CASSIUS:

Let Antony and Caesar fall together. . . .


BRUTUS:

Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius . . . .

Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius.




What does this interaction between Cassius and Brutus reveal about Brutus’ motivations?


Brutus is motivated by fear: he disagrees with the assassination plot.

Brutus is motivated by his friendship with both Caesar and Mark Antony to protect them from the assassination plot.

Brutus believes the assassination is a noble act: a necessary sacrifice for the good of Rome.

Brutus believes he should be emperor of Rome.