“The Noble Brutus Hath Told You Caesar Was Ambitious. If It Were So, It Was A Gr

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Term Paper Title	“The Noble Brutus Hath Told You Caesar Was Ambitious. If It Were So, It Was A Gr
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“The noble Brutus hath told you Caesar was ambitious. If it were so, it was a grievous fault, and grievously hath Caesar answered it. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest (for Brutus is an honorable man; so are they all, all honorable men), come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral,” (677-688, li 74-81). In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the character of Marcus Brutus represents an honorable man. His honor and nobility cause him to make many mistakes along the path of the story, leading eventually to his downfall and suicide.
At the beginning of the play the reader meets Marcus Brutus, a man widely known for his noble character, for the first time. He does “fear the people choose Caesar for their king,” but does not want this to come true (631, li 84-87). This, perhaps, begins his downfall. Although Brutus does not realize it yet, even considering going along with the conspiracy is his first mistake. Then he tells the conspirators to “come home to me, and I will wait for you,” (637, li 294). This probably signals to Cassius that Brutus will most likely join the conspiracy. Cassius probably sends the forged letter to make Brutus decide definitely to go along with the plan. Brutus fails to realize that Cassius sent the letter he received at the beginning of the second act. A less naive and more perceptive man would see through that because the letter contains certain diction that hints Cassius sent it. Had Brutus read I more closely, he would have realized that Cassius set up the whole thing to get him involved with the conspiracy. These things start the decline of Brutus’s character.
Brutus, although an honorable and noble man, lacks practicality, causing his character to slowly weaken. He finally agrees to the conspiracy against Caesar, but somehow convinces himself Rome will rejoice, not think he committed a murder. Here the reader first really realizes that Brutus does not really a think clearly. If he would just think the plan through he would realize that the citizens of Rome wouldn’t consider Caesar’s death a favor, but more likely they would consider it a murder. Then the time comes for Caesar to go to the ...

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