Both Brutus and Cassius commit suicide. Cassius
incorrectly hears that Brutus is defeated. that is why he commits suicide. He was
dependent on Brutus for his leardership. Cassius is giving honor to Brutus in his death.
He believes in Brutus. Knowing he is dead causes Cassius to feel hopeless. Cassius is a
coward who depended totally on Brutus.
Brutus fights to the
end. He rallies Cassius's forces and fights until both armies retreat. It is declared a
draw between Brutus' army and Antony's army.
Three weeks
later, Brutus finds his army defeated. He would rather die than live under the
leadership of men who supported Caesar in his sense of being ovely
ambitious.
Brutus has nothing to fear in death. He has lost
everything. His wife is dead. Cassius is dead. Brutus would rather die on his own sword
than to become a slave under Rome's new condition.
He dies
believing in an idealic republic. In honor and glory, Brutus dies. Even Antony admits
that no one was more honorable of the conspirators.
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