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Julius Caesar Persuasive Essay

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The tragedy of Julius Caesar Brutus may have had a good speech, but it wasn’t even as good a speech as Antony’s. Brutus and Antony are good friends of Caesar, Brutus talks about how Caesar was ambitious and how he needed to be killed for Rome while Antony defends Caesar and tells everyone how Caesar was not ambitious. Although Brutus speaks about the reasons Caesar would be Rome’s downfall, Antony delivers the more effective speech because he tells everyone the positive side of Caesar, and speaks his heart out about him. Antony had a better speech than Brutus. Because Antony’s speech was about how Caesar wasn’t ambitious and was more effective than Brutus’s speech. Antony states, “Caesar was my friend, faithful and just to me. But Brutus …show more content…

Antony states, “When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?” This shows that Caesar wasn’t an ambitious person, he cared about the poor, and he refused to take the crown three times. Antony states that Brutus is an honorable man called Caesar Ambitious. This answers the essay question, saying that Caesar wasn’t an ambitious person. Antony proved this by stating the positive side of …show more content…

If then that friend asked why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Would you rather that Caesar were living, and died all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men? ” Brutus tells everyone that he rose up against his friend Caesar for Rome, Brutus didn’t want anyone to be slaves under Caesar’s control. This shows that Brutus’s speech is effective by stating the reasons Caesar was Rome’s downfall. He tells everyone if they would rather be free men or slaves under Caesar’s control. This connects to the thesis because Brutus states the reason Caesar was Rome’s downfall, and so the people decided to kill

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