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Essay / In the Name of Caesar - 530
In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare wrote two different speeches that the characters Mark Antony and Brutus gave. The two had different goals. Both Antony and Brutus were good friends of Julius Caesar. Antony was a Roman and a general. Brutus was a senator. After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony prepared a speech in favor of Caesar's death. Brutus left first, then Antony followed, and the two speeches had different reactions from the citizens of Rome. The speeches of Brutus and Antony were about their intentions and results. Brutus had to try to convince the Romans that Caesar's assassination was justified. He claimed that he and the conspirators did what they did out of love for Rome. Brutus said: “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” » (Act 3, scene 2, lines 20-21). He truly believed that what he was doing was the right thing and that if he didn't do it, Rome would have fallen. I, and perhaps others, found errors in Brutus's speech. He first disperses half the audience: “Those who hear me speak...