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Why did Brutus kill himself in Julius Caesar?
Brutus did not want to be known as a loser, the people hated him for killing caesar after Atony spoke to them. Back then killing yourself was and honorable way to die to Brutus died an honorable deathwhile using the same sword that was used to kill caesar
What did Caesar say to Brutus when stabbed him?
Et Tu Brute? Then Fall Caesar! These are the last words he spoke before he died. Et Tu Brute means and you Brutus because Caesar thought Brutus was his friend. The underlying message is betraying your friends/ stabbing them in the back.
How would you describe the mood at the end of act four of Julius Caesar by William shakespeare?
The citizens start to hate Brutus and Cassius for murdering Caesar. Antony mentions in his speech basically that Caesar cared for the poor and cried for and with them. Because of this, Brutus and Cassius go running for the gates of Rome to save themselves.
What is the main idea in Antony's speech in Julias Caesar?
In the play, Julius Ceasar was killed by a mutiny of roman senators. Principal among them are Brutus, who was JC's best friend -- bright, charasmatic and naive, and Casius, who Shakespeare renders as heartless, ambitious and disingenuous.Mark Antony was the leader of one of Ceasar's armies. It was assumed knowledge in the Elizabethan era that Roman generals could not legally lead their armies over the Rubicon river, into Rome, lest they foment insurrection (hence the phrase, "crossing the rubicon"). Antony's motives are not clearly examined until after JC's death. Up until then it is apparent that Marc Antony is a soldier, not exceptionally witty, not terribly formidible without his troops, but a dear friend to JC (but perhaps less so than Brutus).To really grasp this part, you need to understand that this is a political drama of the highest order -- something Shakespeare loved to play with (consider his historical plays around the War of the Roses, Henry VI-1, Henry VI-2 and RIchard III). In Julius Ceasar, everyone has their own agenda and, in the end, perhaps only JC himself is guileless.After the murder of Ceasar, Brutus and the cadre that rna the assassination (including Cassius) temporarily lead Rome. And at the beginning, the ROman populace is convinced that Ceasar was about to dissolve the democracy and take of the crown of an emperor. Hence, this rebellion is popular but shaky. We enter as Antony asks Brutus if he can speak at Ceasar's funeral, over his body.ANTONYThat's all I seek:And am moreover suitor that I mayProduce his body to the market-place;And in the pulpit, as becomes a friend,Speak in the order of his funeral.BRUTUSYou shall, Mark Antony.Brutus, as we see, is actually sort of a noble spirit. He'll allow this. But Cassius, more cynical and a better politician, interjects:CASSIUSBrutus, a word with you.Aside to BRUTUS You know not what you do: do not consentThat Antony speak in his funeral:Know you how much the people may be movedBy that which he will utter?Evil, cynical or political realist, Cassius senses that this may be more than just a eulogy (and it is -- it is perhaps one of the most famous soliloquies of all time). Brutus considers this and claims the right to speak first:CASSIUSI know not what may fall; I like it not.BRUTUSMark Antony, here, take you Caesar's body.You shall not in your funeral speech blame us,But speak all good you can devise of Caesar,And say you do't by our permission;Else shall you not have any hand at allAbout his funeral: and you shall speakIn the same pulpit whereto I am going,After my speech is ended.ANTONYBe it so.I do desire no more.BRUTUSPrepare the body then, and follow us.Exeunt all but ANTONYShakespeare's appeal was to the masses and, as such, he felt a need to explain the subtleties of his plays to his not-too-noble audience. So we get to hear Antony's inner dialogue here. Antony truly does feel a loyalty to Ceasar and a heartfelt friendship, but he's going to be somewhat manipulative when he speaks to the crowd -- this, in order to preserve Ceasar's Rome -- and perhaps to elevate himself. So Antony, now alone with Ceasar's corpse, speaks to the body and explains:ANTONYO, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!Thou art the ruins of the noblest manThat ever lived in the tide of times.Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;Domestic fury and fierce civil strifeShall cumber all the parts of Italy;Blood and destruction shall be so in useAnd dreadful objects so familiarThat mothers shall but smile when they beholdTheir infants quarter'd with the hands of war;All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:...In short, Antony appologies to the corpse of Ceasar, and says his wounds will speak, and the reality of the assassination will cause a revolution so awful that "...mothers shall but smile when they behold their infants quarter'd (killed most horribly) with the hands of war..." In other words, Antony is going to cause hell. In fact, he anticiipates and will try and cause a war, and says so when, near the end of this lengthy speech, he says,"Cry Havoc! And let slip the dogs of war!"Antony is so sure of himself, he calls Octavius Ceasar -- the next in line -- back to Rome, to prepare for the revoution that will overturn Brutus and company.As you recall, the next day, Brutus will speak first. And his speech to the people of Rome is wonderful. He says he loved Ceasar, but could not let him overturn the democracy of Rome. And the crowd agrees with him, finally saying they'll appoint Brutus in Ceasar's place.Then it's Antony's turn to speak. He has promised Brutus he won't say anything bad about Brutus's or his