He couldn't turn back because the conspirators would not be able to go on without him & Brutus did not want that, he was afraid of a Rome with tyranny & did not want Caesar to make this into what Rome would become. If Brutus were to back out he could be turned in for betrayal against Caesar even if it was short lived.
Brutus tells them to bathe their hands in Caesar's blood, then walk to the marketplace with their bloodied swords to proclaim peace, freedom, and liberty.
Mark Antony was not a conspirator in the murder of Julius Caesar. Antony was a close friend of Caesar's and Brutus did not have Antony assassinated. Brutus, was indeed one of the conspirators. He believed that Caesar wanted to be king and Brutus sought to restore what he could of the Republic.
Brutus is the better leader because he gets persuaded into the assassination by Cassius and he is the only person among the conspirators that believes that once Caesar is killed it will benefit Rome. Everyone else is killing Caesar out of blood-lust, envy, or rivalry.
Caesar represents an attitude to governance which the conspirators, especially Brutus, want to eliminate. Like many another revolutionary, Brutus believed that if once Caesar were eliminated, the Roman Republic would return to the virtuous and noble style of government which it enjoyed in the time of his ancestor. Unfortunately the factors which led to Caesar's success would not die with him. They could kill Caesar but not the style of governance which he represents; that is carried on by Antony and Octavian, who ends up perfecting it.
Because he wanted the people, audience to feel equal to him. Whereas Brutus made them feel like they were on a lower social class than him. Mark Antony wanted to connect to the people emotionally in order to influence them the way he wanted.
In the play Julius Caesar, Brutus and other conspirators held a meeting to plan the assassination of Caesar. The people who attended were Cassius, Casca, Decius, Cinna, Metellus Cimber, and Trebonius.
Brutus tells them to bathe their hands in Caesar's blood, then walk to the marketplace with their bloodied swords to proclaim peace, freedom, and liberty.
Mark Antony was not a conspirator in the murder of Julius Caesar. Antony was a close friend of Caesar's and Brutus did not have Antony assassinated. Brutus, was indeed one of the conspirators. He believed that Caesar wanted to be king and Brutus sought to restore what he could of the Republic.
Brutus was a noble man. His presence would make the foul deed of murdering Caesar seem less cruel for he like the richest alchemy possesses the power of turning felonies to great deeds. He was honoured by the general Romans who will blindly believe in the righteousness of the task once Brutus becomes a party to it.
Brutus is concerned about Caesar as a result of Cassius's arguments. He thinks he's ambitious but has not really seen it. He believes that if Caesar became more powerful he would become more and more tyrannical, and it was necessary to stop him before things got that far.
Brutus is the better leader because he gets persuaded into the assassination by Cassius and he is the only person among the conspirators that believes that once Caesar is killed it will benefit Rome. Everyone else is killing Caesar out of blood-lust, envy, or rivalry.
Cassius proposes the murder of Anthony, and brutus opposes it because he doesnt want it all to become too bloody. also, he doesnt want people to believe that they were killed out of anger and envy.
Pompey is not a place, he was a political rival of Caesar who died in Egypt long before Caesar's assasination. It's possible you were thinking of Pompeii, but Caesar was not killed there, either. He was killed in the Senate building on March 15, 44 B.C. The conspirators who killed him were a group of Senators. Brutus, once a close ally of Caesars', was the most famous assasin. Cassius Longingus was another famous assasin, and a senator who was involved in the plot.
The theory of continental drift is about the continents were once joined joined as one large single land mass.
Caesar represents an attitude to governance which the conspirators, especially Brutus, want to eliminate. Like many another revolutionary, Brutus believed that if once Caesar were eliminated, the Roman Republic would return to the virtuous and noble style of government which it enjoyed in the time of his ancestor. Unfortunately the factors which led to Caesar's success would not die with him. They could kill Caesar but not the style of governance which he represents; that is carried on by Antony and Octavian, who ends up perfecting it.
Antony's agenda was to turn the crowd against Brutus in order to set up his own grasp for power. Brutus really underestimated his ability and power, and thought he could do no harm once Caesar was dead. He was wrong--Antony succeeded in his plot to become one of the rulers of Rome.
Because he wanted the people, audience to feel equal to him. Whereas Brutus made them feel like they were on a lower social class than him. Mark Antony wanted to connect to the people emotionally in order to influence them the way he wanted.