... patriotism. When Cassius presented him with the idea of the assassinating Caesar, Brutus did not come quickly to a decision; it took him almost a month to finally decide to join the conspiracy. This was obviously not an easy decision for him. For the entire month prior to the ides of March, he could not sleep and paced about, thinking about the troubling ... the worst decisions he made was to not kill Antony along with Caesar. Brutus did not see the potential threat that he would become, and he did not want the conspiracy to become a bloody massacre. He also gave permission to Antony to...

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... is a twisted, mean person who enjoys hurting other people's feelings. Brutus on the other hand, is a well-respected, judicial magistrate of Rome who is persuaded by Cassius to join the conspiracy against Caesar. At the beginning of act one we observe that Brutus is hiding something but will not tell Cassius what it is that is bothering him. Cassius tries to ... ...

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... not want to be too forward with Brutus as to reveal his plans. They agree to meet later and discuss the matter further. Cassius is a conniving character. He starts the conspiracy to kill Caesar. Unlike Brutus" however, he does not have noble incentives, Cassius" motive for killing Caesar is jealousy. He explains how he saved Caesar from the river and then ... point, two other conspirators, Casca and Cinna, join Cassius. They agree that Caesar must not be allowed to continue his rule, and they plan to convince Brutus to join their conspiracy. Cassius plans on writing false letters to Bru...

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... "Live, Brutus! Live, Live!" in unison. Another citizen yells, "Let him be Caesar!" Another mark of his high stature is shown when once, prior to his becoming involved in the conspiracy, Caesar, the emperor of Rome, greatly cares for him. Furthermore, Brutus is a praetor, or judge, in the Roman Republic. One of Brutus's intrinsic qualities is that he is inseparable from ... ...

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... will result in his being crowned king which will bring harm to the public good through his inevitable abuse of power. Although Brutus agonizes over his decision to join the conspiracy, he eventually justifies the plot to kill Caesar-not on the basis of any actual wrong doing, but on the basis of potential wrong doing. Brutus, and his companions thought ... ...

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... became the king of Rome he would become corrupt and use his powers to create a bad society. The senate resented his actual position that was shown in the sixty member conspiracy which Marcus Brutus had organized to kill him. On the Ides of March , two days before he was due to leave Rome on his great eastern expedition, he was stabbed ... ...

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... nobleness and patriotism come through his character to reveal a compassionate and caring man. He played very crucial roles in Julius Caesar. He was basically the "back bone" of the whole conspiracy and assassination of Caesar. Brutus follows through with the operation of Cassius and the other conspirators to kill his true and noble friend Caesar. If it were not for his ... ...

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... cut some of the money out of the will to the people and keep it for himself. His intentions weren't so good after all. Cassius, the apparent originator of the conspiracy in the first place, is at first hard to figure out if he would take action in good will or in greed for power. On one hand, he starts out ... ...

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... under his command. Commodus ruled for twelve years, but in Gladiator it feels more like a couple months. Also his death, Commodus, rather than what happens in Gladiator, was killed by a conspiracy of politicians. To its credit, the movie gets some of its facts right. Marcus Aurelius really was off conquering and carousing in Germania at around 180 A.D., and Commodus really did ... ...

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... promoted a certain want for blood that aided in the need and want for political warfare. People were stimulated by the pure victory of the human masses, and in what was a conspiracy of sorts, it ultimately influenced Romans in later wars and fighting. It taught the massed that bloodshed was normal, tolerated and even prosperous for the underclass. The ultimate accomplishment of ... ...

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... . One example of how he changes is when he becomes a conspirator. "Give me your hands all over, one by one." (2.1.112). Brutus said these words after agreeing to join the conspiracy against Caesar. Another dynamic quality of Brutus occurs on the battlefield where he realizes he was wrong and commits suicide. "Hold then my sword, and turn away thy face, /While ... ...

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... kill one of his best friends. And he proves that throughout the book Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. For one the only reason Brutus agreed to be in on the conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar was for the better of all Roman people. He felt it was in the best interest of his fellow countrymen. Brutus even states, "let us be ... ...

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... events to come, supporting the theme of' all amiss interpreted' which is central to the play's meaning" (41). In structural terms one may say that Decius' interpretation abbreviates the earlier conspiracy scenes while Calphurnia' s foreshadows the scenes to follow. Interestingly, such reading of the dream suggests that Shakespeare reduced most of the play's action through the lines of the dream and ... ...

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... and upright young man. However, he could not fool Tiberius, who described him as a 'serpent'. Capri was ideally situated as a fortress and a refuge where Tiberius was free from fears of conspiracy and assassination. According to the Roman historians Tacitus and Suetonius, at Capri Tiberius felt at liberty to indulge in all kinds of prolonged tortures and sexual perversities until he fell ... ...

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... defeated his Pompey at the battle of Pharsalus. As dictator of Rome, he started a lot of political and social reforms On the Ides of March, 44 B.C., he was assassinated by a conspiracy of Senators, including Brutus in the Senate House of Rome. There were many important historical events that Julius Caesar was a part of in his lifetime. Julius Caesar was the first ... ...

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... as its new king, but many of Rome's nobles and senators fear what he will do with his power. The republic could change and the Roman citizens could become slaves, A conspiracy is formed against Ceaser and he is assassinated in the senate on the Ides of March, 44 B.C. By the end of the play his murderers have been killed in battle ... ...

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