1. Use details from the text to support your

understanding of why, according to Brutus, he

and other senators killed Caesar. Provide

evidence that is directly stated in the selection

as well as ideas that you have inferred from clues

in the text.

Answer: According to Brutus, they killed Caesar because he had too much power.

Explanation:

In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Brutus joins a group of conspirators who plot Caesar's murder. Although a friend of Caesar's, Brutus believes that Caesar is dangerous and will become a dictator of Rome. He strongly believes that it will be better for Rome to be governed by the senators than a single ruler. According to Brutus, he and the senators kill Caesar for the purpose of saving the Republic. However, it turns out that it is only Brutus that focuses on this goal. At the end of the play, Brutus confesses that it was harder for him to kill Caesar than to kill himself, which proves that he really had nothing against Caesar as a person: "Caesar, now be still. I killed not thee with half so good a will." The other men have other motives that have nothing to do with the good of Rome.