Brutus is a very complex character in Julius Caesar. He is a powerful public figure and plays many roles in the book. He appears as a husband to his wife Portia, a great leader, and a loving friend. He faces many challenges throughout the book and has to choose who he feels he should be loyal to. Brutus is a hero because he had the best interest for all his friends, he is honourable and most loves Rome, and he is loyal to the conspirators. Brutus starts off as a good friend to Cassius, who was also part of the conspirators, and he was also a good friend to Caesar. Cassius grows a hatred for Caesar based of jealousy because of all the attention he gets. Cassius feels he is overrated and his power and strength is overexaggerated. Cassius gets
