How Is Julius Caesar Honorable

Brutus: The Honorable Hero Leadership qualities are upon us all; many great leaders have the traits of honorableness, show integrity, passion, and commitment, are trustworthy, and inspire others for greatness and improvement. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, many characters are represented as powerful leaders. Brutus was a great leader of the conspirator; the members of the conspiracy were all destined to kill Caesar for the good of the people. In the conspiracy group was Marcus Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Trebonius, Ligarius, Decius Brutus, Metellus, and Cinna. Cassius was the one who wanted to kill Caesar the most. The group consisted of making an oath to killing Caesar; although, Brutus believes that

He believes nothing can be done without it, which is very much illustrated in the killing of Caesar. As mentioned, Brutus believes an oath is dishonorable: “No, not on oath. If not the face of men, / The sufferance of our souls, the time’s abuse- / If these be motives of weak, break off betimes,...” (ii.i.114-116). He believes oath would make the assassination dishonorable and lose its purpose. As he said “motivates the weak” (ii.i.116), he is meaning that if they need to swear on an oath, then not all the men are down, and someone wants to back out of the deed. After killing, Brutus makes sure to own up to killing him, “let no man abide this deed / But we the doers” (iii.i.94-95). Brutus gave a speech to the town telling them the reasons why and making sure they knew it was the right thing to do. After his speech was over he had left and let who he thought was a trustworthy friend of Caesars speak to the crowd, which turned out being a mistake, as Cassius told Brutus it would be. Antony then started a revolution to kill everyone of the conspirators. Brutus heard word and had a conversation with Cassius about the worst of times and Brutus said “But I do find it cowardly and vile, / For fear of what might fall, so to prevent / The time of life-arming myself with patience…” (iiiii.i.103-105) This meant that Brutus would not kill himself, for it is dishonorable and a cowardly act, which Brutus does not believe in. In the end of the

In the speech, Brutus states “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more…” (iii.ii.20). In this statement, “it allows Brutus to seem like he cared very much for Rome.” (prezi). Brutus uses epimones in the speech to then make the Romans look like they are in the wrong if they disagree. For example, “Who is / here so base that would be a bondman? If any speak, for him have / I offended. Who here so rude that would not be a Roman?...” (iii.ii.25-27). Brutus uses a logical strategy, logos, to persuade the people of Rome by saying “Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that may be the better judge.” (iii.ii. 15-16). He also uses many rhetorical questions such as “Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves…” (iii.ii.20-21) This gives Brutus proof of Caesar being killed for the better and that if Caesar had lived, he would have enslaved every Roman citizen by taking over power and becoming a dictator. Lastly, Brutus attempts and succeeds in getting the crowd emotionally attached to Caesar and to Brutus’ speech. Furthermore, Brutus repeats “If any speak, for him have I offended.” Brutus spoke in prose; and, this is the everyday language that the common people spoke in. By