William Shakespeare never wrote a play about a contemporary subject, like most of his plays are based on stories that were already well known to his audience. Like Julius Caesar, there were some people who didn’t really like Caesar like Brutus. He had some personal and political beliefs and also had some motive behind the choices he made.

Although Brutus loved Caesar, he had different political beliefs that contradicted Caesar. Brutus held the ideals of democracy and feared what could come out of having “one man rule” (doc. A). Julius Caesar didn’t rise to complete power with wrong intentions at all, but gave fear to many who believed in the freedom of everyone. Brutus believed that the democracy should return to Rome. These ideals led to Brutus actions, because Brutus stated that he “didn’t love Caesar less”, but that he “loved Rome” (doc. A) Brutus thought about the empire and its people before Caesar. He strongly believed that a republican would be more beneficial. These political beliefs led Brutus agreeing to kill Julius Caesar, all for the sake of a republic Rome.

Even though, Brutus personally loved Caesar, he hated and feared what was to become of Rome under his rule. As Caesar rose to power, many people began to oppose the idea of a one-man-ruler, epically the senate (doc. C) and (doc. A). Many people like Caesar, were very unpopular due to opposite on a central leader. However, many people looked up to Caesar, except for individuals such as Brutus that strongly held democratic beliefs. Due to this power, Brutus and other conspirators attempted to restore the republic by killing Caesar. To many, including Brutus, killing off Caesar was good for Rome. However, not everyone agreed that killing off the man who helped restore Rome deserved to die. These actions eventually led Rufus to take his own life, and failed at restoring the republic.

All in all, personally Brutus did not dislike Caesar. His democratic political views caused Brutus to make violent decisions against Caesar. Ruining his reputation to the people of Rome.