Cassius and Brutus in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Julius Caesar is set in 44 BC were Rome was a republic. Roman influence had spread beyond Italy and through the Mediterranean and some of North Africa and also parts of Germany, Belgium and Britain. Rome was governed by a senate. The main objective of all this meant that not one person was solely in charge and had absolute power and were king like. Marcus Brutus is the most complex character in this play. Brutus is one of the men who assassinate Caesar in the senate. Brutus is complex, because he does not just kill Caesar for greed, envy or to preserve his social position like so many of the other conspirators. This Brutus makes very clear in his speech in act III, scene II (lines 12-76), where he explains his actions for being the good of Rome. Unlike the other conspirators, Brutus is in fact a dear friend of Caesar's but kills his ally not for who he is, but what he could become. It is for this reason that when Brutus dies by suicide in Act V, Mark Antony describes his bitter enemy by saying "This was the noblest roman of them all", (Act V, Scene V, line 68), Mark Antony recognising with these words that Brutus acted from a sense of civic duty, not malice. However, it is hard to ignore the fact that Brutus has one main weakness which is his pride. Furthermore, he has to appear noble to himself and everyone around him. So one of Brutus's motives is a sense of ancestral pride. He has to live up to the standard his ancestors had set and cannot belittle them in anyway. This is one of his main weaknesses in this play because his ancestor Brutus overthrew the last k... ... middle of paper ... ...n power and is pre-eminent. Also gestures in Macbeth as the storm symbolises prefigures suggest the violent change in society and symbolises prefigures of the fall of Caesar. Cassius speaks less in this scene because Brutus has simply destroyed all of Cassius authority in the conspiracy. What ever Cassius suggested Brutus just slapped it down And degraded and debased Cassius. Cassius at the start of the scene would have been confident to just come and inflate Brutus's ego further but Brutus was ready for Cassius and not imbalanced and wouldn't let Cassius inflate his ego further. Also, Brutus violently Disabuses Cassius forcing him onto the back foot and having to appear weaker in front of the pre- eminent Brutus. Also he would have to agree with everything Brutus said to regain a sense of pride and honour.
Shakespeare’s complex play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar contains several tragic heroes; a tragic hero holds high political or social esteem yet possesses an obvious character flaw. This discernible hubris undoubtedly causes the character’s demise or a severe forfeiture, which forces the character to undergo an unfeigned moment of enlightenment and shear reconciliation. Brutus, one of these tragic heroes, is a devout friend of the great Julius Caesar, that is, until he makes many execrable decisions he will soon regret; he becomes involved in a plot to kill the omniscient ruler of Rome during 44 B.C. After committing the crime, Mark Antony, an avid, passionate follower of Caesar, is left alive under Brutus’s orders to take his revenge on the villains who killed his beloved Caesar. After Antony turns a rioting Rome on him and wages war against him and the conspirators, Brutus falls by his own hand, turning the very sword he slaughtered Caesar with against himself. Brutus is unquestionably the tragic hero in this play because he has an innumerable amount of character flaws, he falls because of these flaws, and then comes to grips with them as he bleeds on the planes of Philippi.
“Good government consists in the ruler being a ruler, the minister being a minister, the father being a father, and the son being a son” (Riegel). Confucius spent his life pushing for equality and a new way of life in ancient China to give the Chinese people something to believe in during difficult times. Modern day China is the hidden engine room of the world. Through the overpowering role of a communist government, it allows them to focus the drive of the industrial workforce into a point in order to take on jobs outsourced by other countries. The official religion of China as of 2002 is Atheism, but the country is still filled with religious diversity including many religions spouting from the efforts of Confucius and his journey to preach a better life (Central). Brutus saw that Rome was in danger of falling into the grip of an all powerful ruler that would crush the rights of his fellow Romans. Brutus dared to step out from the basic crowd mentality that followed like a herd of cattle, and stood against the perceived threat. In Confucius’ path to build a better world through a peaceful bond of a social and political lifestyle, he created a reputation of doggish, yet calculated, perseverance to strive towards peace that matches the unwavering loyalty and unameliorable nobility of Brutus.
Brutus is a good man who is easily turned evil by men filled with abhorrence and jealousy. In the play, Julius Caesar, Brutus is a Roman who is easily manipulated, decisive, and proud. These contradicting traits of Brutus show us why the reader does not want to believe that Brutus is an antagonist in the story.
