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Argumentative Essay On Julius Caesar

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“Nor Heaven nor Earth have been at peace tonight.” This is only one of the famous quotes pronounced by Julius Caesar throughout this play. One of Caesar’s last words right before he was stabbed three times by one of his close friends, Brutus, were, “Et u, Brute.”, a famous quote by Julius Caesar as well. Although this event has happened long ago, there are still modern examples of this incident. Two examples that I have chosen were Michael De Santa and Trevor Philips, who star in the video game Grand Theft Auto V. Between all these characters, there are many examples of similarities and differences throughout their history. Julius Caesar was considered one of the greatest military leaders at this time (History.com). “After serving as …show more content…

(Britannica.com).” Caesar had given Brutus numerous opportunities while under the reign of Julius. Julius had appointed him as a praetor, consul, and he governed Gaul for Caesar (Britannica.com). “Brutus married Cato’s daughter Portia after Cato’s death in 46 (Britannica.com).” Brutus eventually joined sides with Cassius to engage in the assassination of Julius Caesar (Britannica.com). “In late 42 he and Cassius met Mark Antony and Octavian in two battles at Philippi. Cassius killed himself after being defeated in the first, and Brutus did likewise after being defeated in the second. Mark Antony gave him an honorable burial …show more content…

Trevor was a boy who was born in Canada with physically and emotionally abusive parents (Trevor Philips—Wikipedia). Not too long later, Trevor was abandoned in a shopping mall by his physically abusive father (Trevor Philips—Wikipedia). Because of Trevor’s past, he has been convicted of numerous crimes such as: fights, assault, robbery, etc. (Trevor Philips—Wikipedia). Trevor eventually met Michael De Santa and began to earn a lot of money by performing heists (Trevor Philips—Wikipedia). After so many years of completing heists, Michael began to start a family and slowly separated with Trevor (Trevor Philips—Wikipedia). Trevor and Michael both began a crew of several members and started to professionally engage in larger and more sophisticated heists (Grand Theft Wiki). Because almost all of their crew members were either killed or imprisoned, they ended up engaging in smaller and less complicated heists (Grand Theft Wiki). During a certain heist, Michael and been shot by an FIB agent and was left to die after Trevor took an escape route, attempting to divert the cops (Grand Theft Wiki). After Trevor’s escape from the fuzz, he had thought that Michael died from severe gun wounds and Bradley was sent to Federal Prison (Grand Theft Wiki). Little did Trevor know, Bradley had actually deceased and Michael escaped (Grand Theft Wiki). During the gunfight, Michael had thought that Trevor died

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