In the play Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, the character Brutus is portrayed to be a very honorable man. Honorability is best described as the act of respecting not only yourself, but everyone else around you. However, Brutus is often a very unhonorable man, as the actions in which he makes do not usually portray the man he is said to be. He does not always live up to be the most honorable Roman to ever live, as his unhonorable side is shown through the death of Julius Caesar. Brutus shows a different side of himself throughout the course of the play, all in which make it justifiable to label Brutus as an unhonorable man.
After Brutus had finished his plan to execute Caesar, he began to see the ghost of Caesar almost everywhere …show more content…
They force themselves to believe that this is true, in order to have an excuse and to wash away the guilt in which they feel after the killing of Caesar. Brutus continuously talks about how the killing of Caesar was for the good of Rome and that it was “not that [he] loved Caesar less, but that [he] loved Rome more” (Act 3, Scene 2, 22). Brutus feels as though what he did was for the good of Rome and that if Caesar had became leader, than life itself would have changed dramatically in a very negative way. To the people of Rome it seems as though Brutus in an honorable man, who will sacrifice himself for the good of society. Brutus being able to take the blame for the murder in order to keep Rome from falling apart seems to be a true act of honor. However, Antony then states how “Caesar was ambitious. If it were so, it was a grievous fault” (Act 3, Scene 2, 81). If the killing of Caesar was truly the right thing to do, then Antony and the people of Rome would not be feeling the way they do. They would no longer talk about how it was a grievous fault, and instead be proud and humbled, knowing that Brutus, there leader, will stand up for what is right and protect Rome. Brutus should feel a sense of pride and honor for standing up for Rome and the people within, but instead he forces himself to believe what he did was right …show more content…
Brutus decides to kill himself after seeing the ghost of Caesar rather than accepting the fact that what he did was wrong and owning up to it like a man. Brutus begins to think about his assassination upon Caesar, as he claims that “his heart doth joy that yet in all [his] life [he] found no man, but [Caesar] was true to I” (Act V, Scene V, 38-39). Brutus is beginning to realize that the assassination on Caesar was not as meaningful as he thought. Killing Caesar was not all worth it to Brutus, as the guilt, pain, and agony of killing his best friend begins to build up inside of him. Rather than being an honorable man and owning up to his mistake, he decides to end it all there and take the easy way out, by killing himself. Brutus forces guilt on others, as he tells Starto to “hold thou my sword hilts, whilst I run on it” practically forcing guilt upon Strato for letting Brutus kill himself. If Brutus was an honorable then he would not have brought Strato down with him and make him feel guilty for Brutus’s suicide. A true man of honor would accept his problems on his own, rather than put them into the hands of another innocent man. Brutus does not own up to his actions, and instead decides to take his own life and bring others down with
After Brutus had finished his plan to execute Caesar, he began to see the ghost of Caesar almost everywhere …show more content…
They force themselves to believe that this is true, in order to have an excuse and to wash away the guilt in which they feel after the killing of Caesar. Brutus continuously talks about how the killing of Caesar was for the good of Rome and that it was “not that [he] loved Caesar less, but that [he] loved Rome more” (Act 3, Scene 2, 22). Brutus feels as though what he did was for the good of Rome and that if Caesar had became leader, than life itself would have changed dramatically in a very negative way. To the people of Rome it seems as though Brutus in an honorable man, who will sacrifice himself for the good of society. Brutus being able to take the blame for the murder in order to keep Rome from falling apart seems to be a true act of honor. However, Antony then states how “Caesar was ambitious. If it were so, it was a grievous fault” (Act 3, Scene 2, 81). If the killing of Caesar was truly the right thing to do, then Antony and the people of Rome would not be feeling the way they do. They would no longer talk about how it was a grievous fault, and instead be proud and humbled, knowing that Brutus, there leader, will stand up for what is right and protect Rome. Brutus should feel a sense of pride and honor for standing up for Rome and the people within, but instead he forces himself to believe what he did was right …show more content…
Brutus decides to kill himself after seeing the ghost of Caesar rather than accepting the fact that what he did was wrong and owning up to it like a man. Brutus begins to think about his assassination upon Caesar, as he claims that “his heart doth joy that yet in all [his] life [he] found no man, but [Caesar] was true to I” (Act V, Scene V, 38-39). Brutus is beginning to realize that the assassination on Caesar was not as meaningful as he thought. Killing Caesar was not all worth it to Brutus, as the guilt, pain, and agony of killing his best friend begins to build up inside of him. Rather than being an honorable man and owning up to his mistake, he decides to end it all there and take the easy way out, by killing himself. Brutus forces guilt on others, as he tells Starto to “hold thou my sword hilts, whilst I run on it” practically forcing guilt upon Strato for letting Brutus kill himself. If Brutus was an honorable then he would not have brought Strato down with him and make him feel guilty for Brutus’s suicide. A true man of honor would accept his problems on his own, rather than put them into the hands of another innocent man. Brutus does not own up to his actions, and instead decides to take his own life and bring others down with