Essay On Julius Caesar Conspiracy

Julius Caesar Persuasive Essay

Did Brutus do the right thing when he joined the conspiracy against Julius Caesar? Brutus had a decision to make in the beginning of this play; should he kill Julius Caesar or not. I believe Brutus should not have joined the conspiracy to kill Caesar, for many reasons. One reason is many people looked up to Caesar, and there had to be a reason so many people followed Caesar. Also, the people in the conspiracy did not give Caesar a chance to even rule. Brutus is considered an honorable man and also Caesar's best friend, he could have used both of those things to help support Caesar as a leader.

In the beginning of Act 1 people were decorating for Caesar's return. The Cobbler states “ Seriously, though, we took the day off to see Caesar, sir, and celebrate his triumph.” (I,i,31-32). This statement shows that the Romans did follow Caesar. Julius Caesar also had much success in his lifetime. Caesar had contributed to the reformation of the Rome into the orderly state and helped prevent Rome from demolition. Many people of Rome looked up to Caesar and loved him even after he had killed Pompey.

The people involved in this conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar did not give him a chance to even be a true leader. They killed him way before they even got a chance to see what Julius Caesar could have done to

help Rome. Julius Caesar could have done many great things for Rome and the People of rome but he was never given the chance to do so. He could have done so many great things for Rome but it was never seen because he was killed. If he could have gotten a chance it might have been way different then the conspirators thought he would be as a leader of Rome.
Many people looked up to Brutus. They thought he was an honorable man, it was said many times throughout the play. He was also considered Caesar's best friend. Brutus was one of the closest people in Rome to Caesar. Those two things alone could have been used to help Caesar make good decisions for Rome, but that wasn't an option to him. He still thought that killing him was the only option which is proved when this was said, “Our purpose necessary and not envious”(II,i,178), . When the conspirators came to Brutus with the notion to join their conspiracy against Caesar, they knew Brutus is an honorable man. When the conspirators said, “But what of Cicero? Shall we sound him?...For his silver hair will purchase us a good opinion And buy men’s voices to commend our deeds It shall be said his judgment ruled our hands. Our y“Our purpose necessary and not envious”(II,i,178)youths and wildness shall no whit appear, But all be buried in his gravity.”(II,i,140-141...144-149), they knew this could be used to their advantage, just like Brutus being honorable could be used.
Many people including Brutus and the conspirators, thought that killing Caesar was the only option they had.

If brutus really fully believed that killing his best friend, Julius Caesar, was the only option, then why did he had to literally talk himself into joining the conspiracy? It was not the only option considering the people of Rome began to love Caesar even after he defeated Pompey. They did not need to kill him in order to stop him from becoming a leader. Whether or not he joined the conspiracy, the conspirators wanted Caesar dead. He did not need to go behind his best friends back and kill him when there was many other

options.
I do not believe it was right for the conspirators, including Brutus to kill Caesar. Caesar hardly got to prove to them what he was going to do. If killing Caesar was really the right thing to do he would not have had to talk himself into joining the conspiracy and killing his best friend. Especially when he had many other options. Just because Brutus is the protagonist, does not mean that what he did was right.