In Act III Scene 2 in Brutus's makes a speech to the general public explaining why he killed Caesar. Brutus explains that he did not kill Caesar because he envied him, but rather that he cared for Rome much more than he cared for his dear friend. He accused Caesar of being ambitious and being a threat to Rome. He also speaks of everyone dying a slave if Caesar were to have lived. He basically apologizes for the murder of Caesar, but justifies he and his fellow conspirators' actions. The crowd eventually agrees with him and understands why he did what he did. Brutus then introduces Mark Antony who wielded Caesar's body and had agreed to do Caesar's eulogy.
             The play is one of the more important in the play. It makes clear the reason why the conspirator's killed. In this speech Brutus is revealed to be a wise man that is capable of taking Caesar's place (at least that is what the plebeians think at first). This speech also reveals that even though all the conspirators say they killed Caesar because he was ambitious, Brutus was the only one who killed Caesar because he actually loved Rome more. "With this I depart: that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death." This is also actually the first part of the play that is affected by Julius Caesar even though he is dead.
             This speech fits in well with the whole dramatic aura of the story. It sheds much emotion, but does so in a way that it can still be used for political gain. In Brutus's speech figurative language is used to describe the effect Caesar were to have if he were to live. "Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that to Caesar were dead, to live all freemen." This line is one of the more significant lines of the speech and is what convinced the public that it was necessary that Caesar died. At the end
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