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The Ambition Of Brutus In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

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Is there anyone who is so power hungry and ambitious that someone would want them killed? This is what Brutus thought in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. He wanted to convince the audience that he was speaking to that Julius Caesar was an ambitious tyrant and had a lust for power, and if he were to rule, all the Romans would have been turned into slaves and would be under bondage. The other reason he killed Caesar is he said that he loved Rome more . However, Mark Antony was the opposite and aimed to convince the crowd by arguing against Brutus and planned to stir them up to riot.

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