Brutus Caesar Character Analysis

All three characters took a part in the actual stabbing, not counting Caesar of course, but they all took parts in planning out the actual event. They all took a part in getting the conspiracy together, making it easier for it to happen, and making the careful decisions at the right time to allow for the event to happen in the way that it happened. The first character that played a part was Brutus. Brutus was easily convinced to play a part in the group due to flattery and pride. The group wrote him letters saying that he deserved to be the king of Rome. This boosted his ego and made him want to join the conspirators. Brutus was there just to justify the reasons for the stabbing of Caesar when it was all said and done and when the people

Cassius was the primary planner in the killing of Caesar. He thought of the idea and came up with reasons on why the killing had to happen. He despised Caesar because he wanted freedom without a king and he wanted pompey to still be in charge of Rome. His solution was to eliminate Caesar completely. He first started by talking to other people who hated Caesar or liked Pompey better. He convinced these haters to join a group with him and he also planned out how to get Brutus on board to make it seem innocent. He was the ultimate leader of the group by making the decision of who could be apart of it or not. There were times that the group wanted to add someone and he made the final decision of if they were okay to join or not and the rest of the group usually agreed. He was the brains of the operation and the leader of the

There were many signs that people have reported to him that were against him going to the capital in the Ides of March. The first sign was the Soothsayer that told him in the beginning that he should beware the Ides of March. He didn’t take this warning seriously and blew it off. The next signs were reported to him by townspeople. They were a man with his hand on fire, a bunch of pale women reporting that they saw a burning man, and a lion with a bad attitude. He didn’t even consider these as bad signs for him and instead wanted to boost his ego by saying that he wasn’t afraid of the gods. Before he left for the capital, he asked one of his servants to kill an animal and report back the outcome. The servant came back with news of how the animal had no heart, this was a bad sign, and Caesar was convinced by one of his friends that this could mean a good thing. His wife, Portia, tried to convince him to stay home instead of going to the capital because she saw the warning signs and deemed in not worthy to lose him life or much worse over hurting his pride. He, of course, ignored her because he was worried that he would look weak in front of the people of Rome. He fate was sealed after that final decision. He also chose to ignore the letters he received from a man that told him everything about the conspirators and their plans. This man wrote out all of their names and