in this essay, taken into consideration would be whether or not Brutus is right in joining the conspiracy against caesar and the reasons for him doing so. does brutus voluntarily join the conspiracy or is he tricked by cassius? in addition, how does cassuis' motivations compare to those of brutus? are the more or less noble and in what sense? caesar has recently returned to rome in triumph after successfully defeating pompey. his so called friend brutus worries that caesar might aspire to dictatorship over the roman republic although caesar shows no such inclination since he declined the crown several times. brutus reasons for all these monstrosities are in his soliloquy in act two and he says, "the only way is to kill him" as if there is no alternative. he proceeds to say "i have no personal reason to strike at him - only the best interest of the people". he …show more content…
he had to choose between his friendship with caesar and his public responsibility to prevent caesar's alleged ambition of undermining the roman republic. cassius has convinced brutus that caesar plan to instill himself as monarch. a monarchy would rob the romans of the long held liberties. brutus' character is summed us in marc antony's speech in the play. "this was the noblest of them all. all the rest of the acted out of jealousy of great caesar. only he acted from honest and for the general good. his life was gentle, and the elements mixed so well in him that nature might stand up and say to the world, this was a man." cassius on the other hand, has a lean and hungry look, a hunger for power. his defense of the republic is motivated to a degree, in which he and other members of the senate would have more power under a monarch, than they would have under caesar as emperor. while brutus acts from pure benevolence and genuine sorrow at the death of caesar, cassuis ias lacking remorse and is more self