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How Was Brutus Honorable

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The least honorable character is Brutus. Brutus is a coward. He is also many more examples of why he is unhonorable. For example, if Brutus was honorable, he would not have been so easily to talk to about commiting a murder. Brutus thought he made a huge difference for Rome, but instead he was disloyal and committed a sin. He might be loyal to his country, but he did not have to kill someone to prove it. In the play Brutus says, “ but for his ambition, I killed him.” That was the excuse for killing Caesar. Basically meaning, he feared Caesar ambition would create difficulties in the country’s fate. Brutus amittied Caesar was good to people, so why not to Rome? Also in the play, he took full responsibility for the stabbing, showing he was not

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