And Then There Were None: Does Trust Lead To Betrayal?

Brutus tells them people then he had done no more to Caesar than they will do to him.

     In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare shows how friends often betray each other. Julius Caesar is about to be crowned king of Rome, when some well-known Romans decide that it is not a good idea for this to happen. They form a conspiracy and kill Caesar. Brutus, an honorable Roman and a very good friend of Caesar’s, betrays Caesar by killing him for the good of Rome. Antony, Caesar’s best friend and another honorable Roman, betrays Brutus by turning against the conspirators. Cassius, a respected Roman, and Brutus betray each other by arguing and destroying their friendship. All this betraying lead to many deaths in the play.

“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. Had you rather Caesar, were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead to live all free men?”

In, “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar,” Brutus believes the actions and decisions he makes are justified. He makes it clear that, in his opinion, Caesar should not become king because he would not be able to hold the qualities of someone with that great amount of power. In order to convince the Plebeians to side with him, Brutus uses a variety of rhetorical appeals to persuade them.

In the play Julius Caesar written by the whimsical, sophisticated William Shakespeare both beloved Brutus and noble Antony deliver their most thorough attempts to win over the delicate citizens of Rome into what they believed was correct. Brutus gave it a valiant effort in trying to convince the citizens that murdering the noble Caesar was the best thing to do for the people. In the end Brutus’ effort was not enough because Antony was able to turn every Roman against Brutus and the other deceitful conspirators during his speech with his extraordinary use of logos, pathos, and ethos.

Brutus's speech was a lot different from Antony's speech since he used the appeal to logos in his speech which meant he decided to use logic and reasoning to prove his point. "...it’s not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more"(Shakespeare). This quote from the play made by Brutus was a clear example of how he chose to rely on logic rather than emotions as protecting Rome rather than his friend is more of a logical appeal. "Would you rather that Caesar were living and we would all go to our graves as slaves, or that Caesar were dead and we all lived as free men?(Shakespeare)". This quote explains that Brutus is trying to show everybody that it is logical to think to get rid

The quote shows the moment in which Brutus decides to side with the conspirators to kill Caesar and there also happens to be a certain

When Antony says, “ My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it comes back to me”(Shakespeare) he wants the citizens to believe that Caesar was a noble and trustworthy man. This makes the citizens question Brutus when he said, “ Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses that you may be the better judge… not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more (Shakespeare)”. Brutus underestimated how powerful of a speech that Antony was able to deliver without breaking his

Brutus said to Cassius: “I would not, Cassius. Yet I love him well… If it be aught toward the general good, Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other, And I will look on both indifferently, For let the gods so speed me as I love The name of honor more than I fear death.” In his speech, Brutus displayed unending love for Caesar and it was his love for him that led him to do this unspeakable act. It was his love for him that compelled him to save Caesar from what he would become.

Friend to Enemy;Trust to Betrayal There are severals times in life were one trustees someone more than themselves because they love that person, but sometimes trusting someone might lead to your own downfall. In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, it shows a character who is responsible for his own downfall because of the signs that he ignored. In this play, Caesar is the most loved person in Rome and everyone wants him to be the king, but too much love sometimes can be dangerous. Caesar loved his friend Brutus the most, but he was the one who betrayed him by killing him because he wanted to be in power. Caesar is a person who changes his mind often therefore that leads to the downfall of him.

By: William Shakespeare “ Et tu, Brute?” (Act 3 scene 1 line 77) The line that Julius Caesar said when he was stabbed in the back. The conspirators that killed Caesar were all making him believe they were his friends. They were Honor, leadership, and being friendly are a some things it takes to be a good leader.

Brutus, a conflicted senator obsessed with his civic duty, convinces the people of Rome that his motives in killing Caesar were just and noble by rhetoric. Brutus is the only conspirator to have impersonal motives in killing Caesar. In fact, his motives are trying to find the best solution for Rome, and in the end, he must make the hard choice of killing his best friend for his homeland. As early as Brutus’ conversation with Cassius in Act I, Brutus exhibits this deep love and respect for Rome and how this love is conflicting with his love for his friend, Caesar: “[P]oor Brutus, with himself at war, / Forgets the shows of love to other men” (I.ii.51-52). Brutus brings up this internal conflict again when he tells the crowds that although he did love Caesar, he loved Rome and its people more. After Brutus’ murder of Caesar, he realizes that the issue of the public opinion of Rome is of the utmost importance. Because of this love for Rome, Brutus uses rhetoric to persuade these plebeians to approve of him and his cause. When Cassius warns Brutus about “how much the people will be moved / By that which [Marc Antony] will utter[!]” (III.i.252-253), Brutus tells Cassius that letting Marc Antony speak “shall advantage us more than do us wrong” (III.i.261). In these cases, Brutus demonstrates his awareness of

William Shakespeare, widely regarded as the greatest writer of all time, revealed critical opinions about the events during his time period in his plays. In one of Shakespeare’s greatest works, Julius Caesar, he illustrated the tragedy of Caesar back in ancient Rome in 44 B.C. While Brutus and Cassius acted as conspirators, or the antagonists, they planned the assassination of Caesar. Deciding wrongly on doing for the good of Rome, Brutus indeed paid his good intentions. Assuredly, Brutus’s three fatal mistakes could be listed in order as he joined the conspiracy, rejected killing Antony, and insisted his army must march to Philippi led to the downfall of himself.

Antony finally turned people against Brutus with this line from his speech 77-79,”The evil men do lives after them, the good is oft entered with their bones; so let it be with Caesar."

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus. Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest.