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* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: Hence the suicides. |
* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: Hence the suicides. |
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** [[Truth in Television]]: This was fairly common among patrician Romans. |
** [[Truth in Television]]: This was fairly common among patrician Romans. |
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* [[A Birthday Not a Break]]: Cassius before the battle of Phillipi. |
* [[A Birthday, Not a Break]]: Cassius before the battle of Phillipi. |
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* [[Blood On the Debate Floor]] |
* [[Blood On the Debate Floor]] |
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* [[Cassandra Truth]]: The soothsayer's warning. |
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: The soothsayer's warning. |
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Th' eternal devil to keep his state in Rome<br /> |
Th' eternal devil to keep his state in Rome<br /> |
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As easily as a king. }} |
As easily as a king. }} |
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* [[Murder-Suicide]]: Arguably Brutus and Cassius, though the suicides happen well after the murder. |
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* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]/ [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: Brutus decides to let Mark Antony speak on condition he doesn't say anything bad about the conspirators. Antony goes on to prove what a [[Manipulative Bastard]] he truly is and gets the people of Rome to riot against them. Good going. |
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]/ [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: Brutus decides to let Mark Antony speak on condition he doesn't say anything bad about the conspirators. Antony goes on to prove what a [[Manipulative Bastard]] he truly is and gets the people of Rome to riot against them. Good going. |
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* [[Not So Harmless]]: Brutus dismisses Antony as Caesar's harmless little yes-man, which turns out to be one of the biggest mistakes of the play. |
* [[Not So Harmless]]: Brutus dismisses Antony as Caesar's harmless little yes-man, which turns out to be one of the biggest mistakes of the play. |
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* [[Sock Puppet]]: Cassius gets Brutus to join him by forging a bunch of petitions in various writing styles, all criticizing Caesar and praising Brutus. |
* [[Sock Puppet]]: Cassius gets Brutus to join him by forging a bunch of petitions in various writing styles, all criticizing Caesar and praising Brutus. |
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* [[Stealth Insult]]: Marc Antony's funeral speech is full of these. |
* [[Stealth Insult]]: Marc Antony's funeral speech is full of these. |
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* [[Tag-Team Suicide]]: Cassius, then Brutus. |
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* [[Tears of Blood]]: From a statue of Caesar in his wife's dream. |
* [[Tears of Blood]]: From a statue of Caesar in his wife's dream. |
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* [[Third Person Person]]: Caesar often refers to himself in third person. |
* [[Third Person Person]]: Caesar often refers to himself in third person. |
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** Cassius does this more subtly to Brutus in Act I, Scene II, when he expresses pleasure that his "weak words have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus". |
** Cassius does this more subtly to Brutus in Act I, Scene II, when he expresses pleasure that his "weak words have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus". |
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* [[Vigilante Execution]] |
* [[Vigilante Execution]] |
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* [[With Friends Like These]]: Brutus and Cassius are supposedly best friends, but in a lot of scenes, it's hard to see this. |
* [[With Friends Like These...]]: Brutus and Cassius are supposedly best friends, but in a lot of scenes, it's hard to see this. |
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** Almost, but not quite, [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]. Cassius sure does get ''snippy'' once in awhile. And he used less than honest means of winning Brutus to the conspiracy (see [[Astroturf]], above). |
** Almost, but not quite, [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]. Cassius sure does get ''snippy'' once in awhile. And he used less than honest means of winning Brutus to the conspiracy (see [[Astroturf]], above). |
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