The Morality Of Brutus In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

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Morals change constantly; it states that one in five people change their morals every two years. The conspirators convince Brutus Caesar’s friend to join them in the assassination of Caesar, Brutus, and the conspirators kill him to try to stop Caesar from gaining more power. Antony gets the conspirators out of Rome and fights them. Brutus loses and kills himself, and Antony is the ruler of Rome. In Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, Brutus, and the commoners are easily persuaded against their morals similar to the British suffragette movement. Brutus is easily persuaded against his morals. An example Brutus maligned is “not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved/ Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living” Brutis tells the commoners after killing Caesar, hoping that they won't be upset and mad at him (3.2.23-24). Brutus isn’t pensive to care about Caesar and just didn't want him to become a monarch. Brutus in the end starts to say “Why then, lead on.—O, that a man might know/ The end of this day’s business ere it come!” letting someone be a bigger person and have them lead instead of himself lead (5.3.33-34). Because he didn’t want to deal with Antony, Brutus killed himself. In the book, Julius Caesar Brutus is easily …show more content…

During the ceremony after Caesar’s death, many of the commoners weren’t pragmatic, talking about Brutus stating “Let him be Caesar”, the commoners will listen to anybody who has some sort of power(3.2.53). This is shown throughout the story, including Right after Brutus spoke, Antony spoke as well, and the commoners yelled “we will be revenged / Revenge! About! Seek! Burn! Fire! Kill! Slay! Let not a traitor live!”(3.2.215-217). After they were persuaded by Antony, they quickly wanted to kill Brutus. The commoners killed Cinna the poet thinking that he was the one who killed caesar. In the book Julius Caesar, the commoners are easily persuaded throughout the

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