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William Shakespeare used “The fault, dear Brutus” quote, and broader speech, in Act I, Scene 2 of his history play. It is spoken by Cassius, one of the main conspirators who work to assassinate Caesar.
It is uttered by Julius Caesar in one of the most dramatic, violent and bloody scenes, in which a group of murderers – including Brutus – gang up on their victim, Julius Caesar, to stab him to death, then wash their hands in his blood. ‘Et tu Brute! Then fall Caesar!’ are Caesar’s last words.
Et tu, Brute? The Shakespearean macaronic line "Et Tu Brutè?" in the First Folio from 1623. This 1888 painting by William Holmes Sullivan is named Et tu Brute and is located in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Even in 1599, the year Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar was staged, the phrase ‘Et tu Brute’ appeared in Ben Jonson’s Every Man out of his Humour, so it was almost certainly a thoroughly established phrase in theatre, even a cliché, when Shakespeare used it.
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.
Literary analysis for the phrase The Fault, Dear Brutus, Is Not In Our Stars from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar with meaning, origin, usage explained as well as the source text.
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Literary Source of Et Tu, Brute. This phrase is used in Act-III, Scene-I, lines 75-78 of Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar. These are spoken as the dying words of Caesar; however, they are not historically proven. Shakespeare has a reputation for manipulating historical facts for dramatic effect.
