Is Brutus the noblest Roman of them all?
Brutus professes the Stoic philosophy and tries to make his character fit the principles instead of adapting the rules to his character. At heart, he is gentleman - we witness his compassion for Lucius, his real love for his wife, even his love for Caesar. He is trusting to the point of guillibity, which blinds him to his own mistaken judgements.....was Brutus doomed to fail?
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I believe, in the beginning of the play, that Brutus was a noble man. What made him noble was that although he loved Caesar, deep down he knew that Caesar's ambitions and actions would eventually destroy Rome and it's people. Brutus took action and killed Caesar before this could be done and I feel it was a noble move, even though he killed a man; but in a way, Caesar was dangerous. However, at the end of the play, I believe that Brutus did not act as noble. In the end, since he feared capture, he took his own life. If he was truly noble, he would've accepted defeat and took his punishment for what he had done to Caesar.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, Brutus was a noble Roman. He did love Caesar, but he was afraid of all the destruction he could cause to Rome and all those who lived there. Brutus knew that Caesar was ambitious, and that would cause the fall of Rome in some ways. So, he was noble for killing a man who could destroy a city. At the end of the play, I believe that Brutus lost his sense of nobility. He just gave up, and decided to kill himself. He didn’t want to admit what he did to Caesar was wrong, even though he did it with good intentions. If Brutus were a noble Roman he would have gone and said what he did was wrong.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Brutus was the most noble Roman, at the beginning of the play. Brutus was kind hearted and was only willing to murder Caesar under the impression that it would benefit All of Rome. Brutus felt the needs of many outweighed the needs of one and murdered Caesar feeling it would greatly improve the condition of Rome. At the end of the play Brutus had feared capture and defeat and took the dishonorable route of suicide. Brutus had been a respectable, noble man, however, he had faced challenges and problems that had overwhelmed him and they were too much for him to bare, and he had quickly lost his nobility.
ReplyDeleteBrutus was a good man. He loved Rome, cared for it even worked to keep it the way it was. But he didn't feel that Caesar was the right man to rule Rome. He plotted against Caesar in an attempt to kill Caesar so that he would no longer rule Rome. Brutus was naive, Brutus did not think about another way to be rid of Caesar. His only thought was of death. Because of this one decision, his life ended early and many in Rome hated him. In a way Brutus could be the noblest Roman because his entire reasoning for Caesar's death was for Rome.
ReplyDeleteBrutus was the noblest Roman because he truly believed that the assassination of Caesar was in the best interest of Rome, while the other conspirators had ulterior motives in killing Caesar. Brutus wavered over the idea of killing Caesar because he knew he had to choose between friendship and Rome. He came to the conclusion that all the people of Rome were more important than just one man, which is the only reason he betrayed his friend. Brutus was loyal not only to Rome but to his wife, which proves that he is a good man with values. Brutus honored his beliefs and overcame his fears for the good of Rome, which reveals his nobility.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Brutus was a noble and honorable man. He was good to everyone. Brutus loved Caesar but he loved Rome more. Brutus knew that if Caesar came to power then Rome would be in complete destruction. Many of slaves would die and it would be a complete disaster. It was his duty to kill Caesar so Rome could stay "free". Caesar trusted Brutus, they were very good friends, but Brutus knew that he had to sacrifice Caesar in order to save Rome which makes him noble but Brutus knew what he did was wrong by killing Caesar, but never accepted the blame for it.
ReplyDeletehe never truly realized his fault b/c to him it was duty
Deletehe never truly realized his fault b/c to him it was duty
DeleteI believe that Brutus was the noblest Roman of them all because he had to make an extremely difficult decision, which meant he needed to kill his best friend. Brutus takes into account the well being of Rome and he realizes that Caesar is not the strongest ruler and that he will bring Rome down, causing the end for it all. Brutus kills Caesar, with the other conspirators and in doing so, he shows that he is extremely noble and dedicated to Rome's future.
ReplyDeleteI think that Brutus was the noblest roman of them all because he was good to everyone, he loved Caesar and the only reason he killed him because he truly believed that it would be for the good of Rome. In Brutus killing Caesar for the good of rome it shows that he is noble and loyal to his city.
ReplyDeleteI believe that in the beginning of the play Brutus was a noble Roman because he loved Caesar. Even though he did have this love for Caesar he felt like he needed to kill him for the good of Rome. He made this decision to kill Caesar even though Caesar was his best friend. Brutus also shows nobility to his wife which means he had good intentions in life. In the end he lost his sense of nobility when he killed himself because he fears being captured by Antony. Losing his sense of nobility still makes him a noble person because when he was killing Caesar he was killing him for Rome, so that Rome would not fall apart under Caesar power.
