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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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    Is Brutus a tragic hero? After all of the plans and ideas Brutus has come up with, could one really ever see him as a tragic hero? As those who have read the book, Julius Caesar, one might refer to Brutus as not trustworthy or even not possible to have been seen in the proper perspective as others may see his character. Although there is always a good in someone which is what I have found with Brutus. Brutus was a noble and just man and people don't see that because of what he had done to Julius

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    Antony vs Brutus Have you ever wondered why people are called leaders? They are called leaders because they know how to motivate people. In Julius Caesar’s play Brutus and Antony are considered leaders. After the death of Caesar both of them give speeches to the people of Rome. Antony gave a more inspiring speech than Brutus. Antony addressed the crowd with a inspiring and motivating will to avenge Caesar’s death. Brutus said that Caesar’s death is for the better of Rome. Both speeches were very

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    stabbing our beloved leader, Julius Caesar, to death. To hear the justification of his death, we attended his funeral, where Brutus and Mark Antony orated. Both orations were moving: while Brutus appealed to reason and logic, Antony appealed to emotions. However, Antony’s oration genuinely revealed the truth behind everything; he presented his arguments that disproved Brutus’ claim that Caesar was ambitious and his assassination was noble. His oration was powerful, influential, and had a strong emotional

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    Brutus is reasonable and logic at Caesar's funeral. Antony is more about his emotions at Caesar's funeral. Brutus and Antony are both very different when they talk about their speeches at the funeral. Brutus isn't much about his emotions he doesn't show much emotion. Antony loves to show his emotions because he is more about his emotions. Brutus talks about the killing of Caesar he doesn't show much emotion. Brutus is an introverted, solitary pphilosopher, and he doesn't show much emotion. Brutus

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    example of this is a character named Brutus in William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. In this play the noble Brutus is persuaded by a group of conspirators that Julius Caesar, a friend of Brutus, should be killed before he is crowned the king. Following the death of Caesar, Brutus speaks out to the people of Rome. He left his speech feeling extremely confident, but soon came to find an angry city upset by the death of their future king. Consequently, Brutus and the other

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    Persuasive Paper Did Brutus do the right thing joining the conspiracy? Brutus joined the conspiracy and after a while did kill Caesar. Caesar would have gotten killed by the conspiracy even if Brutus wouldn’t have joined. Yes, brutus did kill one of his best friends but, it made Rome a better place. On the other hand I don’t think that Brutus should have done this. Brutus had to make a choice and he may have made the wrong one but no one will ever know. Many people thought Brutus was a good solid man

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