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Julius Caesar Brutus Relationship

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The story of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare is chronicled over the course of many relationships, whether it be co-conspirators, enemies, friends or spouses. Two central relationships in the play include that of Brutus and Anthony, as well as the relationship between Cassius and Brutus. The manipulation of Antony and Cassius, combined with Brutus’ naivety, diminishes his self esteem which obliges him to seize authority in his marriage. At the beginning of the play, Antony initiates a political alliance with Brutus as he claims his loyalty to the conspirators after Caesar’s death to benefit and save himself. Despite this, Anthony later denounces loyalty to Brutus as he persuades the audience at Caesar’s funeral to cease their support of the conspirators, as Antony no longer fears his life and feels as though he has reaped the benefits of …show more content…

At the commencement of their relationship, Cassius takes the dominant role, as he easily manipulates Brutus while deriving personal benefits from his fear of the consequences Caesar’s rise to power. Although Cassius takes advantage of Brutus’ innocence and obliviousness, he feels as though Brutus would make a valuable member of the conspirators because he respects Brutus as a well renowned individual. Cassius later gives up more authority in their relationship as he obeys when Brutus insists Antony must remain alive, which later proves to be detrimental when Antony betrays the conspirators at Caesar’s funeral. Once again, Brutus’ naivety and lack of experience fails him. Brutus achieves personal self redemption within his marriage, as that is where he makes up for the power he loses in his political relationships. He asserts power over Portia since she is female and she is unaware of his public failure. Although Brutus loves Portia, he refuses to share any of his struggles relating towards the

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After arriving at the capital, he sees the conspirators, with the blood of Caesar on their hands, standing around Caesar’s dead body. After initially being upset, he fools the conspirators by acting friendly and shaking their blood-covered hands. Afterwards, Brutus allows Marc Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral but under a couple of conditions. Antony agrees, however, almost completely ignores their requests and begins to light a fire into the plebeians hearts. He manipulates the plebeians admiringly by speaking in poetry and using emotion.

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Brutus then tells her that she has the right to know, for they were husband and wife, before telling her the situation with Caesar and the conspirators. This leads to an internal struggle Brutus faces throughout the play. The battle against himself is over what is truly best for Rome, as a country. He forces himself to look past personal preferences, and joins the conspirators that kill Caesar, despite formerly being a friend and advisor to Julius

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One of the first things Cassius asks Brutus is “Why have you been so distant lately?” Because of this we can assume that Brutus and Cassius were extremely close friends before. You could also say that Brutus basically betrays Caesar, because of Cassius. Cassius convinced Brutus to join the

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This leads him to joining the conspirators and his following downfall also turning him into a tragic hero. This helps us understand Brutus’s character, instead of us believing that he joined the conspirators out of pure hatred for Caesar, we can understand that he was manipulated by Cassius into believing in the wrong. While Brutus is seen as honest but easily manipulated, Antony’s character contrasts with Brutus’s because he is persuasive and manipulative while contrasting with Brutus being easily influenced. This is indicated when Antony is giving out his hand shake. He says, "Let each man render me his bloody hand.

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Antony's love for Caesar is also shown throughout Antony’s funeral speech for Caesar, it was not only beautiful but perfectly planned to play on the citizens' pliable emotions after Caesar's death. Anthony's extreme love towards Caesar was expressed in words and threw the city of Rome into chaos and misfortune. Antony’s use of rhetoric throughout his speech plays an immense role in his persuasion of the plebians of Rome to mourn Caesar and loathe the conspirators for what they had done to their faithful leader. Antony's vast love for Caesar had been conveyed and his “heart is in the coffin there with

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