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Julius Caesar: Is Brutus A Hero Or Villain?

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In Julius Caesar, the audience questions if Brutus is a hero or a villain in his choice to participate in the act of killing his best friend. However, there is more proof that this action is right than wrong. Brutus was very close to Caesar, which makes Caesar feel very hurt, but might make him understand that his assassination was truly necessary. Brutus is right to kill Caesar because of Caesar’s physical weaknesses and likelihood to abuse power that would have caused more harm than good to Rome. In Act I, Cassius tells Brutus several stories that exemplify Caesar’s physical weaknesses to subtly get Brutus to join the conspiracy. In the first story, Cassius describes an event in which Caesar struggles to swim, and argues that Rome cannot

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