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Killing Caesar is the right way to keep the republic and rid the possibility of a single ruler. Brutus’s ancestors made the Roman Republic and he is very proud of that and feels he should keep what they started. This reasoning coupled with him wanting what is best for Rome makes it only logical that he kill Caesar. He has to kill Caesar because any other way of knocking him out of power will either not work or get him killed. Making it only logically and morally right to kill Caesar. It is both Ethos and Logos because it is in line with his morals and the logical choice. If Brutus does not kill Caesar there is a chance Caesar will kill Brutus and possibly his other friends like Cassius. Caesar could do this out of fear from being overthrown.(I,ii,).
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