Julius Caesar Analysis

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.

"This is a personal reason,because even though Brutus said he was ambitious,the commoners didn't see him as ambitious.There was no sign of ambition in Caesar as seen by the commoners,proving that,that was Brutus's personal opinion.There was also proof that Caesar was not ambitous,as described by Antony in his speech;when he pointed out that Caesar brought home captives and refused the crown three times,signs that are not of an ambitous man.To add,his killing of Caesar did not help Rome,it ended with the people going into havoc and war,hurting Rome.Also,would Caesar being in control,really would have sent Rome into a horrible state?Brutus states,"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?"However,this might have not happened.As proven by his will,when he states,"To every Roman citizen he gives—to every individual man—seventy-five drachmas."Is this the ruling of a horrible ruler?Brutus imagines all these harsh realities that might have occur if Caesar came into power,these things were not guaranteed to happen.But because of his fear,he murdered a man in cold blood.He never gave Caesar the chance to see whether or not he would be a good ruler.This shows that his reason for murdering Caesar was not

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.

Brutus the Patriot People are always quick to judge without examining every aspect of a situation. For many years, people have always read about Julius Caesar and have thought that he was a great man that was murdered by a bad man named Marcus Junius Brutus. Brutus made an irrational decision and didn’t stop to think about other options that would stop Caesar in the destruction of Rome. Caesar was even his best friend. What kind of man kills his own best friend?

Brutus said that he killed Caesar for his ambition, and he was trying to protect the people. Brutus had to choose between his friendship with Caesar and his public responsibility to protect the Roman Republic. In certain situations, one persons life may have to be sacrificed to save the majority. “Some historians think that the death of Hitler in 1939 could have saved millions of people, including most of the Jews of Europe, from death” (Thompson). Nobody knows what type of things Caesar would have done in power and that is why Brutus had to stop him before it was too

Brutus murders Caesar for the good of Rome because he fear that Caesar became a king “what mean this shouting? i do fear, the people/choose Caesar for their king” (1.2.168-169)

Brutus is a betrayer. He stabs his best friend, Caesar after conspiring against him with a group of others. However, many people would disagree on my opinion. They say that Brutus was doing what was right for his country and that he HAD to stab his best friend to save Rome.

“Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.”- T.S. Eliot. A seemingly good idea can quickly become a horrible one when put into action. In the play, Julius Caesar, a character named Brutus joined the conspirators in the killing of his friend, Caesar, even though he held no grudge towards him, in his mind, he is selfless by killing Caesar for the wellbeing of Rome. In his opinion, he thinks that there is a likely chance that Caesar might become corrupted with power and even though he has not become dangerous yet he might so he should kill him before it happened, that was Brutus’ justification for killing his friend. Brutus may have thought his action was selfless, but in a way it was morally questionable, Brutus is taking the life of another person because of the assumption someone was dangerous with no real evidence. He is using the fears and assumption in his mind to justify himself killing Caesar. What also makes it morally questionable is the fact that Caesar was a friend who always done right by him for the most part.A person killing someone they hate is one thing, but killing someone who’s been their friend just seems outright wrong. Altruistic motivations and ideas often result in immoral actions.

“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars /But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” (1.2.141-142) Cassius was a large factor in Brutus’s decision to kill Caesar. Cassius influenced Brutus greatly and, while Cassius prodded Brutus to take action against Caesar, Brutus was already having internal struggles against Caesar. Brutus already mistrusted Caesar and wished to prevent Caesar from becoming too powerful. In “Julius Caesar” Brutus gives his reasons for killing Caesar several times and ensures everyone that he killed Caesar for the benefit of Rome. Brutus shows that be believes that if Caesar were to be allowed to live then Caesar would become king and enslave Rome. The conspirators, especially Brutus, believe that Brutus’s reasons were genuine. Several people believe that Brutus was right for killing Caesar because Brutus was doing it for the best of Rome. People also believe that, because Brutus was only trying to do what he thought was right, that Brutus is an honorable person. However, while he thought he was killing for the right reasons, Brutus did inevitably betray the Roman people, and several of Brutus’s reasons for wanting to kill Caesar were misguided, incomplete, or sometimes completely unfactual. This raises the question, is Brutus an honorable man? Brutus is not an honorable man, for he betrayed Rome and neglected his role as a friend.

“There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.”- Tom Robbins. Murder is one of the greatest crimes known to man. Yet, it is sometimes necessary. Many figures have been assassinated because others deemed it necessary and justifiable. Today, we will figure out if Julius Caesar was one of those people. Julius Caesar was and still is a household name. He was a great Roman leader until he was killed by over 20 dagger blows by a group of senators. Some believe the death of Caesar was justifiable because he was going to become a ruthless dictator, but his death was unjust because he rejected the crown and wanted to give the power back to the people.

Later, he twice rejects the advice of the more experienced Cassius, resulting in the failure of his cause at Philippi(Boyce Julius). To analyze this character is to go into little details ones people would not notice and if one can succeed doing that they will notice that maybe his ¨love¨ is covering his want to be what Caesar is,¨The patriotism he invokes is certainly a living ideal for Brutus, but it is also a cover for his vanity and his unacknowledged need to be like Caesar himself.¨(Boyce Julius). Many argue that he was persuaded by Cassius, which may be true, but it did not take long to get him into the ideal and when he was on board it seem as if he took control. And while conversing with the group of conspirators he revealed his worry of public appearance,¨Brutus wishes to make a ceremony of the killing, saying, "Let's be sacrificers, but not butchers" (2.1.166), but he immediately goes on to reveal an unconscious awareness of public opinion: "…so appearing to the common eyes, / We shall be call'd purgers, not murderers" (2.1.179–180).¨(Boyce Julius). This seem to be him trying to justify his murder, would an honorable man do that?

Brutus’s action of killing was the consequence of the ambition. Brutus saw killing as "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" (Julie Caesar). Brutus's ambition was trying to make the country better for the interest of the general people. Brutus ambition was excellent good ambition. The reason it is excellent good ambition is because of what Brutus argued "I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death"(Julius Caesar).

Brutus was a nobleman and great warrior not to matter the fact that he stabbed Caesar. After the chaos of the killing, Brutus was seen by everyone as nothing but a worthless criminal because of his actions towards someone so innocent, which was a very harsh judgment on the town people’s behalf. In Act I Scene II, Brutus states, “ If it be aught toward the general good,Set honor in one eye and death I’ the other and I

Brutus described Caesar’s killing after-the-fact as if he was describing an assisted suicide that they and just carried out, saying “So are we Caesar’s friends, that have abridged/His time of fearing death” (3.1.115-6). It seems that by this quote, death was always on Caesar’s mind. He also justified the murder to the public by saying, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” (3.ii.23). Considering the above, it seems that either Brutus was lying, or that he had a weak love to Rome, and even more so to Caesar. If Brutus truly loved Rome more, he would have accepted guidance from the more experienced. Clearly, Brutus was not motivated to kill Caesar because of his love of