Julius Caesar Final Essay

“Till then, my noble friend, chew upon this; Brutus had rather be a villager than to repute himself a son of Rome under these hard conditions as this time is like to lay upon us.”(Act 1.2 lines 169-173) Brutus is an honorable man, and loves Rome. This drove him to kill Caesar because he was afraid that Caesar would take over Rome democracy. His motivations, being a patriotism man and being an honorable man didn’t come out well because at the beginning, he said after we kill Caesar we shall be proud, but at the end he killed himself.

By the way Brutus thinks of Rome and does good things for Rome, the people see Brutus as a patriotism person. Brutus sees Caesar as a threat to Rome’s power and democracy. He is afraid that after Cesar becomes king, he will rule Rome in his own way and use the people as slaves. Brutus joins the conspirators to kill Caesar in order to save Rome. “It must be by his death; and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general.” (Act 2.1 lines 10-13) He doesn’t want Caesar to rule Rome, but he is a friend of Caesar at the same time, so he still is wondering a little bit at this point. But, Brutus partakes in the assassination of Caesar making a reason that he will kill Caesar for Rome, and after they kill him Brutus says we should be proud of themselves for killing him. “And let our hearts, as subtle masters do, stir up; their servants to an act of rage; and after seen to chide’em. This shall make our purpose necessary, and not envious; which so appearing to the common eyes, we shall be called purgers, not murderers.” (Act 2.1

You can tell that Brutus is an honorable man by the way he acts out to the people and to Caesar. Although he kills Caesar, he doesn’t want Caesar to be killed like an animal; he wants him to be proud that he is killed for Rome. Brutus doesn’t want to be seen as murderers after he kills Caesar. “Let’s be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius. We shall stand up against the spirit of Caesar, and in the spirit of men there is no blood. O, that we then could come by Caesar’s spirit, and not dismember Caesar! But alas, Caesar must bleed for it. And gentle friends, let’s kill him boldly, but not wrathfully; let’s carve him as a dish fit for the gods, not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds.” (Act 2.1 lines 166-174) Brutus also doesn’t want Antony to be killed after they have killed Caesar. Some of the conspirators say that they must kill Antony because he might revenge to the conspirators but Brutus says to leave him alone and to not kill him. He reminds the conspirators the reason why they have killed Caesar is to save Rome from going under Caesar’s power. “Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius. To cut the head off and then hack the limbs, like wrath in death and envy afterwards; for Antony is a limb of Caesar.” (Act 2.1 lines 162-165) Brutus doesn’t want to see many bloods of people. All he wants is Caesar’s blood to show the people that they have saved Rome for them.

Brutus decided to kill Caesar from his patriotism character because he was afraid that Caesar would take over Rome and use the people as slaves. Although he kills Caesar, he doesn’t kill other people such as Antony, because his goal was to save Rome from Caesar. Brutus didn’t achieve his goal worthy, because at the end Antony revenges to the conspirators and all of them die, and Brutus kills himself too, when he said in the begging they must be proud after they have killed Caesar. But I believe that Brutus’s goal was worthy because he got to kill Caesar boldly and at the end Antony says that he would like to invite Brutus as their friend. That means that Antony has considered what Brutus has done.