Evidence of Loyalty (to whom?)
Brutus is loyal to Cassius because he believes Cassius is right about killing Caesar.
Lucius is loyal to Brutus because he trust him cause he works for him.
Cassius is loyal to Mark Antony and not Caesar because he wants to kill him.
Casca is loyal to Cassius because he wants to join in on killing Brutus.
He is not loyal to Caesar and wants to kill him.
He is not loyal to Caesar
He wants to kill Caesar and wants to kill him.
He is not loyal to Caesar at all.
Portia is loyal to Brutus.
Ligarius is also loyal to Brutus.
Caesar is loyal to himself and kind of his country.
Calpurnia is loyal to her husband Caesar.
“Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home? - What tributaries follow him to Rome, To grace in captive bonds his chariot-wheels?”
Antony and Brutus are both loyal, noble men and their loyalties shape their characters, drives their actions, and decides the very future of Rome. Brutus loves Caesar, but he loves Rome more. Antony has no need to choose between his country and best friend. Before Caesar's death both men are guarded and somewhat a secret to the reader. After Caesar's murder, however, their true personalities emerge. Antony and Brutus may seem the same, and that was they are in theory, from their positions, character traits, to the very friend's they keep they are alike almost to a point of absurdity. In practice, though, you will find them rather different due to the mistakes and decisions made by both parties.
The disagreement about whether or not to kill Mark Antony is the first main point of disagreement between Brutus and Cassius. Cassius is able to convince Brutus to join the conspirators in order to kill Julius Caesar. Cassius then brings up the point of killing Mark Antony as well due to the possibility of him being a threat to the conspirators ambitions. Cassius, speaking with Brutus and the conspirators, voices his concerns about Mark Antony:
Despite Kent’s banishment and misfortunes, his love towards Lear, as proclaimed in act one, was still present and ongoing. Kent saw Lear as a father, someone who he would obey through thick and thin, proving that Kent’s loyalty was unbreakable. His trust and compassion for the king remained stable throughout the whole play. Although he was disguised as Caius for a large sum of the story, his prayers were answered and he remained as Lear’s right hand until the point of death. Once Lear died from the heart-breaking death of his daughter, Kent believed it was his time also, and decided that he must follow his master’s footsteps all the way to the grave. In contrast to Kent’s trust in the gods, and in relation to Lear’s anger towards the heavens, Gloucester believed that the celestial beings that governed the conditions of all humans caused the chaos and tribulations throughout his life.
In Julius Caesar, Cassius lead a group of conspirators, including Brutus, Caesar’s loyal friend, to kill Julius Caesar. Brutus, who was too trusting of those around him, had been convinced to help kill Caesar on the grounds that it was what would be the best for the Roman people, without knowing of the greed which motivated Cassius. Despite his good intentions, Brutus was disloyal to Caesar, and he paid the price. After Caesar’s death, Brutus and Cassius are driven out of the city by the mob rule that ensues. The people of Rome have plans to avenge Caesar’s death, shouting “Revenge! About! Seek! Burn! Fire! Kill! Slay! Let not a traitor live!” (3.2.197-198). Meanwhile, the loyal Mark Antony is preparing an army. Antony was responsible for turning the people against Brutus after Caesar’s death, and now had plans to fight Brutus using his own forces. While the Roman mob promises to kill Brutus, they pledge to Mark Antony, “We’ll hear him. We’ll follow him. We’ll die with him” (3.2.201). Though the Romans are rash and easily swayed, it is clear that loyalty is extremely important...
Is Julius Caesar about the assassination of Caesar? No, it's not. There is more to the act than killing. In the play, Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, there are many themes that pop up, but I will only be focusing on one theme. The theme that I will be looking into in this essay is the theme of betrayal.
Both Cassius and Brutus conspire against Caesar, yet Shakespeare depicts Brutus as doing a noble job compared to Cassius as doing a greedy and envious task. Cassius believes that he is stronger than Caesar. Therefore, Cassius does not understand why Caesar is in power and he is not. Cassius is also envious of Caesar. In Act I Scene II, Cassius describes to Brutus the time he had to save Caesar in a swimming race. Since then, Cassius feels superior to Caesar. In Cassius’ mind, kings’ right to rule should be based off of strength, not intelligence or virtue. On the other hand, Brutus knows that although a king should be strong, he must also be virtuous. Brutus always elaborates on the topic of honor. In fact, his first priority is to keep his own honor intact and Brutus fears that Caesar will change when he is crowned. Brutus says, “He would be crowned: How that might change his nature, there’s the question.” (Act II, Scene I, Page 49, lines 12-14) He senses Caesar’s greed for power, and ...
