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The great Marcus Brutus, a good ruler and a bad friend. Brutus has everything in Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, he has a good place to be with a good ruler, Julius Caesar, but then Cassius comes in and turns Brutus against Caesar all because he’s jealous. Brutus, on the other hand, turns on him for what he thinks is the good for Rome. Brutus will always pick the noble options, and was a great leader because of it, but he lacks the skill to read into people’s intentions correctly, like Caesar was able to. He shows honor, idealism, and unfortunately a traitor to his friend, whom he killed. First and foremost, Brutus is repeatedly shown to be honorable. In Act I, Brutus tells Cassius, “For let the gods so speed me, as I love the …show more content…

In Act III Julius Caesar states, “Et tu, Brute! Then fall, Caesar.” (Shakespeare 40) to Brutus. This quote shows how shocked Caesar is that Brutus, his friend, would help the conspirators in killing him. Secondly in Act II Brutus states, “It must be by his death, and for my part I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general.” (Shakespeare 19). This quote states that Brutus wants to kill Caesar only for the general public. This is important, because it shows that he loves Rome, and would even betray his own friend for …show more content…

An example in Act I Brutus states, “For let the gods speed me as I love the name of honor more that I fear death.” (Shakespeare 6). This quote explains that Brutus cares deeply about the honorable he is. It’s good for him to appear honorable, so that the people of Rome love him. In addition, in Act II Brutus states, “Let’s be sacrificer’s, but not butchers, Cassius.” (Shakespeare 24). This explains the idea in Brutus’s head. Brutus has honor for not needing to kill Antony even though he would have been better off with him dead. All of it explains that he doesn’t do anything for himself, all he cares about is what’s best for

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Brutus tells the people of Rome, “...had you rather Caesar were living and die slaves,” (Shakespeare 45) and “not that i loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more,” (Shakespeare 45). He said this to let the people know that he loves Rome and he was following what he thought was right. He chose his duty over his friendship with Julius Caesar. Caesar was a true friend to Brutus because he says that he cried when he killed him saying, “Caesar loved me, I weep for him,” (Shakespeare 45). Brutus was also known as an honorable man.

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In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Caesar says in (Act III, Scene i, Line 77) “ Et tu Brute?” . This quote is important because these were Caesar’s last words before dying. The quote translates to “ You too Brutus?”. Which brings up the question “ Was Marcus Brutus right about killing Caesar”.

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In Julius Caesar, Brutus is a selfless, easy-to-manipulate, and noble man. Brutus is arguably the most selfless character in Julius Caesar. Brutus went through a lot of hard trials, one being killing his best friend. Brutus got tricked into thinking Caesar was trying to take over Rome.

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In addition to his love of the country, he also had a love for the people. Brutus had given compassion to others, even going so far as to offer his life to please the people of Rome. He also had a firm sense of loyalty, even though his loyalty lied most to Rome. Even though Brutus had much internal conflict, I truly believe that Brutus is an honorable man.

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(II, i,11-12).” When Brutus says this to himself it makes him seem honest and trustworthy because it begs the question, “How could killing Caesar be for the wrong reasons if Brutus has no personal stake in this?” Even though Brutus may not have personal reasons for wanting Caesar dead, this is ironic because he is still committing a serious crime that is in most cases seen as unforgivable and

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“Brutus is an honourable man…” (Act III, Scene 2). Antony really wants to emphasize that Brutus was honourable. He is doing this in a sarcastic way, because what honourable man would kill someone the romans loved if it was in their best interest to have him as ruler. “Another example is when he says that he should do the men who killed Caesar wrong” (Act III, Scene 2). Throughout this he is just trying to get the point across, and let the people know he is serious.

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In their introductory scene a discussion is taking place about Caesar's claim to the throne. Through this discussion the audience learns a lot about Cassius and Brutus’s values . It is revealed that Brutus is an honorable man who believes in the general good of mankind. He states,  (1.2 84-89)“ What is it that you would impart to me?/ If it be aught toward the general good, / Set honour in one eye and death

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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.

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Brutus in julius caesar was truly an honorable man in my opinion because, all he really wanted was the best for Rome;in other words Brutus is willing to do whatever it takes even if it means sacrificing others close to him to strengthen Rome. Also Brutus has the least amount of blame for the murder; he felt the most guilt about caesar 's death because he is visited by his ghost. Most characters in the play don 't act honorable and they only want Caesars death to benefit themselves. Like Brutus, my Grandfather is honorable;he was an army

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Through the cracks of their characters, we can see Cassius’s ego, greed, and cowardice shine through. But when studied closer we can see when Brutus’s honorable qualities shine through, allowing us to see his complexity as a character and over all care for the public and his

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Before he had been manipulated by Cassius and the conspirators he wouldn't dare kill his dear friend Caesar. Brutus’ lack of selfishness sets him apart from the other conspirators, who are in on the plan simply because of jealousy and the potential of fame. When speaking to Cassius at the beginning of the tragedy, Brutus states, “Brutus [he] had rather be a villager than repute himself a son of Rome” (1.2, 172-173). By saying this, Brutus shows the Romans that not only is he respectful of them, but that he thinks higher of them than he thinks of himself. A noble man can be defined as one who is always honest and charitable, always willing to put the lives of those in need before his own.

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In Act 3 Scene 2 Brutus said during his speech, “If that friend then demands to know why Brutus turned against Caesar, this is my answer: Not because I cared for Caesar less, but because I cared for Rome more”. Brutus had courage to kill Caesar, not because he wanted to, but for the good of Rome and its people. During the entirety of the story, Brutus

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Honor in the world gives people a reason to fight for the things that they believe in. Throughout The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus has had to make many tough decisions that display the great honor within him. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare's, it is made very obvious that Brutus is an honorable man. Brutus preserves his honor by taking care of Rome’s issues with good intentions and without going too far.

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Two perfect qualities a protagonist should have. The people looked up to Brutus and thought highly of him. They trusted him and that is one of the reasons Cassius needed Brutus on his side because then the people would be more understanding and not as mad. He was such a good man that when he passed away his enemies only had good this to say about him. For example Antony said, “This was the noblest Roman of them all” (5.5.68).

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(II, i, 53-55) which allows to say that he wants Rome to be just and do whatever it takes to maintain it away from any threat. Indeed, Brutus states this very clearly when he says, “If it’s for the good of all Romans, I’d do it even if it meant my death. Let the gods give me good luck only as long as I love honor more than I fear death.” (I, ii, 86-88), he explicitly says that the good of the majority is over any feeling or personal benefit which in this case is the love of Caesar for him and viceversa, and the throne. To conclude, Brutus is a complex character that is characterized by three recurrent traits: his well-intention, his hypocrisy, and his naivet.

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