Seth Cohen Brutus believed in something strongly. This was the continued existence of the republic of Rome. How far would you go to defend something that you believed in? Would you give your own life? Would you take someone else's? Brutus was confronted with choice. After the beginning of the reign of Caesar, after all of the things he had heard, and after all of the things that he had seen and experienced, he thought that killing Caesar was the best option. There are a number of other things that Caesar and the rest of the Senate could have done rather than to kill Brutus. He could have had him impeached. He could have talked to him as a friend, but not just any friend, a good friend. He could have talked to Caesar’s wife, or even just thought of his wife. Killing was the easy, quick, coward’s way out. Caesar is not the ambitious man that everyone says that he was. After all, he refused the crown, the chance to rule all the power and glory that is Rome, not once, not twice, but three times. How could you call such a humble man ambitious? From another point of view, it could be gathered that these acts were not an accurate portrayal of Caesar’ s personality. It can be inferred that Caesar was merely playing the crowd of Rome which is so easy to be manipulated. He lead them to believe that he was a noble, humble man, thus even more worthy of the crown. He lied to all of Rome. But is that not what anyone in his shoes had done. He was a political candidate, attempting to capture the heart of the crowd. He was just trying to gain their acceptance and there support. He was, you could say, campaigning. What is so wrong with campaigning? Also, Brutus killed a Roman. Not just any Roman, but a Roman loved and adored by most of Rome. He was a hypocrite in that he did exactly what he was trying to prevent. He was trying to prevent Caesar from becoming a Monarch/Dictator, which would cause him to change the long lasting government of Rome, leading to what Brutus thought would be more oppression and probably murder Finally, it must be said that Caesar was Brutus’ friend. A good friend. What did Brutus do to this friendship? He kicked it, spit on it, and pounded it to the ground. He stabbed Caesar in the back and murdered him in cold blood. The death was not also not a simple, painless one, worthy of a good friend. It was a horrible one. Caesar was stabbed over thirty times. This writer as personally never been stabbed, but I have been cut with a knife before, and that hurts. If you know a conspirator, or if you are one, please, do not kill, try to settle your arguments with words, or with non violent resistance, or some other method. But killing your friends in cold blood is not the way to go. |