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Brutus In Act II Of Julius Caesar

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In Act II of Julius Caesar Brutus had an internal conflict where he decided whether or not to join the conspiracy to kill Caesar who is a long time friend of Brutus. I believe that Brutus made the right decision in deciding to kill Caesar because of the points he made in his soliloquy in the opening scene of Act II. Brutus uses ethos, logos,and pathos to justify the killing of Caesar. In the beginning of his soliloquy he decides that killing Caesar is in the best interest of Rome's people; he justifies this conclusion by making a few claims. Brutus believes that if Caesar gets the crown the power will corrupt him and make him a cruel and ruthless dictator and the only way to stop this is to kill him. In his soliloquy he says “I know no cause to spurn at him, but for the general”. This means that although Brutus is dear friends with Caesar he believes it is for the good …show more content…

The reasoning behind Caesar's assassination is to prevent the dangers that Caesar could present in the future. Brutus comes to the conclusion that he must compare Caesar to a serpent's egg, once hatched it becomes dangerous. So Caesar must be killed in the shell before he can become that dangerous serpent. He says this in lines 32 through 34 “and therefore treats him like a serpent's egg which hatched as his kind grew mischievous and killed him in the shell”. I believe Brutus truly justified the killing of Caesar and that it was for the good of Rome. Some people believe that Brutus only rationalized killing Caesar for himself and didn’t justify it. They believe that Caesar never committed any of these acts yet that Brutus was justified to kill Caesar. Brutus said that he never knew Caesar to let the emotions get the better of his reason but shrugs it off by saying every ambitious young man will pretend to have humility to advance themself. That sounds more like a rationalization for himself rather than a

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