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- He was admired by Cicero and other Roman aristocrats, and after his death he became a symbol of resistance to tyranny. William Shakespeare found in the Parallel Lives of Plutarch the basis for his sympathetic portrayal of the character Brutus in the play Julius Caesar.
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Brutus emerges as the most complex character in Julius Caesar and is also the play’s tragic hero. In his soliloquies, the audience gains insight into the complexities of his motives.
- Julius Caesar
Here, Brutus argues with Cassius regarding their original...
- Julius Caesar
In the play, Brutus joins a conspiracy led by Cassius to assassinate Julius Caesar, to prevent him from becoming a tyrant. Caesar's right-hand man Antony stirs up hostility against the conspirators and Rome becomes embroiled in a dramatic civil war.
Shakespeare's Characters: Brutus (Julius Caesar) From Julius Caesar. Ed. Henry Norman Hudson. New York: Ginn and Co., 1908. Coleridge has a shrewd doubt as to what sort of a character Shakespeare meant his Brutus to be.
In this video, actor Alex Waldmann describes Brutus as someone who is at 'the right hand of Caesar’ with influence over him but he adds that 'the idea of kingship is painful for him’. Brutus is known as an honourable man, yet he takes the lead in a murder plot and delivers the last wound to Caesar.
Sep 24, 2024 · Marcus Brutus, Roman general, one of the conspirators in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Though he is Caesar’s friend and a man of honour, Brutus joins in the conspiracy against Caesar’s life, convincing himself that Caesar’s death is for the greater good of Rome.
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Brutus' reputation is so great that it will act to convince others who are as yet undecided to join. Brutus' concentration on honorable and noble behavior also leads him into assuming a naive view of the world. He is unable to see through the roles being played by Cassius, Casca, and Antony.
Fearing Caesar’s ambition, Cassius forms a conspiracy among Roman republicans. He persuades the reluctant Brutus—Caesar’s trusted friend—to join them. Brutus, troubled and sleepless, finds comfort in the companionship of his noble wife, Portia.
