In Shakespeare’s interpretation of Julius Caesar’s assassination titled, Julius Caesar, a man named Cassius is attempting to get the help and alliance of a fellow Roman named Brutus in the conspiracy of assassinating the Roman leader. He accomplishes this in constructed and detailed monologues to persuade Brutus to join the conspiracy. In each of Cassius’ monologues, Cassius strategically uses appeals and rhetorical devices to ultimately give a successful and persuasive speech to his audience, Brutus.…
Cassius is able to assess his audience and use that to his advantage. In this case, his audience is Brutus, a thoughtful if slightly oblivious patrician and friend of Caesar’s. Brutus has a strong love for Rome,…
There is a large amount of differences between the play interpretation of Julius Caesar and what really happened. For instance, Brutus in the play was extremely different than real life Brutus. In the play, he was best friends with Caesar-well, until he killed him. However, in real life, Brutus hated Caesar. He was never supportive of Caesar, and truthfully never loved him.(Musaj and Prezi Inc.) In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, he uses Brutus’s strong love of Rome, his honor, and his willing to do anything for the good of Rome to show that Brutus is the tragic hero.…
In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, there are a few characters with great soliloquies, who have an extremely dramatic effect on the plot of the story. One of those characters happens to be Cassius, Caesar’s enemy. During Act I, scene ii, Cassius starts plotting against Caesar, as he is now the new leader of Rome. Although Cassius is the one going against Caesar, he manipulates Brutus, Caesar’s…
The play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare revolves around how power manifests in different characters. The most obvious being Caesar, whose power inevitably led to his downfall. Through his development of the characters Cassius, Brutus, Anthony, Shakespeare reveals that the nature of power compels people to act more toward their own gain.…
Shakespeare’s tragedy Julius Caesar clearly presents conflicting perspectives of the assassination of Caesar, a powerful and respected leader, viewed by the conspirators as overly ambitious, but by Marc Antony as a loyal servant of Rome. Brutus and the conspirators believe that Caesar’s death is necessary in retaining democracy, whereas Antony regards the act as brutal murder.…
Brutus remarks to Cassius “What means this shouting? I do fear the people choose Caesar for their king. I would not Cassius, yet I love him so well” (Act 1, Scene 2, Line 78-79 and 82) Cassius entices Brutus to take the throne of Caesar, but Brutus maintain his loyalty to Ceasar Brutus’ realtionship with the Roman citizens is stronger than his relationship with Caesar. Brutus…
The character Cassius in the tragedy of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare constantly reflects palpable jealousy. In Act I Scene II, Cassius claims “I was born free as Caesar; so were you:/We both have fed as well, and we both/Endure the winter’s cold as well as he…”(Shakespeare, lines 5-7); and feels king Caesar does not deserve superiority over him. In this scene, Cassius is pointing out to Brutus that he and Cassius deserve the power to lead Rome more than Caesar. In order to prove these points, Cassius shares three stories with Brutus in his speech: one of when he and Caesar had a swimming contest; another when he saw Caesar sickly and frail after a fever; and lastly one where Caesar again is portrayed as a weak and sickly man. In the monologue by Cassius directed at Brutus, Cassius uses paradox, self-heroic word choice and similes throughout three separate stories to give examples of Caesar’s weaknesses. Cassius’ main goal becomes to portray Caesar as any other man; and to rationalize killing the king to gain power for (what he…
Different things motivate Brutus throughout the play, he thinks he is motivated by honor but in reality he is also motivated by much more; his inability to separate himself from the republic, and his ego also factor into the equation. Brutus has an intense love of honor, as shown when he states: "Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other, and I will look on both indifferently; for let the gods so speed me, as I love the name of honor more than I fear death" (I.2.86-89). Brutus' love of honor could be seen as both good and bad; his honor is what makes him so easily manipulated and blind to reality; but then again, at least he is motivated by the right reasons, instead of his own ambitions. Marcus Brutus never does know the difference between what he wants and what the whole of Rome wants; he thinks he knows best; "Am I entreated to speak and strike? O Rome, I make thee promise, if the redress will follow, thou receivest thy full petition at the hand of Brutus" (II 1.55-58). Brutus never could really see the big picture, because he thinks he knows what is right. Brutus has intelligent people like Cassius offering advice, but he simply does not listen. His ego gets in the way. He gets mad at Cassius for taking bribes, a dishonorable act, and because Cassius is associated with Brutus, he makes Brutus look…
