Julius Caesar Rhetorical Analysis

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In the play, Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, there are a lot of deaths and suicides. Shakespeare, who some consider the greatest writer of all time, has written about love, backstabbing, and heartbreak. But, Julius Caesar is a bit different. The primary focus of the story is betrayal and the way the characters moved on from it, or just did not move on at all. The historical Roman, Julius Caesar, is the main character and got betrayed by his most trusted people, Cassius and Brutus. Although Caesar did not choose his death, it could be stated that Cassius and Brutus got over the act of killing Caesar committing suicide, rather than face the consequences of their decisions. But, each may have had their own reasons behind their ultimate decisions. …show more content…

Caesar got warned though, the Soothsayer told him in Act I Scene II, “Beware of the ides of March,” which means beware of March 15th. Cassius was getting jealous over Caesar becoming king so he tried to create a group of conspirators and talked them into killing Caesar. Cassius tells Brutus in Act I Scene II “Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men walk under his huge legs and peep about to find ourselves dishonorable graves.” in reality he was just jealous and wanted Caesar dead. Cassius killed Caesar out of the hate of his heart but Brutus did it because he thought it was the right thing and he got tricked into doing

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