Trust In Julius Caesar

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Trust
Trusting can be a great trait to have, but just like any other personality trait, it may backfire at any certain time. An example of trust becoming negative happens in the a play called Julius Caesar. In the play, written by William Shakespeare, Brutus is a noble man who would do anything for Rome. When in the middle of the night he gets letters from ¨Roman Citizens¨ he fully obliges to join the conspirators. The conspirators are led by Cassius whose main goal is to kill Caesar due to personal dislike. Cassius was the one to write Brutus all of the fake letters, he wanted Brutus to join because everyone in Rome loves Brutus. After Brutus and the conspirators unify, they create a plan to kill Caesar. The plan works and Caesar is dead, but now they have to worry about Caesars apprentice Antony. Now Antony is fueled by his love of Caesar and his hate of Brutus and Cassius so
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After Brutus receives the letters he fully believes that they came from other citizens who wish to see Caesar not as king. Since he believes the Rome needs him he fully trusts letters even though they were written by Cassius. The second example from the play is “To speak and strike O Rome I make thee promise...Thy full petition at the hand of Brutus” (2.1.56-58) This quote just says that he promises to do what the people of Rome asked him to do. The reason why Brutus says this is because he just received letters containing opinions of people from Rome saying how noble he is, but they came from Cassius. Trusting in the opinions from the Romans led to him kill Caesar and ultimately led to his death in