The Character of Brutus

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James Graty        10B                                                    English Coursework

The Character of Brutus

In the play “Julius Caesar” by Shakespeare we meet the character Brutus. This essay is about the character of Brutus and how he acts in the play from act 1 scene 2 to act 2 scene 2.

Brutus’ character is (affected by the fact that he loves Rome.) built on the fact he loves Rome and his ancestors also killed for the good of Rome.

  1. My ancestors did from the streets of Rome,
  2. the Tarquin drive …”

In the second part of act 1 scene 2 we see Brutus talking to Cassius here we learn that he is thinking about different things. This is shown by what he says in line 39-41,

39        ‘…Vexed I am

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40        Of late with passions of some difference,

41        Conceptions only proper to myself.’ 

And in line 79-80,

79        ‘…I do fear the people

80        Choose Caesar for their king.’

In these two statements he is saying that he is scared that if Caesar becomes king he will rule like a tyrant and take over control of Rome from the senate.

We also see how patriotic he is when in line 86-87 he says,

  1. ‘Set honour in one eye and death in the other,
  2. And I will look on both indifferently.’

What he is saying here is that he would ...

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