Written by Shakespeare more than one thousand five hundred years after Julius Caesar’s death, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s well-known tragedy, is unique in that it contains two tragic characters, the senator Brutus and emperor Caesar. A play in five acts, Julius Caesar attempts to portray the assassination of Caesar, at that time victorious over Pompey’s sons, and the civil war that follows, culminating in the establishment of the Second Triumvirate. Although Caesar meets his end comparatively early in the third act, both Brutus and Caesar are adequately portrayed as men of high repute who, through flawed actions and decisions, meet an untimely end. In short, both are tragic heroes.…
Brutus was an honorable man, as many have said. High in power, he always spoke the truth to the people of Rome, saying he would kill himself for the good of it. He was Caesar's right-hand man and did what he thought was right. In this play he was tricked by He was tricked by Cassius and believed the only way to stop his rule was to kill him. In the play, Brutus was an honorable man, but trusted almost everyone. Still, Brutus killed himself believing his choice was right one. In Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, Brutus was seen as the tragic hero of the play.…
The exposition of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare immediately presents the ideals that underpin the differing views of Caesar’s rising power through his two protagonists, Brutus and Cassius. Both characters posses different interpretations on Caesar’s reign on Rome, one being loyal to Rome and a love and respect for Caesar “I love him well” but the other being a spiteful and vitriolic towards a “feeble old tyrant.” This highlights the notion of Cassius’s selfish prejudice towards his own contentment, which is only shown behind closed doors. Brutus on the other hand is victim to Cassius’ vitriol and becomes the pawn as he is manipulated “poor Brutus, with himself at war,” Brutus is troubled emotionally, torn by his patriotism and his respect for Caesar, above all he has an undying love for Rome, “Brutus had rather be a villager than to repute himself a son of Rome.” It is this love for Rome that causes such internal turmoil for Brutus, through Shakespeare’s use of juxtaposition of characters, he is able to highlight to the audience, the lengths that man will go to in order to…
William Shakespeare is known for having written plays that are seemingly timeless. Throughout his career he wrote tragedies, a play based on human suffering which entertains the audience, historical plays, which features an event that usually dates back to medieval or modern past, and comedies, which consist of a happier story line and includes marriages that end ideally. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is no doubt, a tragedy. It takes place in 45 B.C in Ancient Rome. It features the conspirators, Marcus Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Trebonius, Ligarius, Decius Brutus, Metellus Cimber, and Cinna, who spend two whole acts plotting Julius Caesar’s death.…
The Tragedy of julius Caesar is a twisted play the that is filled with conspirators and surprising actions from friends that turn into enemies, and enemies that turn into allies. Brutus states, “Not that i loved caesar less i loved Rome more” (Shakespeare 3.2.21-22) does things for the right reason not the wrong, he is doing things for Rome not for him and the conspirators have jealousy. The assassination of Caesar is tragic. There are many scenes that are delicately portrayed, and many conspirators are very mad at Caesar and jealous, “beware the ides of March”. Caesar feels that Calpurnia has misinterpreted her dream. But that will not be the case.…
In “Julius Caesar” Cassius is willing to do anything to make Brutus the ruler and convince Brutus to help him kill Caesar. For example, Cassius tells Brutus that people are talking about him and says “I have heard where many of the best respect in Rome, speaking Brutus”(I, II, 58-60). It shows that the people of Rome want Brutus to be the ruler of Rome. This shows that Cassius want Brutus to be…