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Examples Of Disobedience In Brutus Caesar

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In 1891, Irish Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) observed, “Disobedience, In the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion. Caesar was a king/ ruler who was close friends with members of the council, Brutus and Cassius. Brutus is a council member who is a close friend of Caesar, but he believes that Caesar will not be a good leader. Cassius was an acquaintance of Caesar and he didn't like the fact that Caesar looked like a golden god in the eyes of the romans. Cassius did not want Caesar to become the leader so he manipulated Brutus and conspired a plan to kill Caesar. At the meeting Cassius made his move on Caesar and the rest of the council followed. …show more content…

He supports this claim by first conspiracizing with Cassius. He talks to Cassius about what to do about Caesar being king. Then Brutus listens to Caesars option about killing Caesar so he cannot be the king. Toward the end of the discussion Brutus takes the side of Cassius to kill Caesar so he can save the fate of Rome, “But when he once attains the utmost round. He then unto the ladder turns his back, looks at the clouds scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.” Brutus’ Purpose is to be disobedient in order to save the greater good of Rome. This speech is significant because Brutus disobeys the authority and respect of Caesar in order to save the greater good of

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Cassius convinced Brutus to help lead a conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar. They both rallied up around 60 senate members in total to assist them in attacking Caesar. Brutus was able to get so many people involved because of his honorable reputation. During a gathering of the senate, the mass of senators surrounded Caesar and drew their daggers on him. Julius Caesar initially resisted the assault, but when he saw Brutus with his dagger drawn, he covered his eyes and accepted defeat.

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In the beginning Brutus was unsure to follow through with this plan on the other hand Cassius was sure. They came to the understanding that if they killed Caesar then they would be doing the people of Rome good and be protecting them. Cassius is an ambitious man, he will do anything to get what he wishes

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In 1891, Irish author Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) observed “ Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion. In “The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar” the senators killed Caesar because they felt he was too ambitious. Brutus is supposed to be Caesar's “BFF” but he ends up stabbing him in the back. Brutus' decision to stab Caesar in the back wasn't an easy one.

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Brutus was gullible to believe those lies and he went along with it knowing it was wrong. He could've gone with his gut and go by what he knows about Caesar and how he's treated him and others and compare that to how he would treat

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When Brutus was talking to the conspirators Brutus was going back and forth think if he should help the conspirators kill Julius Caesar. He was going back and forth because he was thinking of the power he could have and could rule Rome. The reason behind Brutus killing Caesar was for the better of Rome. If Brutus would not have killed Caesar, Rome would have turned into a dictatorship, and in turn it would have ruined Rome and all of its people. Brutus did not kill Julius just for the power to rule Rome, he killed Julius to save Rome from Caesar’s dictatorship.

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Brutus turned against Caesar when planning for the assassination. Cassius was the one who led Brutus into falling for his scheme. Along with the conspirators whom helped Cassius and Brutus.

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Brutus believes that Caesar will do more harm than good to the people, and reap benefits for himself. Brutus has already said this, but had said it in his own words, (II, i, 12-14). He has no clue if Caesar will use his power for the good and betterment for the people, or use it for his own needs and other

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However, him and Caesar have had political disagreements in the past (Corrigan). In order for them to convince Brutus to join the murder plan, they had to make it seem as if the people of Rome didn’t want Caesar ruling. Cassius then forged letters pretending to be the citizens of Rome. He was hoping that Brutus would set aside his personal feelings and put Rome’s best interest first (Atchity). Brutus was a honest and noble man, who would do anything to protect his country; In this case, he was having to betray his best

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Cassius convinces Brutus that Caesar's leadership would be detrimental to Rome. Antony is another character who was close to Caesar. In contrast

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Cassius influenced Brutus to conspire against Caesar by stating, Caesar “is now become a god… and his name has been sounded more than [Brutus’s]” (Act 1, Scene 2, Line 118-145-6). Cassius’s arguments convinced Brutus in proving Caesar's murder would be just, but Caesar’s death is unjust because he is being murdered out of Brutus and Cassius’s jealousy. Both of the individuals are envious of the power that Caesar is being given by the people of Rome and want to end his life before they will lose their own power in the senate after Caesar becomes king. Brutus’ naive mind was easily convinced by Cassius that Caesar was not the best choice to assume the Roman throne because he would not listen to their political thoughts.

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(2.1.10-14). This explains that Brutus already had his mind made up that he was going to kill Caesar and although he did not have a personal reason. He listened to Cassius and got all of the bad stuff in Brutus’s head about Caesar. When really Caesar wasn’t that bad of a guy, he just acted how people that have that much power would

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(II, i, 53-55) which allows to say that he wants Rome to be just and do whatever it takes to maintain it away from any threat. Indeed, Brutus states this very clearly when he says, “If it’s for the good of all Romans, I’d do it even if it meant my death. Let the gods give me good luck only as long as I love honor more than I fear death.” (I, ii, 86-88), he explicitly says that the good of the majority is over any feeling or personal benefit which in this case is the love of Caesar for him and viceversa, and the throne. To conclude, Brutus is a complex character that is characterized by three recurrent traits: his well-intention, his hypocrisy, and his naivet.

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Brutus delivers his speech in a laudatory manner by conveying Caesar’s deeds and claiming he was ambitious, although Antony contradicts Brutus’ claims and says Caesar spurned the crown with the intent to merely rule as a de facto dictator. Brutus’ speech reveals his motives were truly for the benefit of Rome given his nationalistic tone and Antony’s speech was merely used to obscure his true motives, which was to embroil Rome in a series of civil wars to attain power. Brutus and Antony’s speeches consisted predominantly of Pathos and Ethos, but it is Antony who ultimately it is Antony who prevails because of his almost disingenuous attitude and even use of Logos which is seen when claims that reading Caesar’s will would dishonor his compeers and even Caesar

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