The Assassination Of Brutus In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

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In Brutus speech it feels like he is just trying to save himself. He speaks of his honor a lot and how he is a honorable man. "For mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that" “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more." he is trying to convince the people that he is loyal to Rome. But then he goes on to make a threat. “Who is here so vile that will not love his country?" he is pretty much telling the people of Rome that anyone who opposes Caesars assassination hate their own country. In Antony's speech he was able to turn the peoples hate back onto Brutus. He starts out talking about Brutus honor and how he is an honorable man but he begins to quickly turn the tides of the story when he brings up how Brutus said Caesar
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