Brutus Honor For The Good Of Rome
Brutus’ honor for the good of Rome is shown at the Feast of Lupercal and near the statue of Pompey. Cassius persuades Brutus that Caesar is not worthy to be the king of Rome. Cassius flatters Brutus by saying he (Brutus) has the same amount of power and should not have to look up to Caesar. Before Cassius proposes to Brutus if he (Brutus) should join the conspirators to kill Caesar, Brutus says, “If it aught toward the general good, / Set honor in one eye and death I’ th’ other, / And I will look on both indifferently, / For let the gods so speed me as I love / The name of honor more than I fear death” (I. ii. 87-91). Brutus accepts what Cassius proposes, which is killing Caesar, because Cassius persuades him into believing a dead Caesar is
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Caesar sees Brutus stab him and speaks. “Et tu Brute? – Then fall, Caesar” (III. i. 84-85). The conspirators know everyone thinks of Brutus as such a noble man, that he is used as a way of getting what the conspirators want, which is killing Caesar, without punishment. Brutus’ stabbing Caesar allows him (Caesar) to show he thinks of Brutus as a man with such great morals and honor that even he himself believes he should not live. When Caesar is dead, the conspirators are about to go out to the loud and confused and angry Romans to explain what the situation is. Brutus leads the way, which was planned because Brutus is honorable, as stated many times before, and if they see Brutus, the Romans will believe the conspirators did the right thing, which tricks the Romans to favor the conspirators. Brutus says, “If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" (III. ii. 21-24). The Romans love and appreciate Brutus so much, that they want to crown him as king. The Romans’ wanting to crown Brutus as king is very ironic because the entire point of killing Caesar was to not have a monarch-ruled government, but a
Caesar sees Brutus stab him and speaks. “Et tu Brute? – Then fall, Caesar” (III. i. 84-85). The conspirators know everyone thinks of Brutus as such a noble man, that he is used as a way of getting what the conspirators want, which is killing Caesar, without punishment. Brutus’ stabbing Caesar allows him (Caesar) to show he thinks of Brutus as a man with such great morals and honor that even he himself believes he should not live. When Caesar is dead, the conspirators are about to go out to the loud and confused and angry Romans to explain what the situation is. Brutus leads the way, which was planned because Brutus is honorable, as stated many times before, and if they see Brutus, the Romans will believe the conspirators did the right thing, which tricks the Romans to favor the conspirators. Brutus says, “If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" (III. ii. 21-24). The Romans love and appreciate Brutus so much, that they want to crown him as king. The Romans’ wanting to crown Brutus as king is very ironic because the entire point of killing Caesar was to not have a monarch-ruled government, but a