Topic > Julius Caesar's Reflection Essay - 1399

Brutus, in his conversation with Cassius, states that he will consider the case presented by Cassius as it is "towards the general good" (Julius Caesar I.2.87). As mentioned above, Brutus does not see the same thing in himself and other people as Cassius does. Brutus sees integrity and honor when he looks in the mirror. For Brutus, the act of killing Caesar was for the general will of the people. He believed that by killing Caesar he would do the greatest good for the people of Rome. However, what he sees in his reflection belies what others see. For Antonio and the outsiders, murder is an unjust act of killing an innocent person without any reason. The conversation between Cassius and Brutus about mirrors foreshadows this and makes the reader reflect on whether or not what the conspirators did was right and whether or not Brutus is simply a just person doing an unjust action rather than a malevolent person seeking of something.