The Assassination Of Brutus In Julius Caesar

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Brutus whole decision on the joining the conspirators is based all on possibilities. The possibilities, that Caesar holds the potential to become too powerful. That Caesar could forget where he came from and start to undermine the people who helped him achieve his stature of success. The assassination must happen to prevent Caesar from doing something he might do or might become. So in effect Brutus takes destiny into his own hands and follows through with the execution of Caesar.
Cassius elects to commit suicide under a false a assumption. He concluded that Titinius had been took prisioner by the enemy. Which in reality, the soldiers were honoring a triumph by Titinius. Once Again, Cassius pursues his own proposition and takes his life

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