Julius Caesar Death Rhetorical Analysis

As we all know Julius Caesar died on March 15th 44 b.c. due to him being ambushed and stabbed by his most trusted friend Brutus for being too “ambitious.” The question that I now ask is if Caesar’s death was justifiable or not. In the play, we have two different point of views from two different characters; Brutus and Antony. Brutus’ point of view and his explanation for killing Caesar was because he saw him as a ruler whose ambition could cause problems for Rome. He based his decision on the fact that he witnessed peculiar events occur in Rome like fire falling from the sky, thunder and lightning, etc. And at Caesar’s funeral, he appealed to the Romans by using the literary technique logos. “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free

He used Pathos, emotional appeal, to lure the citizens back to his side and at the end he managed to cause a riot. “Good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you up
To such a sudden flood of mutiny.They that have done this deed are honourable: What private griefs they have, alas, I know not, that made them do it: they are wise and honourable, and will, no doubt, with reasons answer you.” Based on these two speeches, i believe that Caesar’s death was unnecessary because like Antony said, Brutus had been offered titles three times and he refused it three times so for brutus to kill him claiming that he was “ambitious” is unjustful to me. Also Brutus didn’t kill Caesar for the good of Rome even if that is what he claims. the readers know that he killed Caesar for his own personal agenda and after he did it, the idea that Caesar was ambitious and that he had done a patriotic act were all thoughts for him to get over the fact that he just murdered the one man who trusted him the