'Julius Caesar: Was Brutus' Right?

Cambree Torma
Mr. Ioannidis
English 10B 1st Hr
15 January 2023
Was Brutus right?
In the play Julius Caesar, Brutus is at war with himself deciding if killing Caesar is the right option. In the play, he brings up some valid points. Brutus was right in the fact that killing Caesar would save Rome. The first reason why he was right is it was the only to stop Caesar from becoming dictator. Second, if Caesar were to become dictator, he would end up becoming a tyrant and his ambition would blind him from helping Rome. Lastly, Brutus wants the best for Rome, he wants to protect them. And having Caesar as ruler would not be safe for Rome. Brutus comes to the conclusion that killing Caesar is the only solution when he says “It must be by his death.” If the conspirators were to try and stop Caesar from taking the throne they would either be exiled or killed. Going back to Act I, after Flavius and Murellus take down Caesar’s decorations, they are said to be “put to silence.” The people wouldn’t listen to Brutus and the conspirators' reasons behind why Caesar is not fit to rule, and would turn their backs on Brutus, since the Citizens are

Brutus says “he would be crowned: How that might change his nature, there's the question,”(II, i, 10-15) where he’s thinking about what will Caesar become once he's dictator. “But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the utmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may, Then, lest he may, prevent,”(II, i, 30-34) by Brutus saying this, he’s saying how they need to prevent what is to come of Caesar, once he ascends too much, he will turn his back on the people, and continue to keep climbing. Brutus is saying to stop him before anything bad ever