Throughout history Marcus Brutus has been blamed for the death of Caesar and ultimate downfall of Rome; upon taking a closer look Burtus is not entirely to Brutuses actions were based only for good of Rome, and even then he was acting on the false letters that were sent to him by Cassius. It can also be said the Cassius was as much to blame as Brutus, after all he was the one sending the fake letters to him. But most unlikely of all people, it was Julius Caesar that caused his own death.Brutus was a loyal and trusted friend of Caesar's and also one of the main players in the assassination of Julius Caesar. He was also the only one of that bunch the was doing it for the good of Rome. The thought of the demise of Rome was so great, Burtus was willing to kill a friend for no personal reason; "I have no personal reason to spurn at him, but for the General" (II,i,10-14). He once compared him to a "serpent's egg"(II,i,32) because the egg starts out harmless, but after time it hatches and eventually grows mischievous. In his eyes it was better to kill it in the egg before it could do any damage.On the other, hand Cassius only had one reason for killing Julius Caesar. He was jealous and thought he was better than Caesar:"For once upon a raw and gusty day, The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores, Caesar said to me "Darest thou, Cassius, nowLeap in with me into this angry flood,And swim to yonder point?" Upon the word Accuot'red as I was, I plunged inAnd bade him follow: so indeed he did. The torrent roared, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it asideAnd stemming it with hearts of controversy.But ere we could arrive the point proposed Caesar cried "Help me, Cassius, or I sink!"I, as Aeneas, our great ancestor,Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulderThe old Anchises bear, so from the waves of TiberDid I the tired Caesar. And this man Is now become a god, and Cassius isA wretched creature, and must bend his body I...
