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The Importance Of Villain In Julius Caesar

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In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Brutus was an honorable man. He would do anything for Rome, this way of thinking led to the death of Julius Caesar and himself. This act was looked at in a variety of different ways. Was Brutus honorable, mistaken, or just a villain? Brutus, is a well-liked and trusted man among the Roman people. He loves Rome and is a very loyal man. Brutus is a man of honor, he would rather die than be without honor. This is seen when he says “I love the name of honor more than I fear death.”(Shakespeare, 1, 2, 91) This is one on of the Major reasons that led to Caesar’s murder. Brutus is just a mistaken man, he loved Rome and would do anything for Rome. Brutus was just a man with too much ambition to where it hurt himself. Some people look at Brutus as a villain which is wrong. Villain is defined as a evil character whose motives are important to the plot. Brutus wasn’t evil at all, and his motives were for the good of Rome. This is seen when he says, “not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” When the avengers (who are considered superheroes) fight a Villain and kill lots of people in the process, by destroying buildings, home and other things, are not looks at as a group of Villains. But when the Joker, who is an evil person, kills people for his own evil motives, he is looked upon as a Villain, because his motives were evil. With Brutus, it is the same concept, he thought the people wanted him to lead and not Caesar, so he did what the

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