In Hamlet, Shakespeare once borrowed Hamlet and said, "Weak man, your name is Woman." In Julius Caesar, in stark contrast to this remark, he praises Brutus highly— "This is a real man." "Who is Brutus?" It is said that he was the illegitimate son of Julius Caesar and his lover Severia, and one of the main plotters who later plotted to assassinate Caesar.
In the history of Rome, Nero killed his mother and seized power, so why did Brutus kill his father? Was he really personally involved in the assassination?
On March 15, 44 B.C., in pompeii' chamber, when every murderer stabbed Caesar in the body, Brutus also stabbed, and Caesar fought back desperately against the other assassins, and struggled while shouting, but when he saw the dagger in Brutus's hand, he silently covered his head with his robe and willingly stabbed. Others write: "When Brutus stabbed Caesar, Caesar said in Greek, 'It's you!' My kind child? Why? It seems that Caesar, at the time of his death, still considered Brutus to be his own child. ”
In his biography of Caesar Hebrutu, Plutarch used these as the keynote: "Caesar loved not only Severilla but also Brutus, though he was only an illegitimate child. In Plutarch's view, Caesar's kindness to Brutus stemmed from this love.
But when Caesar Heppei began a civil war for supreme power, it was not unexpected that Brutus did not join Caesar's side, but sided with Pompey, who had killed his father everywhere. Still, Caesar loved Brutus. He told his subordinates that Brutus was not allowed to die in the war. If Brutus surrenders, take him captive, and if he dies as a prisoner, do as he pleases, in short, do not harm him.
Caesar was very kind to Brutus. Plutarch said that if Brutus wanted to, he could even become Caesar's closest friend. Why, then, did Brutus rebel against Caesar, even to kill him? Fundamentally, Brutus and Casillo were republicans who were extremely hostile to the absolute monarchy. In the face of Caesar, who had attempted to become king, Brutus expressed a resolute position: "It is our urgent duty to die for the freedom of the country!" ”
All indications show that the righteous and awe-inspiring Brutus hated Julius Caesar to the bone, and the resentment was not shallow. In his mind, Caesar was the representative of the tyrant, and the removal of the tyrant was what he had to do as a "true man." The assassination of Caesar was a matter of course. But these are just some of the subjective tendencies of the author Plutarch. Exactly whose hands Julius Caesar died has yet to be further examined.