Honor In The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar By William Shakespeare

“Brutus did not know if he would go through with the murder” “How was he to kill a man he loved? A man who had loved him like a son and may even be his own true father”. Brutus doesn’t think he will be able to kill a man who he and all of Rome loves. Caesar was more like a god than he was a man. Admittedly, there are some people who believe that Caesar was to powerful and needed to be taken out.

On the way to the capital there is the soothsayer and artimidorus that try to stop him but he ignores them when he arrives Decius I think start to ask Caesar to let his brother or cousin come back to Rome and then after that Casca is the first to stab him and Brutus is last. Caesars last words are "Et tu, Brute- Then fall Caesar!"(III.i.78). This is when he realizes wow even Brutus stabbed me my closes friend I must fall. A realization maybe I did something terrible or something to make my friend do this to

Some people think that killing Caesar is the best idea but what if Brutus is not the leader we think he is. Therefore Brutus might be saying these things to become king so he could hold all the power over rome. Brutus might be manipulative and persuasive to the audience to convince them to let him be king. Cassius manipulated Brutus into thinking Caesar wasn't fit for being king because Cassius had something against Caesar.

When an important figure dies, another takes their place. The people search for a new Caesar to praise and look up to. “It is bitter irony that Brutus, the character in the cast who least desires to be a Caesar, should be the first to be offered the role (Velz 7).” When Brutus says his speech the crowd’s cheers “Caesars better parts/ shall be crown’d in Brutus (Shakespeare 3.2.54-55).” He averts the crowd’s attention to Antony which is a mistake because of how rallied they are to find a successor.

Caesar is a young man who the public think would put himself before others and do what's best for him and not the people of Rome. Cassius thinks Brutus is easy to manipulate and trick,so giving him false letters from angry citizens wanting him to take action against Caesar. Brutus becomes convinced that the citizens want to stop Caesar from becoming emperor of Rome as a result of the false letters. Why would Caesar be a bad leader? Rome would fall if Caesar had it in his hands.

William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is an exciting play about the murder of a leader and the chaos that follows. As Julius Caesar prepares to rule Rome, the conspirators think of their future as Romans under the rule of Caesar. Caesar’s true values of pride and arrogance show as he begins to rule. The conspirators' fear of Caesar’s pride and Caesar’s overly prideful attitude prove that downfalls are met when pride remains unchecked. While planning to assassinate Caesar, the conspirators compare him to a high-soaring bird, exhibiting the idea that unchecked pride results in a leader’s downfall.

An honorable, respected official in Rome, Marcus Brutus, effectively claims to tell the people that he loved Caesar, but he loved Rome more and Caesar’s ambition was dangerous, therefore, he was justified in killing Caesar for the good of Rome. Brutus supports this claim asserting that he wants the crowd to know that he was justified in killing Caesar. Brutus uses connotation and logic to appeal to pathos and logos by stating, “Then none have I offended. I have done no more to Caesar than you shall do to Brutus. The question of his death is enrolled in the Capitol.

Near the beginning of act II, Brutus has a soliloquy in which he is trying to decide whether joining the conspiracy is the right thing to do. He discusses reasons for why killing Caesar may be appropriate for the current situation of him being crowned king. Brutus also reveals his thoughts about some of Caesar’s behavior and what could happen (based on human nature) if he is given power. In the end, he decides to join with the conspiracy and kill Caesar.

Although Brutus believed he was better fit for Rome than Caesar, he was not fully convinced as you can tell before he stabs Caesar. Brutus was hesitant to kill Caesar, Brutus must’ve became overwhelmed by the whole senate glaring at him and couldn’t think what to do for a while. This is relevant today in the world; kids all around the world try to stay away from drugs, negative, and etc. Their peers are the ones are who manipulate them by using peer pressuring them, just as Brutus was peer pressured by the majority of the Rome senate. Julius Caesar was astonished that Brutus was also involved in his assassination, as he said “Et tu Brutus?”

Brutus believes that Caesar will do more harm than good to the people, and reap benefits for himself. Brutus has already said this, but had said it in his own words, (II, i, 12-14). He has no clue if Caesar will use his power for the good and betterment for the people, or use it for his own needs and other

Another way he shows this is the conspirators saying it is Caesar’s fate to kill him so he doesn’t get power. Brutus says, “It must be by his death: and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him. ”(Act 2, Scene 1)

Cassius saves the life of Caesar, sees him beg for water, and witnesses his epileptic seizure. From these weaknesses, Cassius finds himself to be just as worthy of the crown as is Caesar. His reasons are emotionally tied to getting rid of Caesar, Brutus chooses to become a conspirator for the good of Rome. He does not know how Caesar will use his power.

He helped plan it and he was one of the people who went through with killing Caesar. Second, it was important to Cassius to protect the Republic. Along with many other people, he didn't want Rome to become a dictatorship. Third, Cassius persuades Casca, Decius, Metellus, Brutus, and Trebonius to help him murder Caesar. He must have been very passionate about Caesar dying because it would probably take a lot of convincing to get five other people to help

In Shakespeare’s famous play, Julius Caesar, there's an essential theme of characters and their portrayal/actions in public versus private life. Julius Caesar himself led two very different lives with his family and close friends in contrast to how he presented himself to the public eye. In both settings, Caesar makes himself out to be invincible; however in private he is more vulnerable and superstitious whereas in public, he is immortal and the great leader Rome makes him out to be.

While I was reading Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, I came to the conclusion that the theme of the story line is to respect authority and honor your friendships. I came to this conclusion by the characters and how they reacted to multiple things throughout the book. Such as when Julius Caesar came back to Rome and his alleged best friend, Brutus, decided that he wanted to get a group together and assassinate Caesar because he thought that Caesar was unfit to be king and believed he would use his newly gained power in ways it shouldn't be used. William Shakespeare develops the characters by showing their emotions and responses to many different conflicts. An example of this would be when Caesar was stabbed by Brutus, Cassius, Casca