Brutus: A tragic hero

His life was gentle, and the elements

So mix’d in him that Nature might stand up

And say to all the world ‘This was a man!’ ” (V:v). After persuasion from other conspirators, his partisanship rises above. Accordingly, even his enemies become conscious of his true reputation. He chooses death over living with guilt of the assassination and the inevitable loss of battle. Antony praises Brutus after his death despite his former hate:

This was the noblest Roman of them all:

All the conspirators, save only he,

Did that they did in envy of great Caesar;

He only, in a general honest though

And common good to all, made one of them. Like common people, he is rigid with his views despite all advice.

Sadly, only the significance of Brutus’s death brought the acknowledgment of his temperament. His high moral code and dedication produce his untimely faults and distort his judgment. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all freemen?” (III:II). Cassius please with Brutus to not permit Antony to speak at the funeral: “You know now what you do: do not consent that Antony speak in his funeral:”(III:I). He claims Caesar’s "death is a benefit", and they should now cry “Peace, freedom and liberty!” (II:I).