Brutus and Cassius: Who is the better leader?

Both Brutus and Cassius have their own strengths and weaknesses.

Brutus has many strengths, which are shown throughout the play. Out of all of them, the one that characterises him the most is that he is considered a noble man and an idealist. Brutus is Caesar’s great friend who joins the conspiracy because his love for Rome is greater than his love for his friend. There is no doubt about Caesar’s love for Brutus, although there is little time in the play for this to be demonstrated. Caesar’s love for Brutus is clearly shown through his murder. Caesar defends himself against the conspirators, running in all directions with his body. But when he sees Brutus with his sword drawn in his hand, we hear the famous cry, ‘Et tu, Brute’ when Caesar realises that even his good friend is one of the conspirators. With this, he pulls his gown over his head and makes no more resistance.

Throughout the play, Brutus is always aware of Caesar’s love and feels extremely ungrateful in return. When Brutus has been defeated and runs onto his own sword to avoid being captured, he seem

From looking at the strengths of both Brutus and Cassius, I feel that Cassius should be the one to lead in the assassination plot and lead in the Civil War. Cassius is forceful and a very scheming strategist. He is a much better judge of character than Brutus is. He recognizes the threats to Rome and if it weren’t for Brutus, he would have eliminated them. Cassius argues against Brutus, who thinks that Antony should not be killed along with Caesar. Cassius also argues when Antony asks for permission to address the citizens at Caesar’s funeral. On both occasions, Brutus’s idealism is strong and Cassius is overruled. Cassius proves to be right both times. If Cassius had had his way, then they could have won the Civil war.

Brutus will not agree that Antony should be killed along with Caesar because this would turn what he seems as ritual sacrifice into bloody butchery. Cassius argues against Brutus here, and also when Antony asks permission to address the citizens at Caesar’s funeral. On both occasions, Brutus’s idealism is strong and Cassius is overruled; events prove Cassius to have been right both times. The contrast between idealist Brutus and the realist Cassius is clearly shown through their quarrel about money.

The trouble with idealism is that it can so easily blind those who posses it. Brutus is blinded. The conspiracy might have succeeded if Antony, as well as Caesar had died on the Ides of March. All might still have been well for the murderers if Antony had not been allowed to stir the citizens to mutiny with his funeral speech. The biggest mistake that Brutus makes is that Caesar has to die.

Patriotism is the

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