There was a big betrayal between three friends and only one of them didn't want the other to achieve power, leading to an assassination. The play Julius Caser by Shakespeare is about how loyalty can be seen and betrayal can happen. Three of the main characters are Caeser, Brutus, and Antony. Brutus is a friend of Caeser who made the assassination of Julius Caeser. Antony is a loyal close friend to Caeser and defends the claims of Caeser being called an ambitious man. Although Brutus's speech gave another side of why Caeser needed to be assassinated, Antony delivers the more effective speech because he gives another side of what Caeser really is and defends Caeser. Antony slowly tried to prove Caeser wasn’t quite the ambitious man, as Brutus stated. Anthony states “I thrice presented him a kingly crown” (Antony, section 3) when he was talking about Caesar's ambition. However, …show more content…
Antony says Brutus is an “honorable” man and that he should show them what he really is. “Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong, Who, you all know, are honourable men” (Antony, section 7). Antony shows how the people believe Brutus in another sort of truth. As though Antony said his statements in a sarcastic tone. The “Honourable Men”. From defending Brutus’s claims, Antony starts to slowly defend Caeser. Although he goes sneaky with his words slowly showing how he defends the camera. Some people may say Brutus assassinated Caeser for being ambitious when Caeser had not fully shown ambition at it’s fullest. Brutus killed him for only one reason....Caeser was ambitious. Brutus had stated “I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.” (Brutus, section 3). This all connects to how, and very little of why, Caeser was assassinated by Brutus. Brutus may say that Caeser was ambitious and tried to make the people think
The book Julius Caesar is full of happiness, conspiracy, power, and betrayal. The people of Rome deeply loved julius Caesar and wished to make him their king. A group of senators however were not so fond of this idea and formed a conspiracy. The leader of this group was a man by the name of Cassius. In order to make sure that his scheme of killing Caesar would work and would look honorable he had to convince a senator by the name of Brutus to help. After being convinced that they had to kill Caesar to protect Rome from a tyrant Brutus joined the conspiracy and soon became the principal conspirator.On the day in which Caesar was to be crowned king he was on the way to the senate when he was stabbed by all the conspirators panic ensued and to convince Rome of their honorable intentions Brutus gave a funeral speech. Mark Antony, a very close friend of Caesar, gave his speech after Brutus had given his. Mark Antony’s speech is more persuasive to the Roman people because of his outstanding use of pathos, sarcasm, and logos.
One friend kills another. Speeches are presented. A war breaks out. This is the story of Julius Caesar, the emperor of Rome who was killed by Brutus and a group of conspirators. Many argue that Brutus was a patriot, and many argue that he was a betrayer. People argue that he was a betrayer because he betrayed Caesar’s trust and gave a speech against him. However, when you think of Caesar’s personality, arrogant and slightly reckless, he could’ve made bad decisions and caused Rome a great deal of trouble. Brutus was a patriot to Rome since he did what was best for the country and even took his own life instead of running away. He put his own feelings aside to do what was right.
After a conversation with Cassius, however, he viewed Caeser to be ambitious. If Brutus would have rejected Cassius’ proposal and stood up for what he believed in, then he could be viewed as an honorable man. The second heinous act Brutus commits is the murder of his dear friend Caeser. After committing the crime he said "If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caeser’s, to him I say that Brutus’ love to Caeser was no less than his".
William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragic drama, set in Ancient Rome about the horrendous death of Julius Caesar. Brutus, leader of the conspiracy against Caesar, begins as Caesar’s friend. Cassius, instigator of the conspirator, manipulates Brutus into killing Caesar. Brutus agrees to this plan because of his plans for Rome. The bond between these two connects when Brutus agrees to Cassius about killing Caesar for the best of Rome. Cassius, very power hungry, comes up with a plan that will succeed in both of them killing Caesar. They both rely on each other because they want the power that Caesar has been requested to make the best of Rome. This dream of making Rome better was manipulated by Cassius to Brutus. However,
In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare shows how friends often betray each other. Julius Caesar is about to be crowned king of Rome, when some well-known Romans decide that it is not a good idea for this to happen. They form a conspiracy and kill Caesar. Brutus, an honorable Roman and a very good friend of Caesar’s, betrays Caesar by killing him for the good of Rome. Antony, Caesar’s best friend and another honorable Roman, betrays Brutus by turning against the conspirators. Cassius, a respected Roman, and Brutus betray each other by arguing and destroying their friendship. All this betraying lead to many deaths in the play.
