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The Brutal Honesty Brutus'soliloquy

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The Brutal Honesty Brutus' soliloquy at the beginning of act II is important to the tragedy of Julius Caesar. It tells us a lot about Brutus and what he contemplates on the murder of Julius Caesar. It also shows who and how the conspirators meant to kill Caesar. It reveals if the murder was necessary and ethical in Brutus' eyes and the right thing to do for the Roman people. Or is it not justified and Brutus and the conspirators are just jealous of Caesar and the power he has or potentially will have? In Act II, Brutus is trying to justify to himself that it's ok for him to murder Caesar. Brutus tries to use Caesar's ambition over him to try and prove to himself that it's ok to kill him. Brutus uses logos here because he goes through the reasons why he thinks Caesar is …show more content…

Because of this and his ambition, the whole Roman empire will come to a crash. Brutus uses ethos in his soliloquy when he says “I know no personal cause to spurn at him but for the general”(II,i,10-12). Brutus says this because he likes Caesar as a friend. But Brutus knows that he is not the right leader for the Roman people. Brutus definitely has a hard time with this decision as Portia notices the struggles he is going through during Act II. But this is why Brutus ultimately becomes the leader of the conspirators as he can make these difficult decisions. Brutus is emotionally invested in this decision as he uses pathos in these words. “He then goes into the ladder and turns his back in the cloud, scorning the base degree by which he did ascend (II,i,25-27).” Brutus thinks that Caesar will climb his way to power and forget all those below him who helped him. This is why Brutus and the other conspirators want to kill Caesar. They think he is reclasing and not the right leader for the good of Rome. People would say that Brutus was not a good friend or just wanted to be the leader because of his mannerisms and

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