The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is quite a rollercoaster of emotions. Caesar and Brutus were two very important people in Rome, they were also best friends. Caesar never expected the betrayal from the people he called friends, especially not from his most fond friend of all, Brutus. Although Brutus did regret the killing of Caesar, at the moment he did not. Brutus thought that Caesar’s death was what would be best for the people of Rome. Brutus decided to join a group of conspirators, who then asked for his help to kill Caesar. Btutus agreed for the sake of Rome, not knowing it would only set up the future for what was to come. Brutus thought that the rise of Caesar would be a threat to the people of Rome, thinking that they would lose all freedom and become slaves. “Caesar straddles the narrow world like a giant, and we petty men walk under his huge legs and look forward only to dying dishonorably, as slaves.” Act 1, scene 2, line 135. Brutus killing Caesar without any other thought in his head, other than saving Rome, was one of his biggest …show more content…
Which only caused conflict, because the purpose of his speech was to prove to the citizens that Brutus is wrong and Caesar shouldn’t have been killed. “Brutus is an honorable man. He brought many captives home to Rome whose ransoms brought wealth to the city. Is this the work of an ambitious man?” Act 3, scene 2, line 85-90. This causes Brutus and Cassius to go into a hiding state, where they then decided to make armies. At first the war was going well for Brutus, but for Cassius it was not. The misunderstanding of Titinius’s death and the loss of the war, led to the suicide of Cassius. When Brutus heard this devastating news and was overwhelmed with this defeat, he fell to his knees and cried. He then killed himself, because he failed to protect Rome. “Farewell, good Strato. (runs on his sword) Caesar, you can