er, will corrupt. " More than his reason. But tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back," (Shakespear 2.1. 21 - 25) Then, Cassius returns to flattery, reminding Brutus of his own reputation and that of his ancestor, the Brutus who expelled Tarquini, a tyrant, from Rome. This statement moves Brutus even more.In act 2, he concludes that Caesar must be considered as a snake's egg, which would hatch and become a powerful atrocity. Therefore, he must be killed before he becomes a king. " And therefore think him as a serpent's egg Which hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous, And kill him in the shell " (Shakespear 2.1. 32 - 35) To come to such a decision, Brutus' idealism is one of the factors that supported his choice of his country over his friendship with Caesar. (His motives for joining the conspiracy are wholly pure, and he intends to maintain this purity in everything. He is very conscious of his position among people. He is well respected of his noble nature and honored by many. His duty is to carry out general people's will and his duty solely for people's benefit. His background also has a role in providing another motive for him to kill Caesar. He is descended from patriots, and he is often reminded of the Lucius Junius Brutus who drove Tarquin from Rome and helped to found the first republic. Brutus, once he is convinced that Caesar would be crowned, sees him as destined to repeat his ancestor's heroic mission: by killing Caesar, he will, he thinks, restore the true "Rome" - the republic. (Mowant, P. 215 - 216) Therefore, despite his friendship with Caesar, Brutus kills Caesar because he thinks the country will be better without a king. Brutus continues this ritual act by having rejecting the suggestion that they should swear an oath o...
