Is Brutus Caesar Unjustifiable

In society it is considered unjustifiable for someone to commit suicide and also seen as as a sign of being a coward or weak. People may believe there is no reason that someone would rather be dead than living but in some cases suicide can be justified such as Brutus and Cassius’s death.

Brutus know he will soon have his life ended and he avenges Brutus sees Caesar’s ghost and his ghost foretells that he shall soon come to his end. “Bru. … The ghost of Caesar hath appeared to me two several times by night; at Sardis once, and this last night here in Philippi fields: I know my hour is come,” (V.v). He knows he was soon going to die and he killed himself to avenge Caesars death. “Bru. I kill’d not thee with half so good a will,” (V.v). Brutus is willing to die more than when he killed Caesar. It is justifiable for him avenge Caesar’s death and let Caesars’s ghosts warning be fulfilled.

Cassius asks Brutus if he would want to be captured by the roman army if the loose the battle. “Cas. Then if we lose this battle you are contented to be lead in triumph through the streets of Rome? Bru. No, Cassius, no: think not; thou noble roman, that Brutus will ever go bound to Rome,” (V.iii). They both would rather kill themselves than be paraded through Rome by their enemy. That is a justifiable reason for them to kill themselves they would rather that than be executed by the enemy. Cassius kills himself in belief that Brutus has been captured. “Cas. Come down; behold no more. O, coward that I am, to live so long, to see my best friend ta’en before my face,” (V.iii). He doesn’t want to live without his best friend and he and Brutus decided not be allowing themselves to be taken by the roman army. It is justifiable that he would rather die than live without his best friend and be captured by the