The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written in 1599 by the world-famous William Shakespeare, was written about the true events from Roman history. The play is focused around Marcus Brutus, despite the title being Julius Caesar. Throughout the play, the central psychological drama focuses on Brutus’ struggle between the demands of honor, patriotism, and friendship. Shakespeare uses many kinds of figurative language such as metaphors, dramatic irony, and dialogue to showcase the story though each character’s eyes. Shakespeare uses all the methods to help the reader see the story clearly and understand the actions and motives of each character throughout the play. The play begins with Julius Caesar returning to Rome after defeating Pompey in battle. …show more content…
With the looks of it, Caesars popularity is growing and is headed toward absolute power, concerning many higher-class Romans. During this time, the festival of the Lupercal is in full swing. During the festivities, Julius Caesar is with his group of men, such as Brutus and Cassius, when a soothsayer comes up to him and says five very important words, “Beware the Ides of March” (Shakespeare 1.2), and Caesar dismisses the warning. Cassius, who has been plotting against Caesar with conspirators, tries to talk Brutus into going against Caesar and taking over Rome. The two then run into Casca, another conspirator who then tells them that Julius Caesar was offered the crown not once, but three times and has turned it down, making the commoners love him even more. A month passes, with the “Ides of March” approaching and crazy things had been happening throughout Rome. In all the frenzy, Cassius urges that Caesar needs to be taken down and so the conspirators plot once more. He sends for someone to give Brutus fake commoner notes telling him to eliminate Caesar for good. By then, Brutus has decided to kill his friend Caesar and to lead the group of conspirators. Brutus meets with all the conspirators and they come to an …show more content…
The play is sharply dramatic and delicately portrayed character of Brutus is a foregoer of Hamlet and Othello. Julius Caesar is one of the three tragedies written before the beginning of the sixteenth century. In 1599, when the play was performed, Elizabeth I was a monarch with no heir. The people of England worried about what was to come of their country and the realities of the violence of civil strife. The subject of Julius Caesar was relevant to their time, even though the play drew on and adapted ancient history. In 44 BC, Rome was expanding and the city was governed by senators, but their politics were a whole other issue. The real glory and strength belonged to generals like Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. As well, a new group called the Tribunes entered the political field. After a hard battle, the working class of Rome had elected these men as their representatives and protectors as told in Act 1. In the return of Caesar and his desire to be powerful went against the grain of the decentralizing that was taking place. This world was worrying with added dramatic conflict. Shakespeare took this event and used it to examine a leadership theme. He took into consideration how influential the ruling class was, so Shakespeare looked at what could happen if that class no longer focused on their roots and looked at how they would act if they forgot what is meant to be a Roman. In the play,
The play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare showcases many characters and events that go through many significant changes. One particular character that went through unique changes was Julius Caesar. The 16th century work is a lengthy tragedy about the antagonists Brutus and Cassius fighting with the protagonists Octavius, Antony, and Lepidus over the murder of Julius Caesar. Although the play’s main pushing conflict was the murder of Julius Caesar, he is considered a secondary character, but a protagonist. Throughout the theatrical work Julius Caesar’s actions, alliances, character developments, and internal and external conflicts display his diverse changes. William Shakespeare retold a very unique event
shakespeare was one of the most famous writer in the western literary world. his works shine like the morning stars in the sky. julius caesar is one of his masterpiece. it is a script described julius caesar’s assassination and people around him. in julius caesar shakespeare exposes the disadvantages of leadership through the actions, conflicts and failure of brutus. there are many place in the play show that brutus is not a good leader. brutus is a tragic hero in this play, he is a noble man, he want to kill caesar not for himself but for rome. under his leading, the people who followed him to kill caesar going to fail step by step.
	Julius Caesar is a play written by William Shakespeare during the year 1597. Julius Caesar’s story involves a conspiracy against Julius Caesar, a powerful senator.
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.
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,
On the Ides of March, Calpurnia, Caesar’s wife urges him not to go the Council. She had dreamt that he will be murdered. She dreads about the omens of the storms which happened at night. He is however influenced by the conspirators to go. In the Capitol he is surrounded by the conspirators. Caesar is stabbed and dies. In spite Cassius’s apprehensions Mark Antony is permitted by Brutus to give a funeral speech in the market place after he has addressed the citizens of Rome. Brutus puts forth the reasons the conspirators had for killing Caesar and their fears of his ambition. Brutus is able to influence them and calm them down. But A...
