Within the story of Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus struggles internally with himself on whether or not to kill his close friend Julius Caesar. He reasons that if he killed him then he would be stopping any chance of tyranny against the roman people from Julius Caesar’s ambitious ways; however he is very loyal to Julius so killing him could be emotionally difficult to accomplish. After some manipulation however he comes to the conclusion that the only way to save the Roman people from a life of bonadage and misery is to assassinate Caesar. For example, in the play while Brutus is alone in his garden he voices his concerns by saying “He would be crown'd:...The abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins Remorse from power: and, to speak truth of Caesar,
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While his intentions appeared to be in the right place with him wanting to protect the plebeians from any wrongdoings, but he was very easily swayed to take very drastic actions by others. For example, when Cassius planned to forge letters to send to Brutus he said “I will this night, In several hands in at his windows throw, As if they came from several citizens, Writings, all tending to the great opinion,...For we will shake him, or worse days endure” (1.2.327-334). Cassius does this because he knows that Brutus is easily manipulable, especially when it comes to the well being of the Roman people. All Marcus Brutus wanted to do was protect the Romans from Julius Caesar’s ambition, and Brutus’ need to protect the Roman people is what lead him to side with the conspirators. I thought that Marcus Brutus joining the conspirators was not a good decision on his part, the plan was very risky, was not fully planned out as they seem to only discuss it from a couple minutes to maybe an hour, and the plan seemed setup to …show more content…
Marcus Brutus' reason for joining the conspirators was based out of his fear of Caesar's ambition and his undying love for the roman people. This is proven when Brutus says, “And therefore think him as a serpent's egg, Which, hatched, would, as his kind, grow mischievous, And kill him in the shell” (2.1.12-15; 33-36). Brutus is comparing Caesar to a serpent's egg, saying that he must be destroyed before his evil has hatched. His fear of Julius Caesar being crowned king and later becoming a tyrant leads to his fear that he would doom the people of Rome to a life of bondage and misery. Marcus Brutus was tricked by Cassius into joining the Conspirators because he wrote letters pretending to be some of the citizens of Rome asking for help, however; in the end Brutus did willingly decide to join the Conspirators himself after being told their plans and
While his intentions appeared to be in the right place with him wanting to protect the plebeians from any wrongdoings, but he was very easily swayed to take very drastic actions by others. For example, when Cassius planned to forge letters to send to Brutus he said “I will this night, In several hands in at his windows throw, As if they came from several citizens, Writings, all tending to the great opinion,...For we will shake him, or worse days endure” (1.2.327-334). Cassius does this because he knows that Brutus is easily manipulable, especially when it comes to the well being of the Roman people. All Marcus Brutus wanted to do was protect the Romans from Julius Caesar’s ambition, and Brutus’ need to protect the Roman people is what lead him to side with the conspirators. I thought that Marcus Brutus joining the conspirators was not a good decision on his part, the plan was very risky, was not fully planned out as they seem to only discuss it from a couple minutes to maybe an hour, and the plan seemed setup to …show more content…
Marcus Brutus' reason for joining the conspirators was based out of his fear of Caesar's ambition and his undying love for the roman people. This is proven when Brutus says, “And therefore think him as a serpent's egg, Which, hatched, would, as his kind, grow mischievous, And kill him in the shell” (2.1.12-15; 33-36). Brutus is comparing Caesar to a serpent's egg, saying that he must be destroyed before his evil has hatched. His fear of Julius Caesar being crowned king and later becoming a tyrant leads to his fear that he would doom the people of Rome to a life of bondage and misery. Marcus Brutus was tricked by Cassius into joining the Conspirators because he wrote letters pretending to be some of the citizens of Rome asking for help, however; in the end Brutus did willingly decide to join the Conspirators himself after being told their plans and