Brutus’s honor and love

“It must be by his death; and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, But for the general. He would be crown’d”- Brutus. (Act 2 scene 1, line 10~12) This quotation sets the character that he is making a decision to kill Caesar or not to kill Caesar and let him be a king. He also had to decide Caesar or Roman and conspirators. The character’s main conflict was that Brutus loved Caesar and he loved Romans but to make Romans live freely, he had to kill Caesar. Honor and love, these two motivators drove Brutus to decide between honor Rome and love Caesar. He also had to sacrifice one of them when he chose the other one.

Brutus was honorable to people and everyone respected him. Brutus was motivated this way because he showed honor especially to Romans. Conspirators, Brutus’s friends, needed his honor to get more people to join other conspirators to kill Caesar because people would follow Brutus and they thought Romans would understand them when Brutus was one of them. Brutus’s behavior manifests honor because his strong honor to Romans made him decide to kill Caesar because Brutus thought that Caesar could be a tyrant if Caesar become a king. Brutus showed how much his honor was and how Romans believed him as a noble Brutus. “O, he sits high in all the people’s hearts: And that which would appear offence in us His countenance, like richest alchemy, Will change to virtue and to worthiness.”-Casca (act 1 scene 3, line 156~160). This quotation means that because of his honor, he was sitting high in the people’s heart, which means people loved and respected him and he was popular amongst Romans. It also means that because of his honor, his countenance, like richest alchemy, will change to virtue and to worthiness, which means that it didn’t seem wrong when Brutus was with the conspirators. This quote shows the motivation, honor, because it motivates everyone to want Brutus and it also motivate the character itself to show honor to the public. Brutus joined the conspirators because he thought that he had to kill Caesar for Romans to live. Brutus also shows how honor he was to Romans and Caesar. “No not an oath. If not the face of men, The sufferance of our souls, the time abuse.”-Brutus (Act 2 Scene 1, line 114~115) This quote means that he respected Caesar and when he said no not an oath, it means that they didn’t need an oath because they were not murdering Caesar but sacrificing him to god. This quote show motivation, honor, because Brutus showed honor to Caesar until Caesar’s death and he thinks he is not killing Caesar because he didn’t like him but he was killing Caesar for Romans good. I think that Brutus showed honor to Romans, Caesar and his friends. He also shows respect to everyone and he thinks about Rome.

Brutus loved Romans, conspirators and Caesar but he had to choose one to kill to save two of them. Love motivated Brutus in this way because he loved Romans, conspirators and Caesar. However, he had to kill Caesar because he had to save Romans and the power of conspirators. Brutus’s behavior manifest love because he showed love to Romans when he had to kill Caesar and he showed love to Caesar when he was explaining to Romans why he had to kill Caesar. Brutus wanted to kill Caesar in sacrificing way. “Let’s kill him boldly, but not wrathfully; Let’s carved him as a dish fit for gods and not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds.”-Brutus (act 2 scene 1, line172~174.) This quote means that he loved Caesar and he wanted to show that he was sacrificing Caesar for Rome and not food for animals. This shows love because even he was killing Caesar to show Romans love, he still loved Caesar and wanted the assassination to seem sacrificing. After he assassinated Caesar, Brutus had to explain to Romans who loved Caesar. Brutus showed when he was convincing Romans to believe him. “If there be any in this assembly, any friend of Caesar’s, to him I say that Brutus’s love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, But that I loved Rome more.”-Brutus (act 3 scene 2, line 17~21) This quote means that he loved Caesar as much as Caesar loved Brutus and because Brutus loved Romans more than Caesar, he had to kill Caesar. This shows love to Caesar because he was saying that he loved Roman and Caesar. I think this paragraph shows love because he killed Caesar in respectful way and he had to rise against Caesar to protect the Romans.

Honor and love sets Brutus’s conflict that he had to choose Caesar or Roman and friends. The motivators cause Brutus to consider about honor and make him represent honor. They also cause Brutus to show love to the people around Brutus. After he made the decision to kill Caesar and decide to save Romans and conspirators, he killed Caesar. However, Brutus didn’t achieve his goal because Octavius and Antony were taking revenge to them. So, he couldn’t save conspirators and made Romans get angry with the conspirators. I think that Brutus’s goal was worthy because even he didn’t achieve it, he considered about all the people. He also killed Caesar in respectful way, which showed love, and he saved Romans and conspirators which show honor to them.