Is Brutus Corrupt In Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar was a Shakespearean tragedy of the great Roman dictator and conqueror’s assassination by Marcus Brutus, a Roman noble and senator. In the background for this play, Julius Caesar returns home victorious from his war with Pompey. The Roman senators are becoming worried that he will crown himself king and take away their power, the power of the republic. In the beginning of Julius Caesar, Cassius, one of the senators, wants Brutus to join their cause of stopping Julius Caesar from becoming a totalitarian, or an absolute dictator. These senators are corrupt. They only want to preserve their power, not caring about the people of Rome. Brutus had a reputation for being noble and honorable. He cares most about his country than anything

Brutus’s reason for joining the senators was to save Rome from an absolute dictator from enslaving the people. He cared for nothing else. Yet, his cause, although noble, was hopeless in the end. This is due to the determination of the people in crowning Caesar and Mark Antony’s crafty support of Julius Caesar.

First, Brutus’s cause has a much higher chance of compelling an educated people instead of the mindless rabble of people. The common Roman was easily influenced and swayed by eloquent politicians such as Caesar and Mark Antony. Brutus could speak eloquently, but not nearly as eloquently as Mark Antony, his later rival. Marius described the people of Rome in the beginning: “Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home? What tributaries follow him to Rome to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome! Knew you not Pompey? Many a time and oft have you climbed up…and there have sat the livelong day, with patient expectation, to see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome.

He conquered and pleased the people by dedicating parks to them. He pleased his supporters by throwing parties and giving much of his wealth to his supporters. He easily won the heart of the people, who did not notice how his power encroached upon their liberty and freedom. The people were willing to make Caesar their king, as shown here: Bru: What means this shouting? I do fear the people choose Caesar for their king. (1:2:84-85) Brutus saw this, and tried to stop this, but the people just were not able to understand. They listened for a moment, but Mark Antony reminded them of Caesar’s gifts to them, and they gave in to Mark Antony. Caesar’s popularity was one of the largest reasons Brutus was not able to turn Rome back into a republic instead of a dictatorship by