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Brutus In Shakespeare's 'Julius Ceasar'

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Shakespeare-Julius Caesar Mini essay Mcdonald Malungu 11am In the play JULIUS CAESAR -SHAKESPEARE Brutus's honor and idealism drift him away from reality. Brutus's honor blinds his decision making and judgment of people. More over his idealism leads to his own downfall and suffers the consequences Brutus's honor works against him at times. When the citizens call him 'honorable Brutus ' the word honorable manipulates him. As well as when the citizens tell him to be the next Caesar this is where he is being mocked. His agenda for freeing Rome from a dictatorship is the cause of this where he does not plan the future well Brutus' inability to see things clearly come into play when he only sees the good in people. Brutus allows Mark Anthony to speak at Julius Caesar’s funeral. Mark Anthony begs for Julius Caesar’s forgiveness but has just shake hands with the conspirators, this makes Brutus and the conspirators look bad. This shows that Brutus thinks that Mark Anthony means no harm. …show more content…

In the play Julius Caesar - Shakespeare Brutus says ''By your pardon, I will myself into the pulpit first, and show the reason of our Caesars death ''. This means that he has nothing to worry about over Julius Caesar’s death and will show reason to Julius Caesar’s death without any fear of the plan back firing. Brutus inability to see things clearly is a major weakness in the play Julius Caesar - Shakespeare. Brutus feels that having all the necessary rituals and ceremonies for Julius Caesar’s funeral will benefit him and the conspirators but this will make people feel sorry for Caesars death and want revenge for

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