Caesar and Brutus were both important men in the play, they were to political leaders who were respected by everyone in Rome.They were both two friends until Brutus decides to take his best friend life for the good of Rome.

The two men were notably different in character and outlook. Caesar was an arrogant, greedy person. He was very ambition and the meaning of ambition to Romans was an act of a bad person as they put themselves first before others. Also, Caesar always refers himself in the third person and thinks his immortal but how long did he take him to die in the play ?. Brutus, on the other hand, is the completely opposite to Caesar, he was very kind towards others and was also very caring towards others as well. The thing that people liked about Brutus the most is that he acts for the greater good of Rome whereas Caesar acts for the greater of him selves.

Caesar was more loved and liked by the crowd. In terms of speaking Brutus, his speech is normally short and concise whereas Caesar was more of a persuasive person when he talks.

Brutus is know as a hero but  he faces a major conflict between his loyalty to his friend and his loyalty to his country. Although Brutus’ relationship with Caesar is strong, his relationship with the people of Rome is stronger.

it started at the start of the play when everyone in Rome gathered in a public place because they were ready to celebrate the feast of Lupercal. During the Feast of Lupercal Brutus and Cassius meets each over and talk while everyone was moving to the next event. Cassius convinces Brutus into to killing Caesar. He does by using Brutisis weakness to his advantage, He know that Brutus will do anything to save Rome, So Cassius tells Brutus that Caesar will need to be assassinated so that Rome can become a better place. It was a hard decision to make but because Caesar was Brutus best friend and Brutus is loyal so he declines the offer, but Cassius persuades Brutus even more, Brutus could not decline the offer so he accepts it and decides to kill Caesar, His best friend for the great of Rome.

To summarise the start of the play, I believe that Brutus is turning into Caesar in terms of thoughts because normally Brutus wouldn’t ever think of killing someone he is too good-hearted to do so.

Moving on , After Brutus and Cassius think of their evil plan , A Soothsayer from know where says to Caesar “Beware the ides of March ” ( The Soothsayer tries to give Caesar a hint as the ides of March was the day when Brutus And Cassius we’re going to assassinate Caesar ) but Caesar decides to give no interest in it because Caesar thinks he’s some immortal God but that not the case, In result of not listening to the soothsayer he dies at the end of the play.

Brutus also dies at the very end of the play by committing suicide during a war. He commits suicide because his plan, killing Caesar ford the greater good of Rome never worked. The people of Rome hated him for killing Caesar after  Anthony spoke to them. He killed himself because back in the Roman times killing yourself was an honorable way to die.

A Major Similarity is that they both show Hubris.

Soothsayer: “Beware the Ides of March”.                              Caesar: “He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass.”                 In this quote, Caesar is showing Hubris because here he is being very arrogant and he also thinks now that he is immortal, that nothing can happen to him

Brutus: “With this I depart: that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death”                        In this quote Brutus is also showing hubris because here he is being very self-confident  knows that the Plebeians won’t want him to die so he says this because he is so self-confident in the fact that they will want him to live.                                               

To conclude my essay I have to say that Brutus and Caesar were completely different at the start of the play but throughout the play I think Shakespeare deliberately  changes the way Brutus acts and tries his best to make Brutus similar to Caesar.

By Tobi Bakare