Julius Caesar
was killed in 15th March 44 BC by 60 of Roman senators that led by
Gaius Cassius Longinus and his adopted son, Marcus Junius Brutus. They stabbed
Caesar about 23 times until death in the Theatre of Pompey. Brutus claimed in
his speech that the reason he killed Caesar was because he loved Rome than
Caesar and it shows that he wanted to save Rome from Caesar domination. In my
opinion, I do not think that Brutus had a noble motive in murdering Caesar because
of some reasons.
First, he did
not precise his motive well as he only claimed that he loved Rome more and
Caesar was an ambitious man. He did not tell that the reasons the led to his
conviction. He afraid that Julius Caesar would turn Rome into a chaos after he
had been titled as a King, however he could not guarantee and did not have any
evidence that this would happen. In addition, he was the one who turned Rome
into chaos as there was a battle between him and Mark Anthony after the tragedy. He also ran away to Asia with Cassius since the Romans were looking for them and
it shows that the Romans still wanted Caesar as their dictator.
Besides, he had
no intention to kill Caesar since he had been pressured by Cassius who seduced
him to murder his own forefather. Cassius used Brutus for his innocence
attitude to succeed his personal revenge towards Caesar as he wanted to be as
powerful as Caesar. It is also shown when Brutus hesitated in stabbing Caesar
like what other senators did and he murdered himself after the tragedy. It is
believed that he felt guilty in killing his adopted father for unsure reason.
In conclusion,
Brutus did not have a noble motive because he just made it to confuse the
Romans and murdering is not the way for freedom and the act itself is brutal.
Brutus had a noble motive to stop tyrannic act from his adopted father. however he was immature and chose a wrong decision by involving with the Roman senators
ReplyDeletei think Brutus is a cruel person. it shows that he just want to replace his adopted father but use the immature or wrong way.
ReplyDeletei like your explanation, i also think that brutus is cruel to his father.
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ReplyDeletei strongly agree on your points because Brutus should not kill his own adopted father.. it it ridiculous..
ReplyDeleteIBefore brutus own death, Brutus says that he "killed not [Caesar] with half so good a will" He did not kill Caesar out of his own good will, he killed him for believing he was ambitious, however, by the end, he sees that he was wrong.
ReplyDeleteAntony's last words to him was that Brutus was the noblest Roman of all the conspirators for he actually believed that he was killing Caesar, his best friend, for the sake of the common people and for the good of all while all the others did it out of envy for Caesar's great rise to power.
it is a slippery slope that Caesar would turn into a tyrant as he become ambitious man. Brutus paid for his own action. he was a wise man. and a wise man did wise action
ReplyDeletebrutus should not killed his adopted father because without Caesar Brutus is nowhere..
ReplyDeleteI like it how Lia's explanation has changed my perspective about Caeser. He shouldnt be killed by his adopted son, Brutus.
ReplyDeleteWise man doesn't kill his own father. Besides, he could do many things instead of murdering. He could confess his thought to Caesar, besides, Caesar loved him then no matter how bad he was, he might consider his beloved son's thought. Murdering is not the only way to stop violence and Brutus killed himself in the end of the day, I wonder why he did that, oh yeah, because he felt guilty for his father. TQ :)
ReplyDeletei don't agree with you because Caesar is a very cruel and can't be a good leader! He did a good job by killing Caesar and he had a very noble motive because of that! btw, Lia's explanation is good :)
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