I think that Brutus does not want the conspirators to swear an oath of allegiance because he likes to think of himself being better and nobler than the rest of the conspirators and he is not just part of the gang but if he takes the oath he will be lowering himself to their level. Also he might want to think that they do not need an oath to stay true to their word that they are going to kill Caesar for the good of rome, and if they don’t have the motives to do it whats the point, he says that in act 2,1 ‘If these be motives weak, break off betimes.’ he might also be disagreeing because it was Cassius who suggested an oath and Cassius is currently the leader of the conspiracy but Brutus want to be so to show that he purposefully disagrees with all of Cassius’s propositions, such as keeping Anthony alive even though it was a bad decision.
November 19, 2015 at 10:34 am
This needs work. It is too informal, does not present a thesis for debate and also contains many technical errors and informalities.