Pat Hamer

Period 6

12/13/04

Statement of Intent

Brutus

My audio project will explore and discuss the true feelings and motives behind the actions of Brutus. An interviewer will dig deep into Brutus’ feelings and emotions about the assassination of Caesar and the truth about Cassius. This audio project will show Brutus as a noble and honorable man who is able to admit that he was wrong but also take it in stride. This is a practice that Brutus practices known as stoicism. Brutus will speak about how he is able to follow in the footsteps of his great, noble, and historic family lineage. He goes as far as to live up to his family name that he believes that his assassination of Caesar was ok because it prevented a single monarch or king from taking over the republic of Rome. Brutus’ grandfather was also the noble responsible for throwing the last ruler or emperor out of power and setting the foundation for the republic. Brutus is blinded by the flattery of Cassius who lies to him so that he will believe the lies of Cassius and join his conspiracy to assassinate Caesar. Caesar was not even king at the time of the assassination and in reality denied the crown three times when offered it by Marc Antony. However Brutus bought into Cassius’ conspiracy that Caesar was a power hungry and ambitious man seeking to destroy the republic and take the power and glory for himself. In actuality Cassius was the more power hungry and ambitious man between him and Caesar. In this audio project it will show how Brutus would react if he was able to speak with Cassius again knowing what he now knows. Brutus’ response which is, “that it would be hard to look at him but he would still forgive him because there is always good in all men.” This is a continued theme in interview in which Brutus believes that every men has good in him and have good intentions that benefit the good of Rome and others. This is a good example of the greater struggle Brutus deals with which he blindly trusts everyone. Since Brutus believes that there is good in everyone then everyone should be trusted for their word. This is because he himself can be trusted and has good intentions so he believes everyone else shares his experiences. The entire audio project shows how Brutus is a honorable and noble man who has good intentions and blindly trusts those who will flatter him.