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Greed In Julius Caesar Essay

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Carlos Garcia
Mr. Lesniewicz
ENG10H
12 April 2023
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“Et tu, Bruté?” questioned Caesar in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar before being stabbed by his best friend, Brutus, the leader of the conspirators (III.i.79). Fortunately for Brutus, he is known as “an honorable man”, having personal qualities that people admire, which clears doubts of the murder at first. Caesar’s leadership was put down before anything occurred due to the thoughts of others, such as Brutus, without consideration of the positive impact that could’ve happened. Throughout the play, Brutus knows that he committed a mistake, and the uproar of the public was the adverse effect that he has aspired for. Mark Antony took Caesar's death and became a leader of his own followers and without limitation of any kind of power, which resulted in a disaster of deaths, destruction, and betrayal. Therefore, the conflict of Caesar’s death and the events that happen afterward leave political messages …show more content…

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