Loyalty In Julius Caesar

Without loyalty large corporations would not be able to function. The ground workers need to commit to coming in and completing daily tasks. On a more individual scale loyalty is essential to having healthy relationships. Loyalty is the absolute allegiance to someone or something. In the “Tragedy of Julius Caesar”, the author, William Shakespeare details how loyalty is built and destroyed for the common good. Many of the characters bask in loyalty of friends and followers until they are left dumbfounded when it suddenly ends.

In the very beginning of the play, the citizens of Rome show their shifting loyalty. The citizens loved Pompey, but as soon as Caesar defeats Pompey in battle the citizens flock to the new hero. Murellus criticizes the

Brutus was like a brother to Caesar and Caesar loved him. The day of the murder came as a complete shock to Caesar, but when he saw Brutus sulk in with a dagger Caesar’s heart was shattered; Caesar wept, “Eh tu, Bruté?-Then falls Caesar” (3.1.79). Brutus had slain a friend of whom had done nothing wrong to him. The connection they had once held had been abolished forever. Brutus’s justification for his harsh actions was, “[...]not that I/ loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” (3.2.20-21). Nevertheless, this justification would not be enough for the ghost of Caesar who returned in act 4 and went into Brutus’s tent to warn, “ [...] thou shalt see me at Philipi” (4.3.287). Caesar would not conceal the betrayal he felt from Brutus. When the day at Philipi came, the ghost upheld his promise. Loyal Antony and Octavius overroad the conspirators’ troops and Brutus was left to fall on his sword. Brutus had broken Caesar’s trust when Brutus turned against his emperor. Brutus’s final words are, “Caesar, now be still,/ I killed not thee with half so good a will” (5.5.51-52). This noble Roman ended up dead with the guilt that he had betrayed a dear friend all because he disregarded the power of