Essay On Should Brutus Join The Conspiracy

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Should Brutus join the conspiracy? Brutus was good friends with Caesar and he loved him but Brutus felt that he was descended to kill Caesar because that was what was going to be best for Rome and its people. The conspirators want to convince Brutus to join their plot against Caesar. They want Caesar dead before he does something bad to someone else. Brutus has to decide whether to kill his bestfriend Caesar or listen to the conspirators on what they think is best for Rome. Brutus says the only way to kill Caesar. “He has no personal reason to strike at him”(ii,i,10). On one side, Brutus personally loves Caesar, but on the other side, he admits his loyalty to the Roman public will come before his love for caesar. The only reason …show more content…

Caesar is a young man who the public think would put himself before others and do what's best for him and not the people of Rome. Cassius thinks Brutus is easy to manipulate and trick,so giving him false letters from angry citizens wanting him to take action against Caesar. Brutus becomes convinced that the citizens want to stop Caesar from becoming emperor of Rome as a result of the false letters. Why would Caesar be a bad leader? Rome would fall if Caesar had it in his hands. Members of the senate believed that Caesar would become a dictator if he was given too much power and overuse it. Brutus is noble, he is earnestly committed to public service and overall a good person of his country. Brutus anxiously joins the conspiracy against caesar. Brutus thought Caesar was a dictator. He was a great friend of Caesar but he wanted to join in with the conspirators to free Rome from Caesar's later bad decisions that could be made. Brutus believes that Caesar would be good for Rome. He feels that Caesar is a young man who dont even have any intentions on being a leader to Rome, he only wanted to have a label to himself and do good for himself and only himself. Brutus felt that for the well-being and the freedom of Rome, it was necessary that Caesar should be

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