Who Is Brutus An Honorable Man

Throughout William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus is made out to be Caesar’s greatest ally. However, later in the play, he is easily persuaded by Cassius and kills Caesar shortly after. This obviously proves that Brutus is not entirely loyal to Caesar. Fortunately, William Shakespeare is quite clever and writes Marc Antony brilliantly. Antony is a close friend of Caesar’s, he looks up to Caesar as a father and respects him profoundly. He holds Caesar’s best interest at heart and looks after him. Marc Antony is the only character who stood by Caesar and remained loyal, even after Caesar was murdered.

As we all know, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar was based on historical facts of when the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar

After the tragic assassination of Caesar, Antony walks out to the plebeians with the corpse of Caesar in his arms. He gives his speech for the funeral and succeeds in persuading the people to go against Brutus, Cassius and the rest of the conspirators. Within his speech he continuously speaks of how Brutus is honorable. “For Brutus is an honorable man”...”And Brutus is an honorable man.”...”And, sure, he is an honorable man.” Of course, he does not mean it literally, the act of saying something multiple times forces one to doubt it’s blunt meaning. In this case, Antony is being sarcastic and the true meaning of honor in his speech is shameful and a disgrace; a

In return, Antony responds with, “I shall remember. When Caesar says, “do this,” it is performed.” Whatever Caesar commands of Antony, he will carry it out. This excerpt from the play shows Antony’s respect and loyalty for Caesar. The characters see this and presume that Antony is a puppet ready to pulled by its strings. Although, it seems that he will be pulling the strings while everyone prance around like inanimate puppets. He persuades everyone to turn against the conspirators. Finally, to put the cherry on top the sundae Antony found Caesar’s will to the people. Caesar’s will was the key to let the plebeians make up their minds about what they should do. “Moreover, he hath left you all his walks, His private arbors, and new-planted orchards, On this side Tiber. He hath left them you And to your heirs forever—common pleasures, To walk abroad and recreate yourselves.” Hearing what Caesar had done for the people ticked them off for Brutus, one of Caesar’s closest friends betrayed him. Killed