Who Was Responsible For Julius Caesar's Downfall

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While Caesar acts as a powerful, responsible, and encouraging leader, many people are not aware of his inner soul. The brain only aims for two things: gaining glory and power for himself. The conspirators were the pioneers to recognize and stand up against him just for our sake, before Caesar put Rome into ruins. When they did so much for us, then what’s so wrong in supporting and hailing these heroes? Caesar tends to hide his callous character when he acts like a compassionate creature in front of us, but secretly has cunning plans for himself. Being egotistical, superior, cunning, arrogant, and feeble in terms of health, ultimately lead to his downfall. He deserved to live shorter than his original fate and die in a dreadful way. A great, …show more content…

Compassionate however, is not something for which Caesar is known. Some might argue that many people love and obey Caesar since he didn’t have the intention of becoming a leader when they tried to crown him king. While this may be true, he did that only to impress the crowd and build his reputation. It was Caesar’s master plan; He wanted to act this way hoping the people might think he is a respectable person since he is not interested in gaining power. It was a success because the people thought the same way he wanted them to. Unlike other good leaders, Caesar is very arrogant, and thinks of himself as a very superior, courageous, and a powerful man. His stubbornness is highlighted when he ignores calpurnia’s dream until she begged him worse than a beggar. Good leaders are strong on their words and are not susceptible to flattering, however, Caesar easily falls for compliments. He is very deceptive to flattering when Decius Brutus flatters Caesar to attend the senate for his assassination. Also, Caesar ignoring his fate expands upon the same idea. It was not one time, nor one person who warned him, but the Soothsayer twice, Artemidorus with the letter, and finally the dream. In spite of all this, Caesar refused all the portents and welcomed the death faster than the original fate in a haunting

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