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Was Julius Caesar Honorable

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The Tragedy of Brutus In every single story no matter what it is, there is a character that makes or breaks the story. Whether it is good or bad, without that one character, the story would be incomplete. If there was any character in any story like that every, it would be Brutus. Brutus is not like any other ordinary person; he is much more complex and the plays tragic hero. With that being said the attributes that make Brutus the person he is, is him being extremely patriotic and liberty loving, his severe idealism, and he is honorable. To start off, Brutus in the eye of society is known as being very patriotic and liberty loving. The main example of this is his decision to murder Julius Caesar. Brutus was given the option to as some would …show more content…

Many would have other opinions but he is truly an honorable person. Yes he kills Caesar but he kills him out of “civic responsibility” understanding that if nobody kills him he will become a tyrant of Rome and the Republic will come to an end. He is the only one acting out of that certainty; most of the other characters in the play do not act honorably and are interested in how Caesar’s death will benefit themselves. Also, Brutus’ initial confrontation towards Cassius’ advances he asks what sort of dangerous path he is being led down. Brutus has no personal grudge against Caesar; in fact, he is the last to stab him because he has the least amount of abhorrence towards him. While Cassius, Trebonius, and Casca “speak, hands for me!” and others fly to him with wrath, Brutus simply waits until the end and without emotion does what he feels is necessary to protect Roman state. Also, one thing that most would think truly separates Brutus from the other conspirators is his sense of conscience and justice. While Brutus has the least amount of guilt for the murder (having done it for the good of his country rather than out of jealousy like some of the conspirators that are involved) he sees Caesar’s ghost numerous times which is a sure sign of his guilt. This also brings up his sense of private responsibility. He would never feel right about his choice to murder Caesar afterwards; and when he realizes that he had indeed acted incongruously, he used the

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