| Richard | Brutus | |
| Similarities | ||
| Wrong-Righter | Wrong-Righter | |
| Nemesis', or God's, executioner | Protecter against one-king tyranny in Rome | |
| Differences | ||
| No illusions about motive, all for power | Does what he does to fight a possible tyrant | |
| Almost Devil-like in evil, enjoys evil for evil's sake | Good intentions, if not a good practical application, overall pure motives | |
| Betrayed everyone, but with no remorse | Betrayed his close friend, Caesar, in killing him | |
| Famous/Relevant Quotation | ||
| "Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile,
And cry "Content!" to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions." (3 Henry VII III, ii, 182-185) |
"Et tu, Brute? - Then fall, Caesar!"
(JC III, i, 77) |
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