group's part in the assassination. Here then is what he says:ANTONYFriends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones;So let it be with Caesar. The noble BrutusHath told you Caesar was ambitious:If it were so, it was a grievous fault,And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest--For Brutus is an honourable man;So are they all, all honourable men--Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.He was my friend, faithful and just to me:But Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.He hath brought many captives home to RomeWhose ransoms did the general coffers fill:Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;And, sure, he is an honourable man.I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,But here I am to speak what I do know.You all did love him once, not without cause:What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,And I must pause till it come back to me.All through this speech Antony never says one bad thing about Brutus. However, he keeps repeating the phrase, "...and Brutus is an honorable man... ", each time more and more ironically, until it becomes more than an insult -- an accusation. And SURE He is an honorable man!...Then, rather miraculously (and possibly dishonestly?) Antony produces Ceasar's last will and testiment:ANTONYBut yesterday the word of Caesar mightHave stood against the world; now lies he there.And none so poor to do him reverence.O masters, if I were disposed to stirYour hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong,Who, you all know, are honourable men:I will not do them wrong; I rather chooseTo wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,Than I will wrong such honourable men.But here's a parchment with the seal of Caesar;I found it in his closet, 'tis his will:Let but the commons hear this testament--Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read--And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's woundsAnd dip their napkins in his sacred blood,Yea, beg a hair of him for memory,And, dying, mention it within their wills,Bequeathing it as a rich legacyUnto their issue.Antony now says, "If I tell you what's in the will, I'll break my word to Brutus and Cassius -- and stir you to revolution - because his will is going to break your hearts..." At this point, the mob has swayed from Brutus' standpoint and are now remembering Ceasar very kindly. And the will has them more than interested.The citizens beg and beg to hear the will, and Antony refuses, saying it will drive them to rebellion -- and all the time repeating "...and Brutus is an honorable man..."...ANTONYWill you be patient? will you stay awhile?I have o'ershot myself to tell you of it:I fear I wrong the honourable menWhose daggers have stabb'd Caesar; I do fear it.He's saying that he shouldn't even have mentioned the will. This is pure, overt manipulation of the mob, but they don't notice, rememebering the good in Ceasar now....Now he "warns" the mob not to be swayed against Brutus, because the will is a heartbreaker. He carefully notes each cut in Ceasar's gown, and each wound. And the final stroke -- Brutus -- Ceasar's most loved. By now the mob is frothing.ANTONYIf you have tears, prepare to shed them now.You all do know this mantle: I rememberThe first time ever Caesar put it on;'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent,That day he overcame the Nervii:Look, in this place ran Cassius' dagger through:See what a rent the envious Casca made:Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabb'd;And as he pluck'd his cursed steel away,Mark how the blood of Caesar follow'd it,As rushing out of doors, to be resolvedIf Brutus so unkindly knock'd, or no;For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel:Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him!This was the most unkindest cut of all;For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms,Quite vanquish'd him: then burst his mighty heart;And, in his mantle muffling up his face,Even at the base of Pompey's statua,Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell.O, what a fall was there, my countrymen!Then I, and you, and all of us fell down,Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us.O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feelThe dint of pity: these are gracious drops.Kind souls, what, weep you when you but beholdOur Caesar's vesture wounded? Look you here,Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.Then the will:ANTONYHere is the will, and under Caesar's seal.To every Roman citizen he gives,To every several man, seventy-five drachmas.Serious money! But there's more....ANTONYMoreover, he hath left you all his walks,His private arbours and new-planted orchards,On this side Tiber; he hath left them you,And to your heirs for ever, common pleasures,To walk abroad, and recreate yourselves.Here was a Caesar! when comes such another?He leaves them land -- a huge deal because ownership of land, even as a populace, was very restricted. By this time, the mob has completely been won over and is ready to revolt.The citizens are screaming for the blood of Brutus and Cassius now, and the mob takes to the street.With Octavius on his way in, and the entire populace of Rome uprising against Brutus and Cassius, the power has swung completely to Antony. The crowd leaves and Antony is alone, when he reveals the fruits of his plan:ANTONYNow let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot,Take thou what course thou wilt!Antony has turned the mob completely against Brutus' cadre and, together with Octavius, make war on Brutus and Cassius....Thus ends the funeral scene :}
When did Julius Caesar's first wife Cornellia die?
