Loyalty is faithfulness or devotion to a person, a cause, obligation or duties. The true meaning and importance of loyalty is questioned in Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Loyalty can be misleading and can cause you to question your own morals. Throughout the play Brutus struggles with his loyalty to both his country and his confidants, this compassion eventually leads him to suicide.

Brutus chooses to join the conspiracy because of his loyalty to the republic of Rome. He has strong loyalty to Rome and not the conspirator when he makes the decision to lead the group of people wishing to kill Caesar. He unlike the rest of the group agrees to kill Caesar for the good of Rome and not for personal gain. .".. Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I/ loved Rome more. ..." (3.2 22-23). Brutus proves that he was doing only what he thought...