In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, I believe that Brutus had a greater tragedy than that of Caesar. Brutus had a problem with trusting people too much. He lost a lot of things in his life by putting all his trust in others. People also felt that Brutus had great wisdom and his death shocked many of the people of Rome harder than Caesar's death did. .
On page 733 of Act II scene i, Brutus says, "It must be by his death; and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general . . . . Brutus is talking with the other conspirators about Caesar in this quote. He is one of the only conspirators that doesn't have a personal reason for killing Brutus, he is only trusting what others are saying. The other conspirators tell him that "the general," the public, don't want Caesar around any more. He listens to them and helps in killing his own friend. In addition, on page 753 of Act III scene i, Caesar says, "Et tu, Brute." The conspirators have just stabbed Caesar and as he is dying he looks up and sees his friend Brutus. He says "And you, Brutus," as if saying "you helped do this to me, my friend." After that event Brutus must have felt a lot of guilt and sorrow from those three last words of his friend Caesar. .
Another characteristic of the tragedy of Brutus is that his death amazed many of the townspeople. On page 801 in Act V scene v, Antony responds to news of Brutus" death. "This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators said only he did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He, only in a general honest thought and common good to all, made one of them . . . . Antony then goes on to say how good a man Brutus was. Then, Ocavius tells of how they will have an honorable burial for such an honored man. Many of people felt this way about Brutus. It was a tragedy when he died because everyone thought so highly of him. He was said to be "the noblest Roman of them all" even by Antony, his enemy.
