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  • Essay / Julius Caesar's Reflection Essay - 1399

    Brutus, in his conversation with Cassius, states that he will consider the case presented by Cassius since it is "for the general good" (Julius Caesar I.2. 87) . As mentioned previously, Brutus does not see in himself and others the same as Cassius. Brutus sees integrity and honor when he looks in the mirror. For Brutus, the act of assassinating Caesar was the general will of the people. He believed that by killing Caesar he was doing the greatest good to the people of Rome. However, what he sees in his reflection belies what others see. To Antonio and the outsiders, murder is an unjust act of killing an innocent person for no reason. The conversation between Cassius and Brutus about the mirrors foreshadows this and makes the reader wonder whether what the conspirators did was as good as whether Brutus is simply a righteous person committing an unjust act rather than an evil person seeking