How Is Brutus Loyal

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1. Brutus refuses to swear an oath of allegiance with the other conspirators. He believes they have the same heart as him. He attempts to persuade them to agree based on what their intentions are and why they’re doing it. “If these be motives weak, break off betimes, And every man hence to his idle bed” (2.1.116-117). Brutus says this to show that if their motives of completing the crime isn’t for the sake of Rome then they should just leave it alone. “If he do break the smallest particle of any promise that hath passed from him” (2.1.139-140). Brutus is showing what a good man he is, and that he does it for the love of Rome. He makes his choices based on what he thinks would be good for the people. 2. The third plebeian’s cry of “Let him…show more content…
Friendship is one of the main themes in this play. Caesar believes friendship is based on loyalty that is why he was somewhat okay of dying because he thought he died for the loyalty of the conspirators. Brutus and Cassius were friends before the conspiracy they’ve had arguments of their own and they joke around just like any real friendship. Cassius says, “Have you not love enough to bear with me when that rash humor which my mother game me makes me forgetful?”(4.3. 119-121). This is proof that they’ve had a healthy and regular friendship/relationship before and that Brutus should already understand his humor. Caesar and Antony are really good friends so when he heard that his beloved friend has just been killed he decides to avenge his death by speaking at his funeral so he asked Brutus, “That’s all I seek; and am moreover suitor that I may produce his body to the market place and in the pulpit, as becomes a friend, speak in the order of his funeral” (3.1.227-230). Brutus grants him his wish telling him not to blame them, but makes the crowd turn against them with his choice of words and they become offended. Brutus and Caesar was great friend although he stabbed him. Not a very good friend quality. He didn’t stab him for being mean but for the love he has for Rome and he even said if it was him he’d want the same for his country like said, “With this I depart, that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my…show more content…
Brutus doesn’t know what to do when he joined the conspiracy, but Cassius persuaded him to do so. Brutus liked to think it was a good thing to kill him because he thought Caesar could be a great danger when really he knew that Caesar showed nothing but love to Rome. He was afraid of the future. Antony said, “This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators save only he did what they did in envy of great Caesar; He only in a general honest thought and common good to all, made one of them” (5.5 68-72) He implies that Caesar is was noble, I believe if a friend has doubts about before doing something but end up doing it anyways it does not make that person noble at all. It makes him disloyal to his best friend. Brutus was partially blackmailed into joining the conspiracy. Cassius made Brutus believe that he and the other conspirators have the same thought on why Caesar should die, but they don’t. Cassius would say nice words to have Brutus on the palm of his hand, like “Your hidden worthiness into your eye, that you might see your shadow. I have heard where many of the best respect in Rome” (1.2.57-59).Brutus becomes convinced. He thought that killing Caesar would prevent him from gaining too much power which would lead to invidious of Caesars’
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