When Brutus realizes that his good friends have died because of the battle he has caused he realizes he should kill himself. Brutus wasn’t raised to think badly of people so he doesn’t think of what Antony is capable of and he’s compassionate. He lets him because Brutus understands that that is the only way Antony can say goodbye to his friend, Caesar. Brutus answers him by saying “You shall speak/ in the same pulpit whereto I am going/ after my speech is ended” (III.i.249-251).īrutus could have said no to Antony because Antony can say bad things about the conspirators but he let Antony do his speech and took the risk. When Caesar is dead, Antony requests that if could do a speech in his funeral. He seems to be a reasonable person that knows what he is doing because of how he took control in their meeting and he was the newest member there. Brutus tells them this because when Caesar has been killed he doesn’t want to be seen as a person with no heart that killed his best friend for power but instead as an honorable man. When the Conspirators meet at Brutus’ house the day before Caesar is killed, Brutus tells them “Let’s be sacrificers but not butchers” (II. Brutus is the most heroic character because he is honorable, selfless, and brave.īrutus is an honorable man throughout the whole play because of his actions and doings when specking to Antony and in battle. He puts Rome ahead of his friends, only people with a brave personality could do such a thing. Brutus stands out in the play because he is willing to kill Caesar for what he thinks is good for the Roman people. If Caesar became king he would destroy the Roman Republic, and Brutus thinks he is not fit for a king. Brutus is a respected citizen of Rome and is a strong supporter of the republic. In the play Caesar is greatly respected in Rome and the citizens want to make him king. In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus is the most heroic character in the play.
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