Caesar First Triumvirate Quotes

“Brutus did not know if he would go through with the murder” “How was he to kill a man he loved? A man who had loved him like a son and may even be his own true father”. Brutus doesn’t think he will be able to kill a man who he and all of Rome loves. Caesar was more like a god than he was a man. Admittedly, there are some people who believe that Caesar was to powerful and needed to be taken out.

“It’s only hubris if I fail” by Julius Caesar. This quote can summarize Chris McCandless and Victor Frankenstein perfectly. They were very prideful and knew that they would succeed in everything they do, which they somewhat did. Chris lived in the wild for 100 days but died and Victor created a monster that killed people. So both their pride brought them to failure.

If then that friend  demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more."  (3.2.19-24)   After Brutus killed Caesar, he started to defend his actions. Brutus wanted to be loyal Rome but sees that he should have been loyal to his friend. Part of Brutus' flaw is patriotism, and there is a VERY important question we can ask ourselves.

Paige Dispalatro Ms. Lammers English Honors II Period 2 19 January 2015 Actions For many centuries, people have often done what they thought was right. Whether it was for themselves or for others, they always had a reason for their actions. In the play Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, Marcus Brutus believes that killing Caesar was best for Rome. But, during his speech, he needs to explain the reasons of his action to the people.

In view of, Caesar becoming to ambitious, Brutus kills him. As Brutus begins to speak out at the funeral he asks,“Had you rather Caesar living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead to all free men?”(Shakespeare 42). With this

Tragic Hero Essay Murder, loyalty, friendship, trust, and betrayal. All of these are present in the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Many of these impact Brutus’ decision to kill one of his best friends, Caesar. All of these lead to who the real Tragic hero is by the flaw and the person's downfall. A tragic hero is a person who starts off happy with respect, but he has a big flaw which leads to his downfall.

In Act 3 Scene 2 Brutus said during his speech, “If that friend then demands to know why Brutus turned against Caesar, this is my answer: Not because I cared for Caesar less, but because I cared for Rome more”. Brutus had courage to kill Caesar, not because he wanted to, but for the good of Rome and its people. During the entirety of the story, Brutus

Although Brutus believed he was better fit for Rome than Caesar, he was not fully convinced as you can tell before he stabs Caesar. Brutus was hesitant to kill Caesar, Brutus must’ve became overwhelmed by the whole senate glaring at him and couldn’t think what to do for a while. This is relevant today in the world; kids all around the world try to stay away from drugs, negative, and etc. Their peers are the ones are who manipulate them by using peer pressuring them, just as Brutus was peer pressured by the majority of the Rome senate. Julius Caesar was astonished that Brutus was also involved in his assassination, as he said “Et tu Brutus?”

Brutus also has a position in the government of Rome. He also had many tragic flaws like one which is trusting others. He trusted the conspirators and even Mark Antony. Another one is that Brutus is very idealistic meaning if would have known the consequences of murdering Caesar would be, then Antony would not have had to talk to at the funeral. For example,“ Now let it work.

Persuasive Essay Should Brutus join the conspiracy against Caesar? Some may want Brutus to dodge the conspiracy. While others prefer Brutus to join the scheme against Caesar. Brutus has the done the right thing, by choosing to join the conspiracy, and claims he carries reasonable judgements all throughout act I and act II, for joining the conspiracy. Brutus understands that he needs to do this for the people of Rome, he needs to do it to prevent tyranny, and he realizes that evil can come from a good person.

When Brutus spoke about his motives to kill Caesar he said, “As he was valiant I / honor him. But, as he was ambitious, I slew him.” (3.2.27-28). Brutus honored Caesar but saw that his ambition has the potential of being very dangerous. He thought that a danger like Caesar could not be left to grow more powerful when there is a solution to the issue now.

Brutus tries to impress the crowd by saying that Caesar was going to become a dictator. “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?” (ii. III.L 22-24). Brutus gives this reason to make the people think this murderous act was honorable.

Confidence is a killer and it shows in William ShakeSpeare's play Julius Caesar, which in Julius Caesar is murder by his close companions because he is supposedly ambitious and this points out a flaw in Caesar which is his confidence, his close companions were so close to caesar that he had confidence in them and never suspected a thing thus it ended up being the cause of his death. Confidence also shows up in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which happened to be that when Macbeth was told he couldn’t be killed by man of women born he was overconfident about being invincible to those he faced until one day when the woods surrounding the castle marched on it and he engaged an enemy he did not know was not women born he died because of his overconfidence.

Samantha Durand 27 October 2015 Dunipace 4th Julius Caesar Essay Brutus is the Tragic Hero William Shakespeare wrote “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” to tell the story of the tragedy that happened to him. When Caesar was going to become king, his own friends turned into conspirators against him. Since the conspirators said that Caesar would abuse the power of being king, they decided to murder him for the sake of the Roman people.

Brutus loves Caesar but knows he has to kill him for the good of rome. He says, “I know