People change. This is a statement used today. Whether it's personality, appearance, or character, people change, for better or worse. Brutus went from a noble and honorable man to one of the wickedest men in the world. Shakespeare portrayed Brutus as a cunning and creative character. Brutus' two separate lives seemed to interfere with each other throughout his noble life. His public life always seemed to take priority over anything he did. Brutus was one of the conspirators who killed Julius Caesar. Shakespeare was very creative in creating characters that showed depth and originality. Brutus was one of the most complex characters. Brutus was first shown to be noble and honorable to the people. As the play progressed and the plot thickened, Brutus's moral character seemed to diminish in the eyes of the people, but he still remained honorable in their minds. Brutus becomes manipulative, as does his friend Cassius, as the murderous plan continues. He moves away from his private life and the conspiracy takes over. Brutus leads a fairly noble public life. Brutus was often described as naive. He was naive because of the great honor he gave to Rome and everything he was involved in. Brutus showed how naive he was in many parts of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Brutus first shows his naivety when Cassius writes him letters telling him what a great leader he would be. He doesn't think about the letters because he can't imagine why Cassius would do this to him. Cassius was manipulative and knew Brutus would fall for this. (II.i.46-52) Brutus then believed that ordinary people would believe him that Caesar's murder was for the good of Rome. He thought people would believe him just in the middle of a paper... his mind, he believes he dies in a noble way because he said it would be less noble to return to Rome as a prisoner . . Brutus denies the way he has changed. In his heart he believes he is still honorable but not in Cierro's eyes. Brutus and Cierro shared a small argument that historians have failed to understand. Cierro called Brutus arrogant and cruel. Although Brutus's appearance did not change, he changed in many other aspects that influenced his private and public life. He changed his morals and exemplified less noble characteristics which led to his disconnections in life. His private life with Portia suffered and he never put the pieces back together before she committed suicide. Brutus changed in the public eye, but was later idolized by many. It's hard to believe that a person can change so much because of the murder of another person.