In the play, Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, there are two characters that are alike in so many ways, but also very different. Marcus Brutus (Brutus) and Marcus Antonius (Antony) have many differences and similarities. Brutus is Caesar’s friend, and Antony is Caesar’s right-hand man. Their personalities are quite different. Brutus is sincerely emotional, and he’s very strong in his beliefs. But he’s influenced by Cassius. In act III, …showed first 75 words of 490 total…

…showed last 75 words of 490 total…sneakily planted hate in the hearts of the attendants of Caesar’s funeral to avenge Caesar. At the end, Brutus dies, and in act V, scene V, lines 68-75, Antony, seeing him, says, “This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators save only he did that they did in envy of Caesar; he, only in a general honest thought and common good to all, made one of them (or joined their group).