How Did Brutus Hate Caesar

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Brutus is the plotter of the scheme to kill the famous Augustus Caesar, is he a murderer that deserves to be punished or is the hero that all of Rome deserves? I Mark Antony will interview Brutus and share with you people with the facts behind this plot and killing of Caesar.
You the people of Rome have been through a plethora of rulers and so why is the death of this one so significant, being killed by his peers during a senate meeting is what makes this such a story.
Brutus started off his interview with me by not answering my question only speaking directly to the readers by saying “People of the U.S. lend me your ears and listen to what I have to say, you may not like it but stay quiet so others can, please respect my honor and show
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He replied with “If there are any of those out there who are friends of Caesars, they should know that Brutus’s loves Caesar no less than they did.” He explains to them that do not judge him on the killing but judge him on his love for Rome rather than his love for Caesar. He moves on to answer my question again of why he did it, he explained that “would you rather Caesar live and all live as slaves or have Caesar die so that you all can live like freemen and like kings.” He calls out you people of Rome, will you take the life as slaves for Caesars life, or will you take the death or live as freemen?
Brutus you have done a good job of convincing the people of your cause but now it is time to talk about yourself for a change. “Do you regret your decision and does this killing of a dear friend hurt you? “I weep because Caesar really loved me and I loved him, as he was a valiant person I rejoice his wealth distribution, as he was valiant I honor him, as he was ambitious I slew him for it.” I will put it into simpler words for you, he feels bad for killing him but had a reason too because he was too ambitious so he had to kill

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