Julius Caesar

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Julius Caesar

     In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Marc Antony changes his view of Brutus as more is revealed to him.  Antony is sought on the revenge of his dear friend Julius Caesar, of whom was assassinated by Brutus and his comrades.  Antony sees no goodness in the mind and heart of Brutus and, as a result, he knows what he has to do in his mind and heart.
     Antony’s initial public thrashing of Brutus would be the speech to the Romans for Caesar’s funeral.  Antony’s main purpose in his speech was to make the Romans know the honor the Caesar name holds, instead of the disgrace Brutus has put on it.  Antony himself knows the things said of Caesar where false, but has the intellect to not come right out and speak nothing but evils of Brutus, because the people are noble to Brutus.  He reflects on the speech of Brutus, which was of Caesar being ambitious.  In order to prohibit an uproar from the Romans, Antony says, “For Brutus is an honorable man;/ so are they all…”  Those lines in conjunction with Antony proving Caesar to not being ambitious, convinces the Romans that they shouldn’t be noble to Brutus or his comrades.  With that speech, Antony has persuaded the people of Rome to his views and has even more reiterated his passion for revenge.
     From then, war has erupted and led to the deaths of the conspirators, including Brutus.  Ever since Brutus betrayed Caesar, Antony has thought of nothing else but to see what has now come of Brutus.  But, in a twist, Antony now realizes the true mind and heart of Brutus.  “This was the noblest Roman...

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