What Is Brutus Position In Julius Caesar

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Brutus, in his soliloquy in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, does not satisfy audiences with his justification for assassinating Caesar. Throughout this monologue, Brutus makes several strong arguments against why Caesar should not be crowned as dictator of Rome. One of these arguments includes Brutus stating that Caesar has used people to his advantage all his life and that Caesar has ridden the backs of his fellow companions to get himself to the top. Brutus claims that once Caesar is, “then unto the ladder…” he, “turns his back, looks into the clouds, scorning the base degrees by which he did ascend” (II.i.16-18). In saying this, Brutus believes that once Caesar is declared dictator, he will turn his back to all of those who helped him reach