Brutus's Manipulation In Julius Caesar

In the play Julius Caesar, Brutus loses touch with the Roman people because he is naive and inflexible in his beliefs, allowing himself to be easily manipulated by other characters in the play. This results in his misjudgement of the peoples’ reaction to Caesar’s death. Brutus losing touch with reality as a result of his ideals and inability to see things clearly is an entirely true view of his character in the play.
Brutus strongly believes in the Roman Republic. He sees Caesar’s ambition as a threat to Roman liberty. Although conflicted because Caesar is his friend, he is inflexible in this belief. Brutus’s ideal of the Roman Republic allows Cassius to easily manipulate him with forged letters expressing the people’s dissatisfaction with Caesar. Brutus is easily swayed by the forged letters because Caesar’s power and ambition go against his own ideals of Roman liberty. The letters urge Brutus to “Speak, strike, redress” (2.1.55) and he decides to join the conspiracy.
Brutus is unable to see things clearly because he is naive and does not see the assassination of Caesar as a murder but rather as a sacrifice for the good of Rome. This makes it more acceptable to him as Brutus is an honourable man and does not want unnecessary bloodshed. Furthermore, as a result of his naivety he believes that Cassius is part of the conspiracy for the
He is out of touch with the Roman people because he believes that they are satisfied with the reasons given for the assassination of Caesar. He underestimates the fickleness of the people and misjudges the situation by allowing Antony to speak at the pulpit. Brutus trusts Antony despite his loyalty to Caesar. He ignores Cassius’s advice “Do not consent that Antony speak in his funeral. Know you how much the people may be moved by that which he will utter?” (3.1.245-8) Brutus fails to realise the implications of allowing Antony to speak until it is too