Julius Caesar And Brutus Analysis

He compares Caesar to a serpent in an egg which he must kill before it hatches. Brutus knows that Caesar is gaining too much power too quickly and it must come to an end. He shows his belief in a republic government by saying, “We all stand up against the spirit of Caesar / And in the spirit of men there is no blood" (II.i. 180-181). Cassius is a character who is jealous of Caesar’s power and also wants it to end. He forms a group of conspirators who are against Julius Caesar. He persuades Brutus to help him and the other conspirators to kill Caesar during the ides of March. Brutus joins but only due to his love for Rome and its people. He proves this by saying "Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius." (II.i. 179). This also proves his love for Caesar because he wants to kill him with some sort of honor. Brutus wants the citizens to look at him not as a murderer but for someone who cares for his country. He expresses his ideas toward the stabbing by saying , “If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer-not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" (III, ii, 17-19).

In Roman history, some elite men held certain values that they felt strong enough to take their life in order to defend it. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, there are certain characters portrayed to show how a person’s values or ideas can change their behavior and influence some significant decisions. The protagonist of the play, Marcus Brutus, supports this thought by having an idealistic view on the world and by showing his patriotism toward Rome. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Shakespeare uses Brutus as an honorable, idealistic man in order to show the depth that a high-class Roman man will go through in order to defend his honor.

“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight. This quote can be assimilates to Brutus in Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar. In a way he died as a hero but he did live long enough and saw himself becoming the villain. Throughout the play, Brutus had been consumed in a lot of drama and deaths. The readers can tell the internal arguments he has with himself about it too. In William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, there are many tragic deaths, drama, and heroes and villains. The question is, who is the hero and who is the villain.

    Shakespeare’s tragedy, Julius Caesar, displays Brutus as a tragic hero, blinded loyalty and devotion. Brutus's heroic belief of honor and virtue was so powerful that it drove him to perform villainous actions and lead to his destruction.

Caesar seemed very much like a king to Brutus, but since Caesar has spared him after he defeated Pompey, who Brutus has sided with during the Caesar/Pompey war, it made his decision to turn against Caesar a hard decision to make. Being faced with a very serious decision is another characteristic of a tragic hero that Brutus possessed. The Real Story Behind the Assassination Of Julius CaesarLarry Getlen - https://nypost.com/2015/03/01/the-real-story-behind-the-assassination-of-julius-caesar/This article tells the true story of the assassination of Julius Caesar. It goes into detail about the conspiracy that the Senator’s organized against Caesar. During this conspiracy, the organizing Senator’s realized they needed Brutus’ support. So they left graffiti and messages for Brutus that attacked his pride. The fact that Brutus contained excessive pride is a fifth characteristic of a tragic hero.

Brutus was in fact a betrayer, and while he did feel sympathy for Caesar after he died, he killed him along with the other conspirators and even started a war of sorts in Rome, causing many to fall in battle- himself included. While Brutus was persuaded by fake letters, no man should be as gullible as him to completely switch sides on only the basis of three anonymous letters that were stuck to his window. Brutus was a villain who felt that he was the hero, more concerned about the safety of the government he loved rather than the friend that he loved.

Talking about Brutus join the rebels and assassinate Caesar, historians and litterateurs are always hold different point of view. Dante put Brutus in the deepest floor of hell (Giudecca) in his book Divine Comedy and punished him with the most severe punishments. However, many scholars believed that Brutus was an idealist. He had no selfishness and what he want was only prevent Caesar proclaim himself as a kind and in order to save the Roman Republic, he had to betray his friend and his patron.

Brutus joins Cassius and the conspirators in the murder plot of Julius Caesar. Brutus does eventually help murder Caesar but he honestly thought it was for the good of his

Brutus, the Not so Noble Roman Marcus Brutus, a high ranked and well regarded noble in Rome, participates as a conspirator to assassinate Caesar to prevent Rome from falling into a dictatorship. In result, some conspirators destroy themselves to protect Rome, while others destroy themselves for their own selfish need for power. Marcus Brutus is a noble Roman, but many of his judgments led to his, and other conspirator’s downfall making him the tragic hero in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Brutus is a man who is admired, has good intentions and wants what is best for Rome and its citizens, but his poor decisions lead to his and other conspirator’s downfall.

The play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, entails the rise and fall of Julius Caesar and Brutus, the man plotting against him. At the opening of the play Julius is being celebrated for his victory over Pompey. Later, he is offered kingship; but Caesar refuses the crown. On the ides of March Brutus and some other men come before Caesar to plead a case; except, their only motive is to kill Caesar. Antony, Caesar’s right hand man, pretends to side with the conspirators after Caesar is killed, while he gathers an army to defeat Brutus. Antony and Octavius’ army defeats Brutus’ troops; forcing Brutus and many others to commit suicide. The tragic character, Brutus, is usually the protagonist that has a tragic flaw and this causes his defeat. A tragic flaw is the cause of their downfall, usually an action or belief. Brutus’ tragic flaws are his nobility, trust and the inability to wrong people. Brutus is the tragic character in Julius Caesar because of his nobility and because he does all his deeds for the good of Rome.

“Et tu, Brute?” Caesar uttered his last words as he witnesses Brutus stab him, “Then fall Caesar!” As Brutus was that of the most trusted of Caesar. Political extremism was pushed onto Caesar which convinced him to conspire with envious senators and ultimately, participated in the brutal assassination of Caesar, who was ruthlessly stabbed 33 times, so he could become active ruler in Rome in the works of William Shakespeare derived from the play Julius Caesar. With what is being claimed, Brutus couldn’t possibly have been an honest man but a traitor.

Antony's small speech depicts Brutus as a noble being and the ideal image of a man. Stating that nature would `stand and say to all the world', that Brutus was a man illustrates Brutus as being the idyllic man to become. Brutus is the only conspirator to maintain an honorable reason to assassinate Julius Caesar. Antony believes this, and states how only Brutus `in general honest thought and common good to all made one of them', implying that Brutus is the only one who possessed moral reasons for assassinating Caesar. Both Antony and Octavius, who were two of Brutus' most critical adversaries, state how Brutus is a dignified Roman.

When speaking to Cassius, Brutus shows that there is a right time to strike, and if that opportunity is not taken, it will be regretted. Ships normally need a high tide to enter and to leave a port. Not being able to control these tides, the ships waiting must take the opportunity and return or leave the coast. Brutus uses this expression, showing Cassius that they must not wait to attack Octavius and Antony’s forces. If wait further, than their soldiers could face defeat. Brutus is saying to grab the opportunity, whenever it appears, without hesitation.

There are many differences between Macbeth and Julius Caesar. There are also many comparisons. There are mostly similarities these are two fairly similar plays by Shakespeare. I am going to be comparing and contrasting the two plays. Both Brutus and Lady Macbeth are responsible for the murder of a leader.

"Et Tu Brute?" spoken by Ceasar as his last words, perfectly describes Brutus' character in this play written by Shakespeare. Caesar and the readers thought the character of Brutus would be no danger as he was very loyal and noble. Caesar was so shocked by Brutus' actions, that he blurted only those as his last words. Brutus is this play's tragic hero as he was very honorable, but in the end, the main conspirator.