Julius Caesar Betrayal Quotes

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare's classic play Julius Caesar exhibits human behavior, specifically how humans justify and reason their actions of betrayal and disloyalty. William

Shakespeare does a tremendous job displaying justification and reasoning of actions through the main characters of the play. Both betrayal to one's self and betrayal to others are both exhibited in the play during numerous scenes. Actions of betrayal is often due to neglection of one’s loyalty to others or due to the justification of reasoning of one’s actions. Many scenes and acts throughout the play exhibit these actions and justification through the characters, and what length the characters go to preserve their loyalty to one another.

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During Mark Antony’s speech he tells the crowd that Caesar was indeed not ambitious as Brutus said he was. Mark Antony says that Caesar have brought great glory to the Rome empire and that Caesar has left all his wealth for his people. In Act three Scene two, Antony says “I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts: I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man.”(3.2.221). In this quote Mark Antony is telling the citizens that unlike Brutus, he speaks the truth. He does not justify his actions unreasonably as Brutus did. These examples display Brutus’ disloyalty and betrayal to Caesar and the length of justification and reasoning he pursues after the

This example is a clear representation of Brutus going against his morals and beliefs. Brutus did believe that Caesar has done good for Rome and his people, but after the conspirators persuade Brutus to join the conspiracy, by pointing out that Caesar is arrogant and hubris. Brutus justifies his beliefs towards

Caesar and joins the conspiracy regardless. Brutus’ initial thoughts of betrayal to Caesar are shown in Act two Scene one when he says to himself “T is a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition’s ladder. whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost.” (2.1.21). This quote shows how the conspirators persuasion was a success and how it has gotten the better good of Brutus.

Betrayal is a priority theme in this play, and many characters possess disloyalty and betrayal to one another or to one’s self. Though there are many more examples of betrayal throughout the play, the three listed above were just samples of many. Julius Caesar by

William Shakespeare displays the nature of human behavior towards betrayal and reasonings and justification behind it. Betrayal to one another is often due to neglection of one’s trust