Brutus: Romans, countrymen: Be patient till the last.
Hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear
. Believe me for mine honor and have respect to mine honor that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom and awake your senses that you may the better judge.
What was Brutus speech at Caesar’s funeral?
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
What is Brutus talking?
BRUTUS’ SPEECH:
Brutus persuades his audience (common people) that he had good and noble reasons to kill Caesar
. His message is that he had to kill Caesar because Caesar was too ambitious and he would enslave the Romans if he lived.
What is Brutus speech in Act 3?
Act 3, Scene 2
Brutus makes a speech explaining
that although he valued Caesar as a friend, it was appropriate to kill him for his ambition, and that he did so with the good of Rome in mind
. He challenges the crowd, saying that anyone who loves his freedom must stand with Brutus. Mark Antony enters with Caesar’s body.
What is the main idea of Brutus speech?
BRUTUS’ SPEECH:
Brutus persuades his audience (common people) that he had good and noble reasons to kill Caesar
. His message is that he had to kill Caesar because Caesar was too ambitious and he would enslave the Romans if he lived.
What is the most unkindest cut of all?
The most painful of insults, affronts, or offenses, often so painful because it comes from a trusted friend. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Antony describes the
wound given to
Caesar by his close friend Brutus (see also Brutus) as the “most unkindest cut of all.”
What event disturbs Brutus?
In Act 2, Scene 1, the upcoming event that disturbs Brutus is
the crowning of Caesar
. Brutus fears that if Caesar becomes king, this might cause him to obtain too much power.
What does Brutus say when he dies?
His last words are, “
Caesar, now be still, / I killed not thee with half so good a will
.” The significance of Brutus’s last words is that they reveal his difficult feelings about taking Caesar’s life and depict him as a genuine, honorable character.
Who is Brutus most loyal to?
Brutus. From the beginning of the play, the audience knows that Brutus is most loyal to
Rome
. He respects Caesar but loves Rome more. In Act I scene ii, Cassius asks if Brutus would like Caesar to be king.
Why does Brutus stop Antony’s speech?
Why doesn’t Brutus stop Antony’s speech? Brutus doesn’t stop Antony’s speech
because he went to speak to Cassius group
.
What crowd response does Brutus create?
After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Brutus speaks to the crowd and
convinces them that Caesar was ambitious and would have been a terrible leader
. Although he is not a skilled speaker, he is able to use logos to convince that crowd that what he and the conspirators did was the best for Rome.
Why does Brutus leave before Antony?
Brutus’s decision to
leave Antony unharmed aligns with his noble, naive character
. He shows integrity and compassion by refraining from murdering Antony and causing more bloodshed. However, he naively believes that Antony will not threaten Rome’s stability, which comes back to haunt him at Caesar’s funeral oration.
How did Brutus use pathos in his speech?
PATHOS:
Brutus urges the crowd to mourn with Antony and asks them to listen to Antony’s
speech. 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.
What was the most unkindest cut Antony was talking about?
When Antony calls
Brutus’s stabbing of Caesar
“the most unkindest cut of all,” he is playing on two senses of “unkind”—”inhumane” and “unnatural.” According to Antony, when Brutus literally “cut” the loving Caesar, a bloody deed was compounded with ingratitude.
Who said there is a tide in the affairs?
This phrase is borrowed from Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’, where Brutus talks to
Cassius
saying, “There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune”.
Who said mischief thou art afoot?
| Original Text Modern Text | ANTONY Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. 250Take thou what course thou wilt! ANTONY Now, let it work. Trouble, you have begun—take whatever course you choose! | Enter OCTAVIUS’ SERVANT OCTAVIUS’S SERVANT enters. | How now, fellow? What’s up, my man? |
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