Question

LC)Which explanation provides the best evidence to support the interpretation that Brutus is a patriot? Brutus risks making his wife angry when he refuses to tell her what weighs on his heart and mind. He values national security over his wife's feelings. Brutus sacrifices his sleep in order to meet secretly with the other conspirators under the cover of night. He protects anyone willing to die for Rome. Brutus admits that Caesar has not done anything wrong to him personally. Instead, he feels Caesar must die because of what he may do to Rome.

Answer 1

Brutus was a patriot because he loved Rome so much he had killed the man he loved. But he loved Caeser less than he loved Rome. Brutus perceived Caeser as a tyrant who would harm Rome. The irony is that by killing Caeser in his love for Rome, Brutus unleashed a brutal civil war as well as many unhonorable actions.

We have friends like Brutus, they are called two faced. He's a patriot because he he killed Caesar for the good of Rome and then when he lost and felt like he did all that he could do for Rome, he killed himself (he died for Rome).

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Answer 2

Brutus admits that Caesar has not done anything wrong to him personally. Instead, he feels Caesar must die because of what he may do to Rome.