Is the relationship between Brutus and Cassius based on convenience or actual friendship?

Answer 1

In the beginning of the play, Brutus is trusted by Caesar, and they have a filial sort of relationship. But Brutus plays a large role in Caesar's assassination. Caesar's dying words are, "Et tu, Brute?" (you too, Brutus?) because he can hardly believe that someone he loved and was close to would murder him.

Brutus reasons, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more." He thinks that killing Caesar was for the greater good, and if you've read the play, you would realize that Brutus's fatal flaw is his nobility. He overthinks everything, always searching for the noble, honorable, "right" thing to do.

It was also mentioned that perhaps Brutus was truly Caesar's son, of an affair. At Brutus's funeral oration, Antony says Brutus was "Caesar's angel," although it is never blatantly explained why Caesar trusts and loves Brutus so much, then is betrayed.

Although Brutus's honor to Caesar is strong in the beginning, it wavers enough for him to take part in Caesar's murder, but then he sees the effects because of it. By the end of the play, Brutus sees that Rome in the hands of Antony, Octavius, etc is worse than it would have been under Caesar's ruling, and Brutus commits suicide.

Note that this question does not have anything to do with the question. The question entails the relationship between BRUTUS and CASSIUS, while this answer is telling the relationship between Brutus and Caeser.

Answer 2

Caesar was doing Brutus's mum Servilia for a while, that's why some say that he might have been Brutus's father. But that would mean he had to be 15 at the time of conception, not likely even for Roman standards.

Thought it is believed that Caesar regarded and esteemed Brutus as a son and close friend. Shakespeare plot indicates that Caesar 'decided' to die after realizing that even Brutus was in on the assassination ("You too Brutus?").

Answer 3

Assuming that the Brutus and Cassius you are talking about are the two characters in Shakespeare's play, two of the murderers of Julius Caesar, they were brothers-in-law. Cassius was married to Brutus's half-sister.

Answer 4

Gaius Cassius Longinus (better known as Cassius) was historically married to the half-sister of Marcus Junius Brutus (better known as Brutus) and so they were brothers-in-law. In Shakespeare's play, however, they constantly refer to each other as "brother".

Answer 5

Their friendship deteriorated after the death of Julius Caesar now get off from sohag miah