Julius Caesar Monologue

My friends, we all know why we’re gathered here today. We all know of the man, an honorable man, who fell. However, might I just ask why we gather here, today, in our pain? Why must we suffer so, and shed our tears over this man when our great leaders, our brave generals, feared what this man might do? Perhaps they thought him a villain, and this villainous man should be punished for sharing his coin, giving his land, and expanding this great territory of Rome. Caesar, a cruel man indeed… Julius Caesar was a man for the people, nothing less. Never before have I seen a man so ambitious, so strong, remain within the bounds of a good man’s morals. Who before me would refuse the crown not once, but thrice? Who would give their land and gold in their dying claim to anyone besides their own family? Who here, could walk and be merry among their closest, power-hungry friends and not have a shadow of a doubt of their honor? I ask you, who here can step up to this burden, and not crumble to this mighty temptation? Nothing short of a man once in a millennia could; yet today we let this very man come to pass. …show more content…
This we know was no mistake. Our friend Brutus knew very well what he was doing. I am no profit, but one can’t help to speculate at why this event may have come to pass at the hands of Great Brutus. So seems Brutus did not trust his lover, his friend, and brother, Caesar, though he trusts himself well enough. And oh does he trust himself; so I ask, why shouldn’t we trust him? Will I stand by the side of a man to whom the gods are not happy, because I trust this respectable man’s decision? Would I defy my natural actions when a man bathed in the blood of another who treated me with kindness ask me so?