Why Is Brutus Caesar Noble

Brutus- A high-ranking well known nobleman in Rome. He has gained all his power from Caesar and is loved by the citizens of rome. Brutus has a high sense of honor and because of that he is easy to fool. Brutus later gets tricked by Cassius into joining the conspiracy and he kills Caesar. Because of Caesar's death he causes a big riot in Rome and then he later dies.

In Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar defeats Pompey, the previous ruler of the Romans, and takes control of Rome. Many people object to it, including the conspirators who assassinate him. Marc Antony, an ally of Caesar, speaks at his funeral and turns the citizens of Rome against the conspirators which ultimately leads to the death of the majority of the assassins, including their unspoken leader, Brutus. A truly insightful glance is offered into the character Brutus in Act II, scene i, lines 120-146. At this point in the tragedy, conspirators led by Brutus are plotting the death of the tyrant of Rome, Julius Caesar, and moving on to the final stages of their planning stage, preparing

As the play goes on, the conspirators go to war. Cassius and Brutus have an argument before and say their proper goodbyes to each other in case any of them get killed in the battle. Cassius told Pindarus to stab him with the sword he killed Caesar with. Titinius then sees Cassius is dead and kills himself because he didn’t want to live without his best friend. After these two important deaths, Brutus then sees the Ghost of Caesar on the battlefield and is told that it is time for him to die. As he is sitting with the few remaining men who survived the battle, Brutus asks his men to hold his sword so he can run into it and die. As the play ends, Brutus dies as dishonorable, gullible, and unloyal. He is a dishonorable man who deserved to die after he killed his best friend Julius

Brutus is an important character in the play ‘Julius Caesar’ as he is portrayed as a tragic hero where he possessed heroic traits such as being noble and honourable that earn the sympathy of the audience. However, he also has flaws and made many mistakes and hamartias that ultimately lead to his downfall.

“The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious. If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answered it.” - William Shakespeare. Brutus was once a noble honest man. Everyone loved him until one day he decided to join the conspiracy group. The group had a plan to kill Caesar, but had one problem. The city of Rome would look down on the conspiracy group if they did not have someone they favored in the group. That is when they had asked Brutus to join. And so he did, but then that is where they went wrong. It was not just about having Brutus. They needed actual proof on why they needed to assassinate Caesar. But yet everything they had that would unwelcome him turned out to be untrue, and they were not thinking of

“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

During the assassination of Caesar, Caesar took all the knife wounds caused by the other conspirators, but, when he saw Brutus with a knife in his hand he cried out “Et tu, Brute? (Even you, Brutus?)- Then fall Caesar!” This shows that he was very shocked at the best friend betraying him, because he was normally very loyal. After the assassination, Brutus speaks to the crowd, who were demanding an explanation. He was a good orator and when he justifies his reasons to kill Caesar he says "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." This shows that he was truly noble as it proves he did it for all the right reasons. He also allowed Anthony to speak at Caesars funeral. While it was a dangerous decision, it was also a brave decision. However Anthony swings the crowd over to his side and he partners with Octavius to get revenge on the conspirators. Meanwhile, Brutus and Cassius are having an argument. Brutus is accusing Cassius of taking bribes, and therefore undoing the goodness that Brutus thought that killing Caesar had done. He accuses Cassius of having “an itchy palm.” This shows that he was righteous and he loved by high standards. At the end Brutus kills himself, by running on a sword, rather than being captured and then paraded as a disgrace. In roman times, killing yourself would be the noble thing to do.