The tragic aspect of the play Julius Caesar is that even though Brutus ‘s motives were immaculate, his fear toward Caesar's ambition, Cassius' persuasion, and his tragic flaw, idealism deluded him to make a tragic mistake of assassinating Caesar. While human ambition is considered an important requirement in achieving one's goal, it often leaves negative impressions to others. People do fear ambitious men because strong desire often leads to selfishness and dictatorship. As Caesar's popularity became more evident, his fellow officers and the nobles were worried that people of Rome might crown Caesar. As early as Act 1 scene one, two tribunes of Rome, Flavius and Marullus show concerns toward a possibility of a new dictatorship in Rome and remind themselves of their duty to protest against such power exercised by one person.
Julius Caesar is a play written by William Shakespeare that takes place in the year 44 B.C. in Rome. This play is based on a true event-- the assassination of the ruler, Julius Caesar, by the traitorous conspirators that stood beside him at the capitol. This group of conspirators consisted of Marcus Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Trebonius, Ligarius, Decius Brutus, Metellus Cimber, and Cinna. This play is a tragedy, meaning that it is a work that brings the main character or characters extreme suffering, usually at the fault of one or several tragic flaws. The possession of one or more tragic flaws is what marks the difference between a hero and a tragic hero.
The William Shakespeare play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar tells the story of the assassination of Julius Caesar and the eight conspirators behind it. The play takes place in 44 B.C. in Rome. Marcus Brutus is the protagonist and face-man of the insidious conspiracy. He is also the tragic hero in this classic work of literature. Aristotle’s definition of the tragic hero is a character that has a character flaw, also known as hubris, and experiences a downfall from a high position in society due to this flaw. After this downfall, a tragic hero experiences an enlightenment. Brutus fits Aristotle’s description perfectly. Brutus has a severe character flaw and experiences a downfall from a high position in society. However, he is an honorable character that truly provokes sympathy from the audience.
The play begins with Julius Caesar returning in triumph to Rome from the war against Pompey’s sons in Spain but mutiny is rumbling through the corridors of power. The Roman republic prepares to heap Caesar with new honors, which cause concern among some noblemen since they fear one man holds too much power and express their discontent to the other Romans. A soothsayer, during the celebrations, warns Caesar to beware the Ides of March but he is ignoring him, just like all the next signs. Brutus and Cassius discuss their fear that Caesar’s ambition is to become king, despite Casca telling them that he had refused the people’s offer of the crown. In Casca’s view, the refusal was an act for the crowd.
As the play opens, Brutus is known as a Roman nobleman and a member of one of the most illustrious families in Rome. He is first seen in Act I, scene ii, as one of Caesar’s “close friends” who is part of his entourage. But while alone with Cassius he is persuaded into taking a part in the assassination of Caesar. He is weary at first, and it seems as though it took Cassius some time to talk him into agreeing, yet Brutus looked at Caesar as some type of threat as well.
The play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, has two main tragic heroes. Set in Rome and spanning from forty- four to forty-two B.C., the play tells of Brutus and Caesar whom both fall from the highest positions to the lowest of misfortune and then are enlightened on their mistakes. Brutus is the stronger example of a tragic hero in this story. Throughout this play, Brutus commits many faults, falls more drastically than all other characters, and regrets his previous actions by the end of the play.
	Shakespeare illustrated Caesar as a tragic hero by showing that he was a noble man of high rank. Every Roman followed his leadership and Caesar also defeated the great Pompey. First of all, At the Feast of Lupercal Caesar manipulated the commoners and made himself look noble to the commoners. Casca said, "Why there was a crown offered to him;...people fell a-shouting" (I,ii,221-223). Next, To show how noble and great Caesar was, the Romans would stand along the street sides to watch him pass by. "Madam not yet, I go to take my stand; /To see him pass on to the Capitol," said the soothsayer (II,iv,25-26). Finally, Caesar had the greatest rank possible as he would have been crowned king if it wasn’t for the conspiracy’s plot. As Casca said, "Indeed they say senators tomorrow; /Mean to establish Caesar as king..." (I,iii,87-88).
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.
Julius Caesar is a play written by William Shakespeare. The play tells the tragedy of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar was one of the greatest leader of Roman history. Caesar had many victorious moments in history and continued to grow more and more powerful. When he had started to govern Rome hatred by some people had grew. He had liberally gave many a spot to hold an important position. Even though he helped the nobility, they had betrayed him. They secretly were planning a way to cause Caesar’s death. Then plan was portrayed by Cassius and he had convinced Brutus to join along with his plan also. On March 15th they had circled around Caesar and stabbed him numerous of times thus, Caesar had fallen to the ground by his last stab by Brutus. Throughout the entire play Caesar and Brutus are notably different. Caesar is very egoistic, while Brutus is very considerate and is mannerly to others. Caesar is an extrovert, while Brutus is an introvert. Caesar is ambitious and Brutus is not ambitious.