“Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers.” This quote states that he wants to kill Caesar but in a different way from Cassius. Brutus kills Caesar not for personal reasons but for the good of Rome. He kills Caesar because he wanted Rome to stay as a republic and not turn into a tyranny. The two motivators that drive Brutus into killing Caesar are his honour and also his patriotism. He also has other small motivators that connect to the two main motivators, which are patriotism and honour.
Brutus killed Caesar for two main reasons. One of the reasons Brutus killed Caesar was because of his patriotism. Brutus was motivated by patriotism because he thought that Caesar’s ambition was giving him too much power, therefore he thought that if Caesar gained too much power he would take over Rome as a tyrant and Rome would not be a republic anymore. Patriotism motivated Brutus to join the conspirators and lose his trust with Caesar. After killing Caesar Brutus went to confront the people of Rome and explain why he killed Caesar. Brutus states “Caesar this is my answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.”(Act 3, Scene 2, Lines: 20-21, Page 128) The quote is saying that it’s not that he didn’t love Caesar but he loved Rome more therefore he killed Caesar for the good of Rome. The quotation shows that Brutus was motivated by patriotism and was driven to kill Caesar before he got too much power and become a tyrant. Also Brutus thought to himself what had to be done, after all the conspirators left his house. Brutus says, “It must be by his death; and for my part; I know no personal cause to spurn at him; But for the general. He would be crown’d; How that might change his nature, there’s the question.”(Act 2, Scene 1, Lines: 10-13, Page 62) The quotation states that he had no personal cause to kill Caesar but he wanted the good of Rome therefore he killed Caesar. This shows that he was driven by his patriotism and his love for Rome. The reason why he killed Caesar he wanted the people of Rome and himself to be free.
The second main reason that Brutus killed Caesar was because of his honour. Brutus was motivated by his honour because he wanted to do what he thought was the right thing to do and he did what he thought was the good of Rome. He followed his honour and h decided to kill Caesar. Also within his honour Caesar’s ambition, his thoughts, the conspirators and the republic of Rome motivated him. Because of that he gave up his friendship with Caesar and lost trust with Caesar. AfProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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r the conspirators entered Brutus’ house he had a conversation about plotting Caesar’s death with the conspirators. He says “ No, not an oath. If not the face of men, The sufferance if our souls, the time’s abuse- If these be motives weak, break off betimes, And every man hence to his idle bed.”(Act 2, Scene 1, Lines: 114-117, Page 70) The quote is saying that if they are going to kill Caesar later on they should not be hiding and not be scared, they should be proud and act normal. He is saying that what happens if when it comes to killing Caesar you will be hiding and scared. It shows that Brutus is honorable and that he accepts what he has to do and does not get frightened or scared and walk away. They should be proud of the good they are going to do for Rome. Brutus and the conspirators are at the senate house after killing Caesar Brutus talks to the conspirators and says “ Grant that, and then is death a benefit: So are we Caesar’s friends that have abrig’d his time of fearing death.” (Act 3, Scene 1, Lines: 103-105, Page 112) He is saying that they should accept that Caesar is dead and that his death was a benefit to Caesar because has to worry less and didn’t need to worry about death anymore. It shows that Brutus was motivated by his honour and his honour was powerful enough to kill Caesar for the freedom of Rome and its’ people.
Brutus says he wanted to kill Caesar in a honorable way but not a barbaric way. But at the end Brutus actually did kill Caesar in a barbaric way and not the way he wanted and thought it would be like. Brutus killed Caesar mainly for two reasons. Those two reasons are because of his patriotism and his honour. Both motivators caused Brutus to act in a confident way. His honour led him to joining the conspirators and his patriotism led him to killing Caesar for the good of the Roman people. Brutus achieved his goal he wanted to complete which was killing Caesar before he gets too much power. Brutus achieved his goal because he was determined. Brutus was determined to save the people of Rome from tyranny, ensure that Rome stays a republic, stop Caesar from getting too much power and gain freedom for himself and the people of the Roman republic. The goal was noble at first because after that they were not ruled for a while and stayed as a republic. But then Anthony got Octavius in charge and Brutus died therefore at the end the goal was not very worthy.
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