What do Brutus's words suggest about his character?

Answer 1

Brutus' language throughout Shakespeare's tragedy shows his reverence of

Julius Caesar, believe it or not. This comes as a surprise to most people, because Brutus actually delivers the final stab to Caesar. Brutus has always liked Caesar, but as a friend. He feels that he can't stand around and let Rome fall into a monarchy or Dictatorship and him not do anything, so he joins the conspiracy against Caesar. Brutus feels like his Public Responsibility comes before his Personal Responsibility. Brutus is actually a very noble man, contradictory to his name, and Shakespeare set it to be this way. By summarizing or paraphrasing the play into terms one can understand, it becomes visible that Brutus regrets what he believes he must do to better Rome, but has to do it anyways, again showing his nobility and his Public responsibility over Personal Responsibility.

Marcus Brutus was a friend to Julius Ceasar, but not good enough. He had moral values dealing with Rome and its people. Brutus' values then made him join as an conspiracy against Ceasar put together with Cassius. Brutus joined this mainly because he didn't Ceasar to turn hisd back on Rome so that there would be a reasonable reason for killing Ceasar. If Brutus wasn't in the play, there would be no "Tragedy " in The Tragedy of Julius Ceasar.