The most favorite character of mine of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar was Brutus. Although at times his trustworthiness was to the point of naivenss he was also the most moral character in the play. His leaderistic quality convinced him that the assassination of Caesar was the best thing to do for the public and for himself. Idealistic about nobility and honor (which was as a convincing point by other characters) he can almost be seen as a tragic hero.
Perhaps one of the most admirable traits of Brutus was his morality. That never floundered in his decisions. His vacilitaty in between being part of the conspiracy or not was because of his moral standards. Killing a close friend was not in his wanting, but he determined it as the best for the public (another moral justification of joining the conspiracy). Yet another reason for the assassination of Caesar was that Brutus didn't want him to have all power because then he wouldn't have the same amount of power as he did now. That leadiristic or dictatorial quality in him leads him to also keep Cicero out because h
Brutus's refusal on killing Mark Antony with Caesar shows his morality and good dictatorship. He doesn't want Antony killed because he believes, "Our course will seem too bloody" 2.1.28. Besides his moral side of this he also doesn't want him being killed because that will have no effect on his power and he also wants to kill when it's very necessary, especially to the public because otherwise he would have thought of killing Caesar himself if it had been that such of a selfish want.
One sign of Brutus's idealism of honor shows when Brutus rejects Cassius's proposal on having an oath to seal their solidarity. He says that people acting in a noble cause don't need to a bond like that.
e wants the power reserved for himself. At that point in the play already Brutus has taken over the conspiracy and he isn't bad at it because even though everyone agrees to have Cicero in the conspiracy, Brutus objects and his decision alone stands over the three other conspirators.
Port's self-inflicted wound is obvious to her commitment to her marriage and her loyalty to Brutus. Although in our days this would by considered immoral in western culture, here it
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