and their plan. The judgement Brutus made when he let Antony speak at the funeral was the turning point of the play and it led to the conspirators downfall. Brutus’ final act of poor judgement was when he decided to attack Antony and Octavius at Philippi. This decision lead to many deaths’s including his. Brutus’ final flaw is his idealism. His idealism leads him to believe everything that everybody tells him. His idealism causes him to believe in Antony and Cassius. Cassius uses Brutus’ idealism
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cannot do this to another brother without a solid reason‚ but also since I was furious at myself for allowing the death of Portia. Meanwhile‚ I consider Cassius ideas wrong once more involving the case of marching into Philippi. The best thing to do is to march immediately into Philippi to confront the enemies. If we wait‚ like Cassius suggested‚ of course we would be less tired but we would look and be hopeless since we wouldn’t have tried at all and Octavius with Antony will have gained more supporters
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Marcus Brutus: An Honorable Man? Could a murderer ever be considered “honorable”? Or would their reputation be tarnished forever by that one act? In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ Marcus Brutus is considered one of the most “honorable” men in Rome. When asked by Caius Cassius to join the conspiracy to assassinate the war hero‚ Julius Caesar‚ after some deliberation‚ Brutus agrees. Once they murder Caesar‚ it causes great confusion and sadness amongst the Roman people‚ especially
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The Public and Private Life In William’’ Shakespeare’s "Julius Caesar‚" there is a conflict in the characters public and private lives. The major characters‚ Julius Caesar‚ Brutus‚ Cassius and Antony‚ all experienced these conflicts. All actions these characters perform represent conflicts between the benefit of Rome and their own sense of honor‚ emotions and love for each other. Caesar is trying to form a new political system in Rome called dictatorship. Even though he has the ambition to become
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85-86). Epicureanism does not require the belief of a god nor does it believe in an after life‚ an aversion from common Roman philosophies who believed in fate‚ and gods. Cassius also did not believe in omens and fate until Act V‚ while nearing the battle at Phillipi. Cassius believes that the actions of birds he sees on the way to Phillipi are omens and tells a friend that he is starting to believe in fate. His invalidation of previous principles that he once held so strong have been starting to
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Coralyn Jackson Demmer-free Hon. English 2 19 February 2016 Brutus analysis Brutus is of great significance in the play Julius Caesar whom exhibits tragic flaws that will eventually lead to his descent. Brutus’s love and loyalty drives him to do what he believes is the best interest for Rome and soon comes to find that his intentions were not so good. Brutus has several honorable distinct traits such as‚ loyalty‚ love‚ and good intentions. Brutus’s love for Rome makes him easy to manipulate
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Julius Caesar 	 	Throughout Julius Caesar‚ Brutus’s actions have very extensive ramifications‚ I wish to review his actions‚ and the motivating factors behind those actions. I intend to prove that Brutus had a strong and well grounded personae. He had good intentions; however‚ he made one fatal mistake and that was his downfall. He had many positive qualities. I wish to bring these to the light and delve into how they affected the plot. 	Brutus is a very sincere man. He truly
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Parveen Charran Backstory: Julius Caesar‚ an ambitious CEO of hotels in a highly competitive‚ tourist ridden area‚ is opening up a lot of his hotels and is in competition with the other hotel company owners. Cassius‚ Brutus‚ Cinna‚ Casca‚ Metullus‚ and Decius(conspirators) were all friends with Julius Caesar in college as they all had common plans of becoming CEO’S of their own hotel branch and as it turns out‚ they are all within vicinity of each and are competition for one another. Cassius begins
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Throughout the book of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare‚ there are multiple signs that suggest Caesar’s upcoming demise but are ignored due to the arrogance and insecurity of Caesar. As the drama continues there is a clear foreshadowing of his death shown through Calphurnia’s dream of Caesar "Calphurnia in her sleep cried out “Help ho‚ they murder Caesar!””(Act 2 scene 2 line 2-3). Calphurnia dreamt about Caesar blood pouring out into a fountain where Romans were smiling
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Subjective bias is at the heart of all representations. Through the representation of language to manipulate a text‚ several diverse agendas and interpretations are shaped. Varying representations arise through events‚ personalities or situations are shaped through contextual form‚ language features‚ altering the meaning and creating textual integrity. The composers construction of various mediums allows responders to perceive a text to form their own particular view and depiction of these conflicting
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