Traits Of Brutus In Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'

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Julius Caesar Essay Honor, ambition, and power for one’s country can have many effects on how a person thinks, acts, or says to a person. Shakespeare portrays these traits in the book “Julius Caesar” with the character Brutus. Brutus is shown as an “honorable man” throughout the book. He does what he believes was best for his country and countrymen by eliminating a man who was too “ambitious” to rule the country. Shakespeare portrays the idea of backstabbing and betrayal through the behaviors and traits of Brutus. Brutus is showing stage three of “Kohlberg’s Six Stages of Moral Reasoning” because he killed Caesar for the good of Rome. First, Brutus killed Julius Caesar for the good of Rome. At Caesar’s funeral, Brutus was explaining to his