Brutus

Analytical Essay # 25981

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Brutus

A character analysis of Brutus in William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar".

700 words () | 1 source | MLA | 2002 United States

Paper Summary:

In the story of "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Brutus is essential to the plot development of the play. The paper shows that his character is gullible in the way he lets people take advantage of his naivete towards other characters in the play. Brutus is also facing an inevitable death due to the fact that he has a dying patriotism to his country. The paper examines Brutus' conflict between being a friend to Rome and a friend to a Caesar. This conflict made Brutus agonize over the idea of Caesar being murdered. It shows that this conflict led to the tragedy in Brutus' life. Brutus inflicted the wound that may have been the one that killed Caesar and eliminated the one thing that Rome required - Caesar.

From the Paper:

"In the play, Brutus has the utmost pride in and love for his country. On p.11 lines79-80, Brutus states "What means this shouting? I do fear the people choose Caesar for their king." This is earlier in the story when Brutus first fears Caesar blooming into a king. Brutus acknowledges at this point that he does have some sort of hatred brewing inside of him towards Caesar. On p.11, lines 88-89 he states " For let the gods so speed me as I love the name of honor more than I fear death." He would rather die with honor then to wallow in his life with a great dishonor. He must return to the vociferate ways which Brutus had before. If he had loved Caesar he would have made an outcry for help and to at least influence Caesar's head with rumors of a conspiracy. There is no doubt that he tried his best to make the government not suffer by Caesar's death. Brutus always will have a dying love for his country."