Self Awareness is your own ability to perceive and understand the things that make you who you are as an individual, including your personality, emotions, beliefs, and thoughts. One's self-awareness shows how a character views themselves and how others view them. In the play Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, Caesar is the king of Rome who has too much power, so the Conspirators turn Caesar's friend Brutus against him and plot to assassinate Caesar. During this chaos, Brutus trusts his self-awareness which helps him turn against Caesar in order to save Rome. In Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, Brutus is seen as a self-aware character since he is aware of his actions and what others think of him. Brutus thinks of himself as a good-hearted person trying to save Rome and others believe he is an honorable person with positive ideas. Once …show more content…
Brutus knows that Caesar is a respectable person so Brutus says “Stoop, Romans, stoop, / and let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood. / Up to the elbows and besmear our swords” /(3.1.117-119). Brutus respects Caesar as a person, despite his ideas about Rome being negative, Brutus wants everyone in Rome to acknowledge what Caesar has done and respect him for it. Brutus says this to show that Caesar was not at all a bad person, however, Caesar's plans he had for Rome would be very Detrimental and the people of Rome would be miserable. The servant describes Brutus and Caesar as noble people. “Brutus is noble, wise, valiant, and honest. / Caesar was mighty, bold, royal, and loving. / Say I love Brutus and I honor him” (3.1.141-143). Brutus is respected by the conspirators and the servants who know he is the savior of Rome. Brutus demonstrates these traits of him being noble, wise, valiant, and honest during his speech and after the stabbing of Caesar. Brutus' self-awareness shows his honesty and transparency, so the people of Rome love
Brutus was an honorable, kind, and noble friend to Julius Caesar. But Brutus was also part of Caesar’s death. Brutus was a man of Rome and was loved by everyone in Rome. Everything he did was for the good of Rome. But due to his lower intellect, he fell for Cassius' sinister plan to kill Caesar.
Brutus was a flawed man in many ways in that he was to arrogant he let Marc Antony have a speech even though Antony was conspiring against him the whole time gaining the crowds approval. Brutus says “ Tending to Caesar’s glories which Marc Antony by our permission, is allowed to make” (1250). This is a blatant point to Brutus’ arrogance, he thought that Antony is no threat and trusted him to much. After Antony made this speech the entire crowd turned against Brutus and the conspirators. If Brutus was not so arrogant he would be most likely be alive.
In Julius Caesar, Brutus is a selfless, easy-to-manipulate, and noble man. Brutus is arguably the most selfless character in Julius Caesar. Brutus went through a lot of hard trials, one being killing his best friend. Brutus got tricked into thinking Caesar was trying to take over Rome.
Brutus chooses to be honorable in the eyes of the plebeians and makes a decision for the best of Rome. Brutus has proven multiple times that he has control over the people of Rome because of his actions in being trustworthy and the most honorable and this is why Brutus would be an even better ruler than Caesar could
The favorable and loving Brutus also has some bad qualities, like having trust in everyone and thinking they will tell the truth and be as honest as him, leading him into sticky situations
Every Tragedy Has Its Hero Brutus was a man that possessed many positive qualities but also possessed many negatives traits too. He was a kind, intelligent, and noble person, but he was also overly trusting, easily manipulated, and not very good at getting people to follow his lead. These qualities are what makes Brutus a tragic hero. Everyone has flaws, and because of that everyone knows those flaws can lead to bad things. Brutus was a person with good intentions but also weaknesses, and these weaknesses led to his downfall.
Danyck Belanger ELA (B30) Ms. Obrigewitsch May 3, 2023 The Noble Brutus: Examining the characters virtues and flaws Brutus is known as a noble man and an honorable through sarcasm sometimes, but none the less even through history and time he is seen by a noble man. Brutus is said by many to be an honorable, but why is he labeled as a noble and honorable man after killing the most liked figured in Rome Julius Caesar. This topic was very interesting because it is the thought on how the man that helped killed Julius Caesar how virtually did not do anything was then killed because people thought if he was king, he would burn Rome to the ground. In the play Julius Caesar Shakespeare made Brutus a important person who moved the plot forward and
Brutus is a man with high ideals who is driven by a sense of duty to his country. He believes Caesar's ambition endangers the Roman Republic and joins the conspiracy to assassinate him. In Act 2, Scene 1, Brutus makes it clear that his actions are motivated by a sense of responsibility to the Roman people, not personal animosity toward Caesar. He says, "It must be by his death, and, for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general. " This quote demonstrates Brutus's selflessness and his willingness to put the good of the country above his personal interests.
All Brutus wished to do was serve his country, and yet he ended up almost destroying the very thing he strived to protect. He allowed the conspirators to conspire against Caesar even though he held no malice toward Caesar. He enabled Cassius to influence his decisions and in the end, most of the events that transpire in the play are all a direct result of Brutus’s misjudgment, which is why Brutus’s story is the tragedy of the play. If he had realized how naive and egocentric he was, Brutus would not have made the mistakes he made. It is evident that everybody but Brutus realizes how noble and genuinely honorable he is, in the quote, “Yes, every man of them; and no man here but honors you; and every one doth wish you had but that opinion of yourself” (Shakespeare).
Brutus had many things that made his speech effective; one of those things is his ethos. His reputation with the people is very positive, and he is very kind to them. They love him so much that they assume that the Great Brutus would never do anything bad for Rome. Brutus says “Believe me for mine honor, and have respect for mine
Brutus is an honourable and wise man, but it is his naivety that leads to his failure and death. Brutus has leadership qualities that make him an honourable leader; he is considered to be the most honourable man in Rome. He wants the best for his country because he loves Rome. Also, Brutus is wise and thoughtful; he takes his time before making a decision. He thinks about the best way to do things which makes him smarter.
In the play, there are countless lines from multiple characters in which Brutus is described as honorable and heroic. In Act 3, Scene 2, Brutus states, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” Brutus loved his friend Caesar, but his honor forbade him from placing his relationship above his country, which is a heroic standard to uphold. Were he a villain, he would have no care for the state of Rome.
During Brutus’ speech, he comments, “Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor that may believe”(III, ii, 15). Brutus declares that he is the most honorable and noble person in Rome; which is why he murdered Caesar to protect the citizens. Brutus persuades the citizens with his reputation by explaining how he cared about the citizens of Rome, more than Caesar’s well being. He promotes his and the conspirators reputation so they can’t be blamed for Caesar’s death. This leads to the citizens to view them as good leaders for Rome instead of a corrupted government.
Ella Lowry Mrs. Counts Honors English II 19 April 2023 A True Leader Should every human be characterized by the way they are perceived? Marcus Junius Brutus, or Brutus for short, has many different character traits and qualities. In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the Roman people have different opinions on Brutus because of his actions and words. Brutus is characterized in many different ways such as honorable, loyal, and patriotic.
Brutus deserves the respect of the citizens because manipulation had a stronger power over him. Issues that Brutus caused in Rome were very villain of him, but he made it so they were not being overpowered like slaves. Brutus is a hero when it comes to the sake of Rome. Brutus made one big mistake throughout his whole process of killing Caesar and that was not killing Marc Anthony. Marc Anthony turned Rome against Brutus and if he would have killed him then the whole city of Rome would still believe how ambitious Caesar was.