Brutus's Patriotism

We all know the history of Julius Caesar and his tragic end which considered Brutus, his best friend, as a traitor for killing Caesar. A real figure, Julius Caesar, in 44 BCE became the ruler of Rome. Even though he came home with lots of victories, he arised a feeling of defeat among his people.

Caesar led a civil war, caused fear of monarchy as he wanted to become a king and Caesar was declared as dictator in perpetuity, which meant he could rule as long as he wanted. Rome did not want a king, a dictator, but they kept on celebrating and cheering on Caesar's victories.

However, his best friend, Brutus wants to stop this situation and takes an action which also brings his end. Brutus and other Liberators plotted an assasination against Caesar since they sensed a chance of him becoming a dictator. They murdered Caesar on 15th of March. Things are alike in Shakespeare's rewriting of Julius Caesar, so I will be grounding my ideas on his play and historical background of this event.

For his action of murdering his best friend Caesar, Brutus has been considered as a traitor for his attemption. Even though he brought lots of victories to Rome, his actions and attemptions created the fear of dicatorship and monarchy in his society, Brutus included.

<Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.> writes Shakespeare to reveal his perspective of Brutus and make his action seem and sound logical. Brutus, as a politician, did not have anything good considerable for himself at the end of his action, but all he did was to bring peace and justice to Rome, to clean Rome off authorship and any mere chance of Monarchy. Thus, we can consider him as a patriot instead of a traitor. As a great leader, I believe, if he was aware of his actions also, Caesar would've wanted the same.