The Many Faces And Phases Of Brutus

“I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general he would be crowned.” With honor and Rome set in his mind, Brutus assassinated Caesar out of devotion to his country.
Honor is like a one-way road for Brutus, there are no turning points. At first an internal conflict was going on inside Brutus as to whether he should become part of the conspiracy to kill Caesar. However, being an idealist, Brutus was manipulated into believing that the other conspirators were acting out of patriotism instead of jealousy. With this in mind, and honor held in high esteem, Brutus did what he thought to be honorable by killing Caesar. Brutus truly didn’t want to kill Caesar but was manipulated into believing that he needed to. Without a third party to influence him, Brutus would’ve seen Rome under a bright light as supposed to being in the dark to rest of the conspirator’s jealousy. For he himself was knew of his honor and made it known – “For let thee gods so speed me as I love the name of honor more than I fear death.”
Brutus loved his country so much to have killed his friend, in order to get rid of tyranny. Rome as his best interest, rather than personal gain, Brutus listened to the letters Caesar wrote and signed by the people, but ignored the possibility that when Caesar was offered the crown thrice and the crowd cheered, they were cheering because they wanted him to be king. Brutus considered the cause, keeping Rome in mind. Centered that his act was honorable, Brutus justified, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” He defends the conspiracy with rhetorical questions, cornering the people by asking them, “Who here is so vile, that will or love his country?” For Brutus believed that his act was just to have asked this and proceeds to point out the people, “With this I depart, that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome.”
Brutus fell deep into the trap of believing that assassinating Caesar was honorable and that it was beneficial for Rome, without providing evidence and only offering reasons, “as he was ambitious I slew him” for he too was unsure whether to kill Caesar but determined that it must have been honorable. The play Julius Caesar serves to contradict Brutus’s morals and hopes to improve Rome. Instead, the exact opposite happened, with the people of Rome turning against Brutus and Rome itself drowned in chaos. His goal was clear but his reasons shallow, thus upturning Brutus’s good intentions and showing that his motivation drove him, erasing the nobility Brutus thought was evident when pursuing his cause.