How Brutus Is A Hero

Julius Caesar, a play written by William Shakespeare, is a story about Brutus, a conspirator but also Caesar’s friend, wanting to make a better Rome by making a tough decision of killing Caesar, an ambitious man who has the crown. In this play, Brutus is a heroic character. He is heroic because he had to make a very hard decision to kill his friend to make a better Rome. Brutus was also willing to die if it made Rome a better place and if it saved the Romans from Caesar. Brutus is a hero because he had to kill his best friend in order to save Rome. In Act I, when brutus is telling Cassius that he thinks Caesar needs to go, Brutus says, “I do fear the people choose Caesar for their king...yet I love him well.” This shows that Brutus thought