Julius Caesar HELP

[blmm]

I have to write a letter to the conspirators in which i persuade them not to carry out their plans to not kill julius caesar. What would you say are some reasons they should not kill Caesar? Help please!

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[dfloyd]

it will ruin Shakespear's play, thus preventing thousands of high school youngsters from being in your position.:smilielol5:

[burney1782]

I'd look at Marc Anthony's speech in Act 3, Scene 2 (I think ... it's been a long time)--you know the "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend me your ears!" speech. He details a long list of the positive things Caesar has done for both the public officials and the people. You could sift through the list and reintegrate it into your letter using your own language.

[kelby_lake]

I have to write a letter to the conspirators in which i persuade them not to carry out their plans to not kill julius caesar. What would you say are some reasons they should not kill Caesar? Help please!

Otherwise he'll come and haunt you.

[PeterL]

If I'd been talking with the murderers, I would have told them that they should have killed him twenty years earlier. Caius could be expected to retire within not too many years, and one of the conspirators could expect to have a higher position in Augie's reign, if they didn't kill him. Caius Julius was planning on additional conquests that would allow many people to become much richer and shape the future of Europe. You might also mention to them that they could expect to die in the civil wars to follow, especially if you present yourself as a fortuneteller.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

You might also mention to them that they could expect to die in the civil wars to follow, especially if you present yourself as a fortuneteller.I agree. Protecting your own hide is important, and I seem to recall reading somewhere that all members of the plot perished soon after the deed.

/Claes

[johnw1]

With the benefit of hindsight we know they just killed one tyrant allowing in a load of often worse ones to follow; Brutus etc did not have the political know how to plan for what happened subsequent to the assassination (bit like the Iraq war really...). Caesar wasn't perfect but he wasn't crazy and didn't kill just for the pleasure of it. If they'd done it when Pompey was still around maybe they'd have stood a better chance. Also there's the obvious stuff about betrayal of someone who's already forgiven Brutus for fighting against him after he came crawling back to him after Pompey's defeat.