How Does Brutus Kill Caesar

One of Brutus’ tragic flaws is his concern for the general good of Rome. Brutus’ flaw leads him to kill Caesar to protect Rome from a tyrant. Brutus knows he should not have to kill his friend for fear of him becoming overbearing. One night, while Brutus is in his garden, he is debating his love for Caesar and his concern for the good of Rome. He feels he should not kill his friend, but the good of Rome almost demands this horrid act. Brutus argues with

Similarly, by not destroying Mark Antony along with Caesar, let alone allowing him to speak in Caesar’s funeral, Brutus engineers his future’s demise. “‘. . . Antony is but a limb of Caesar. Let’s be sacrificers, but not butchers . . . let’s kill him boldly, but not wrathfully . . . and for Mark Antony, think not of him; for he can do no more than Caesar’s arm when Caesar’s head is off’”(916). This is an even greater fallacy than the first. Antony’s rage and passion is enough force alone to drive him and the Roman army to kill every last conspirator, gossiper, and senator who was set against his great Caesar. The fiery drive behind Antony was an imminent threat to Brutus and the conspirators, yet because of Brutus’s flawed logic, Antony lived and they died. Another illustration of this is when Brutus makes the decision to allow the silver tongued Antony to speak in Caesar’s funeral. After a weak, unconvincing speech given by Brutus to the public, Antony takes center stage, capturing the hearts, minds, and attention of the people, essentially turning them on their former leader. “‘Oh most bloody sight!’ ‘We will be revenged.’ ‘Revenge! About! Seek! Burn! Fire! Kill! Slay! Let not a traitor live!’”(954). Brutus’s most prominent, fatal flaw is his lack of sound judgment.

Many people can agree that committing murder isn’t an honorable thing to do. The thought of killing Caesar eats Brutus up both consciously and subconsciously. Brutus said “From the time you decide to do something to the moment you actually do it, everything feels unreal, like a horrid dream” (II, i, 60-66). The realization of killing his best friend creates some turmoil inside Brutus. Even though Brutus claims he is still being honorable while he is in the conspiracy, his true underlying thoughts prove otherwise.

Brutus’ use of logos in his funeral speech was ineffective because they were logical fallacies and were not supported by solid facts. Brutus thought that Caesar’s nature would change after he obtained more power and authority, and that keeping Caesar around would be very catastrophic, since he could turn his back against his people any time. In Brutus’ funeral speech, he tried to convince the Plebeians that Caesar was too ambitious, was a threat to the Roman Republic, and will cause the Plebeians to become suppressed and enslaved. As Brutus said to the Plebeians, “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar dead, to live all free men”(III.ii.24-26)? In this quote, Brutus justified killing Caesar by saying that if

Brutus believes nothing should be done without honor, which he illustrates by killing Caesar publicly. Some would say killing for political reasons, is more honorable than killing someone for pure revenge. He

“Julius Caesar is a play about people who make mistakes-costly ones, for themselves and their country” (Julius Caesar, Introduction line 1). This quote is from the first line of the introduction to the play of “Julius Caesar” and I think that this line is the best way to start off this essay. If we took a look at each main character in this play, except for Antony, we can see how their mistakes usually would lead to their downfalls. For example, Caesar mistake of not listening to the warnings, the omens, or even his wife telling him to stay home because she had a nightmare about him, led to his death at the Senate. Another example would be Cassius. His mistake of listening to Brutus when it came to marching down to Philippi to face Antony and Octavius’s army led to the defeat of his army and Cassius committing suicide. Now we come to the main focus of this essay which is Brutus. Some people argue that Brutus is a tragic hero and a sympathetic figure. Others argue the opposite. I believe that Brutus noble qualities led to his ignoble downfall which included failure, loss, and shame. While we read through this play we can see many examples of Brutus failures. Different occasions where he was manipulated by people he called his friends, Brutus being too trusting of others, and his sense of honor blocking his common sense. It’s safe to say that he is simple minded and in a way a coward. In this essay I am going to first do an inspection of Brutus, a breakdown his

Is it ever just to kill another human being? No, one cannot justly kill someone. Everyone has a time; and humans can’t alter the fates of another. In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, the main character, Julius Caesar is made out to be an ambitious and arrogant dictator in Rome. He is surrounded by childhood friends, including his best friend and murderer, Brutus. Brutus is manipulated by Cassius, a roman senator and part of the conspiracy, into believing romans want Julius Caesar dead, so they form a conspiracy to kill Caesar. Although, the Romans say Brutus is honorable, Brutus is not justified in killing Julius Caesar because the conspiracy is driven by jealousy, he is manipulated into believing Caesar should die and romans are

Brutus believes killing Caesar would be in the best interest of the Roman people. He goes against his own conscience and joins the conspiracy against Caesar. Going against his better judgement would prove to have negative results. These results would not only affect Brutus, but as well as the other conspirators and all of the Roman people.

