Brutus Before The Assassination Of Julius Caesar Essay

Brutus, before the assassination of Caesar. Brutus was the son of a great military general, and a great military general himself. He was always seen as loyal to Caesar and a good friend to him as well. He would always bring in many people that Caesar requested to bring him from war and they have had no conflicts in their work, so why would Brutus all of a sudden turn on Caesar like he did? There is context that shows what happens and tells how it happened. Brutus was not the one who had the conflicts. So was Brutus convinced or did he really turn? That is what this document is going to talk about.

“In “Julius Caesar” Brutus has internal struggles about his feelings for Caesar. Part of the problem within Brutus is the fact that he can be easily …show more content…
This is when Mark Antony steps in and changes how the people think about the assassination of Caesar and the conspiracy that killed him. Mark Antony said he would never talk bad about Brutus. So instead of talking bad about Brutus, he changes the perspective on how the people see him. Brutus was seen as a hero for his actions, and the people loved him, then Antony compares the death of Caesar to a Man hunting a deer. The people of Rome didn’t think of it as Caesar being the innocent deer and the conspiracy being the crazy humans they were. The conspiracy had the wrong idea about Caesar and now the people see Caesar as a king who was innocent and had no reason to be assassinated. Yes, Caesar made some very tyrannical moves by attacking Pompey, and then Caesar making a scene about denying the crown three time. When Cassius talks to Brutus about Caesar, Cassius brings up that one of Brutus’s past ancestors fought a tyrant named Tarquin, who they had to kill to help bring up the Roman Republic. So Cassius tried to guilt Brutus into it as well so Cassius says that Brutus needs to hold up the family name and do what his ancestor did in order to keep the Roman Republic in a safe stable place. But little did they know they this assassination would just make everything worse. The conspiracy sees the crowd as very stupid for not seeing how hard it was for Caesar to deny the crown. Cassius knows it will be hard for Brutus to go against Caesar since Caesar treats Brutus with favoritism. Cassius starts secretly throwing letters through Brutus’s window supposedly from citizen praising Brutus, and that Caesar is too ambitious. Hoping that this will sway Brutus into helping with the assassination of Caesar. Brutus had no intentions of