neral"(act 2, scene 1, line 12) Roman republic. Brutus is viewed by the reader under these internally fabricated motives as an honorably driven insurgent, who, for supposed just cause, administers an immoral act of assassination and brings evil disaster and disorder to his precious Roman republic, which is in fact, a greater tragedy than that in which he had hoped to prevent. After his assassination however, Caesar's private corporeal ambitions of political success are spiritually perpetuated in his image, through the persons of Marc Anthony and Octavius Caesar. Once again, the reader bears witness to the never ending omnipotence of the "Caesarian" spirit, and further understands Brutus's tragic flaw of noble morality in his inability to perceive the truth in Caius Cassius's suggestion to, "let Anthony…fall"(act 2, scene 1, line 161). Or in other words, assassinating Anthony along with Caesar. The tragedy of noble Brutus becomes a tragedy of a man who was too true to his ideals of nobility to be good at the job of statecraft, which typically involves compromise. For Brutus would not compromise his honor to, upon retrospect, save the demise of the Roman republic, and kill Marc Anthony in favor of appearing, "sacrificers, but not butchers"(act 2, scene 1, line 166) in the eyes of the Roman general public within his murder of only Caesar. Clever Anthony, upon laying his life on the line within his trust of Brutus's nobleness, pretends to befriend the conspirators and requests the honor of a speech upon Caesar's funeral. Again the reader beholds Brutus's tragic flaw by trusting Anthony in his finale of a funeral speech to not, "blame us (the conspirators), / But speak all good you can devise of Caesar, / And say you do it by our permission…In the same pulpit whereto I am going, / After my speech is ended"(act 3, scene 1, lines 245-251). Not only is Brutus in error by letting Anthony speak, but his judgement is furthermore at fau...
