How Did Julius Caesar Rebel

Is it ever justifiable to rebel against the government? Some people believe that opposing an oppressive government is a duty and must be carried out by fearless citizens. Therefore, there are times when sinister rulers must be confronted and brought down, if they are truly the tyrants they have been portrayed to be.
When considering the events in the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, one may argue that Caesar was not a cruel leader. In fact, some of his followers adored him and sought to save him from a plan to assassinate him. Artemidorus wrote Caesar a letter to fore warn him of a plot to murder him, yet Caesar ignored his plea to read the letter. Had he done so, he would have known that his friend Brutus was trying to eliminate him from the throne. Excerpts from the letter that pertain to Artemidorus’s warning are as follows: “Caesar, beware of Brutus: take heed of Cassisus, come not near Casca, have an eye to Cinna, trust not Trebonius; mark well Metellus Cimber; Decius Brutus loves the not, hast wrong’d Caius Ligarius. There is but one mind in all these men, and it is bent against Caesar”.

Brutus was sent a letter stating that the Roman people support the death of Caesar. This was the tricksters’ way of getting someone close to Caesar to turn against him, and they could take over and govern Rome. Caesar was so hated by his colleagues that many of them ganged up to stab him to death despite Caesar’s immense popularity with the people of Rome. Brutus is motivated by his sense of honor, even though he admires Caesar personally. Brutus has been tricked into thinking Rome, without Caesar, would benefit the people. This can be seen when Brutus says, “Grant that, and then is death a benefit; so are we Caesar’s friends that, have abridg’d his time of fearing