Charcter Analysis Of Brutus

” Shakespeare stresses the point that Brutus is not able to determine what the date was let alone the time of day. Brutus confesses, “Than that poor Brutus, with himself at war, forgets the shows of love to other men. This pushes Brutus to eventually say that he also had thought the same thing and would want to discuss it more thoroughly at another time. He lives in his own ideal dream world and makes poor decisions based on his world, which is nothing like the real world. His inability to determine the time suggests that he is also unable to comprehend the times in which he is living. Brutus’ own wife uses flattery to manipulate him into telling her what she wanted to know. He was what we would call now the typical modern day politician. ” He then promises to tell her as soon as he can. His own gullibility and lack of good judgment led to him to what will soon be his own demise. This helps lead up to the failure of the conspiracy. Brutus responds to this with “True and honorable wife, as dear to me as are the ruddy drops that visit my sad heart.

In addition to being horribly gullible, Brutus often has very poor judgment. He also falls for Cassius’ forged letters on his windowsill that are hinting that the people hate Caesar and want a suitable king like Brutus. In Act II Scene I Brutus comments, “I cannot by the progress of the starts give guess how near to day. He always thought about what the public’s opinion of him would be, not about what it would do for the public.