How Did Brutus Betray Caesar

Brutus was a betrayer this is because he was more of a hypocrite than an honest man, he smiled in Caesars face, but was easily swayed when Cassius persuaded him on being a much more improved ruler. For all one knows Brutus never really cared for Caesars friendship in the first place. Some may disagree and state that if Cassius was never involved in manipulating Brutus his reputation as an ‘’honest man’’ would have never been stained, although Brutus did honor his suicide as a way of avenging Caesar he only did it because of the pouring on set of guilt he had after killing him, no matter how many times Caesar tries to justify the murder, you can never truly justify something as taking a dear friends life.
On the contrary Brutus was enticed

by Cassius so it’s not completely his fault that he was involved in the conspiracy to kill Caesar. Cassius attempted to convince Brutus by saying things such as; 'Brutus' and 'Caesar'—what should be in that 'Caesar'? Why should that name be so unded more than yours? [1] Cassius is trying to tell Brutus that Caesars name shouldn’t go before his as a way of boosting Brutus’s ego, nevertheless It was Caesar who gave Brutus the name ‘’honest man’’ because he saw him as a loyal and just human being, but if Brutus was truly a loyal and just human being then the convincing of Cassius would have never moved him. Brutus influenced the public by telling them it was best for Rome, others may believe Brutus was doing the right thing by convincing the public Caesar was not as good of a leader compared to him by using his notorious ‘’honorable man image’’ as a strong point., but I’d say that Brutus was a selfish being who wanted Caesars position from the ver6y beginning, Brutus was sick of living in Caesars shadow as his friend and wanted to replace him as leader that is why Brutus betrayed Caesar twice by lying to the public and claiming Caesar was unfit to rule.

Nobody can deny the fact that Brutus had a just reason for killing Caesar unlike the others who did it for their own gain.; ‘’remember March, March 15th. Didn’t great Caesar bleed for the sake of justice? Brutus quotes as a way of telling Cassius he did not kill Caesar out of vain for gold.
But, the real question is Why would Brutus kill his friend of many years because he was afraid of dictatorship?, shouldn’t he have waited to see if Caesar was capable of doing so before he killed him? Instead Brutus went head stead and believed Cassius’s word and joined in on the plot without any caution of the affects Caesars murder would have on his family and the public If Brutus really did kill Caesar out of justice he wouldn’t feel so guilty that he began to see illusions of Caesars spirit. It’s obvious the questioning of Brutus’s character has made him feel very guilty, so guilty that it makes his unconscious mind have illusions of Caesars ghost.
We can conclude that Brutus was in fact a betrayer. No loyal friend of many years could kill their brethren because they were afraid of what was to come. In Mark Antony’s speech Antony also calls out Brutus as a back stabber causing him to feel yet again more guilty; Every time Antony blurted out;‘’ Yet Brutus says he was ambitious And Brutus is an honorable man.’’ He is comparing and contrasting Brutus from Caesar to show the irony of the two characters and their turning points. Leaving Brutus alone to question his own character and what he has done