Brutus
Marcus Brutus was a supposed good friend of Caesar. He was an idealistic man who was motived more by honor and nobility than his own personal relationships. His inflexible honor made it easy for the conspirators in the play to take advantage of him. He was a gullible, naive man, who let the wrong people persuade him that the only way to preserve the republic, which he strongly supported, was to eliminate Caesar. Cassius, and the other conspirators, convince Brutus that Caesar is a tyrant and is planning to take over everything. Brutus is forced to choose between his loyalty to his
Almost all of the conspirators die in the Battle of Philippi, including Brutus, who dies by his own sword. Brutus sits and thinks to himself,". 82) Brutus' misguided sense of nobility and poor judgement eventually lead to his downfall. Brutus makes a lot of wrong decisions and is easily lured into the conspiracy to assassinate his close friend. Fly not; stand still; ambition's debt is paid. Brutus says of his decision,"Not that I lov'd Caesar less, but that I lov'd Rome more. Cassius convinces Brutus that he is just as good as Caesar by saying to him,"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings. best friend, Caesar, or to his country, Rome. 139)Brutus believes that Caesar will become ruler of Rome and forget about them, perhaps even make them his slaves.
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