“This was the noblest Roman of them all”
Julius Caesar-Antonius (5.5)
Brutus is dishonorable. He is as ambitious as he thinks Caesar to be and is not a great man as he thinks himself to be.
In Julius Caesar, Brutus is described as the most honorable man in Rome and his assassination of Caesar is adapted as a sacrifice for Rome by killing his best friend. His suicide is as well described to be courageous and honorable. However, his actions may not be as honorable as the play describes him to be.
Brutus is a very weak-minded man. He listens to Cassius once and changes his mind like the speed of a light that he should kill Caesar. He is unable to expect all the consequences of his actions and easily gets lured by the bait Cassius has in front of him. If he were to be really honorable, he should have thought more of his actions and all the miserable outcomes. If he were honorable, he should have weighed the wellness of the citizens higher than his own honor and his ideals of Rome. His weak-minded decision leads Rome to a Chaos, which makes Brutus a completely dishonorable man. His imprudent actions cannot be defensed.
Of course, Brutus was courageous to decide to kill the strongest man in Rome with a group of Senators. However, this is temerity, not true courage. If he had true courage, he should have carried his responsibilities of the chaos in Rome he made and should not have abandoned it by his death. In my analysis, Brutus ran away from the problems he caused by the name of sacrifice.
His good intentions of trying to make Rome a better place sounds good at the surface, however, his imprudent actions should not be defined honorable.
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