How Do Brutus Motives To Kill Caesar

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On March 15, 44 B.C I attended the forum as a plebian. When I witnessed the assassination of Caesar I couldn’t help but think that was what was best for everyone. I believe that Brutus had justifiable motives to kill Caesar. He was just trying to stop a tyrant from gaining more power. If Brutus would have let him live he would have become a dictator and all hell would have broken loose. I believe that Caesar would have stepped on everyone and Europe would have been in big trouble. If Brutus motives were as pure as I think they were and were for the good of Rome I don’t see how he could be considered a bad man. The definition of a hero is someone who makes sacrifices for the benefit of everyone else and that is what he did. Getting rid of Caesar may have been what was best for everyone. …show more content…

I think that Brutus did us justice and by killing Caesar, he has restored liberty by slaying a tyrant. Even though no one deserves to die I do not pity Caesar, he was power hungry and didn’t have Rome’s best interest at heart. Another thing that led me to Brutus’s side was that Antony cannot be trusted. I cannot allow him to become Julius’s successor and rule Rome the way Caesar tried to, keeping in mind that his friend Julius was killed and I’m sure he’s not going to let the people responsible get away with that so he is a very dangerous person to have rule. Brutus on the other hand is way too trust worthy and when you instill so much trust in other people it’s only because you’ve instilled so much trust in yourself. He trusted Antony not to turn the tables on him in his funeral speech which he did trying to get everyone to be on his side. He also trusted Cassius only to find that he used him to get close to Caesar. He realized that these people did not have Rome’s best interest at heart which he did and its clear to see which is why I think he is

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