i have previously found some information that says he spoke at the funeral of his aunt Julia and his first wife conellia in 68 BC
Who was the last person Caesar spoke to before he died in Julius Caesar?
Brutus. "Et tu, Brute?"
What was the last words Caesar spoke before he died?
'Et Tu Brute' meaning 'You too Brutus'
Who was the last person Caesar spoke to before he died?
We don't know who Caesar spoke to last. Shakespeare said he spoke to Brutus, but the ancient writers claim that he fell silent and covered his head. A good guess is that he spoke to one of the conspirators who pretended to hand him a petition.
Why did Brutus kill himself in Julius Caesar?
Brutus did not want to be known as a loser, the people hated him for killing caesar after Atony spoke to them. Back then killing yourself was and honorable way to die to Brutus died an honorable deathwhile using the same sword that was used to kill caesar
Who speaks last at Caesar's funeral?
brutus spoke first and then they let Antony speak under certain conditions
Who spoke this quotation there is but one mind in all these men and it is Bent against Caesar?
The quotation "there is but one mind in all these men and it is bent against Caesar" is spoken by Mark Antony in Act 3, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar." Antony is highlighting the united front of the conspirators against Caesar.
What did Caesar say to Brutus when stabbed him?
Et Tu Brute? Then Fall Caesar! These are the last words he spoke before he died. Et Tu Brute means and you Brutus because Caesar thought Brutus was his friend. The underlying message is betraying your friends/ stabbing them in the back.
Where did Marc Antony speak at Caesar's funeral?
At Caesar's funeral, Marc Antony spoke on the rostra in the forum.At Caesar's funeral, Marc Antony spoke on the rostra in the forum.At Caesar's funeral, Marc Antony spoke on the rostra in the forum.At Caesar's funeral, Marc Antony spoke on the rostra in the forum.At Caesar's funeral, Marc Antony spoke on the rostra in the forum.At Caesar's funeral, Marc Antony spoke on the rostra in the forum.At Caesar's funeral, Marc Antony spoke on the rostra in the forum.At Caesar's funeral, Marc Antony spoke on the rostra in the forum.At Caesar's funeral, Marc Antony spoke on the rostra in the forum.
What point does he make Antony spoke against Brutus and the conspirators?
That Brutus "is a honourable man".
What point does he make Although Antony spoke against Brutus and the conspirators?
That Brutus "is a honourable man".
What is the entire mark Antony speech from Julius Caesar?
Mark Antony's eulogy to Caesar (Julius Caesar, Act III scene 2) : Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears:I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones;So let it be with Caesar. The noble BrutusHath told you Caesar was ambitious:If it were so, it was a grievous fault,And grievously hath Caesar answered it.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest - For Brutus is an honorable man;So are they all, all honorable men -Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.He was my friend, faithful and just to me:But Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honorable man.He hath brought many captives home to Rome,Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When that the poor had 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 LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;And, sure, he is an honorable man.I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,But here I am to speak what I do know.You all did love him once, not without cause:What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,And men have lost their reason! Bear with me;My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,And I must pause till it come back to me.(weeping)
What hard decisions did brutus make?
i think that brutus was a good person i think the bad thing brutus did was he tried to kill everyone i think the bad thing brutus did was he tried to kill everyone I think this answer is not sufficient. The first mistake committed by Caesar is that he allowed Mark Antony to deliver the oration in the pulpit. The second mistake is that he spoke in a way that was non-influential whereas his counterpart, Antony appealed to the emotions of the people.
