What a hard choice, Brutus. Brutus was torn between joining the conspiracy or not. He knew that both options could spell disaster for Rome. Did Brutus and the conspirators make the right choice? Brutus joined the conspiracy not because he was jealous of Caesar, but because he thought it was for the greater good of Rome. Brutus is worried power will change Caesar for the worse, and that he will turn his back on what he has said to his supporters to get him to this point. Caesar himself has never given Brutus a reason to dislike him, but Caesar's ambition and thoughts about what he will do with his power is conflicting with Brutus' emotions. Brutus believes that the system of the Republic works and that it should not be changed. Brutus states “I know no personal cause to spurn at him but for …show more content…
Brutus has noticed changes in Caesar's personality since he started to gain power. Brutus states “That at his will he may do danger with. Th’ abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse, from power”(II, i, 17-19). Brutus is starting to worry that Caesar is no longer just compassionate about his ideas for the republic, but that he is after more power and leadership. At this point in Brutus’ reasoning, he starts to sway to join the conspiracy. Brutus fears that when Caesar gets crowned, he will turn his back on his supporters. Brutus states “That lowliness is young ambition’s ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face. But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may have been. Then, lest he may, prevent”. This fear is what really convinces Brutus he must act now against Caesar. Brutus compares how Caesar is acting now like an egg when he says “And therefore think of him as a serpent’s