"He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares
Brutus’ tragic flaws are part of what makes him a tragic hero. In Julius Caesar, Brutus is a great example of a tragic hero. His tragic flaws are honor, poor judgement, and idealism (Bedell). In Shakespeare’s plays, the tragic hero and his flaws cause the downfall of the play (Tragic Flaws).
Cassius is the greatest manipulator in the play, Julius Caesar. Cassius, an envious and ambitious man, believed that the ruler of Rome, Julius Caesar, had too much power over the senate and the people. To put an end to what he considered to be conspiracy, he fabricated a plan to eradicate Caesar for the sake of Rome. Cassius uses manipulation as his weapon of attack using Brutus as the target. Cassius succeeds in persuading Brutus, one of Caesar’s good friends, to join their plot. Cassius uses flattery, self-gain, and the people of Rome to manipulate Brutus into his likings.
Throughout many of Shakespeare’s plays, a tragic hero is identified; a heroic figure that possesses a character flaw that leads to his defeat. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, there have been controversies over who is actually the tragic hero. Many people agree that Marcus Brutus is the tragic hero. However, others argue and identify Julius Caesar as the tragic hero. After examining these two characters, a conclusion is easily drawn. Brutus is the tragic hero of this play because when a person who possesses such heroic qualities dies, it is a true tragedy.
Both Cassius and Brutus play major roles in the play Julius Caesar. Cassius and Brutus both plan Caesar’s death. Although they are working towards a common goal, Cassius and Brutus have very different motivations for doing this. On the one hand, Cassius sees it as a way to gain more power for himself while destroying the king and all his power. On the other hand, Brutus believes that in killing Caesar he is preserving peace for the Romans’ future years. Throughout the play, Shakespeare uses different techniques to create biased characterizations of the two men so that readers and viewers develop identical attitudes towards each of them. In Julius Caesar, Cassius is portrayed as a greedy villain while Brutus is depicted as an honorable hero.
There is no such thing as the perfect person. We may dream of such a person, but sadly, everyone has flaws. These flaws are what make us human. Something else that makes us human is our need for heroes. We attribute 'perfect' qualities to our heroes. In reality even our heroes are flawed. The closest thing to the idealized person, or hero, is the Shakespearean tragic hero. The tragic hero is someone of high standing, good character, and a flaw. While it may be only one flaw, it is often fatal. An example of a tragic hero can be best seen in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. Marcus Brutus is a prominent leader and noble citizen of Rome who leads in the assassination of Julius Caesar. We see that Brutus plays the role of the tragic hero through his noble standing, fatal flaw, and legacy.
In Act II Scene 2, both Brutus and Marc Antony speak at the funeral of Julius Caesar. Both men are trying to persuade the crowd in their own way. Brutus’ intentions are to convince the crowd that Caesar’s murder was for the greater good of Rome. Antony intends to get revenge for the death of his best friend. Brutus doesn’t try very hard to get the Romans to believe him. Antony uses emotion to appeal to the crowd, and he tries his best to connect to them.
Brutus starts his speech with saying “Romans, countrymen, and lovers!” as if he was speaking to the individuals that love Caesar. Brutus claims that his love is
Companion to the Speeches of Mark Antony and Brutus in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. The play Julius Caesar reaches a peak of tension at the point of the two speeches, and so it would seem whichever speech was enjoyed more. by the crowd would make the speaker the more popular. This was in fact the case in the play.
In the play Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, Brutus who is one of the main characters has a consistent inner conflict within himself. Illustrated by the cartoon throughout the entire play he is always at conflict with himself. His two sides are to help kill Julius Caesar or to not help kill him. At first Brutus isn’t one hundred percent behind the idea of killing Caesar, but on the other hand Brutus and his fellow senators thought that Caesar would end up having too much power and needs to be stopped. Also Brutus and Caesar were most definitely great friends to one another except Brutus did not want Caesar to become king of Rome.
Marcus Brutus as a Tragic Hero in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. In the play Julius Caesar, the tragedy of the play was directed mainly at one specific character, Marcus Brutus. Brutus was the tragic hero of the play, because of his idealistic and pragmatic qualities. The mindset that Brutus possessed only allowed him to see the world and its people from one point of view.
Brutus and Cassius take place in a play called The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare”. There are many similarities and differences between Brutus and Cassius. During this play, we see their similarities when they both interact or agree with each other. In other parts of the play we see their differences when they fight or make arguments. They both share the most dramatic scenes in the play and are mostly the cause of Caesar’s death, which sums up their similarities and their differences.