Brutus joins the conspiracy against Caesar because of his profound and real love of freedom and republicanism. On the other hand, Cassius initiates die conspiracy because of his personal motives. Table of Contents. Cassius tries to do this when he suggests to Brutus that he's as good as Caesar hinting that Brutus should rule instead of Caesar.
Caesar is also his own undoing — while the men are kneeling to finish him off, he gets caught up in his own transparent rhetoric. Caesar means to compare himself to the North Star to show how firm and constant he is in his opinion, but his rhetoric betrays his arrogance, showing that he holds himself up above other men. The most powerful rhetoric in the play by far is Antony's speech to the crowd.
It's masterful for its use of irony — literally, saying the opposite of what you want your audience to hear. Antony's speech works because he doesn't come out and say Brutus and his buddies are traitors. Instead, he suggests it, which means the crowd thinks they come to the conclusion on their own. You're always more likely to believe your own ideas, even if they've been planted by someone else.
So eulogies are those big speeches in praise of a dead person, particularly at their funeral. The word is related to elegy, which was originally a poetic form often used to deliver poems of mourning. Unlike in a lot of Shakespeare's other plays, the eulogies in Julius Caesar don't really have mourning at their center — they appear to, but there's actually some other goal achieved. Strike a Pose The activity can be found on page 2 and takes approximately 20 minutes. We use cookies on this website.
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I, 3, 1. Romans need no other bond than their pledged word. Self controlled and stoical. We must die, Messala As the play progresses, we retain all our respect for Brutus's high moral character and disinterestedness, but cannot fail to see that, though forced to act, he is not qualified for action. His public life is only a series of mistakes. Refuses to have Antony killed.
II, i, 1. Gives Antony permission to speak at Caesar's funeral. Ill, i, 1. Insists on marching to Philippi. IV, 3, 1. Himself the soul of honor, scorning to do anything unworthy of a Roman, acting only for his country's welfare, he is incapable of imputing less honorable motives to those with whom he is associated.
Mark Antony, his political enemy, fitly pronounces him "the noblest Roman of them all. As he, actuated by the principles of honor and love of country, forces himself to perform deeds against his nature, so Portia, exercising the self-restraint and noble dignity suited to a woman "so fathered and so husbanded," holds rigidly in check all the deep feeling, tenderness, and anxiety that are aroused in her by her husband's and her country's plight.
Act II, Sc.
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