brutus as a caesar

Brutus's comment on the impending battle of Philippi is more precisely true than he realizes: "this same day must end that work the ides of March begun". Indeed the inevitable results of the process initiated on the Ides of March.
All the conspirators acknowledge that Caesar has avenged himself on them. Those who died by the sword died not just by any sword, but by the very same sword. Brutus exclaims, "O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet! Thy spirit walks abroad, and turns our swords into our own proper entrails". As he dies, Brutus calls on Caesar's spirit to be still. Historically, Caesar's spirit, as Shakespeare well knew, was not pacified by the death of Brutus. Octavius has already shown that he is every inch a Caesar.Not only Octavius, but Brutus too has been transformed into a little Caesa...