compare and contrast the characters of Brutus and Mark Antony
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When we compare Brutus’s and Mark Antony’s characters, we find Antony to be better in many areas.
Both of them were Caesar’s close friends; but Antony remained loyal to Caesar even after his death; but Brutus cheated Caesar who was his very close friend.
Brutus was a sentimental fool; knowing this weakness, Cassius took advantage of it and won him to his side and succeeded in making him part of the conspiracy against Caesar. Cassius knew Antony’s loyalty to Caesar was strong and deep. So, he did not think even to approach Antony.
Antony knew how to control his emotions. Though, after the murder he was deeply hurt and angered, yet he controlled his emotions, and did not let the conspirators know his intentions.
Antony made a clever plan that could only work because of Brutus’s foolishness. If Brutus had not allowed Antony to give Caesar’s funeral speech, all conspirators would have been alive.
In conclusion it can be said Antony was a far better human being than Brutus.
There is a sharp contrast between Brutus and Mark Anthony, two pivotal characters of Shakespearean play Julius Ceasar.
Both of them were man of noble birth but Anthony was much persuasive while Brutus was naïve and straight.
Both of them were very close to Caesar but Anthony was completely obedient to him where Brutus was not.
Next Brutus was simple in his thought process but Anthony was manipulative.