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Brutus Strengths

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In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, one complex character stands out to me, Brutus. Brutus shows many emotions and has many strengths throughout the play. Brutus shows his strength when he takes his friend's life just for the sake of Rome. Him and Cassius make decisions together that benefit only their success, which signifies their interactions with each other. Brutus made major changes in the play when he was the backbone of Caesar's assassination. All together the complex characteristics of Brutus are his display of strengths, weaknesses, and emotions, his significant interaction with others, and how he advances the plot or develops a major theme in the text. Brutus displays many strengths, weaknesses and emotions …show more content…

Although it is hard to tell Brutus’s emotions and whether he loves or hates another, we can infer that Cassius and Brutus were very close. In the play Cassius worries about Brutus after the distance he has kept, he tells Brutus how he loves him and doesn't want him to be sad. “ Brutus, I do observe you now of late. I have not from your eyes that gentleness And show of love as I was won't to have. You bear too stubborn and too strange a hand Over your friend that loves you. (1.2.37-41)” Cassius was very friendly and manipulative to Brutus after his speech, this was only because he wanted Brutus to join in the assassination of Caesar. In the end of the play Cassius and Brutus team up against Octavius and Antony, they both have to make decisions that are life or death. Cassius made some bad settlements that upset Brutus. This caused hardship and stress which created constant arguments, leading their friendship to an end. These interactions that they encountered tell us how stubborn their friendship really …show more content…

“I would not, Cassius, yet I love him well. (1.2.85-89)” Brutus says he will not have Caesar as their king, but he does love him. This is when Cassius uses his wise words to convince to Brutus that killing him would be the best thing. Although he was not alone in the assassination, he played the biggest role of all. The fact that Caesar and Brutus were such good friends, Cassius knew that the people wouldn't suspect anything. Along with the fact that everyone loved Brutus, they would never believe he would do such a thing. This changed the plot after the fact that Rome's leader was dead and the people wanted to know who had this to their

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Cassius speaks to Brutus in order to upend his loyalty to Caesar and convince Brutus to support Cassius and his group. Caesar was steadily accumulating power, which caused fears that Caesar would become a dictator and threaten the republic of Rome. Therefore, Cassius feels an urgency to protect his home and those close to him. As a prominent member of the Roman Republic, Brutus influences other senators and the citizens of Rome. Cassius pleads with Brutus to recognize the dangers of Caesar in order to prevent an ordinary citizen from controlling all of Rome.

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Cassius will prevail in making Brutus a conspirator to kill Caesar because he is adept at manipulating others. Cassius is cunning and forms his argument around honor to appeal to Brutus. In addition, Cassius formulates a deceitful plan to plant forged letters from Brutus' constituents about their dislike of Caesar. Also, Cassius undermines Brutus and Caesar's friendship by evoking negative feelings about Caesar. Finally, inklings reveal that Brutus has been considering the

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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar tells the story of Marcus Brutus’ struggle between the conflicting demands of honor, patriotism and loyalty. In the play, Brutus is the quintessential model of what a Roman man should be. He is both well-respected and honorable, and as men with such qualities do, holds himself to the highest standard. This is evidenced by his actions throughout the play, in which he only does what he believes to be the right thing for Rome. His decision to join and later lead the conspiracy against Julius Caesar is not one made out of malice, but rather out of love.

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After Brutus and Cassius hear cheering and shouting Cassius begins to express his concerns to Brutus about his loyalties Despite Brutus' "love" for Caesar, he reaffirms his loyalties to Cassius by "set[ing] honor in one eye and death i[n] th[e] other" and looking on both with "indifferent[ce]" (I. ii. 89-96). Brutus believes that he can maintain his core principles and still come out unharmed, but Cassius knows that is not going to happen. Cassius is aware of the danger and begins to urge Brutus to take action before it's too late. Brutus displays his naivety by believing that he can remain impartial when making a crucial decision. When the conspirators are discussing what to do after the murder of Caesar, Brutus brings up the point, "Let's be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius.

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Then as the play continues with Brutus’ soliloquies, we start to question if Brutus is actually loyal to Caesar, or if he is so gullible that people can make him do anything. We as an audience find out that Brutus gave the final blow to kill Caesar showing how gullible Brutus is. First, we believe that Brutus is loyal to Caesar and doesn’t have any thoughts of killing Caesar, until Cassius pulls Brutus aside and speaks with him. Throughout the conversation,

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