Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare involves many controversies between a numerous amount of characters. The townspeople are in love with the protagonist, Julius Caesar, who is a big headed man about to be crowned as king. Though the people praise Caesar, they unfortunately also fear him, due to his very rude and disrespectfulness towards everyone he encounters. Because of the high amount fear and displeasure are taking place, one of his best friends, Brutus is convinced by some of the fellow people who have experienced Caesars unacceptable behavior firsthand, to become king instead. Brutus had been incredibly pretentious yet also very indecisive as well. Brutus is well known for being brave and honorable, and does not appreciate the conceited …show more content…
Caesar is also again on the day that the soothsayer predicted his fate, told by his wife, Calpurnia, of a dream she had of his death in a fairly accurate and almost exact way he was going to die. Caesar being the way that he is, told his wife that he had nothing to fear, because he believed in dying when he is meant to pass away. Although he does agree to Calpurnia to take precautions and not attend senate, as he had originally planned. Caesar is then convinced by Decius that the dream of his wife was mistaken, and was just a bunch of nonsense; but if the dream indeed contained meaning, he suggested that it was merely a dream of his becoming, a new start for Caesar and Rome, not his death. With all of the people involved in the death of Caesar it is easily mistaken to be perceived as an act of butchery because of course, since there was a lot of thought and planning that went towards his death, and it was not in a subtle or painless way. Regardless of the way he died, Caesar’s character is further being portrayed as a stubborn man, yet worshiped by his people, this shows the amount of power that he contained, and the amount of worship further exploits the amount of fear the people truly had towards him. Because of this it was made clear as to why Brutus felt the need to help his people, to make Rome what it should
Brutus appears to be a selfless, thoughtful man who only wants the best for Rome, and is tormented by his fears towards Caesar ruling Rome.
Throughout the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the audience constantly sees Brutus, an honorable man, go against his own beliefs because of men filled with hatred and jealousy. Brutus
Brutus joins a group of conspirators to help kill one of his very close friends because he thinks it will benefit Rome. Although Caesar was one of Brutus’s closest friends, he was part of the conspiracy in his demise. He didn’t do it out of selfish reason or envy like the rest of the conspirators; he did it because he truly believed that it would be the best thing for his country. “Not that I loved Caesar / Less, but that I loved Rome more” (III. ii. 21-22). Brutus said that during his speech at Caesar’s funeral. It basically says his reasoning for the all too great and powerful dictator to he killed. In...
The play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare showcases many characters and events that go through many significant changes. One particular character that went through unique changes was Julius Caesar. The 16th century work is a lengthy tragedy about the antagonists Brutus and Cassius fighting with the protagonists Octavius, Antony, and Lepidus over the murder of Julius Caesar. Although the play’s main pushing conflict was the murder of Julius Caesar, he is considered a secondary character, but a protagonist. Throughout the theatrical work Julius Caesar’s actions, alliances, character developments, and internal and external conflicts display his diverse changes. William Shakespeare retold a very unique event
Brutus was a very selfish and self-centered person. He continually ignored Cassius’ and the conspirators’ ideas. He was the leader and everyone was supposed to go along with them. Not to mention that all of his decisions went against Cassius and they were all the wrong moves. Brutus refused to admit that he was wrong or listen to other people.
In Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, the character Brutus, was portrayed as a malevolent and hateful person. Although he is forced to betray his best friend and suffer through the bitter passing of his wife, he never lets that distort the goal that he has set, which is to better his country. Throughout the play, Brutus shows very knowledgeable, perceptive, and noble qualities toward the Roman Democracy.
Brutus symbolizes the Tragic Hero in Julius Caesar on various aspects and levels. He chose to kill Caesar with honor, and did not corrupt his actions with greed and hunger. He did not stray from his true purpose like the other conspirators. Brutus also fulfilled many trivial components of the Tragic Hero such as being of noble birth and having supernatural encounters. Lastly, Brutus realized his downfall at the end of the novel by asking for his death in honor of Caesar. He understood that his death was nigh and accepted it. “If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” (117).
