Boundaries In Julius Caesar Research Paper

Brutus is torn between is love for his friend Caesar and what his friend Cassius feels is best for the country. It isn’t fate that is keeping them from acting but from their own weaknesses.

Many people knew Julius Caesar as powerful and popular Roman general and statesman. Julius was born in Rome the year of 100BC, and later died in 44BC. Growing up Julius had a well-rounded family. His father, Gaius Caesar, governed the region of Asia, and his mother, Aurelia Cotta, was the noble birth. At the age of seventeen, Julius married Cornelia, the daughter of an influential politician in Rome. Then just at 31, Julius had fought in wars and become involved in Roman politics. Although some people might view Julius Caesar as a villain, he was considered to be a hero in the Roman world. Julius Caesar is a hero because he improved the Roman Republic, changed the local governments, and protected the reconstruction of the city-states.

Cassius and Brutus are like brothers, but this relationship based on lie. Both brutus and cassius don't want Caesar to take the throne and decide to kill him, but both have different reasons. Cassius is just jealous, and brutus has a real reason. Brutus thinks Caesar will ruin everything and will get power cazy. Although brutus and cassius team up, they are very different and have nothing in common in their personality and way of thinking.

Brutus had to stop the friendship with Caesar in order to not cause conflict between the conspirators and their plan to kill Caesar. This shows that Caesar was not an average man that could be killed easy. A group of people had to come up with a whole plan just to get rid of him so that he could not ruin the future of Rome. Right before Caesar was killed he made a very strong and powerful decision to continue to allow the Cimber to be banished.

Tom Cochrane once said “ Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That’s really where failure comes.” In “ Julius Caesar”, Brutus plays a big role in the betrayal of caesar being part of a plan to kill Caesar. Moreover, Brutus put off that he was for the People of Rome, but the deeper the play goes the more suspicion of Brutus’s true objective comes into play. Brutus was naive in believing Cassius and his moral judgement was off. All in all, brutus betrayed Caesar.

Chapter 1: Who is Julius Caesar? Born on July 13 100 BC, Gaius Julius Caesar, said to be delivered with the help of a caesarian section, became one of the most famous figures ever known. He was born out of the womb of Aurelia, daughter of former consul Cotta, and was the son of J. Caesar and therefore part of the Julian family who claimed to have descended from Julus, son of the demigod Aeneas and grandson of the goddess Venus. Caesar was part of a patrician family, a group of the highest class families around in that time, and therefore was a wealthy child and would grow up to be a wealthy man. Very Little is known about Julius Caesar’s father besides the fact that he was active in the military and in politics, meaning he was out most of

Brutus and Caesar were once best friends but had differing views on the best future for Rome. This not only drove them apart, but led Brutus to participate in Caesar’s assassination. Caesar was going to be crowned dictator for life and Brutus knew that he would “rather be a villager/ Than to repute himself a son of Rome/Under these hard conditions at this time /Is like to lay upon us” (I.ii.180-184). Brutus knows that if Caesar receives that amount of political power that comes with being a dictator, he will become even more power-hungry and egotistical. This causes Brutus to make the very difficult decision to join in the conspiracy of Senators that were planning to kill Caesar. His decision also marks a point of no return, Brutus would

In order to fully comprehend and absorb Augustus and his era, it is of importance to succinctly appreciate the nature of the Roman crisis and, in particular, the role Julius Caesar played. The Senate was in control of the Republic. They did not have a written constitution, but rather practices agreed upon decisions that were completely grounded on tradition. They contained the parameters of what behaviour was considered more acceptable than the other. Near the end of the second century BC, political and military leaders started to push the boundaries of what was considered acceptable by tradition, and set new ones. The Republic was no longer functioning adequately. Violence and intimidation were at the root of these new behaviours. It would

Julius caesar has just come back from slaying an important man to Rome, by the name of pompey. The people of his home are out of work enjoying life as a holiday, or as a day off of work, when they should be working. With these people there are two men who seem to be questioning everyone on why they are off of work, when it is technically not their place to say so or to do so on this day.

In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Mark Antony resembles Joe Biden in many ways. These two powerful, political figures have similarities between them that I would have never guessed would be there. For example, both men were allocated important roles to a leader or president. They were both appointed to be second in command, or a vice president to their chief. This also led to them having almost identical occupations in their later life. Another detail about these men is that they both had great loves of their lives at one point. These women both had an influential impact on one of the men’s lives. Mark Antony and Joe Biden have similar ways they speak and use some of the same methods into their speeches and writings. These

Brutus may indeed have decided that, while he loved Caesar, Caesar was dangerous and Rome was more important. Despite this, Brutus’ logic depended on the fact that Caesar would be ambitious, and that that ambition could harm Rome. But as Antony and Brutus pointed out of Caesar that “I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason,” and “on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?” This indicates that Caesar had not shown any dangerous ambition in the past, and so if Brutus’ basis for killing Caesar depended fully on the fact that “as he was ambitious, I slew him. There is…death for his ambition,” then his killing Caesar could not be justified by love for

Brutus is considered to have a very strong relationship with his good friend Caesar but it seems that Brutus has an even stronger relationship with Rome itself. Brutus thinks that killing Caesar benefits Rome and thats what the people want, but really Brutus is scared of what power Caesar holds. Brutus does not want Caesar to have power or even rise to power. He believes that is Caesar has power, he will eventually turn his back on Rome and use his power for the

Julius Caesar is most often depicted as a stoic, resilient, and nigh god-like figure, but what many might be disheartened to hear, he was only but a man and suffered from a plethora of health issues. Many believe that Caesar was afflicted with epilepsy but according to Evan Andrews of the The life of Julius Caesar was one that has been publicized and dramatized for centuries. Even I at a young age was introduced to the story and life of this vicarious man. I will use the research that I have found to teach you about his life and his career.

Throughout the play Julius Caesar, Shakespeare examines themes of power throughout, as well as letting your true colors show. Towards the end of the play, Brutus is able to show this theme perfectly while in the beginning, Brutus is thought as someone who is unsure and insecure. He is also an exception to this ongoing theme. But as the play progresses and Brutus becomes true to himself, giving in to the tempting power that appears to be reachable, he becomes the epitome of this theme. It becomes clear to Brutus that Caesar is not what’s best for Rome, in fact, he is the reason that it is falling apart. However, because it is already embedded into his mind by his good friend Cassius, he believes that the only way to fix this situation is to kill Caesar. This pivot into a more narcissistic version of himself is gradual, while him agreeing with killing Caesar is sudden. In the beginning of Julius Caesar, Brutus is insecure, but as the play progresses and he gives in to Cassius’ manipulation and his own hidden thirst for power, Brutus

     The relationship between Brutus and Portia is of a loving one. Portia speaks to Brutus gently calling him, 'my dear lord' and `gentle' this actually shows that Portia respects and honors Brutus. Brutus also replies her gently and expresses his love for her in the lines `render me worthy of this noble wife' and `as dear to me as are the ruddy drops/that visits my sad heart'. In these lines, Brutus says that Portia is as dear to him as the blood in his heart. This shows that they have mutual respect as well as love.