Brutus thought that he had done the right thing for Rome so the plebeian’s wouldn’t become slaves like Brutus said Caesar would do. Brutus let Cassius convince him to kill Caesar. Brutus and the conspirator’s surrounded Caesar at the capital ad Brutus insisted that they kill Caesar like noblemen. After killing Caesar they drench their hands in blood to show they’re taking equal responsibility for cleansing Rome of its overly ambitious leader. They also carried the dagger they used to kill Caesar with them. When Antony was alone with Caesar and his body Antony whispered to him saying that he was going to get revenge for what they did. Antony carries the dead corpse of Caesar outside and starts his speech. Antony already know that the plebeians are people you could easily trick with whatever you say. Antony uses his emotions to convince the plebeians that Brutus and the conspirators he starts crying so the plebeians could believe him more. Antony wasn’t there when Caesar was murdered but told the plebeian’s the name of the people involved in the mass murder. After the plebeian’s hear the name involved in this murder they start to riot looking for the people who killed Caesar. They killed a poet Cinna who had a close name to one of the people involved in Caesar death so they killed him thinking he was

In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus and Cassius are contrasting characters. They differ in the way they perceive Antony as a threat to the assassination plot, their dominance in personality, and their moral fiber. In Julius Caesar, Brutus is the more naïve, dominant and noble character, while Cassius is the more perceptive, submissive, and manipulative person.

Brutus is a character from the story “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”, which was written by the prominent William Shakespeare. The play begins with Julius Caesar becoming the leader of Rome after the murder of Pompeii. A man named Cassius did not like the fact that Caesar

Brutus has killed himself, and Antony is standing over his corpse. Antony respects him by saying that Brutus was the noblest Roman and Brutus was actually a good person unlike the other conspirators. Although Brutus was a nobleman in Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, Brutus becomes easily swayed by the rest of the conspirators to kill Caesar, developing his character. Brutus develops his character because of his conflicts and him trying to distinct between right and wrong, supporting the idea that good intentions can lead to bad things.

Brutus was a well known and respected soldier of Rome. The conspirators reached out to Brutus to make noble in the eyes of Roman citizens the killing of Caesar. Brutus believed that Caesar would make the citizens of Rome slaves for his own desires. He would not have what's best for Rome in his attentions.

Even for that our love of old, I prithee / Hold thou my sword-hilts whilst I run on it.” (V.5.28-32) It is nearing the end of the battle and the conspirators’ side is losing, Brutus recognizes this and decides to kill himself rather than be killed by the opposite side. This is a noble death because unlike the way Cassius died, he killed himself rather than give the task to one of his soldiers. Although Volumnius did hold the

Brutus a high-ranking, well-regarded Roman nobleman that killed Julius Caesar, went to the top of the ranks and was crowned king. Even though Brutus was able to become king, he was not going to get that title without killing Caesar. In the play Julius Caesar, Brutus agrees to kill Caesar and is one of the three murderers that stabbed Julius Caesar. In Act III scene i William Shakespeare writes “CASCA and the other conspirators stab CAESAR. BRUTUS stabs him last.” This is when Brutus’s fate begins because he starts listening to the wrong people such as, when Cassius uses his power and authority to convince Brutus that he loves Caesar but loves Rome more. This is quoted when Shakespeare writes in Act III scene ii, “ I say to him that my love for Caesar was no less than his. If, then, that friend demands to know why I rose up against Caesar, this is my answer: it’s not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” This shows Brutus’s major flaw and when he starts to believe things that other people tell him. Brutus shows that he is the Tragic Hero right when he agrees to kill Caesar because this is his tragic flaw that begins the downfall of himself.

A highly respected man, and admired by others that may of disliked him before it was Brutus’ end. “His life was gentle, and the elements/ So mixed in him that Nature might stand up/ And say to all the world, ‘This was a man!’” (5.5.73-75). Brutus is one with great leadership, and a loyal friend of Julius Caesar. He was easily convinced by Cassius and the conspirators that Julius Caesar was not fit for king of Rome. Before, Brutus was there and supported Caesar. Now, Cassius had talked to Brutus, and he changed his mind and thought it was best for Rome that Caesar was killed before he was crowned. Brutus then took control of the conspirators and became leader. Brutus made all the decisions with Cassius, then turned into Brutus making all the decisions by himself, regarding Cassius. Brutus’ decisions were not the best and that led him into his own death, when he ran himself into a sword. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by, William Shakespeare, Brutus is a man that contains great leadership skills, and does what is right; but farther in, his decisions lead to a downfall of taking Cassius out of his place when he was a good leader already, and as well as killing himself.