in the play julius caesar why does brutus kill caesar?

Answer 1

Marcus Brutus is Caesar's close friend; his ancestors were famed for driving the tyrannical King Tarquin from Rome (described in Shakespeare's earlier The Rape of Lucrece). Brutus allows himself to be cajoled into joining a group of conspiring senators because of a growing suspicion—implanted by Gaius Cassius—that Caesar intends to turn republican Rome into a monarchy under his own rule. Traditional readings of the play maintain that Cassius and the other conspirators are motivated largely by envy and ambition, whereas Brutus is motivated by the demands of honour and patriotism; other commentators, such as Isaac Asimov, suggest that it shows Brutus is no less moved by envy and flattery. One of the central strengths of the play is that it resists categorising its characters as either simple heroes or villains.

Brutus' arguments with Cassius and his struggle with his own conscience. The growing tide of public support soon turns Brutus against Caesar (This public support was actually faked. Cassius wrote letters in different handwritings over the next month and hid them in different places for Brutus to find in order to get Brutus to join the conspiracy). A soothsayer warns Caesar to "beware the Ides of March," which he ignores, culminating in his assassination at the Capitol by the conspirators that day.

Caesar's assassination is perhaps the most famous part of the play. After ignoring the soothsayer as well as his wife's own premonitions, Caesar is caught at the senate at the mercy of the conspirators. After a few words exchanged, Casca stabs Caesar in the back of his neck, and the others follow in stabbing him; Brutus is last. At this point, Caesar utters the famous line "Et tu, Brute?" ("And you, Brutus?", i.e. "You too, Brutus?"). Shakespeare has him add, "Then fall, Caesar," suggesting that Caesar did not want to survive such treachery. The conspirators make clear that they did this act for Rome, not for their own purposes.

After Caesar's death, however, Mark Antony, with a subtle and eloquent speech over Caesar's corpse—the much-quoted Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears...—deftly turns public opinion against the assassins by manipulating the emotions of the common people, in contrast to the rational tone of Brutus's speech. Antony rouses the mob to drive the conspirators from Rome.

The beginning of Act Four is marked by the quarrel scene, where Brutus attacks Cassius for soiling the noble act of regicide by accepting bribes ("Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake? / What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, / And not for justice?"). The two are reconciled, but as they prepare for war with Mark Antony and Caesar's great-nephew, Octavian (Shakespeare's spelling: Octavius), Caesar's ghost appears to Brutus with a warning of defeat ("thou shalt see me at Philippi", ). Events go badly for the conspirators during the battle; both Brutus and Cassius choose to commit suicide rather than to be captured. The play ends with a tribute to Brutus, who has remained "the noblest Roman of them all" and hints at the friction between Mark Antony and Octavian which will characterise another of Shakespeare's Roman plays, Antony and Cleopatra.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Brutus was caesar's angel. But still he killed him. Because cassius brain-washed brutus. Brutus does not have the ability to see inside of people like julius caesar. His love for Rome is greater than Julius Caesar and so kill caesar.

Answer 4

Brutus doesn't intend to kill Julius Caesar, but instigated by
Cassius, a staunch opponent of Caesar. As per Shake spear's drama "Julius Caesar", Julius Caesar killed his predecessor Emperor Pompey with the help of Brutus, Cassius, casca and Antony. Julius Caesar promised them that he will establish democracy as soon as he embark the throne of Rome. After embarking the throne, Caesar made no effort to establish democracy, more over he tightened his grip and lowered his respect to Cassius and Casca. Cassius envied Julius Caesar.Cassius is a cunning crook. Sensing danger from Cassius, Caesar kept every-body at a distance, except Brutus and Antony. Both are very loyal to Caesar. Brutus is very honest, straight forward , lover of democracy and Roman people. He will sacrifice even his own life for the sake of Roman people. Taking it as a weakness Cassius instigated Brutus telling, as long as Caesar alive democracy will not be achieved. Cassius showed some examples to make Brutus to believe his assessment. Cassius plotted to kill Caesar, when Antony is away. Since Caesar never allow anybody to come near him, Cassius used Brutus, who is having an access to approach Caesar. In the whole saga, Brutus is only a body, not a brain.

Answer 5

In the Play Julius Ceaser, by William Shakespeare, Brutus feels that Ceasre was Ambitious. We know that he does not want Ceaser to become the king of Rome, when he tells Cassius, during the festival of Lupercal that he hopes the people dont crown him king. Brutus feels that Ceaser will make all the Romans slaves, and become a ruthless dictator, if he is crowned king. He feels all so, because Ceaser had led a civil war against Pompey, who was a king of Rome along with him in the first Roman Triumvirate. He feels that an ambitious person like Ceaser is not fit to live and rule Rome.

