Examples Of Loyalty In Julius Caesar

Power did not only intensify Brutus’s concerns, but also his lack of loyalty. Brutus was not killing a mere man, but his best friend. When talking of Caesar, Brutus says:“I love him well” (Shakespeare 1.2.84), yet he wants to take Caesar’s life. He proves his unreliability when welcoming and befriending all the conspirators in Act 1, Scene 2. As Caesar’s close confidant, this shows how two-faced and deceitful Brutus truly is. He was hesitant to join the conspiracy at first, but eventually is unquestionably involved in the gruesome deed. Brutus

     In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare shows how friends often betray each other. Julius Caesar is about to be crowned king of Rome, when some well-known Romans decide that it is not a good idea for this to happen. They form a conspiracy and kill Caesar. Brutus, an honorable Roman and a very good friend of Caesar’s, betrays Caesar by killing him for the good of Rome. Antony, Caesar’s best friend and another honorable Roman, betrays Brutus by turning against the conspirators. Cassius, a respected Roman, and Brutus betray each other by arguing and destroying their friendship. All this betraying lead to many deaths in the play.

Brutus first states, “[Would you rather Caesar] living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead to live a freemen” Then Antony came back with “You all did love him once, not without cause. What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him?” After Brutus’ speech, Antony was able to evoke the feeling of the audience and bring them back, before his death and see what they had loved within Caesar before his death. All of his accomplishments were able to evoke the emotions they had before his death and then wanted to actually kill Brutus. In the next Scene, it mentioned a major consequence of the words that Antony had spoken. The famous poet Cinna was killed. However, he wasn’t even involved in the assassination of Caesar. That was how much emotion he was able to evoke in the people in Rome. Although ethos could establish the cold, hard truth, pathos can get under peoples skin and effect them and draw them into your cause. In which case it is Antony's'

Antony and Caesar were good friends, and when Antony learned of Caesar’s murder, he began plotting to dethrone the conspirators who had planned his death. He sent a citizen to the palace where the traitors were and told him to relay a message; “If Brutus will vouchsafe that Antony may safely come to him and be resolved how Caesar hath deserved to lie in death, Mark Antony shall not love Caesar dead so well as Brutus living, but will follow the fortunes and affairs of noble Brutus through the hazards of this untrod state with all true faith.” What Antony is saying to Brutus is that if

Indeed, Brutus was a honorable man. His honor was his greatest strength, but it was also his weakness. He murdered and betrayed his closest and only friend, due to the fact that he was so focused on doing the most honorable thing. Brutus focused more on principles, than the one person who truly cared about him. Consequently he also cared more about principle, than his own common sense. Therefore, his main focus was on honor and principle, which caused him to kill Caesar. He murdered Caesar because he thought it would solve the problem, but it only caused pandemonium.Consequently, his actions produced an angry mob, ready to avenge Caesar's death. If Brutus never took matters into his own hands, he would not have created a vicious crowd of citizens filled with hatred. He never solved the problem. When it got out of control, he resorted to killing himself. Cowardly, when things got tough, he ran away from it. He

Brutus gave a more formal speech which appealed to reasoning. In his speech, he repeated constantly that Caesar had too much ambition. Brutus informed the crowd the main reason for killing Caesar. In ACT III, scene II, lines 20 to 21, Brutus announces, “It’s not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” This quote helped the crowd clarify another reason behind Caesar another reason behind Caesar’s death. His words also made the Romans feel cared about. Therefore, not only did Brutus defend himself, but he also showed the Romans that he is a good leader. Although Brutus had a few negative views toward Caesar, he did add some positive comments about Caesar. In Act III, scene II, line 25, Brutus said that he “honored him for being brave.” His reasoning for adding this comment was to show the crowd that he respected Caesar. Whereas Brutus’s speech appealed to reasoning, Antony’s speech appealed to emotion. Overall, Antony’s speech was sad. In Act 3, Scene 2, line 83, Antony said, “He was my friend, he was faithful.” This shows the crowd how much much Antony trusted Caesar. Throughout his speech he spoke highly of Caesar. In Act 3, scene 2, lines 86 to 87, Antony said “[Caesar] brought many captives home to Rome whose ransoms brought wealth to the city.” Antony follows that with asking, “Is that the work of an ambitious man.” Antony gave the audience a reason for being on his side. He

Antony indicates he is upset about Caesar’s murder when he says, “Bear with me. My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it come back to me”(III.ii.102-104). He says this to show the citizens listening how much he truly carried about Caesar and to also to make the crowd be on his side and not Brutus’s. Antony uses appeal to emotion often in his speech to make the citizens feel saddened about the death of Caesar, another example is “when that the poor have cried, Caesar hath

He compares Caesar to a serpent in an egg which he must kill before it hatches. Brutus knows that Caesar is gaining too much power too quickly and it must come to an end. He shows his belief in a republic government by saying, “We all stand up against the spirit of Caesar / And in the spirit of men there is no blood" (II.i. 180-181). Cassius is a character who is jealous of Caesar’s power and also wants it to end. He forms a group of conspirators who are against Julius Caesar. He persuades Brutus to help him and the other conspirators to kill Caesar during the ides of March. Brutus joins but only due to his love for Rome and its people. He proves this by saying "Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius." (II.i. 179). This also proves his love for Caesar because he wants to kill him with some sort of honor. Brutus wants the citizens to look at him not as a murderer but for someone who cares for his country. He expresses his ideas toward the stabbing by saying , “If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer-not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" (III, ii, 17-19).

Antony is also a good friend of Caesar, but unlike Brutus, is not a conspirator and cares for Caesar more than Brutus. When he gives his speech, he is trying to provoke hatred and fury from the audience to get supporters to hunt down and kill the conspirators. His speech is also brimming with fallacies and literary devices, but he uses facts to persuade the audience that Caesar was the ruler they all loved and when he was killed they did not do anything for him. Antony’s speech persuades the fickle crowd to switch sides again and support Antony. He expects this reaction too because he is prepared to take action immediately. He also feels that he will avenge Caesar and that he has done

Brutus knew how loyal Antony was to Caesar and at this point Antony was in shock and could have acted out rashly. Brutus was rather, trying to calm Antony. As seen in other stories and movies, a person is more likely to try to avenge a loved one due to their death. To help calm Antony, Brutus said: “…you’ve only seen our hands and their bloody business; you haven’t looked into our hearts. They are full of pity for Caesar.”

In the early stages of the play, Brutus is quite effectively manipulated by Cassius into taking a stance against Caesar. Cassius plants fake letters, and uses Brutus’s family lineage to make Brutus betray himself by choosing his public interests over his private loyalties. After witnessing Rome thrown into a civil war, however, Brutus sees the error of his ways, and realizes that by betraying himself and his friend, he has only made things worse with his false sense of honour and patriotism. In the end, he carries out his own death sentence by running onto the blade of his

Cassius truly does not like Caesar as a person. Most of the other conspirators are involved with the

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.

Brutus was one of Caesar best friends but he still killed Caesar because he thought it would be good for Rome. Even though he thought it was for the good of Rome, he still paid the price for betraying his best friend. The start of his downfall is when he has leave Rome because of Antony speech in act 3 scene 2. His downfall ultimately results in him

Antony does not seem phased when he agrees to his nephew’s death during this scene. On the other hand, Brutus ponders his decision to kill Caesar in Act II, Scene i, lines 10-34 even though he knew Caesar was not a good man. This makes Brutus the better of the two