When all the conspirators gathered together, Brutus and Cassius argued on whether or not Antony should be killed. “I think it is not meet/ Mark Antony, so well beloved of Caesar,/ Should outlive Caesar…. Let Antony and Caesar fall together” (2.1.163-168). Cassius swayed Brutus to kill Antony because he had deep-rooted love for Caesar. Nevertheless, Brutus opposed to kill Antony because if they did, their action would seem too bloody and no longer with good intention. “Our course will seem too bloody…. For Antony is but a limb of Caesar…. And for Mark Antony, think not of him,/ For he can do no more than Caesar’s arm/ When Caesar’s head is off (2.1.169-190). Resolute in his belief, Brutus firmly opposed to Cassius’s idea. Although Brutus denied
Being naive and over trusting causes his first mistake and helps with his downfall when he refuses to listen to Cassius, who wants Antony to be also killed because he knows that he will seek revenge for Caesar. However, Brutus' code of honor won't let him approve the killing of Antony. "Our plan will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius."
Cassius is the leader of the conspirators. He is jealous of the power that Caesar holds and wants for himself. Caesar says that Cassius"...Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks to much. Such men are dangerous.", meaning that he looks sneaky and is not to be trusted. The whole idea to kill Caesar begins with Cassius, he convinces the other Senators to do as he wishes. Cassius commits suicide because he is afraid of what will happen to him if Mark Antony and Octavius find him. Another reason for his suicide is because he believes that his men have lost the battle and he does not want to face the consequences.
Cassius also directly compares himself to Caesar. Cassius clearly considers Caesar to be no better than he is, and therefore he is jealous. Later in this conversation, Cassius again speaks of Caesar. Cassius says, “And why should Caesar be a tyrant then? / Poor man, I know that he would be not a wolf / But that he sees the Romans are but sheep; / He were no lion, were not the Roman hinds” (I.iii.103-106). Cassius uses four metaphors in this speech. He compares the Romans to sheep and female deer, and he compares Caesar to a wolf and a lion. Caesar only has power because the people allow him to. If people fought back and weren’t such sheep, he would not be the wolf. If people weren’t as easily dominated as female deer, he would be no lion. Cassius is crediting Caesar’s strength to the weakness of the people. Cassius clearly doesn’t believe Caesar deserves the power he has and is jealous of Caesar’s power. On multiple occasions during the Feast of Lupercal and on the night of the storm, Cassius’ jealousy is
He is so motivated by ambition that he decides to kill Caesar, the leader of Rome. Although dedication can be a good quality, in Cassius, it blinds him to all other things and makes him ruthless in his quest to rule Rome. Cassius’s desire for power is evident when he states, "Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings" (1.2.146-148). Cassius’ ambition leads him to go as far as to convince a dear friend with manipulation and false notes to help him plot to kill Caesar. His ambition makes him power hungry and he lacks the honor to back up his overzealous behavior. Cassius envies Caesar and because of this he resorts to bribery, assassinations, and imposing taxes for personal
In Shakespeare's As You Like It loyalty is dominant theme. Each character possesses either a loyalty or disloyalty towards another. These disloyalties and loyalties are most apparent in the relationships of Celia and Rosalind, Celia and Duke Fredrick, Orlando and Rosalind, Adam and Orlando, and Oliver and Orlando. In these relationships, a conflict of loyalties causes characters to change homes, jobs, identities and families.
Othello is a play based on a woman named Desdemona who marries Othello against her father’s wishes. Her father Brabantio tells Othello “ Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see: She has deceived her father, and my thee.” Meaning if she has lied and went against my wishes, then she most likely will you in the end. So ultimately when the handkerchief Othello had given Desdemona when they got married came up missing, he remembered what Brabantio had told him that day. He instantly does not trust her and believes she is messing around with Cassio, which is Othello’s Lieutenant. Othello plans Desdemona’s death, he smothers her with a pillow until she is barely breathing. All of a sudden there is a knock at the door. It is Emilia, Desdemona’s waiting gentlewoman. She comes in to tell Othello that there has been a murder outside
... middle of paper ... ... Cassius commits the murder because of his jealousy of Caesar's elevated power and mounting dominance over everyone, even his friends.