The Honorable Marcus Brutus In The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar

Being ethical, patriotic, reasonable, and showing selflessness are just a few characteristics of a noble man. After the death of respected Julius Caesar, the speedy fight for power exposed the veracious side of Roman figures. William Shakespeare, in his play Julius Caesar, examines the struggles for the title of the noblest Roman between ethical Marcus Brutus and other power thirsty Romans to reveal the most honorable man.

Marcus Brutus was a reputable man to the people of Rome and to his friend Caesar. Brutus had good intentions for Rome’s people, which is why he did not think Caesar would be a good leader. Although Caesar was in shock to see Brutus included in the men that stabbed him, Brutus only did it for the good of the people. Brutus reveals his nobility to his people when he says in Act 3, scene 2, “…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”(126). Brutus’s statement explains that he had all the respect for Caesar as anyone else, but the love for his people and home was much more prized. He killed Caesar out of fear of what may happen to the beloved people of Rome. This proves that Brutus’s intentions were just as honorable as the man he was. In addition to both characters being honorable, their actions got the best of them and may have changed them for the worst.

Indeed, Brutus was a honorable man. His honor was his greatest strength, but it was also his weakness. He murdered and betrayed his closest and only friend, due to the fact that he was so focused on doing the most honorable thing. Brutus focused more on principles, than the one person who truly cared about him. Consequently he also cared more about principle, than his own common sense. Therefore, his main focus was on honor and principle, which caused him to kill Caesar. He murdered Caesar because he thought it would solve the problem, but it only caused pandemonium.Consequently, his actions produced an angry mob, ready to avenge Caesar's death. If Brutus never took matters into his own hands, he would not have created a vicious crowd of citizens filled with hatred. He never solved the problem. When it got out of control, he resorted to killing himself. Cowardly, when things got tough, he ran away from it. He

In Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the title leads the mind to believe that Caesar is the tragic hero; however, this is not the case. The noble Brutus is a much more accurate fit for the role of tragic hero. A tragic hero is a character with a tragic flaw that goes from good fortune to complete misfortune in a fairly quick downfall. Although some may argue that Caesar fits this depiction, Brutus is a better choice. He goes from the top of the social standings to international scumbag when he joins the conspirators and murders Caesar, his friend. After allowing Antony to speak in Caesar’s funeral, the entire country turns against him and he is forced to flee Rome. His downfall is so incredibly terrible that he is

An honorable man has fairness and integrity in his actions, most fake honorability, only a select few have it. An honorable man wouldn’t kill another out of jealously. In the play The Tragedy Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar the leader of Rome, is assassinated by a group of conspirators. These conspirators are a group made up of the people in the senate, had their power taken away from the last dictator. Foolishly they take Ceasar as another dictator and tried to fix the problem before it even happened. However, they were wrong about poor Caesar, he was a honorable man that didn’t deserve to die because he was good to the citizens of Rome, he wasn’t in it for the power, and he supported them when needed.

His logical ability to rationalize the conspiracy to kill Caesar, is weak, and a fallacy. Brutus says that he assisted in the murder of Caesar because Caesar was ambitious and that he would have become a tyrannical king. Although we know that Caesar did, in fact, want the crown, nobody can say for sure that he would have destroyed the Roman republic, or become tyrannical.In fact, we know that one of Brutus’s main reasons for killing Caesar was based off of the presumption that Caesar would become a tyrant. Brutus continues to say that he loved Rome more, but contradictingly he killed a leader that is very popular amongst the everyday citizen of

He loves honor more than he fears death (Julius Caesar 1.2.17). In addition, Brutus was as merciful as he could be because he was falsely led. In Julius Caesar by Brutus, saying don’t kill Antony as he says that we should only kill if we have to, not because we want to (Julius Caesar 2.1.63). Also, the reason why the conspirators want Brutus on their side so badly is because he was honored by Roman’s and the people of Rome believed anything he was true because of his credibility, and family lineage. This is seen within Julius Caesar when Cassius states that the Roman people love him.

Brutus argued that Caesar should be killed because he was quickly gaining power. They were afraid that this power would corrupt him and lead him to do future harms. Brutus even believed that Caesar at the time of his death had not done anything to warrant his death. Although Brutus killed Julius Caesar for the right reason, it is still unjustified to kill an innocent man for what he had not done.

He said, “not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more,” as well as “I know no personal cause to spurn at him, But for the general.” Although, Brutus thinks he’s doing good for the sake of Rome, his acts out of his own opinion. It was Cassius who persuaded Brutus into killing him and he sent letters to Brutus posing as a citizen concerned about Caesar's power. This pushes Brutus to his final decision of killing Caesar. Brutus also perceived Caesar as ambitious, someone who would abuse his power as king.

“Honorable” is defined as “in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor”. It then defines “honor” as “honesty, fairness, or integrity in one’s beliefs and actions”. For Brutus to be considered an honorable man he would have to display those qualities throughout the whole play of “Julius Caesar”. Brutus, however, may have acted with honor in the beginning of the play, but he did not continue to throughout the play. Brutus’s willingness to trust people, naiveté, and pride causes Brutus to not display the qualities of an honorable man.

In the play, it mentions how much he loved Rome multiple times. That shows his true motive for killing Caesar. His objective was different then the rest of them, he was only in it to save Rome. Brutus put his country as his number one priority.

The fact that his primary reason to murder Caesar is the belief Cassius has so artfully ingrained in his mind that the people of Rome wish it to be so is all the proof that is needed to say honestly that Brutus does not murder Caesar for himself, but for his country. He also, of course, is concerned, as stated above, that Caesar will

In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, two potential protagonists are presented to the audience. Both Brutus and Caesar have been mentioned as possible protagonists, but there can only be one protagonist. But who is the real protagonist? Although there is proof to back up Caesar, Brutus has more proof and solid proof. Therefore, Brutus should be named protagonist of the story.

When the conspirators were discussing plan on how they should preceed on killing Caesar , Brutus made it very apparent on how the killing should go, stating “Let’s kill him boldly but not wrathfully. / Let’s carve him as a dish fit for gods, / Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds.” This meant that Brutus loved Caesar enough to respect his remains and not have the murder perceived as gruesome but as essential for Rome to remain free, peaceful and have liberty. Brutus wanted his body to be in such pristine condition that it would be fit for the gods. He was keeping in mind that he was not killing Caesar out of his personal strife, but for greater well-being of Rome. This way of thinking would affect the murder from being seen as savage to humane, only doing what was necessary to kill him. However this would mind-set would change if Brutus hated Caesar. Brutus would not care to respect a body of a man he hated, he would want to kill him wrathfully, and try to cause the most pain he possibly could.

Brutus was truly honorable in that he cared for the fate of Rome and its citizens. If Caesar was crowned king, he would be given an incredible amount of power that could seldom be controlled. This immense power over Rome could not even be regulated by the order of the Senate. Brutus’s true motive for murdering Caesar was due to his fear of Caesar using his