why is Brutus’ involvement in Caesar’s assassination especially tragic? Brutus did not participate in the actual assassination; he only helped plan it. Brutus did not help plan the assassination; he only helped carry it out. Brutus did not help plan the assassination; he did not help carry it out. Brutus delivered the final blow and assassinated his friend
In the play, Julius Caesar, Brutus - who is supposed to be Caesar's BFF - stabs him in the back - literally and figuratively - as a part of the plan to conspire against him.