Essay On Brutus And Julius Caesar

Is it justified to kill someone because they have gained too much power and are going to use it for the worse? Brutus has a very bad circumstance on his hands, he can kill Caesar and possibly be executed for his actions or he can let Caesar become king and watch Rome fall. There are many reasons why Brutus should and should not join the conspiracy. Brutus says, “I know no personal reason to spurn at him But for the general.” (II,i,11).

Brutus says that one of his reasons for killing Caesar was because he was ambitious. Brutus tells the people of Rome that if Rome took Caesar as crown king that all of the people would become slave for that is what Caesar

He only ever wanted to kill Caesar and go to war against Antony and Octavius because he wanted to “protect” Rome. He explained in Act 2, “Oh, Rome, I make thee promise / If the redress will follow, thou receives / Thy full petition at the hands of Brutus” (Shakespeare 573). Here, Brutus was explaining how if Rome ever needed anything, Brutus would personally do it. And during Julius Caesar, he lived up to his promise, killing Caesar and trying to stop Antony and Octavius from taking over Rome.

The conspirators were successful in killing Caesar for the “Good of Rome”. In the play A Tragedy of Julius Caesar a conspiracy is formed to kill Caesar because many think he is getting too ambitious. In the conspiracy people were turning against other people; sides were being taken. Although Antony stays loyal to Caesar, he causes a great deal of damage to the city of Rome due to the things he decided to say to the common people. Many lives were taken, not just Caesar’s, but many of the conspirators lives as well.

Caesar most likely would have become one of the most prosperous leaders of Rome. If Antony was also killed like Cassius wanted I believe Cassius would have started a rise to power that would lead to everything he said he was trying to prevent. Overall Cassius did more bad then good he manipulated his friends, allies he killed someone he said he loved, he lied to get revenge, and he killed out of greed. Brutus said he asked for money from Cassius to pay for his troops when you are about to go to war you do not help pay for an allies troops when they need it. You also don’t lash out and say you are better than your ally when you should be planning for the pressing battle.

He has to choose between his loyalty to the Roman Republic and his loyalty to his friend. Seems like he could be heading toward tyrant status. Brutus says he killed Caesar because he loved Rome more than he loved Caesar. Based on examples in The Tragedy of Julius

Brutus ' speech show that his loyalty is given first to Rome then to his close friends. He is justifying the death of Julius Caesar. He used ethics to persuade the audience that killing Caesar is the right thing to do because it

I loved reading the play "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" it was full of DRAMA. It was about friendship,loyalty, and betrayal that got the whole play going. Caesar was assassinated by his good friend Brutus; therefore that was betrayal of a friend. The reason Brutus and some fellow people killed him was because they believed that he was going to be a tryant, which was a person that takes control of everything, and would not want to share power. Each Person in the crime to kill Caesar stabbed him in the chest; therefore killing him.

Romeo and Tybalt were fighting furiously and Romeo stabs Tybalt and he falls dead. I told Romeo to get out of Verona because I was afraid you would take his life.

Brutus explains how they must kill Caesar to stop him from making Rome a dictatorship. HE also says that they cannot kill Mark Atony or they will look like they are stone hard killers to the community instead of them wanting to look like hero’s. This is what Caesar said to Brutus as he stabbed him which lead to his death. Brutus was one of Caesars beast friend and when he betrayed Caesar it was even bigger of a deal