Betrayal And Brutus In Julius Caesar

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Brutus was a trusted friend to Julius Caesar however Brutus literally backstabbed Caesar because Brutus Believe Rome would be better without Caesar ruling. Betrayal by a friend is far worse than hatred from an enemy because a friend is someone who can be trusted but not expecting to become a betrayer.
Betrayal from a friend is far worse than hatred from an enemy. Betrayal can leads to the downfall of that person who got betrayed. A person had a friend for almost over five years, but in high school that friend distance himself away. It got much worse when that friend started to get influenced by school bullies and joined them. That friend later bullied that person. The feeling of betrayal led him to dropout of high school and he is now an alcoholic

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