“It must be by his death; and for my part, I know no personal cause but to spurn at him, but for the general. He would be crown’d: How that might change his nature, there’s the question.” Honor and nobility are two things that are very important in a human being. Brutus, a character from a famous play by Shakespeare; Julius Caesar, possesses both honor and nobility, and so does he posses other characteristics, too. Brutus’ sense of honor and patriotism makes him more confident as a leader of Rome, which leads him to be easily manipulated, which can lead him to make wrong decisions.
The quote above shows that Brutus is an honorable man, who cares for Rome more than anything. He tries to publically image himself as a leader, in which he is a leader, however the people of Rome do not know that he has both a public, and a private side to him. The way this quote, by Brutus, drives himself as a character, is honor. In this quote, he shows the people that he is an honored man, and a man who can be trusted, because he is being truthful and stating his opinion about what should and what shouldn’t happen. “Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe.” In this quote, Brutus is basically telling the people that he agrees that he is an honorable, and trustworthy leader of Rome. This could lead to himself as being self-confident, which would make him someone who is easily manipulated.
Brutus is motivated by patriotism; or being a leader. Brutus is motivated in this way because, ever since the death of Caesar, he likes to be known as a leader of Rome- someone who is patriotic, because all of the people of Rome feel as if that there is no one to solve anything if there is a problem or a war, because whenever there was a problem, Caesar would always solve it. When Caesar ends up dying, Brutus tries to be a leader so that he can make the people feel that Brutus is just as good, or even better of a leader than Caesar was. “That you do love me, I am nothing jealous; what you would work me to, I have some aim: how I have thought of this, and of these times, I shall recount hereafter.” This quote proves the fact that being patriotic motivates him. He shows the people that he has everything he needs and wanted, which is being a leader. He tells the people that he is not jealous of anything he does not possess. In a way, he is rubbing in the fact, to Cassius, that he is a leader and controls everything that goes on in Rome. How Brutus’ patriotism as a person shows his behavior as a character, is someone who is a leader and is respected by all people.
One more motivator also inspires Brutus, which is the devotion for his country.
“If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar’s, to him I say that Brutus’ 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.” This quote shows that he killed Caesar for the people. He cared so much for Rome, and he knew that the people knew Caesar as a person, who was arrogant and self-confident, and for they wanted him dead, until they realize, after his death, that everything was going to fall apart now that Caesar was dead. Brutus cared so much for the people that, now that he knew the people wanted Caesar dead, Brutus flatters the people by killing Caesar. This shows that he cared so much about what the people wanted for Rome. The fact that Brutus is devoted for his country changes his behavior as a character makes him seem like someone who only focused on one thing, and only cares about that one thing, which, in this case, is his devotion for Rome.
Brutus is motivated by both patriotism, and that he is devoted for his country. I think that Brutus becomes more self-confident as he becomes more of a leader throughout the story. All in all, Brutus’s behavior has changed in the story ever since Caesar’s death, which affects his love for Rome. I think the goal was worthy, because Caesar deserved to be killed, and Brutus was more of a leader than Caesar was.
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