ReplyDeleteEven though Brutus killed Caesar he is still a noble and honorable man. At first he was against the killing, but Cassuis, Casca and the other conspirators tricked him by creating fake letters and giving them to Brutus saying how much the people would rather have Brutus as a leader then Caesar. Also Brutus kept refereeing to the killing of Caesar as a sacrifice for Rome and he even said that he wished there was a way to kill just the spirit of Caesar and not actually Caesar. Unlike the other conspirators he didn’t want to take an oath and he spared Antony. He did this because he felt like that would be a pointless killing. Brutus even spoke at Caesars funeral saying how much he loved Caesar yet he must be killed because it was way too ambitious and that would ruin Rome. Brutus was naive in letting Antony speak at Caesar funeral, and he let Antony because he felt that Antony deserved a chance to talk about his friend. If Brutus wasn’t noble and honorable he would not have done the things he did for Rome.
ReplyDeleteBrutus was the most noble and honorable man of Rome because of his righteous morals and values. Brutus defended the assassination of Caesar because he genuinely believed that he should not rule Rome in view of the fact that he was over ambitious and wanted to be leader for the wrong reasons. Although Brutus had betrayed his best friend Caesar, by being part of the murder, he did it for the good of the Roman people. Brutus was also able to show his virtuous self toward his wife, which proves that he is truly an honorable man. Brutus was committed to wanting only good for Rome’s future and for this to happen, he did what had to be done. Despite the fact that Brutus was a noble man, he did face challenges with himself and that caused him to be overwhelmed and commit suicide.
ReplyDeleteI think that Brutus truly is the most noble Roman of them all. The actions he took proved him to be the most noble. He let his love for Rome overpower his love for his friend. He ultimately wanted the best for Rome and he didn't think that Caesar was the right leader for Rome, so he killed him. He was noble by explaining to the people of Rome that the love he had for all of them had overpowered his love for Caesar and he wanted them to have the best. He killed Caesar because he was a noble man, he he wouldn't have done it. He disagreed with Caesar coming to power and he did something about it, which makes him very noble.
ReplyDeleteI believe that in the beginning of the tragedy Brutus was a nobleman. He had a loving relationship with his wife, and was a very kind hearted man. Within each person is evil; and by the end of the play he had let evil take over him. He had allowed his belief for Caesars ambition take over him; and eventually ending in not only the death of Caesar but himself and a few of his companions as well. He knew that what he had done was extraordinarily wrong; but he couldn’t admit to that, ending with him putting a knife to his heart.
ReplyDeleteI also do believe that Brutus was a great, noble man. He was left with a tough decision, but he had to do what was right for all the Romans. Although he had much love towards Caesar, he could not let him live on and possibly endanger the city of Rome. Brutus knew that his personal friendship with Caesar could not influence his final decision. He had to look for Rome’s best interest., and that was to eventually kill Caesar. Caesar was the cause of several bad events and he had to put a stop to it. Brutus did not want him to make anymore bad choices for the future and risk the people of Rome’s lives. Brutus came to the realization that the city of Rome was more important then his friendship with Caesar. This make Brutus a very intelligent. strong and loyal man. He had been very loyal and trustworthy to the people of Rome, and also to his wife. These events that Brutus had went though and the decisions he had made reveals his nobility.
ReplyDeleteI do believe that Brutus was a great and noble man, perhaps the noblest of Rome. He was so devoted to Rome and its people that he even killed a good friend in order to keep Rome safe. He even says "Not that i loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more." I don't believe he should have just killed Caesar though. Although Caesar may have been a little too ambitious, I agree with Antony. Antony says how devoted Caesar was to Rome and "when that the poor cried, Caesar hath wepted." Caesar loved ROme and its people and I think he had the best intentions as a ruler. He obviously wasn't planning on abusing his power, it took him 3 times to accept the crown. This shows how humble he was. He was not an evil man who wanted to make Romans his slaves. He was quite the opposite. But I do see how his ambition could have put Rome in danger. So in a way I do support Brutus' decision and I agree that he was a noble man.
ReplyDeleteI think that Brutus was doomed to fail from the begging. He meant well, by killing Caesar for being too ambitious but he made too many mistakes along the way. I believe his biggest mistake was leaving Antony alive. If he had killed him Brutus wouldn't have died along with all of the other conspirators. This is because Antony wouldn't have had a chance to rile up the asses....i mean masses. All along the way Brutus was making mistakes because he thought it was the noble or correct choice, like letting Antony speak at Caesars funeral, but if you ask me i think that Brutus is just plain stupid.
ReplyDeleteI think that Brutus is the noblest man in Julius Caesar, I believe this because he truly felt that by killing Caesar the majority of Rome would better off. " Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more." he viewed him as a threat to the people, because of him ambitions . Brutus also thought that Caesar was becoming to powerful and he feared what he could potentially do. I do agree that by the end of the play he was one of the weaker individuals, i think that because at the end when they had made their speeches about their view of Caesar's death he killed himself in fear of Antony and his men capturing him. Instead of him taking his own life I think that he should have stood up for what he truly thought was rite.
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