Answer 6

Brutus as Tragic Hero in Julius Caesar



In Julius Caesar, Brutus is the protagonist who exhibits a tragic flaw. Brutus was a man of moral and honor. When he saw the future of Rome in jeopardy, he did what he thought was best at the time. He, Cassius and other men plotted and killed Caesar. Brutus thought that his actions were noble because Caesar could change when he is crowned just as serpents egg when it hatches.



Brutus fits the definition of a tragic hero because he did a great thing for Rome. If Caesar was crowned and given the power to rule, the destruction that he may have cause is unknown. However, Brutus' tragic flaw was his gullibility and hubris. Brutus was easily convince by Cassius to kill Caeser when Cassius emphasizes how honorable it would be. Brutus' overwhelming pride clouded his judgement making unable to see and realize the harm in his actions. Only til the end of the plot does Brutus realize that what he did may not have been the best or most righteous action.



So Brutus is a hero because he has the qualities of a hero such as honor and justice but he is flawed through his overwhelming pride. From the killing of Caesar to his own suicide, Brutus committed these acts believing they were right. Though Brutus may not have done the best things at the time, his ideas and intentions were not flawed.

Brutus

The defenition of a tragic hero a literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy. This defenition is perpetuated most clearly by one of the major characters. This character is the noble roman Brutus. Brutus is the tragic hero because of the fact that he fulfills the requirements of a tragic hero. He is a person of noble bith. He does have a tragic flaw, he does come to some understanding, and he does finally meet his end due to his tragic flaw. The tragic flaw of Brutus is his idealistic view, which ultimately leads him directly and indirectly into his death.

First one can see that Brutus is the tragic hero by looking at his background and comparing it with the background of a tragic hero. The first of the requirements for a tragic hero is that he has to be of noble birth. Brutus is of noble birth, and this influences many of his traits. For example, Brutus is Brutus is educated and this leads to his flawous idealistic views. Also, he fulfills another requirement, the requirement that he comes into some kind of understanding. In the case of Brutus, he is convinced into believing that he has to kill Ceaser because “That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks into the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend”. This shows that Brutus killed Caesar for the good of Rome. Overall, Brutus is the tragic hero because he fulfills all of the background requirements to be a tragic hero.
The second reason why Brutus should not be a tragic hero is because he has a tragic flaw and this flaw leads to his ultimate downfall. The tragic Flaw for Brutus is his idealistic view of the world. He contracts this view about Caesar after Cassius persuades him by saying that Caesar will be a tyrant. Because of this, Brutus joins the conspirators and kills Caesar. This shows that Brutus, like other tragic heroes uses his tragic flaw and thus will cause his eventual defeat. Later in the play Brutus directs, as any ideological man would, to charge rather than wait for the enemy to attack. This is an excellent exemplar of the Brutus’s tragic flaw since Brutus did this so that he would not lose support in Rome. Overall , Brutus should be considered a tragic hero since he posses a tragic flaw, and since this flaw leads to his downfall.
In conclusion Brutus is a tragic hero because he possesses some of the major requirements of a tragic hero. First he is born of noble birth, and comes into an understanding that he must kill Caeser for the good of Rome. Secondly, he possesses a tragic flaw, his pattern of following the ideological view through most situations. Finally, he is the tragic hero since his tragic flaw leads to his demise. Overall Brutus is a tragic hero, but is not an ordinary one, because of his overwhelming amount of nobleness.

Answer 7

Brutus conspired with his friends and brother-in-law and others (about 63 men total) to assassinate him because they felt that he was becoming a 'rex' or 'king' in Latin. The conspirators set Caesar up and had him attend a forum to read a fake petition written by Senators. When Caesar was handed the petition, he was stabbed. Then the group approached him and began to stab him to death. He was stabbed about 23 times.

Answer 8

brutus has no ill motive behind his action. he was made to believe that caesar was ambitious and would soon turn into a dictator.so he decided to kill caesar for the sake of liberty.
i think i would take that answer on any given day.but u never know what was in brutus's mind.........

Answer 9

in the play, first julius caesar [jc] and brutus were best friends.then slowly, casca and the other so called "friends" of j.c, who were increasingly jealous of him, poisened brutus` mind and turned him against caesar.they did so bcos brutus was a man of power n his words were highly respected. also j.c believed in him a lot which would at some point help them in their plans of putting an end to caesar without themselves getting into any trouble.

Answer 10

Julius Caesar had great power'. Brutus rationalized his murder by saying it was in Rome's best interest because all that power would corrupt him.

Answer 11

Bcoz, all the politicians who r jealous of Caesar corrupt Brutus saying that one day he may become dictator(like Hitler) so it is good to finish him off.Brutus believes them and kills his best friend. He also be lives that he is doing good to Rome.