Examples Of Betrayal In Julius Caesar

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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a play by William Shakespeare that depicts how betrayal can come from people that you would least expect it to come from. Julius Caesar is the soon to be ruler of Rome and with him gaining power by the minute, Cassius gets anxious and informs Brutus that they must end his rule before he becomes the king of Rome and rules with brutality and cruelty. Caesar had already been suspicious of Cassius from the beginning as he states: “Let me have men about me that are fat, / Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o’ nights. / Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; / He thinks too much, such men are dangerous” (1.2.192-195). Caesar then says to Antony that, “I rather tell thee what is to be feared than what I fear, for always I am Caesar” (1.2.211-212). With this said, Cassius has been planing from the very start to betray Caesar and was also plotting his death with others who were friends of Caesar and what surprised me was how quickly all of them turned against Caesar. …show more content…

If a person possesses these two traits, they are more than likely to have the people around them go behind their back since it is the least favored trait of many people. Brutus decides to help Cassius and a few other conspirators with plotting the death of Caesar. What’s interesting is that Brutus was the only Roman who wanted to kill Caesar for the good of Rome, the others were killing out of envy. Brutus and Cassius, along with the other conspirators, were considered friends of Caesar, which was the only reason they were able to get so close to

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