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Many people may think that Brutus is a power-hungry madman because of him being a part of the conspiracy, as well as the murder of Julius Ceasar. William Shakespeare, on the other hand, had a different portrayal of Marcus Junius Brutus. In the play Brutus is portrayed as this man, very popular in Rome, that in the first one-third of the play has a very important decision to make. This decision is whether or not he wants to be a part of the killing of Julius Ceasar. Along with that major issue, there are many other personal issues that he faces throughout the play, which are fueled by the main decision of whether or not he wants to be a part of the murder of Caesar. Shakespeare shows Brutus extreme amounts pity throughout the play, concerning the issue of being a part of the assassination of Caesar. He almost makes it appear that Cassius is bullying Brutus into it, but Brutus himself makes the final decision on his own is made obvious in the famous Garden Scene of the play. This is when Brutus refers to Julius as a “serpent's egg”. This translates into saying that Caesar truly doesn’t understand what he is capable of, and needs to be stopped before he is given the power that he needs to realize it. Brutus then realized that in order for Rome to be safe, Caesar had to be assassinated. In real life Brutus was kind of a weirdo to say the least. He was seen by many people to be bipolar, and having serious anger issues. If he were to live in today’s current society, there is a very large possibility that he would’ve been diagnosed with some variation of a mental disability. The real life Brutus is much more hostile, as well as purely evil rather than the Shakespeare's version of him. Brutus had a rough upbringing from his c... ... middle of paper ... ... be just as easily portrayed as one of those extremes, just as easily as the other. The real question is could someone be portrayed as both? A madman as well as an adored hero? I believe in this situation most definately. He was truly crazy historically, as well as in the play, but he did partake in some pretty heroic acts. Throughout both the play and history all Brutus wanted was the best for Rome. Even after the murder of Caesar, Brutus still partook in anything he could for the better of Rome. After the battle of Phillipi, which they had lost, he killed himself. This proved so much to the people of Rome, and others. This proved Brutus’s true caring for Rome. It showed that he knew that Rome would have an equal if not better ruler, Octavious, and that he could not imagine going back to Rome with them being dissapointed with him losing the battle.

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