There is a saying: A friend in need is a friend indeed. One who helps someone at a time of need, is certainly a precious asset. However, there are occasions when a friend also can turn into an enemy or may try to sink the friend’s ship during the course of journey in life.
In Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, there is a character named Brutus. Julius Caesar is the hero and Brutus is his friend. In a particular scene of the play, Julius Caesar is betrayed by his friend Brutus who plots his assassination and together with his enemies, stabs him with knives.
Julius Caesar is greatly shocked to see his friend Brutus also amidst his enemies and painfully utters, “Hey Brutus you too…. They are all my enemies so they have plotted to kill me. But you! My best friend, you too…”. After a few minutes of his utterance Julius Caesar falls down and dies.’
Friendship is one of the greatest needs and one of the most exalted blessings of the human heart, but at times we find that people who betray us, deceive us or fail to meet our expectations. The love of our fellow human beings, no matter how noble and lovable, is always weak and imperfect, but what if we find love, which is completely pure and unconditional, which holds the highest good, containing in itself every good, every beauty, everything amiable – all the sweetness that could give us all that we desire! And who can it be.
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