would be a reason to kill a friend? After seeing Brutus’ relationship with Caesar, his involvement in the conspiracy and his role in the plot, the truth of Brutus is shared. Marcus Brutus, a close friend to Caesar, has a great relationship with Caesar but an even
Through the effective use of concrete, vivid, visual imagery, apostrophe, and foreshadowing in the form a prophecy, Antony predicts that the conspirators’ murder of Caesar will cause chaos amongst Roman citizens and result in an upcoming civil war that is destructive in nature. Antony establishes concrete, vivid and visual imagery in his soliloquy. Evidence of blood imagery occurs when Antony becomes furious over the sight of Caesar’s blood, as he says: “Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!” (258)
Why is Antony a better public speaker than Brutus? They both use persuasive devices in their speech, repetition, and rhetorical questions. Both of them are good speakers, but Antony connects more to the people of Roman and their emotions. Brutus was more serious while Antony was more emotional. Brutus starts out his speech by saying “Romans, countrymen, and lovers!”. This shows Brutus has a love for Rome and the people. He explains why he killed Caesar by stating facts
William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar This story was about both love and betrayal. Shakespeare tells of how someone can love their country enough to kill their best friend. They’d even risk destroying themselves. After the death of a tyrant, Caesar, two people (one opposing the death of Caesar and the other agreeing with it) spoke during Caesar’s funeral to reason with the people of Rome. Each trying their own method to win the crowd’s opinion. Brutus was a friend of Caesar. He was also the leader