Brutus Suicide Quotes

Brutus was considered an heir to Caesar, who was strong and considered like a God. Yet when Brutus took his own life, he showed weakness. In the story “Julius Caesar” by Shakespeare, Brutus committed suicide because he was losing the battle against Anthony. He decided to take his life. Brutus Suicide in the Plays of Shakespeare, by James Holly Hanford, superior to Suicide and Brutus' Philosophy in Julius Caesar, by Mark Sacharoff talks about the suicide of Brutus and the Philosophy and what Brutus thinks about suicide.

In the Story “Julius Caesar” by Shakespeare it said that Brutus Killed Caesar because Brutus felt that he was a bad example for Rome. Also Brutus didn’t want a dictator for live for Rome. Brutus was one of his best friend

For example, “Cassius asks Brutus what is determined to do if they lose the impending battle against Octavius and Antony. Brutus replies: Even by the rule of that philosophy by which I blame Cato for the death which he give himself-I know not how, But I do find it Cowardly and Vile” (Sacharoff 115). This source calls Brutus a coward because he committed Suicide. Also Another example, “suggest too that brutus, still under the influence of his bolt to Caesar, may have felt constrained to accept his new leader’s view of the matter, even after the assassination” (Sacharoff 121).

For example, ”No,Cassius no. Think not, thou noble Roman, That ever Brutus will go bound to Rome; He bears too great a mind” (Handford 385). Also that Brutus went back to Rome as a prisoner he is not a noble Roman. Another example, “In Julius Caesar, as a Roman plays generally, the characters speak of suicide from the Roman point of view” (Handford 385). This shows that Brutus committed suicide because he wanted to be a noble Roman and not return at a prisoner. Also there is another example, “ He enters the conspiracy from a sense of duty, against the dictates of his heart; and when he contemplates defeat, he resolves to act not as a Roman but as a philosopher” (Handford 385). That makes Brutus not act like a Roman but as a philosopher that he didn’t want to be noble