Brutus: What's His Beef?

             Brutus has always been loyal to Caesar. Never has he questioned his authority or orders. Why, now, after so many years of allegiance, is he plotting his assassination? That is the question.
             Brutus is a wise man, obviously wiser than most. It is hinted throughout the play that he loves his country and has always been very patriotic. One reason that he may have been swayed so easily by the conspirators is that he may have viewed Caesar as a threat to the prosperity of all Rome. Though Caesar does not accept the throne on any of the three occasions that he is offered it by Marc Antony, the citizens of Rome have tried their hardest to persuade Caesar to be their king. This illustrates that even though Caesar does not have the title of king, Rome has already given him the power that would have come with it. Initially, Brutus would have had no problem with this. After all, he had never had reason to doubt Caesar before. He would because of Cassius.
             It would seem as though Cassius has hated Caesar from the start. He organizes the assassination, decides when it will take place, and convinces Brutus to join. Cassius convinces Brutus that Caesar is a weak leader, and almost entirely with moot points. It could be that Brutus had been going through other hardships at the time, and his judgment was impaired. Whatever the reason, it destroys the last major chance to save Caesar's life. With Caesar's most devoted follower now a part of the conspiracy, his fate is sealed.
             Brutus is "taken by the moment" so to speak, by numerous events and occurrences around the time that he joins the conspiracy. A few might have been the Lupercal, the defeat of Pompey's sons, and possibly some more personal matters.
             In conclusion, Brutus doesn't truly understand the consequences of killing Caesar, or take time to think about all of the ways that Caesar becoming a king might
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