Julius Caesar’s ambition for power drove the honorable Brutus to think negatively about Julius Caesar’s position of being the King of Rome. Negatively speaking, Julius Caesar’s ways of having most of the power and deciding not to listen to others except the ones that only tell him things he likes to hear, drove the power-hungary conspirators and the honorable Brutus to take his life away. The honorable Brutus shows his love for Rome by committing an act which he seems best fit for his city. Trying everything he can to put Rome in a democracy, the only solution he saw was to join the conspirators to murder Caesar and explain to the people why they committed such an act. A great friend of Julius Caesar Mark Antony, stood up for many things Caesar had in mind and he was one of the few that Caesar thought was very trustworthy besides Brutus. After Caesar’s death, Mark Anthony told Caesar that he will take revenge for him and that shows great passion for the love that he had for him.
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.
The betrayal of Brutus, Cassius, and other conspirators assassinating Julius Caesar represents the most significant act of betrayal in the play. This betrayal not only drives the plot forward but also sharply defines the characters of Brutus and the loyal Antony, revealing their fundamental values. It acts as a crucial catalyst that sparks the ensuing conflict, highlighting the tension between their allegiance and their affections. The story's main conflict is brought on by Brutus' betrayal of Caesar, which inspires Antony to pursue revenge on Brutus and the other conspirators who planned Caesar's murder. When Antony finds himself alone with Caesar's body, his anguish and rage drive him to vow retribution, saying, “Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!.
In William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar was a tragedy that is mainly based on the assassination of Julius Caesar. The character that was in charge of the assassination was Marcus Brutus. Brutus was the most complex character in the play. He was one of the men who assassinate Caesar in the Senate. Brutus was an honorable man. He was a servant and close friend to Julius Caesar. In Roman times, the only way for someone to get close to a person of high rank is if he/she is close to him/her. The reason of his complexity was because he did not kill Caesar for greed, envy, nor to preserve his social position like so many of the other conspirators. What would cause a person to kill a close friend? He joined the conspiracy in order to help the Romans get rid of Caesar. Brutus would not allow Caesar to rise to power and then turn his back onto the people of Rome. Brutus had a strong relationship with Caesar but a stronger relationship with Rome and its people. Brutus loved Caesar but feared his powers. Brutus advocates peace, freedom, and liberty, for all Romans, which shows that Brutus is an altruistic as well as an honorable man. Not that Brutus loved Caesar Less but he loved Rome more. Brutus had honored Caesar but Brutus felt that Caesar was too ambitious. He also felt that Caesar made the Romans as slaves. Brutus joined the conspiracy because he had the desire to help the commoners.
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.
In his mind, Caear's ambition was a thirst for power. Brutus uses his love for Rome to justify his actions, claiming that by killing Caesar, he saved the Romans from dying as a slave. Instead of saying what the audience wants to hear, he states the facts and tried to sway their opinions with forcefulness. In comparison to Brutus, Mark Antony never says Caesar was or wasn't ambitious, but he uses emotional appeals to the
As defined by Aristotle, “a tragic hero is a [literary] character who makes a judgement error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction”. In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus fits this definition for he is the primary tragic hero of the play. Brutus is the tragic hero--but was not the focal point like Julius Caesar who possess’ negative qualities. This is an important play to continue passing on because it teaches lessons such as “be careful who you trust” and shows readers to carefully select their leaders. Caesar is considered to be heroic in my the eyes of Romans, while in the eyes of the senators he is nothing more than a conceited and naive man who longs for complete power so he can cut off the rope to the others,
William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, was mainly based on the assassination of Julius Caesar. The character who was the mastermind behind the assassination was, ironically, Marcus Brutus, a senator and close friend to Julius Caesar. But what would cause a person to kill a close friend? After I examined Brutus' relationship towards Caesar, his involvement in the conspiracy and his importance to the plot it all became clear. Brutus had one particular reason for killing Caesar and that was for the good of the people and the republic. Brutus had no personal reason for killing Caesar. Some of his most admirable traits were his morality and leadership skills.
Throughout, William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, the theme of friendship would prove to be a very delicate and manipulative element. This element would be the very entity that would seal Julius Caesar's fate. Brutus, Decius, and all the other conspirators would use this to their power, and to Julius's weakness. Friendship was used as a cover to blind Julius from the truth, from the plots against him. Flattery along with manipulation was used as a way of persuasion to soothe any feelings of doubt or weariness. These essentials would gain trust, the key to all friendships. This trust would be lost and transform into betrayal. Even though Caesar was plotted against and murdered by the likes of Brutus and Cassius, friendship still proved a strong theme because it would cloke the conspirators intentions. Julius was vulnerable to the power of friendship and was blinded by the shrewd ways of Decius, Brutus, and all the other conspirators.
William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, he follows the men responsible for the assassination of the Roman dictator and how their action change the course of Roman history. During the first two acts, the piece’s main protagonist, Brutus, struggles with the idea of murdering a friend and ally in the name of peace, freedom, and liberty. He eventually realizes that it is the only option he and the conspirators had to save Rome. However, rather than a butchery, the act should be considered a sacrifice for the common good because of Brutus’ overall reluctance to resort to murder and the respect he and the conspirators show Caesar after his death.