In Julius Caesar, Shakespeare conveys the negative effect of betrayal on an individual through Brutus’s betrayal of Caesar followed by Caesar’s death and the eventual guilt of Brutus and Cassius. Antony speaks to the Romans during his funeral oration and says,” O’ judgement! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason” (3.2.31). He is referring to Brutus being absurd for betraying Caesar and going to the other side. Brutus was formerly friends with Caesar, so Antony thinks the conspirators have gone mentally insane when they betrayed Caesar. This will effect Brutus as an individual because this causes the battle of Philippi, which he then loses. Brutus thought betraying Caesar would get rid

Even kill the brain, the leader, of Rome. For Brutus says, “It must be by his death, and for my part I know no personal cause to spurn at him but for the general. He would be crowned. How that might change his nature, there’s the question.” (II. I. 10-14) In this quotation, he explains that Caesar must be killed. Brutus says that this is not for personal reasons, but out of the good for the Roman people. Caesar will be crowned, but he is wondering if that will change his actions and mentality. He does not want to take the risk. His decision to kill Caesar will be the equivalent of throwing gas onto that idealistic

William Shakespeare is a famous poet and playwright that is known to most as the greatest writer in the English language. One of his most acclaimed plays is Julius Caesar, which is a story about a Roman dictator who kills another high figure, named Pompey, and comes back to Rome to a crowd cheering for him. Not everyone is cheering for him, as there is a group of people that secretly loathe him. This group of conspirators finally decide to assassinate Caesar, causing the fall of Caesar’s reign. One of the conspirators that execute Julius Caesar is Marcus Brutus, who was not a conspirator in the beginning of the play.

Brutus who even himself states that he “love/ The name of honor more than” he fears “death” is now thinking of killing his friend who he apparently “love” because he believes it will benefit Rome(I.i,ll.88-89). This is not an honorable action for him to do for the reason that in that time a man’s friendship was valued more than his own marriage. He is betraying his best friend, whom trusts him very much,  and going against him behind his back. If he is so honorable, why break the code of friendship. Brutus never even talks to Caesar about his opinion of Caesar becoming ruler, but instead decides to say it behind his back.

Which character in the end of this tragedy drove the action more, Marcus Brutus or Julius Caesar? The story is titled The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, but is it really mainly about Caesar and his assassination? Throughout the whole play, Brutus was constantly battling internal and external conflicts. While dealing with those issues, he decided to join the conspiracy to save the Roman people. By joining the conspiracy, their plans were to kill the high and mighty Caesar.

You are a crazy man Brutus wanting to kill Caesar. No one else would dare to kill such man in such high rank but you maniacs. May god bless all of yours souls because after you guys to this you will all be a lost cause. The rest of my kind will be confused but will support anyone's decision since all we do is follow what anyone says. Take for example Caesars triumph over Pompey the great. All of us were cheering an happy but we were once cheering like that for Pompey the great. We looked like a bunch of Hippocrates now will be the same case. We are easily persuaded by everyone and everything around

Brutus finds himself swarmed with thoughts as he shows his private identity for the first time. Seeming to be at war with himself he says, “It must be by death, and, for my part, / I know no personal cause to spurn at him, / But for the general. He would be crown’d: / How that might change his nature, there’s the question” (2.1.10-13). Brutus convinces himself that the assassination of Caesar will be for the good of Rome, not for his personal advancement. Shakespeare shows the reader this side of Brutus that has not been seen before. In public, Brutus appears to be confident and loyal to Caesar, but deep on the inside he is conflicted on what choice to make and is worried about the actions he may be taking. Due to these troubling thoughts, Brutus becomes stressed and starts to stray away from his true self. “And therefore think him as a serpent’s egg / Which hatch’d would as his kind grow mischievous, / And kill him in the shell” (2.1.32-34). Brutus is conveying his true thoughts about Caesar. He wants to kill Caesar before he becomes king and it is too late. However, because Brutus appears to be loyal to Caesar, he will have to keep his plans secret from everyone or else it will harm his public status. It is just the beginning of Brutus unveiling his true, inner self and how contradictory it is to his public persona.