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Jiang extends the same paradox to hell's three great betrayers, arguing that Judas, Brutus, and Cassius were crucial to the Christian imperial story and therefore seem both necessary and damned.
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Brutus
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Jiang reframes Brutus and Cassius as the betrayers of a host, since they gained access to Caesar as friends, allies, and guests inside his circle.
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Jiang adds the historical speculation that Brutus may have been Caesar's son, further heightening the betrayal by intimacy and kinship.
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Jiang argues that the placement of Brutus and Cassius implies that Virgil, not Lucifer, is the real power organizing hell in the poem's deeper logic.
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At the center of hell, Jiang says Lucifer chews Judas, Brutus, and Cassius; Judas makes sense as betrayer of Jesus, while Brutus and Cassius create a paradox Jiang will explain.
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The placement of Brutus and Cassius beside Judas creates a paradox because it would imply Julius Caesar is divine, yet Caesar remains in limbo.
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The Roman republic begins with Lucius Brutus turning private violation into revenge against the king and then enforcing law against his own sons.
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Brutus watching and organizing his sons’ execution creates an unbearable emotional charge that Jiang identifies as the Roman military secret.
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"Yes? Sometimes I think this is a little bit funny that it's almost like a father whose son is really good at table tennis,..."
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"...offenders in human history. And they are Judas Iscariot. They are Brutus and Cassius. Brutus and Cassius, of course, are the two who assassinated..."
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"So I think Julius Caesar was about to give a big speech, and in the forum, before they beckoned him in and said, let's..."
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"Yeah. To Brutus, okay? So you guys don't know this, but there's speculation that Brutus was his son. All right. So remember, this is,..."
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"Yeah. But then the question then is, who is really master of hell? And who put these guys there?"
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"...but it was Virgil all along. Okay? Because why else are Brutus and Cassius suffering like that? Okay? Does that make sense? This is..."
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"...other people don't actually make any sense. They are Cassius and Brutus. And I'll explain to you why it doesn't really make sense later,..."
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"But basically, the king of God, sorry, the king of hell is before us."
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"...betrayed Jesus. And again, this makes perfect sense. But you have Brutus and Cassius."
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"And Brutus and Cassius are the ones who betrayed Julius Caesar. Okay? So if you just accept the logic, you would think, okay. Well,..."
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"It is for you, she said, to see that he gets in deserts. Although I acquit myself to the sin, I do not free..."
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"...and her husband and best friend, the best friend is Lucius Brutus, okay? They try to console her, and they know she's distraught, okay?..."
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