JC essay

Brutus

Brutus is struggling to find out for himself whether or not he should kill his friend Caesar just so that Rome could live free, but the he decides that he loves Rome more than Caesar and he should fight for Rome. “Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I love Caesar less, but that I love Rome more” that is what Brutus tells himself so that he know that he has to keep fighting for Rome’s freedom. Brutus is an honorable man that is willing to slay and destroy Caesars future of becoming the ruler of Rome. He is also willing to kill himself just so that Rome can live free and with a republic. What keeps Brutus fitting for his goal is his love and honor for Rome and its people.

Brutus’s love for Rome changed how he saw his world by realizing that is Caesar became ruler of Rome then he could use his miss use his power and look down on the people of Rome. Not only that but Brutus’s ancestors have fought for many generation before his time to keep Rome a republic and get rid of any people who could become a tyrant. His love is proved when he says “Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I love Caesar less, but that I love Rome more” saying that he loves Caesar but he loves his home and its people more. “Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?” in this quote Brutus is saying that is Caesar becomes king then we would all have to die slaves, and is he doesn’t become king then the people of Rome would live free just like in a republic. This is to show the level of love that he shows for Rome by saying things that Caesar could do but might not do just so that people would listen to him and fall on his side instead of cheering Caesar on.

Brutus’s honor is one of his better attributes because that is why Caesar considers him as a friends and why the people look up to him. He is the most honorable noble’s in Rome at that time and he uses it to get rid of Caesar before he rules Rome and if that happens Brutus will have no say. Brutus says “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.” When he says this it means that he has more love for honor that his fear of death. Pg. 78 lines 224-228 where he says look fresh as you would be on a new day and be happy just as you should be on a new day.

His love and honor where the main and most important of his motivators because that is what he always had with him, because he was one of the most honorable nobles. His love helped him because he was always trying to keep Rome from falling apart. And he was killed because he allowed Antony to change the peoples minds by saying that Caesar’s death was a dish meant for dogs even if Brutus and the conspirators where striving for a dish fit for the gods.