The play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is famous throughout the world. This tragedy tells the story of the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar and the consequences that followed. Of all the characters in the play, I find Marcus Brutus the most interesting. Time and time again Brutus is convinced and persuaded to make decisions. In the moments when he actually makes a decision on his own, it ends badly. Throughout the play, he believes that what he is doing is the right thing, he only makes choices for moral reasons. The character of Brutus in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is easily deceived, tragically wrong and falsely heroic. Poor Brutus is manipulated into doing many things. His greatest decision, however, is to join the conspiracy. Although Brutus believes he came to the decision on his own, there are several key factors that guide him towards that choice. First, at the beginning of the play, when Cassius talks to Brutus, he tries to convince him that Caesar is a bad man and a threat to the public's well-being. Cassius gives Brutus two reasons why Caesar should be killed. For his first reason Cassius tells a little anecdote: "She endures the cold of winter as well as he does." come with me into this raging river and swim to that point?" At the first order, equipped as I was, I dived in and bade him follow. So indeed he did. The torrent roared, and we struck it with vigorous nerves , throwing it aside and damming it with hearts of controversy, Caesar cried out: "Help me, Cassius, or I will sink!" from the flames...... middle of paper......, he truly believes he saved Rome In the end, however, the truth about how he felt about the conspiracy is revealed. With his last breath, Brutus he says: “Caesar, you can rest now. I have not even killed you” (5.5.55-56). He is easily tricked into joining the plot to kill one of his friends. However, when he takes his own decisions, things go wrong. Every decision he makes without help ends tragically, ultimately ending in death. All in all Brutus believes he is doing the right thing. He believed that killing Caesar was the only option. He is the tragic hero of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Works Cited Shakespeare, William. "Julius Caesar." SparkNote. SparkNotes and Web. February 20. 2014. .