Summary:
Brutus was an honorable, gullible, and loyal guy. He had been through a lot in his short life but he still had a lot more surprises ahead of him too.
Complex Personalities
Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, was an extremely popular drama. Even though this story is old, people until this day, still enjoy reading and watching this tragedy. In this drama, there was an honorable, gullible, and loyal guy named Brutus. Brutus had been through much, but he had a lot more waiting ahead of him, and did not even know it.
Honor was something that Brutus was especially proud to have. He was also strong, and said that Caesar was 'weak' by saying, "Tis very like he hath the falling sickness (I, ii, 254)." Because Caesar was 'weak', Brutus planed to kill Caesar with some help from acquaintances. Brutus hoped that by eliminating, Caesar, who thought he had all the power, that he would save his country from worse things. Brutus thought more of honor than of death; if he did not have honor, he would have rather been dead.
Cassius was a very cunning person. He got Brutus to believe that the letters that he got in the mail were true. However, Cassius was the one who sent them to Brutus. That showed that Brutus believed anything he was told, even if it might not have be the truth. Therefore Brutus was gullible. It was not good to be labeled as 'gullible'. Brutus did not really think much for himself. Because of these letters, Brutus wanted Caesar dead and planed to kill him, on the Ides of March, with the help of a few friends. Brutus said to his friends, "Get you to bed again; it is not day. / Is not tomorrow, boy, the ides of March?" (II, I, 39). By Brutus saying that tomorrow is the Ides of March, he was saying that he was ready to go through with the plans. He hoped that all his planning and hard work would pay off and that the country would be better off in the long run.
Brutus was loyal to almost everyone, especially to his wife, Portia, whom he loved so very much. He would do anything for her. When Portia asked him what he was planning to do, Brutus responds,
"O ye gods, / Render me worthy of this noble wife! / Hark, Hark / One knocks. Portia, go in a while, / And by and by thy bosom shall partake/ The secrets of my heart. / All my engagements I will construe to thee, / All the charactery of my sad brows. / Leave me with haste (II, ii, 302-09)."
He was saying that he will tell her everything that was about to happen. He was showing that he trusted her, even though she was a female. This was very unusual because women were considered weak and unable to keep secrets like males could.
Brutus was a very complex person. He was honorable and loyal, but at the same time gullible. People thought that being honorable and loyal would outweigh being gullible, but sometimes that was not always the case. Brutus was very different in all aspects of life.
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