In the play Julius Caesar, written and preformed by William Shakespeare, there are many characters, but two, Brutus and Cassius, stood out. The play begins in Rome where a celebration of Julius Caesar's victory over the former ruler of Rome, Pompeii. The victory leads to Caesar's betrayal by his jealous companions. Senators and other high status figures are jealous of Caesar's new and growing power, while others, like Brutus, fear the tyrannical rule Caesar could enforce. The conspirators, Brutus and Cassius being the most important, assassinate Julius Caesar and Marcus Antonius, better known as Antony, and Octavius Caesar, Caesar's heir to the thrown, revenge Caesar's death. Antony convinces the Roman populous to destroy the conspirators and eventually begins a war with Cassius and Brutus' armies. Both Cassius and Brutus commit suicide to save their honor and Antony and Octavius win the war. The characterizations of Brutus and Cassius show a distinct contrast in their character traits and motives for the assassination of Julius Caesar.
Brutus killed someone that everyone loved, valued, and needed. To be put simply, Caesar was too valuable to be killed just like that. Brutus is nothing, he stabbed Caesar in the back, said Rome was important to him, and then killed himself. Caesar, however, brought glory, money, denied the crown, and even gave land to the Romans. Caesar did well for his people and he was a great military leader who won many battles.
Having an honorable reputation is the most important aspect of man’s character. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus is an important political figure who is close to his friend and senator Julius Caesar. In spite of that, Brutus and a group of conspirators decide that it would be best for Rome if they were to kill Caesar before he became a tyrant. Undeniably, Brutus is the most noble of the Romans due to his true intent to help Rome and how he took his life to preserve his honor.
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is an intimate portrayal of the famed assassination of Julius Caesar and the complex inner workings of the men who committed the crime. In one particularly revealing scene, two of the men closest to Caesar, one a conspirator in his murder and one his second-in command, give orations for the deceased. Despite being simple in appearance, these two speeches do much of the work in developing and exposing the two characters in question. Though both have a love for Caesar, Mark Antony's is mixed with a selfish desire for power, while Brutus' is pure in nature, brought to a screeching halt by his overpowering stoicism. These starkly-contrasted personalities influence the whole of the play, leading to its tragic-but-inevitable end.
The play of Julius Caesar is mainly about how the idealism of Marcus Brutus leads to his downfall. Brutus is too quick to trust Cassius and the other conspirators, and does not clearly examine their intentions. The conspirators intentions is the driving force to Caesar’s death. The actions that Cassius takes to get Brutus on his side is to only get Brutus to talk to the people; for he “sits high in the people’s hearts” (1.3.159). The love that Brutus has for his Romans is his biggest weakest of all.
Although the name of one of William Shakespeare's greatest play is called The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, it is really Brutus’s story. In the beginning Brutus was a gentle and good man to everyone. His austere side made him more memorable and his more kind side made him more likable. That’s why throughout the entirety of the play, he keeps getting manipulated into these plans that at first he thinks is wrong but then gets tricked into them anyways until at the end when he kills himself by running onto his sword that Voluminous is holding, some of his last words being, “Countrymen, My heart doth joy that yet in all my life I found no man but he was true to me.”
Brutus is a reasonable and intelligent man who believes everyone can be persuaded by reason. Then there is Antony, who is outgoing and socialist type of guy. “Hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge.
Calpurnia’s dream predicted Caesar’s death well, after being stabbed by all of his friends and bleeding to death, the men that killed him bathed in his blood happily thinking Rome will be safe. The omen of Caesar’s ghost visiting Brutus represented Brutus’s death. Caesar said “I will see you in Philippi,” meaning he will see Brutus at the place of the battle and watch him die, which he did. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar had the ongoing theme of Fate versus Free Will, but it seemed that fate was mostly shown.