Julius Caesar Strengths And Weaknesses Essay

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In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Brutus is the noblest Roman. He has a mixture of strengths and weaknesses that he battles throughout the play. The strengths of Brutus, as a character in Julius Caesar, is that he is steadfast to his ethical beliefs and is totally dedicated to the ideals set forth by the republic. This is why he is labeled a nobleman. The weaknesses of Brutus’s character is his naive nature and his part in the assassination of Julius Caesar. Brutus was embroiled in conflict with several different characters throughout, but most of all the hardest battle was with himself.

Brutus, embroiled in a battle of so called demons with himself. He put aside his personal allegiances with Caesar, his friend and that he was eventually driven to act on his demons and slay the future Roman tyrant. Brutus was so ridged in his beliefs that he was convinced he was …show more content…

I was touched on aspects of his strengths and weaknesses that were very clearly depicted in the play, making it easy to differentiate between the two. In the play, political views are delicately exemplified in the form of the comments about the Roman citizens, and in Brutus’s love for them. Caesar the play is a clear picture of how our society today could react under the same circumstances. It shows just how the actions of a jealous power hungry individual and or his restraint can result in a bloodbath, when morals can no longer be applied to negotiate a situation then the demons are able to escape, and drive the situation. The lawlessness is evident today in war, instability, panic, and politics and caused by the uncontrollable social beliefs. In Caesar, William Shakespeare re-created a historical society, where good and evil are allowed to exist at the same time, and one where a man can be forced to choose between his love for his country and or that of his

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