brutus is a traitor essay

During Brutus’ speech in which he provides this reason for killing Caesar “this / is my answer; Not that I lov’d Caesar less, but that I lov’d / Rome more” (3.2.20-22) the plebeians begin to respect him and say “Live, Brutus, live, live” (3.2.45), “Let him be Caesar (king)” (3.2.48), and “This Caesar was a tyrant… We are blest that Rome is rid of him” (3.2.67-68) which shows that they now hate Caesar and want Brutus to be king, after previously hating him. Shortly after Brutus’ speech, Mark

the story is not about Caesar, but about Brutus and Antony. They are both extremely close to Caesar, but to protect the people of Rome, Brutus assassinates him. After this event, Antony's heroic character is changing to a more villainous one. Although Brutus commits murder, Antony is truly corrupt because he manipulates the people of Rome and turns against Caesar's wishes. Firstly, after Caesar's death, Brutus asks Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral. Brutus tells Antony not sway the people of Rome

Caesar, Marcus Brutus joins the conspirators and kills Julius Caesar, a potential threat to the Roman Republic. Although the other members of the conspiracy are villains for murdering Caesar, Brutus is a tragic hero. Marcus Brutus is a hero because he wants the best for Rome and he is a noble man, but his heroism is tragic because of his fatal flaw. To begin with, Brutus assassinates Julius Caesar in order to protect the people of Rome. Brutus puts the people of Rome before himself. Brutus kills Caesar

reconciliation. Brutus, one of these tragic heroes, is a devout friend of the great Julius Caesar, that is, until he makes many execrable decisions he will soon regret; he becomes involved in a plot to kill the omniscient ruler of Rome during 44 B.C. After committing the crime, Mark Antony, an avid, passionate follower of Caesar, is left alive under Brutus’s orders to take his revenge on

conspirators sent by Brutus. Brutus was a friend of Caesar's , but opposes Caesar's position as dictator. Mark Antony, an ally of Julius Caesar, was devastated by the death of a friend. After shortly mourning, Antony quickly attempts to seek revenge. He plans on giving a speech at brutus funeral with intentions of turning the crowd against Brutus. After Antony's speech the crowd becomes very angry. To control the crowd Brutus addresses them, he explains why Caesar deserved to die. Foolishly Brutus leaves and

Caesar's death. Brutus and Antony both try to persuade the people of Rome's minds toward their views of his death. Antony tried to persuade the people that the conspirators were traitors to Caesar. Brutus tried to make the Romans believe he killed Caesar for a noble cause. Whichever speech was enjoyed more by the people of Rome would make the speaker popular. In Brutus's speech, he told the people to believe him for his honor. He doesn't give them reasons to believe him. Brutus goes on to say

and trusting, like Brutus for example, that person will not be the victor. This makes it clear to see that the most valued trait in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is being charismatic and manipulative, and this is demonstrated through the actions and dialogues of Brutus, Cassius, and Mark Antony. From the beginning of the play, one of the things the reader can almost instantly pick up on is how Brutus is meant

They’re starting to throw out ideas about what they are going to do to get back at them. One plebeian suggests “We’ll burn the house of Brutus”(876). Then, Antony announces that Caesar has left in his will to every Roman citizen, seventy-five drachmas. Another plebeian responds to this with “Most noble Caesar!We’ll revenge his death!”(876). They are ready to fight and do whatever it takes

speech, but he is also using the rhetorical structure of pathos by telling the plebeians they should prepare to cry about a man that when Brutus was just talking they were resenting Caesar. Through the speech Antony uses a very sorrow tone. He also attacks Brutus and the other conspirators by calling them “traitors” at the end. Antony uses ethos when saying, “For Brutus,

the play. He is not the tragic hero; that distinction lies with Brutus and Cassius, around whom the play revolves before and after the assassination. This essay will show that although Caesar is not the hero of this tragedy, he certainly is the title character.   Like the storm in the first scene of The