Why Is Julius Caesar Noble

A noble person is someone who is putting other people before themselves, who only want what's best for the everyone. For a man who killed his best friend and leader this sounds nothing like Brutus. There are other reasons why Brutus should not be considered a noble man. There are three examples of his dishonorable acts in this play that bring him to shame.

The first degrading act Brutus commits is that he lets Cassius flatter him into agreeing with him that Caesar must be killed. He is not standing up for what he believes is true. Brutus did not mind Caesar until Cassius filled his head with his honey words. Although he didn't want Caesar to have the crown he would have never thought about executing his old friend, until Cassius steps into the picture. After Cassius talks to him, he views Caesar as too ambitious. If Brutus would have rejected Cassius’s idea and stood up for what he truly believed in he could have been called a noble Roman.

The second despicable act was the assassination of his best friend, Caesar. After committing the crime Brutus says “not that I
Suicide is a selfish and cruel way to avoid facing your fears. Especially, since Brutus is the one who backed himself into this corner by being swayed by Cassius’ words and killing Caesar. Although most people don’t accommodate on how Antony and Octavius are trying to run Rome, Antony and Octavius agreed to give Brutus a noble funeral that in all likelihood, he doesn’t deserve. They were more noble than Brutus had ever been in his life.

So, is Brutus a noble Roman? After thinking through the facts, one must look inside themselves and think “is being a suicidal, murdering conspirator a noble Roman?” Brutus should have never even been considered a noble Roman in the first