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People change. It’s a statement used today. Whether its personality, appearance, or character, people change, for the good or the bad. Brutus changed from a noble and honorable man to one of the most evil men alive. Shakespeare depicted Brutus as a tricky and creative character. Brutus’s two separate lives seemed to interfere with each other throughout his noble life. His public life always seemed to take priority over everything he did. Brutus was one of the conspirators that killed Julius Caesar. Shakespeare was very creative in creating characters who showed depth and originality. Brutus was one of the most complex characters. Brutus was first shown as being noble and honorable to the common people. As the play went on and the plot thickened, Brutus’s moral character seemed to decrease to the common people but he still remained honorable in his mind. Brutus becomes manipulative, much like his friend Cassius, as the killing plan continues. He becomes more distant from his private life and the conspiracy takes control.

Brutus led quite the noble public life. Brutus was often described as naive. He was naive because of his great honor to Rome and everything he was involved in. Brutus showed how naive he was in many parts of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Brutus first shows his naivety when Cassius writes the letters to him telling him about how great of a leader he would be. He doesn’t give a second thought to the letters because he can’t imagine why Cassius would do that to him. Cassius was manipulative and knew Brutus would fall for this. (II.i.46-52) Brutus next believed that the common people would believe him that the killing of Caesar was for the good of Rome. He thought the people would believe him just be...

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...his mind he believes he dies in a noble way because he said it would be less noble to go back to Rome as a prisoner. Brutus shows denial about the way he changed.

In his heart he believes he is still honorable but not to the eye of Cierro. Brutus and Cierro shared a small tiff that historians have not been able to figure out. Cierro referred to Brutus as arrogant and cruel.

Although Brutus’s appearance didn’t change, he changed in many other aspects that influenced both his private and public life. He changed his morals and illustrated less noble characteristics that led to his disconnections in life. His private life with Portia suffered and he never put the pieces back together before she killed herself. Brutus changed in the public eye but then was idolized by many. It’s hard to believe that one person could change so much because of the killing of one