In William Shakespeare's tragic play Julius Caesar, the protagonist, Brutus, conspires against Caesar and successfully kills; only to find the city he loves in chaos and mutiny due to his actions. Brutus in the eyes of many people was a noble and honorable man who loved and adored the city of Rome, and no one thought of it more than Caesar. To Caesar, Brutus was the son he never had, and his love for Brutus was known, so the thought of Brutus betraying him was absurd. However, imagine if Brutus not only didn't love Caesar, but hated him. If this were the situation in Julius Caesar, the work would change drastically, changing almost every quote from Brutus. If so, Brutus' hatred for Caesar and love for Rome lead to Caesar's murder due to Brutus' fear of Caesar becoming king. Brutus was known to love Rome, but was his hatred for Caesar hidden? Brutus is a high-ranking man in Rome and a very close friend of Caesar. We see early on that Brutus has many eternal problems that he is battling and that his insecurities make him easily manipulated. If Brutus had hated Caesar, Brutus would not have killed Caesar for Rome, but out of envy and rivalry he would have made his murder savage and gruesome. While trying to convince the plebeians that Caesar's assassination was for their freedom and why they should see them as men of honor protecting Rome, he said, "Not that / I loved Caesar less, but that I love Rome more" . I believe this quote would not change because Brutus wants the multitude to believe what he is saying, and by adding that he loved Caesar, but loved their city more, he made it seem like Brutus and the conspirators had performed a selfless act. If Brutus could have betrayed his friend who he loved for…half of the paper…his emotions ended with Caesar becoming king and then tyrant extraordinaire, enslaving the people of Rome. He felt it was just a way to protect the people of Rome, not for a personal reason, like the other men in the conspiracy. This quote in particular would change drastically as his personal cause would be his hatred and envy of Caesar and his love for the general public of Rome. Brutus' hatred and love for Rome would be the only motivation to kill Caesar, causing him to stop at nothing until his motivation was satisfied. The play Julius Caesar would be very different if Brutus' motivation was instead hatred for the general public and the city of Rome. His fear of Caesar becoming king was placed above his personal relationships in the hope that Rome would somehow be better and more prosperous if Caesar were no longer the ruler..