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Marcus Brutus
Marcus Brutus
William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius
Caesar, is mainly based on the assassination of Julius
Caesar. The character who was in charge of the assassination
was, ironically, Marcus Brutus, a servant and close friend
to Julius Caesar. (http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/m_brutus.sum.html) But
what would cause a person to kill a close friend? After
examining Brutus' relationship to Caesar, his involvement in
the conspiracy, and his importance to …
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…to Julius Caesar, but
not good enough. He had moral values dealing with Rome and
its people. Brutus' values then made him join a conspiracy
against Caesar put together by Cassius.(Wilson, 87-89)
Brutus joined this mainly because he didn't want Caesar to
turn his back on Rome so there would be a reasonable reason
for killing Caesar.(90) If Brutus wasn't in the play, there
would be no "Tragedy" in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.
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