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When Cassius tells him he is worried about the same thing, Brutus joins him in a plot to assassinate Caesar. Brutus is convinced that killing Caesar is the right thing to do but after he is forced to flee and his loyal wife, Portia, commits suicide because of his actions, Brutus become more troubled.
Brutus later endangers his good relationship with Cassius by self-righteously condemning what he sees as dishonorable fund-raising tactics on Cassius’s part. In all of these episodes, Brutus acts out of a desire to limit the self-serving aspects of his actions; ironically, however, in each incident he dooms the very cause that he seeks to ...
Long optimistic about Caesar’s plans, Brutus was shocked when, early in 44, Caesar made himself perpetual dictator and was deified. Brutus joined Cassius and other leading senators in the plot that led to the assassination of Caesar on March 15, 44 BCE.
Brutus eventually came to oppose Caesar and sided with Pompey against Caesar's forces during the ensuing civil war (49–45 BC). Pompey was defeated at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48, after which Brutus surrendered to Caesar, who granted him amnesty. [7]
Learn more about the characters of Caesar, Portia, Brutus and Cassius, with photo galleries and study grids to complete. We explore key questions for each character and link to further analysis of their language.
Brutus is a high-ranking and well-respected Roman, husband to Portia, and one of Caesar 's murderers. Brutus is torn between his personal affection for Caesar and his political ideals, which are motivated by his abiding loyalty to Rome.
Brutus essentially convinces himself in his soliloquy in act two, scene 1, that Julius Caesar is a threat to the Roman Republic and will eventually reign as a tyrant if given a chance.
Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman senator and mastermind of the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar, is the central character of the play. Brutus is first seen in 1.2., discussing with Cassius why the republic would be best served with Caesar's removal.
Brutus respects Caesar, but he worries that he has too much ambition. He thinks of Cassius as a friend, but doesn’t really respect him. Brutus’s relationship with Caesar is a complex one.
The republican ideal that Cassius evokes to seduce Brutus into opposing Caesar, and that Brutus uses to justify murder, is closer to myth than to history (though it was also dearly cherished as an ideal even during the worst conflicts of the republican era).